The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-11-05

ons, not only between iubJeet and tubleet,
| bur between the crown and the fubjstt -
OF how much greater importance NUT it
Be to prefe,ve from the leaf Improbable
bias, the Judges Of court, ii.veffed BY
the laws of this province, which have
been approved of by M.jcify, with powers
as fully and amply to all intents ard pur-
pofes whatlosver, as, the courts Of Kings
Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequsrs
within his M.jeay's kingdom of England
have, or ought to have. =, a.
"Your Excellency will allow your petit
oners, with due .fubmifiion, to repeat, that
this efablilhm-nt appears to them preg-
nant with fuch fatal evils, as that the mott
dlitant thought of its taiting efea fila
their mind with dread and horror.
3" Thele, Sir, are the fentiments and app
| prehenfons of this metropolis exprefied
however with due Difference to the fenti-
menss of the province, with which your
petitioners are anxiouay fo.icitous of being
made acquainted, =, ;. q,
il is therefore their earneR and humble
requef, that POUR Excellency would be
pleafed to allow the General Anembly to
meet at the time to which il now fanda
prorogued in order, that in that rssR;fa-
fi01ai body, with whom il 10 to
enquire into grievances and redrefs
them, the joint wiidom of she province
may be employed, in deliberasing and de-
termining on q matter 70 important and -
farming. ), -;
| PHILADELPHIA, Ot7sbv aI. On Fiji
day evening the following addrefs was
preiented to the representatives of the city
and county of Philadelphia. in General
AHembly, by Committee OF a number of
the inhabitants Of faid city and county.
"To Ilrael Jacobs. Henry cawling, Iona
than Roberts, Michael Hillegas, Samu-
el Rnoad', Jo(eph King, Jofeph Par
ker, and George Gray, Efqn. Repre-
fentatives Of the county, and Samuel
Shoemaker, and Thomas Miflin, Elqrs.
Burgeifes Of the city of Philadelphia.
"7bs addrsl q samber Of JJsemss Of b1
county and city sfsvsaid.
"GufIsmsH,
=" WE hncerely congratulate you, In
behalf of ourlelves, and Others, our fell
low-citizens and countrymen, on your e.
lection to rePreient US in General. AGem-
bly, for the prefent year; and though We
have the highel opinion of your abilities
and integrity, and doubt not but you will
exert your utmof endeavours to promote
every meafufe, which may tend to further
the happinefs OF the community; permit
us, nevertheless, TO recommend to your at-
tention the following fubje6is, "a matters.
either directly In themielves, or in their
consequences, moR likely to Zap the liber-
ty of our happy contribution.
And frit; A6s Of AGsmbly have been
palied, without giving the people an OPP
Portunity Of hearing the purport of them,
or Offering their objections (if sayl nor
can they poGibly know, who hsvs or have
not JULY Eeprefented them, excepr By pri-
vate intelligence and, as we humbIy con-
ceive the people have an indubitable right
to know how their bufinefs IL manfaeaed in
the houfe, we expect that our worthy re-
prefentatives viii coincide in opinion with
US, that their confituents are entitled to
have free aceefs there, or that fuch me-
ihods llouid be taken to give them Gtis-
faehon, as 20 the wildom Of the houfe haIl
feem meet.
Secondly; The Excite Aa, psGsd Taft
year. We apprehend to be opprefiye, par
tial and unconstitutional in Rlelf, and 70
-lefs fubverfive Of the liberty Of the lu5 'ea,
and dangerous in its consequences. Op-
preifive, As il is heavy tax upon the mlsJ
ding and poor c'aE Of the inhabitanty
Partial as the importer may evsde the pst
uient Of one fAnthiog for what he co
fumes. Unconstitutional, as a pefion