The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-04-30
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venient place, done evidently TO plague,or IN
the mlIdea terms, to punilh the RePreienta-
fives of the people, for daring to malntsn
their rights aganf the uiurPa'ion ct an a.
bandooed miniRry, has not yet been ihewn
20 be for the public (rrVies and barring all
exceptions that may be taken at my lntima-
ton of a doubt of Mr. Hutchin(on's iinceri-
", can hardly perluade myielf ne thinks
the crown pofeit of one prerogative the ex-
ercile of which would defeat that FILE end OF
bis, and all his prer0gatives exihence' 10
bubble about conmiflions, and inRTnctons
which might accompany rhofe comm,ilions
TO attempt to foiR thVie uncertain indehnl'es
upon the people as part OF the contribution
of their country, and to draw lorg acqul-
efcence in royal Recommendations OF mea'
fures evidently promotIve of the common
welfare, into precedent, in order to authorize
ex:rtions which every one confeiies dlia-
preeabIe, is mott certainly unbecoming the
dignity Of firG Magiftrate in 70 'elpeetabIe
government. For ihould Mr.. Hutchinfon'S
doea,ne take place, what man or ange un-
acquainted with every incident included in
the dark womb ffuturiJy. could know the
contribution of his country II intruetlons
from Bni(h miniRer, are eitnt i parts OF
4 MaGschufetts contribution, make no
wonder we hear 10 much of late, of attempts
70 oyerurn fuch contribution. lqueifon
indeed whether the contribution Of Aigiers or
TUBS could equal iuch political monlter,
But Mr.. Hutchlnlon though ne cannot CON
ceiye compact, cannot avoid ooferVing
that the government to be administered by
thefe omnihc nffiuetionS, mutt be conduct
ed, not only in purfuance to the charter, the
ground work of the whole, but alto to the
poor little acts of the corporation of the
MaHachufetts- Bay. A ffrange tumble Of ele
ments this, for quondam Chief Jutice 10
heave out altogether among the people !
would iuft beg leave to infer, from the uie
made of aequislcsncs in Proclamatlons tor
fats, Thanksgiving, &c. caution how we
regard fuch proclamations, 70 partially and
illegally iHaed for the future
Mr.. Hu,chinfon might have fpared him.
felt the pains, to fhew that the exception ia
ken to the initruetions to remove the alien
blv from the town of Bottom, will equally
vail againfi inlfruaions, either in general, or
particular, being conlidered as rules of 60
vernment For however daring a petition
this may feem to him, and the Members of
the cabinet, we do not hsiitatc to declare,
we fully admit the concluiion in all its force,
and with all its consequences.
And we add that the Whole tenor OF the
Charter in letter and lpirt from the tiIft reci-
tai of King James's grant to the Council of
Plymouth, for the planting, ruling, ordering
and GOVERNING OF New England, to
the laft provilion of ATTENDING the Great and
Genera court on the Taft Wednelday inMay
and (uch other times as the Governor fhall
think fit 10 appoint, is to the fame Purpole.
But how. mifsrabIy mutt man argue
who would deduce fyhem of navery from
charter intended to eeabIiih the hgheft de-
gree of political freedom! Ii has been faid,
flaws Mr.. Hutchin(on, that the crown has
parted with its prerogativc OF determining
the time, and place of converting the ahem
b!y. And Can remember it has been fur
Their faid, tina, the prerogatlves of the crown
Ye(peaine the ruling, ordering and governing
the actions of the Governor and company of
the Mlaacholetts-Bay, have been very pro,
blematitica from the beginning. Indeed
the only lub&an,ial claim of the crown,
20 their dominion in any ihape, arofe from
their purfchafe, conque!t and actual occupa
ton. And if in the 6h charter Of James,
which according to Vatel mutt bar all his
fuccenors, thefe pretended prerogatives were
given up,it behoves Mr.. Hachlnfon TO point
as 10 fomc aa of the government whereby