The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-02-06

III tneH ndture uncOnitltutoDal, ana TsTh|-
ed all obeditsts to them Hence arole rhole
connections which ihook the very bowels
Of the empire. AND hence broke out that
fame which burns brighter and brig hier.
and which perhaps has got to too great a
head to be eaiily extinguifhed.
Let US now fee, my counrymen, whe-
ther we have prelerved eon64srty of con-
duct, VIII oh jufly charaaeriies freemen.
Thefe courts of Admiralty are evidently
intended to enf0rts and carry ino execution
thele revenue acts. IF this is true, can the
man who makes fuch Glamour agsinit the
ats themlelves, be faid to behave properly
if he contents TO, and by his conduit 1uqifsI
them ; for | inGf upon it the Jubmifting to
the jurildction of court, erected to (ut-
port the acts is fubm i1ion to The All them
(sEUf5. 1t may be replied, thefe Courts Of
Admiralty cate their exitence previous to
the commencement of rheie acts of trade.
Admitted; it only fhifts, it does not invai-
date my reafoning. When this court IL
bells for the breach Of acts, not dJbnftd, it
may act legally and the citizen berbapi acts
properly in lubmitting to fuch jurlfdi6t-
on. Blu; il is certain faet, this court eoes
far beyond thele bounds. The office of a
Judge of this court, il is notorious depends
on the eager pvolfenfion CT breaches O tGele.
vt0snHs 0GtJ He is mere tool OF /tbe cuff
toms, and dares not, if he intends keepfng
MS place, difpute their invaliditA<hIh us
we fee they libel on theie revenue sefr
themielves, as was the eI(e with Mr.. Tying
This act of 4th of Geo. 3. c. IS. is clearly
one of the revenu: acts, and the preamble
is, 6 Whereas it is juf and necefary that
a rsVenue be RATED in your Majefy's dom-
mons in America" Here think my
reafoning is conc'ufive, and the objection
mentioned above docs not reach It. The
jubmitiing to the jurifdi6tion of this court,
and a1(IOsring to libel founded on an tx
PRES rsUfnns al, is acknowledging at oace
the validity of fbs al ifjTlf Whether this
is conduct worthy freemen, is left 10 G.
very mans own judgment; for my pat
have no connection W tn trade, no interelt
in it unlels as it affects the people in gene
raj. But had | an immeuIste concern
herein, and was iummoned TO this cours
on procef founded on 0se Of tbEjs ads, thar
am thus rsmonfratizg 0gainf, | fhou'd
think | could never anfwer it 20 my coun-
try, my confidence, or that facred regard
ptofefs for the rights of this pcople,
fhould pay any aits1fion TO fucn luminous.
:uch a conduct would be like building
with one hand and knocking down with
the other, and can never appear in men
who act from principle. In word /, this
court is a curfed inffitution, calculated to
,rlave this people, and every fubmih .
TO its DEGREES, is forging one more LAX to
TIE chain which may perhaps bind this ma
ton tor ever.
Bur for argument fake let il be admit
ted, Mt the court and lis procefs were le-
gal, IT. will its policy, its deciiion, and
is conduet NIKE every man tremb;e. Mr..
Tyne was iibeiled on the 18th fec. Of rne
18TH en- of the 4th OF Geo. 3. This ordains
, that g every peIion who ihall be aJJfi4g
Or otne, wife concerned, in the multiplying,
SC fh4l forfeit treble the value of fuch
gooSs." fh4l not at prelent lock into the
proofs of Mr. Tyng's fbn eDJfing. Ii is
imp nio.e to qubbIe on this point. Mr..
"'t#" himfelf, if you ak him the queftion
as he is a gentleman and man of boH0nT,
will tell you there was no evidence, and
the charge was triAing and impairment.
! As a ****1%@ he NUT convict him. All