The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-12
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the fpeech which Mr.. Flood made in the
Irifh houle of commons, on monday the
1sth of November laft, when. the debate
on the psnfion of Jeremiah D. ION, Efq;
came on before the committee OF fuppieS,
The debate was opened by Sir William
Mayne, who oblerved a" that he coriide-
red this penGon as bnvtbfnl0ms and anH'fff-
kary 6nr.bsnIome inalmuch as it was one
tbsaJaud pounds per annum--and HHntftEsfr,
as it was beifowed upon man who haa
never been of any fervice to that kingdom.
This was fe.bly replied to by a certain
chief magiRrate, who was ALTO re-ani"eF-
ed after which Mr.. Flood got up, and
fpok: as follows
cannot help obfcrving, on this &C.
eaton, that the fubiea of the Preient de-
hate IS one of the mott interetng and i'm
por,ant TO the good of this diftrsiied king
dom, as (iftbs bsnsf men in fbs bsHls carry
their paint) it may ferve as precedent Tor
other bmtbenjsms and annTf!D0ry psnhoon'
being fcratched off our enormous pentof
liza and at the fame time am forty 70
oblerVe, that 70 neceHayy an expedient as
the eating our aggreyed country OF the
dreadful weight upon its lhoulders Ind OPP
ponents in this houfe, and be brought to a
debate.
&" have but little to fay, on fubjcet
which fpesks 70 amply for itlelf. It is the
misfortune of this country, that ithas al l
ways been i'll ufed, and ill-ufed by t0refgn
hands tco-jorGgu governors, f''GgH pen
fioners, fsrsgn parafItes. With all the ma
tural rsouifites oflife within our own king
dom, and with all the artificial convenien-
ces of IL within our reach, eur countrymen
live in beggary, and die in defPair, while
other people riot in our treafures, and bend
under the weight of our fpoils, we are
eafping for eur daily fuftenance, and trea-
fed with all the indignity of petty pro-
vince.-Tell me, can it be faid that Great
Britain has treated us with the fame honour
and refpeH with which one GTsr kingdom
ought to treat another Though we have
our own Legislature, our own laws, our
own revenues, have we not always been,
and are we not fill infulted with opPEefiion
and reproach, as an cut cat among the nHff-
on? If there is a man on the Other hde OF
the water who has ipent his life in court
intrigues and court knavery, done under
hand Jobs for the WORT purpole:, and fer
we'd alehe evil purpoies of an evil mlnittry ];
is he not Immediately dispatched TO Ireland
with miajGeriaI mandate in bis pocket,
and faddled upon our revenue for poit and
penfions, as the reward ofhis evil doing I
in the midit of all this mifery, it were
fome comfort, fince we mHf be preyed up
on, If we were prcyed upon by the fat'srpiL
Lsr5 of our own lard.-But to be eat up By
the vymfn of axotbT nation, is the curfe
that gals me-.
+" But of all the burthens which it has
plezfedgovernment TO lay upon our devoted
fhouldeTs, that which is the fubjeef of the
prefent debate is the mott grievous and in
tolerable-Who does not know JFrsmi0b
Dyfsn Eta /! NE know little of him in
deed, otherwife than by his name in our
peniion liff but there are'Sfb1S who know
him by his a67isw. This is he who is'en-
dued with thofe happy talents, that he has
(srvedsper1 administration, AID ferved eve
nv one with equal fuccefs-a civil, PlfablF,
good natured gentleman, who will DO
what you will, and FAY what you p!eafe,
for payment,
ttiere Mr., Flood was interrupted, and
called to order by Mr.. M, who urged
that refpee ought to be paid to Mr.. Dyfon
as one Of his Majelf's s5Fe@', and, as fuch,
one whom his majctty was grsclouilj
pIeafed to rePofe eosfdf1ls in. However,
Mr.. Flood went on,
&c As to the royal easfdenes vePofed in
Mr.. Dyfon, bis gracious maj fly whom
God long prelerve) has been graei'gey Ia
vim Of it, not only to Mr.. Dyfon, but the