The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-01-23

peace 1f the 1Obolt, to ScuA1a g0'd c'n(fis"c''
and THE appreciation Of GOd and men. ! con-
teive tbejs are the t,ae trinniptsb BY sUtifb eli
at7s Of goVsrnmcnt mgG Rand or fall, and BY
e0bifb a Jafj judgment may be fornledeftbf me-
rit 9ftbs different parties IN this OFry unhappy
a6Gir.
The meajf0ss ogainR the regulators may 6r
barJ6 aadya fritiH legal; the IG9( % many
LivG perhaps d:jtrVs, no o'btrs0if to be lament
rdtban as they J,opgbt ii rpm tbem(slOs' BY
tb<ir oaOm roa4nt7; The conqneriTg bfraf' may
be The Japiouys Of their country, and dslsroF
ten times mare Pr7ilt tban eVEr they rfrrfred;
The RrgHlGfars poDiby aOfrs no more than a
taaollG and rxpiy1ng ta61i0", 1OtoF faalf no
man can plead, or aobylf proceedings ca" IN 10
igfaatf be exeHled; yA IaH tbs 'O"e @@'"'f-
ted, fer tie fake Of many norV hiOi~g, ana f5:!s
that aViH eoms effsr rs, / @snA be g'ad y
"tbE Eiead Of that froVinfe" 10'uI f'"dtle'n@
10 pnbiij5A rEfIt0tim or eincideti'H q ne
tolasUing fat7,, as tbty mgf be CALLED I'll @.(-
proUed, wbicb many that wy6 10'H 10 30
Otrnmeat em@ 0tbs,tOijf, and IN 70 T@irg be
UM 0tb,oye himfIfa G-ifna Of bis broOI"fe IN.
deed; aid, thai may not gi0c bim too mpf'
neubif, / mil merton bat to0' or tbrer @6'"
which lbnve ioae a,nbt myjtlf, and s0b:e5 req
" fem Of e0aEqere5s Importance Wben !
read The Govsrn,r's 3r0nlJi that every e6ffFr
aecplsd or informed agaisF @oHld be prolfcat'
ed, / couA not but be highly piealsl; Complaints
0zgbt to be heard, it !, sVaytf than fay 10 eau
them f,ivoious and Ayuq, AID under that pre-,
tence, J;rttn them fran lg@l enquiry; '0bfn !
tdundtbaf one officer PLsadsd guilty IN one affi'
on and tvas t.paa j6m fix ofbeT5, fbo@gM
nsqo /l,t}. if tbc Regulators af! from pr'"fipe
they quigdr jatis6ed, andfbs country made eGLy'
int 4l4,i q1arla de (pes decioi ! Imagined
at IutL a time the cert aVaKld mere than at any
other 6equ their abborrents Of extarti'n, 6Hf'
the cab,its, it is (id aSre fnfd IN the
snOymoas finn efONE PENNY in sUfryHf
tiOn if d, it Aoud JfemJHfies or LaO is not
70 dear in that country asit Is complained to be
in joms others tie plaintiffs and the pfrjom
fSnad gully had their mssr penny 1c0rtb If ii;
bspvtver as the friend Of Nartb Carolina takes
no nofite offbis tiirenmfance, Iwy6 far The DO.
now efbil candsw and imbNrtidiy, fJaw(
prove grounllsG, and ifJo, it nseHr@ &f
troved, 1otbsmk, the fitting one bgny fine
apon aS7ioas trangbt Nth lacb pernieiSRs-lahl>
Egutnets, and 1cbieb for years. bad ft rOb0le
counties in a flame aOW appear very hSO Jfnt,
andbt but a Vay Indifferent prO3, ",that the
compliments were not precluded juGice."
Hi5a0c,ted as notorious indeed as The ground
on eObit6 The army fired egaigf tbs Regulators,
that an aa ,fa6smbb made it high htG('n to
,1lR the GoVernor's army &: N'rO on this head
/ haze heard fame men argue thus, either lacb
rsEqantc rooHN baVe been bigb htajsn TGeb
a LapO had neOsy been made, or it became high
trFeJ6n saJ in t0utqaence eftbat iarO : Dftde
former, avbat need 9 an al Of GDfmbS f'r that
pwPgE, if the latter, it may p9Dfbl be qa3)Yi-
oued sObetbsr AMERICAN aDSmbhe5 haze any
right at all to efabE6 netO Jpsciss Of frraj0u,
or to declare any thing Eleb which is not alrra
ay6 BY the !a1Us Of Great Britain. This dif-
fca7ty Think Vey qOtA dsiirOe5 to be cleared
up or rlfated, ar it (iems highly intersqing
that The lprcies ef high trsqf6n be not mHlti-
tEtdAd inhnitum, nor any LssiRatws a6ams
unsUarrant0blt potUErs to dypgE Of the HUsS Of
individuals.
BY the account Of The battle at Aamnnee,
outlined on The Ede g'tbe gavernmtnt, think
i-apbears, that, after the Regulators adUaneed
in fgbf, they halted, and being 10 elsEf as al
msf to mix, grounded TIER arms, LjSmr Jay in
eonJeqHencf d the G0U1mOr's 0rdfrs) and neC
jGges ,Osut 6aekuVa,d and fSrSVard between The
tsOo armies The Regulators are (aid to baVs
cried ont hattie, though they quietly Jn6sre6 the
officer to read The pr0clamGfi0n fer dlp~Fng;
By The account Of an officer Of dJfiHt1it1 in the
GoOIrnor's c0mptbey are Gaid to kxVs bfenimpa-
tisnt to engage: yet N. B. /" Some of their
leaders prevailed with them to lifien." On the