The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-04-16
For the MAssAcHUsETTs SPY.

70 PHILAN THRO", jun. ana b." n1'dtf
ByHgrsn, the tbefs svrit~' IN tb' MeeDa-
<bg)sts GOzsif'.
GENTLEMEN,
IF to preface with moR abuiive motto,
to begin your eiiay with a mott notori-
Gus falfhood, to proceed with the mott for
ced and vindictiye Rrain of inveefive, ane
after barely tuning Aide moment to ooaft
of the cool argument of your party, and 10
demand calm anfwers 70 the mott hac Sney-
ed pretences, which, have been objected
and COMPOUNDED as often as they have been
new-,nodelled and thrown out to plague the
world. and then to conclude in preiuming
what men would do, Of whole difpoiitions
YOU have never had the leaf evidence to
warrant your impudent iniinuatIons' if theie
excellencies | fay, can be juftly iupPoied to
entitle you to that extreme regard you 10
haughtily appear to demand ! leave it to
thoie diGcerning Gentlemen who can ad-
iuft and approve your clam, TO return you
the Acknowledgements they think you de-
ferve. But left yourfelf or accomPllees
fhould deny theie nearly iDdifpu,able after
lions to be concluive, | would beg leave
10 ak you, could any thing fhort of the
mott abandoned diiregard to truth, or
even the fembance of it. tempt you to af-
6rm, that for FIVE or fix years Paft, nobody
could appear in print on your fide of the
auction Will not the Continent, will
not the united voice of the Empire, give
you the lie ] What were the uHexceptlon-
able peices for which the printer was cal
led to account Do you mean the rafcalIy
libel, which was difperfed in the Town.
Hall, to prejudice the minds of the peopls
asainft Mr.. Moli1eux, when his cafe was
under confederation what falfhoods young
gentleman, have been impoled on the cree
dulous readers of News papers, which you
can detea with all the Preiles in town at
your fervice Credulous indeed mutt they
be, who are impofed upon by fuch nsViess
as Philanthrop Jun. Did the friends to
government treat MIR. Thomas as If they
thought him at liberty to print what he
pleafed Where is the indesency of the
piece figned Mucius Scevola, about which
government made iuch butter This
like many others, was objectionable, only
bscaufe unanfwerable The Martyr you
mention, did really eicape, after fcene of
the mott unwearied endeavors to provoke
fome body to break his limbs, or deffroy the
remainder Of flock, of which, ne would
Fave been glad to have laid the deRru6tion
90 a mob, or any thing elfe, which might
recommend him to miniferial compafiion.
Il is fortunate, COMETS you have the ar
ticle of paper money to harp upon ; for
this your hero ihall have all the credit,
that the impartial pubic will be plea(ed to
award a cIofc fitted (aiary man, vexed to the
gall, with the depreciation of that uncon-
hant medium.
am feniible your confidence tells you
the ientinents of the people arc too well
founded, for any of your obj etions to do
more, than awake their relentment, againtt
a nauleous repetition of the fupid Impertl-
nencies, which have been ferved up with
70 little variation, that even the Negroes
are fok of them.
Has not ChTonus been anlwered What
has he laid worth notice, befides that auda-
cious, that inlolent, that barefaced and
knocking lie, that we have no grievances to
complain of ! Could the father of lies
himfelf have dared a more impious fallhooo /?
Is the poG,fion of lite, liberty and proper
ty at the uncomfortable difcretion, even
of King of Great-Britain, no grievance
Is it no grievance to have fwarm of the
fweepings of human nature fattening on
the fpoils of our country, and rolling
whole cargoes of the richea wines, fugars,
sc. in and out of that curled receptacle
of their accumulated plumber, the Cuffom-
Houfe Is it no grievance to fee the avow-
ed enemiesOf the rights OF their country
the only incumoents on the emoluments of
Office in i'll Are the independence Of Mr..
Hutchinion, the promotion and peniion-
iEg of Mr.. Oliver, in cOniequcnee of fig
nal fervices endeavoured to be executed
November 10 s,and really executed NJ arch