The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-19
T H RSDAY, MARCH 10, 1772.

Gigracs was infinitely fuperior to a rAfc0
in posOer, gilded over with the wages If On
biySling.
1t is not the beauties of nature that car
alone captivate Freedom politics their luf-
tire, and gives a relifh to every otheI
pleafure. Without it they look gloomy and
uninvting. Hence in the counties oil
Burgundy, &c. in France, though natu-
rally uxuriant, the people are miferable
and unhappy. Whereas in Switzerland /,
the cold bleak mountains Of Swiherland,
the native fmiles and is contented. And
hence fays MIR. Gordon, s'libeity p'oduc-
es comfort, nay plenty, even among rocks /;
fhe fmileth in the aernef regions; fhe
blefi=s in flight Of nature; and in fpight
OF nature tyranny brings CUFFS"
IL rs no wonder therefore, that we have
10 frequently exhibited fuch an amazing
fpirit, which Voltaire beautifully calls the
snfbghg6n efibrrty. never read the hihory
OF G'eecc,but meet with lome anecdotes,
thar equally pleafe and animate. Philip of
Macedon. attempting to enlave Greece,
when he found the Spartans endeavouring
to obRrud him, told them, &c that he
would prevent all their meafures," ind
wiH he prsvsat Us from dying? faid thefe
great men. Such was the fpirited an
fw:r of the Prince of Orange, afterwards
our William the third, when Lewis
XIV overun bis country, and taking
advantage of his difitehes prefented iavere
-s1d hard terms to him. When the Duke
osgAackngn.@ told A Sie t $sy h Fs;Plf:sd the
yodpg hero, of avoiding fuch Sight, and
that is by dying in the laR ditch.
In ali free governments there exit M
tgaI rights. If the lovereign has hi, rigbf,
70 have the people. An infraefion of Gfbsr
diilolves the connection but an ardul
wicked man though he thus cuts away the
iclHolding does it in fuch manner, that
the people are dftEiVsd. Hence the men
who knowing the true interefs of their
country, and who Jfsrn Jntb 64J< arn of
deception, when they remonarate and az
fert their rights are perhaps di)rtg1ded.
The people incautiouAy fwalow the bait
and know not the real merit of the patriot
and the .tyrant until it is too late. Thus
CSlar, though he overturned the conRitu-
ton of Rome, by his clemency dazzled
the people. They did not coniider that
now all the barriers were deRroyed, that
though C@lar was kind to them, his fuc-
ceiiorS might be quite otherwife: And
iays Cicero, TIA fEiti (uat, ut, 0miDG Re-
pRb.ieH, pitfiHGs (Eas Jaf00S fare VidsufNr.
They were iuch tools as to luppole, that
though the contribution was gone, their
TIN Pond, would be lecure.
On my countrymen, let not fuch a
icandaions infinuation be ever verified in
this people, the pairisf is djreg0rdsd, but
the wretch who IS running them TVG and is
tGsfmsd' On the contrary, noutifh,
cherIih the former for they are your life,
they are the guardian of place and may
be called the pillars of the community.
Look on the other mi(erzble beings as
m0s9rI in the creation. They are nIsgE
fsrs. Before man can be an enemy TO
his country, or what | call flor hate
evafion) a Tory, he mutt facrifice |fnfi-
1usnt, bsnsar, rtejSu and virtue, if he had
theie qualities, which is rarely the cafe.
But TINS is a mere negative punilhment
| lald above, the people have their
RICH rs: let thefe be exercifed, let the
tyrant know, that be his fztion ever 70
CONTIGUOUS, he can be GmyE7td At the bar
of toe public. To reient iniuits Offered you
as freemen,is generous and noble; and this
will ever be the conduct of a graf nation,
though in the exertion, the political IA
brick may be a ErLf esnUa1lfa, and al
though what is Improperly called GgaifisS,
b's'Hr' and smciKmtDi', perth in the gene
raj run.