The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-10-01
Vol. III
From the PoLrrIcAL REGISTER, for July.
To the PEOPLE of ENGLAND.

Friends, and Fellss0 Csnnfrymsn.
TIME intention of this letter is good,
though court fycophants will en-.
saeavour to mireprcfent it.
The Brunfwick Lu;trellites of the age
flor, by royal kind of alchymy, they are
row Joined in Nance AS well as nature) the
Bruniwick Luttrellre OF the age will con.
denim an addrels which deals in plain
ruth. andNwholelome feverity, the tribe
Of Kinefmen will talk of the liccntioufnefs
of the prefs, and affea to defpile paper
written in favour of liberty. Your appso-
baton, however, my countrymen, will
make ample amends if you approve,
prime minifievs and the glittering gew-
gays called Kings, may fnecr unhseded
and defpifed.
There 10 man who once laid, he glo-
' o ried in the .name'of Briton 5" whether
thar declaration was not calculated merely
o. amufe, whether ii was not thrown out
as bait to gain the applaule of the vulgar,
/ leave thofe of my countrymen TO deter
mine who have con6dered the conduit of
that man. Is it the a6f of Briton to
fcreen murderers from punifhment Is it
che aa of a Briton to penlion bravoes for
killing our countrymcn Is il the a2 Of a
Briton to conlroul the free choice Of cleo
tors, 10 brihe corrupt majority 70 intro
duce layery; and, under . notion of pre-
Togative, to aim at diipen6ng with the
= Great Charter, and the laws OF England /!
If thefe and multitude Of fuch ats, con-
Aitute the character Of q Briton, curfed
be the man that glories in the name. No,
nv countrymen, love of L.n:sty, an in.
dependent fpirit, courage, afdour and public
virtue, thefe, mark the man, thefe point
eur the Brton to all fuch worthies,
wherefoever defperfed, whistler in the
lo,dIy maniions Of the Grear, or in the
humble cot Of HoneRy and Temperance,
this paper is addrtAed. ss9 g
Il lie che privilege, my countrymen, Of
Eeemen, to examine the conduit of their
kings, their nobies, their judges; and their
representatives. As all power is originally
derived from the people, ii is their buiaefs
to fee that no improper, no arbitrary ufe, Is
!. made of il. The moment they difcoveI
thar the perGons with whom they have en-
truRed fuch power ,aim at curtailing their
liberties, that irRant the bands Of political
Eociety are broken, and the people have IN
.nndoubted right to call their rulers 20 4
evefe account. a
The Kings of England 6and precisely il
this fituation they are merely Difpsnfer!
of the Laws, they are themlslves bound by
the laws, and equally znfwefable for theil
mifconduA with the meaneA fnbiea oI
their realm. Some Of fhefe Kings have
forgotten rl,emfclyes 70 far, as 20 sttemp.
TO flch away the liberties Of EneIifhmen
in cOnlequsbee Of fuch attempts, one Of
them, Charles the tita, was tEieds found
guilty OF high treaion agsinR The conifitu-
ton, and iuifly condemned to lofe bis emp
ty head FOR the offence. tanfes he fecond,
intoxicated With vanity, and dupetO
Priefs, run away to avoid the vengeance
which awaited him. His psefent Majrffy'
family was promoted from being petty
-Ffinces n Gefmany to the government Of
sfefe kingdoms they were weIl-meaninR
;ProteRznts, and therefore betser calculated
--thzn Roman Catholic Princes 10 govern
Rroteffana doutinions, and tney were xiwzys
renowned for virtues Of the private kiad.
There was fpifit and bravery in Georgs
the Second, which Inclined one to viii
f0t war, mat his talents might not be bu-
ned in a. napkin |; and when the Old Man
mounted bis reighing feed he actually
hooked like folder Our pfefenr monarch
il all piety, goodness, semperences ehsfssty,
and 70 great foe TO II fiiels, that ne abhors