The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-12-10

inGH HllgWHIdnsc. W hS1so''S hsh ~
fo.nny is expoied, their importance will
nec,Ga.ily dimlnifh; and conGderlng your
prelrnt iituation 10 the kingdom, | think The
preleryaiion of Jour repofe is Of more con-
iequence 70 the nation and youtlsl6 than the
qualification Of either their vanity or avafice.
Unfortunately you have been iuuouoded
by a fet of men who have openly ayowsd
principles rcpugnan, TO ihe.eRablllhed laws
Of the land. They have purfued an intefeh
diferen, from your Msjeay's; and the fyi-
TENS which they have introduced have effrc-
tualIy difgraced your reign. Their fame
expires with The day; yours is more dura-
bic. Il is 10 Rand the tet of ages and
the faithful hiforian, at Tome future period.
in tranfmittng the annals of your reign 70
pofferity, mutt difcharge his duty with fidc-
lily he mutt record the truth. How eau
tious then mould foyereign aef, 20 merit
the unanimous applaufe of his fubjsas, and
avoid the reproachcs of fucceiive generate
ons. The Prince who be,rays an indIffe
renee to this confederation, mutt live in mi
ferry, and die unlamented. To be happy,
he mutt be popular. He muR reign in the
hearts of the people, ano leave violence and
fo,ce tothofe who have nothing elfe 10 iecure>
them the poheaion If their crown. Who
ever has informed you to the contrary, has
done you an injury of the g'eatelf magni-
tude. However, the evils ssa'Ich have IN
happily involved the people in difpute
with the throne, are yet to be remeded.
Butt is your M4jeRy who is mott interef
ted, that mutt determine on the manner
which is TO accomplish 70 defirable an event.
To leaveit till it becomes an act of NEcEs
sITY, and not of CHOICE, is at once i'm
polite and dangerous.
The unexpected revolution which has ia
ken place in Sweden, naturally leads US to
examine into the particulars of our own f.
tua,ion. Examples Of this KIDD work with
lucceis upon the multitude; and it is in
thoie moments that the laborious part of the.
community find time for ipecu.alon, and
conceive Continents unfavourable to monar-
chy. The inequality fulfilling among man
kind, which never perhaps engaged their
attention before, becomes the hrR object of
their confederation and il is nesdleis to in
form your Majefy, what other ideas are in,
leperably annexed TO il, .near i SOS
The fra truth they difcover is, that all
men are in nature free. They afterwards
proceed to contemplate the vsf difproporti-
on in foeiety, and without attending to thofe
nice difinaions necsfary to be preferyed,
they infenGbly grow Duplicated with their
iisuation, and sconGder the partial dilfributi-
on of fortune as an evil OF more confequence
than itreallyi is This misfortune, indeed,
arfcs from an unworthy compsrifon, and
is only imaginary. Yet thofe reflections
mutt evidently Zap the foundation Of fociety,
becaufe il weskens the bonds, and, in en-
deavouring to correct mere partial evil
unavoidable among men) introduces anar-
chy and confuhoh, which terminate az laf
in their defaru6ion. % = 80
In defpotic Rates the multitudes mutt be
kept in ignorance, unlefs indeed the Prince
could teach them to argue from FINAL
CAUSES. In thofe countries philofophy
meets with every poflible Encouragement But
when the people venture to exerciie theiI
reafon, that epocha inRan,ly becomes fatal
to tyranny, and the iyrant does well to q
void their refentment. In Sweden the peo-
pie are engaged in CONTEXT with their Sove-
reign and indeed their condition is lament
able enough. On one hand they are torn
and divided bys vile arifocracy, the WORT
of all governments and on the other, an
attempt is made BY their Prince at delpo-
tim. a ~
Its difficult to adyife men in their defpe.