The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-12-10
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/" The superficial gift of pieaGug, as If il
was hyperion to every other gift of nature,
afpires to all the favours OF the crown,
and generally engroGes them. From
,hefe premiles il may be inferred, thai
Partially, in the diGribu,ion of favours,
is the lure mark of bad reign; and the
Prince who rehgns into the hands of a
favouri,e the honour of his crown, and
the welfare Of his people, brings matter.
to this dilemma he cithers fets lma
value upon what he con6des to bis favou-
rite, or he afcribes TO bis own choic
4 the power of transforming the fouls o.
men; as if he was able to mould ftztef.
man or an hero, out of iuperannuateG
llave, or a youthful prcAigate."
BELIsARIUs.
IS IR, Pa. M asao.e ~ 5.
TIME condition of other iaates general.
u lyreminds us of our own, and the
mott sriAing circumstances frequently tend
to the minutei enquiries. Great event.
have fprung from trivial caufes, and perhaps
no truth is more fully efablilhed in our
lbifory than this. So
Your Majeay, if we may judge from the
errors of your reign, has evidently let out upon
a mifaken principle in politics, which, with
people lefs patient and deliberate, nigh,
very probably have operated to your ruin
Let Us inveaigate this matter with calumet:
and moderation. The rage of party has
happily fubfded and well meaning indi.
'vidual may certainly venture to deliver his
fen,iments without the leaf apprehension Of
giving offence. a... so
Among the various duties incum-
bent on good citizen to perform, that OF
obedience to authority is not the leaff hon.
durable; but as the ufe of power is only to
enforce the obiervance of the laws; ii is no
longer to be regarded with reverence, than
while it is devoted to that purpofe. When
once il anumes privilege unknown TO the
contribution, or makes the laws lubfervient
to an inteEea diaina from that of the peo-
pie, il is full timeto oppofe il the prece-
dent is dangerous and iffufered to pats
with impunity, the friends of defpotifm i'm
mediately conilder il as right efabliihed.
Time renders it facFeG, and their claim be-
comes, at length, undeniabIe. In this
csi., obedience ceafes to be virtue !; and
the citizen, by his abjea fubmiilion,- en-
0ases ,himfeif and his pofferity for ever.
Such, Sir, IS the certain, but deliberate
progre6 of unlimited authority son one
hand. and of wfeichednels and llAvesy on
the other. = lst,1 lagn 8 ssa. heaw 81
From this confederation | have began this
letters and confcious Of the integrity of my
intentions, / fhiIt deliver my ientiments
without refcrve.s 7 c. 2 Scr f.ffef
The blunt language Of truth claims the
attention Of az, and fdifdains the feryile
complaifance of apologizing either TO the
.peafant or the Pfince. Animated by fin
cere and inAexi6!e attachment to my coun-
try, l feel myfe hyperion to the cold and
common Ceremonies of the world and
your. hfsjeay, notwithstanding what has
been anrrted 10 the contrary, ETuft, has too
much goodaefs to condemn me.
The times demand frankneis and free
Dom ofeniise to weak and bad men, be-
cauis they naaifsaiy tend to leGsn Their