The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-09-10

tvSENHA * iOiocu W. AuJluS PcusOus
.&lPTlk@ of your once loving fubjeeis
NN AN having rendered it below
NzE SIX the dignity of the petition
1SQyyGA0 ing bodies, to trouble you
with aay more Of them, obiges individuals
wao Bill retain fome regard for you to ad-
drefs you in fome other way. To pretend
any other attachment however to your per-
ION or family than barely aries from the CO.
venaus with your people would be Aattery
of which, thank heaven | am utterly incapa-
bic. If tyrant muf rule me, give me the
man whole divine right your whole adminf-
tration has efablifhed in every punctiio. |
am an adorer Of both 75soiegieOl and paiiti-
sal eszE9sanies as the harmony and tranquil
lity of the fate is impoiIible without them :.
Thefe you have utterly defroyed and
plunged your countrymen into labyrinth OF
confufion, from which were it not for the
angelic virtue of few whom you can nei
ther corrupt nor intimidate your Empire had
been fcenc of laughter and defol alton, long
before this day. The loweR of your ipe-
.cies Thrift for fome;hing they can call their
own, and your leaf domeRic animal will
rage if you deprive it of a mouie caught
without your aiIiltance. You cannot rea
Oily reduce the feelings of the human
mind below the infina of kitten. Delft
.thsn Sir from endeayouring the deftrueiono Of
the ideas ofright and property. I be eloquent
Cicero, lhews the neceiiiy of rendering pro
perty inViOi0bls even to conquered tributaries,
from the fpirit it dfuies into every branch
ofindutry much more ihould you regard
il whole very exiiience as a King depends
on your cxerting all yourpower to prelerye il.
Had our anceaors thought their lives and
fortunes righfully at the dlIpcfal of their TO-
vereigns we had never fought King in Hol-
land or Germany, but let the virtuous Char
les and religious James have taken what
they pleafed, and Loyalty aarved on the re-
mainder. !,
If your administration be juifi6able, the
nation lho0ld humble themlelves in fackcloth
and alhes for the wrongs done thole glori-
Gus perfonages. The wings. thofe prOfefied
objects of your hatred and diiiruR, objected
TO Charles that he attempted to enforce
laws and impofe taxes upon the people with.
out their content Have you mo-, do you not
now the fame I Did Charles in their oPini-
on, extend the power of The crown beyond
all reafonable bounds by eftablifhing new Of
fees with new fees, augmenting the fees of
old Offices, and rendering every officer as
iervileIy dependant on hisSovereign's will and
plealufe, as exiffence at that viii would
make them J Are you not in the full career,
nay, have you not nearly complicated the
fame Are not botbleginative and executive
powers in B:itain principally in the hands OF
your petitioners /, In the colonies youfcorn the
scomplement of corruption; buthaving framed
laws at three thoufand miles difance from
them and appointed band OF mercenaries
Ito execute them, naval and military force
mutt enfure the content of the people to them.
One thing more being Fill wanting to
complete the ultimate with Of abGolute mo-
narchy and remove every ihadow Of reftraint
in the people, is to place the executive here
fntirely out of their reach in any legal check
lVhatever. New Jeriey, tfeems has alrea.
py been called upon to offer up their foIemn
ihanklgivings for fuch an emanation of roy
llfavour, and if that fits we'll with then,un-
ioDbtedly the .Msfachufet's will have the
iext inRance of imperial muni6cence to ac-
knowledge. What more beiides pofisisel1
hnihilating all our Legislative bodies, ap-
oinring an Andres, a Be- nard, Tryon OF
1utchinion in each of the colonies, with a