The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-01-02
January 2.

consequences, you cannot believe an empire
of wife and independent ffeeinen will lubmlt
to them without ffruggle. In the terrors
of that dreadful day, perhaps not very dittant,
thofc favourite heirs to your 70 dearly pur-
chafed acquiGtions, may ihare heavy part.
But iheuld they even eicape, who could with,
for any confederation, to fee his country re-
duced to }a.e Of civil wars, burnings, plum
dsrlngs ana cruel executions, and have it pals
to future ages, that himlelf was very active
procurer of II Your namefake of Glaigow,
very wiey tells you, that the publick fecurity
is the only certain lecurity OF everyindlvidu-
al and he and many other god authors
allure us, that public Juice is the only fable
baiis of public felicity withou, which pr
vate felicity is mpoAibe. Figure to your
ielf another TryonsGa expedition iuppoie
you faw another Captain Merrel, whole fu-
perior courage had retained him on the field
while two thouland towards ran away (;
fuprofe him taken and condemned to die, for
endeavouring to proven, confpiracy OF VII
lains from running him in defiance Of risht
and pofli;ive law; could you refrain the tea-
Could you view the loving wife and tender
child, embracing the kind hufband and in
dugent parent on the verge of eternity, and
mot relen, If you could in my preience, !
would freely give a frelh example Of cnthu-
iafm to which many modern infdeiS feIgn,
90 great an inrredulity. Life on the terms
pf the lavery of ourfelves and peRerity is
dirsy bargain, when mine appears iIre,rieva-
oly 70, lhall feel little anxiety for its longer
Duration. am poftive, ir, | am far from
being alone in this fentiment, and cannot
think that the publication of it can be dilad-
vantage to you or to mankind. Rods, you
remember, conquered the army of naves
but rods brought againit an army of my DIFF
petition, would hardly be carried home again.
For men wantonly to cut the bends of human
fociety, and render themfelves the avowed
enemy of every man offenie and lpirt in a
whole empire lavers of much hardness and
timerity, or ignorance and itupidlty. Ofthe
latter till of late, you were by no means ge-
Morally fufpeaed but your conduct towards
Mr.. Thomas and J. GreenIeaf Elq; will
hardly bear exan;uation.
Mr.. Thomas young man, dependant
entirely on his bufnes, fet up in this town,
rather plen,ifulIy focked with well caabIifh-
ed printers, and opened paper with the ca.
tholic declaration of being open &c all parties
bur Influenced by none. And to this profel.
fion he affirms he had ever acted in fu6t
conformity; refuing nothing on either Gde
that could be offered without naufeating the
public. II your Aaterers are 70 far inferior
to their opponents that thcir zeal in your
cauie da- ierved you, it was not the printers
fault you have had as little 20 boat from
the worthy and impartial Mei1is. Fleets;
yet with them have never heard you had
any difference.
fiat that psrIiculsr time the tide rofe high
againf you, you NUT remember thele were
moving Plovocations. You had in all your
tranfaaions with the legislative of this pro-
vince behaved with 70 cavalier a fpirit, as
convinced every one you regarded them no
more than Turkiih Bafhaw would group
ofhis mcnial fervants. You pleaded in
fruaions to hold them in dursis--you cauied
their committees to wait upon you at incon-
venicnt places Indeed you inluIted them
with a farcafn; as if it had been an impro-
per afumption for the Representatives. of the
people, to file ihemielves bis Majehy's COM
mons of the Maaschufs:ts Bay. To this
was added your refufal ofa falary from the
grant OF the people, which manifefled you
utterly in another in;ereR, as you in your
clcfng ipecch declared you really were.
Theie things where then pretty warmly
told you, and YET remain unanswered, under
,hn erafiue n,s,ence nf ,n,ir InEniEnrr G,rh