The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-09-17
NV LORD,

&S%TElT9 gone up to your name,
N.f-- ~ for your rigbfeOaS determi-
NA @% nation in ths Negro caufe,
SyaSSMX we acknowledges wen
a&1GyD@0 de,fp difpay of your regard
to tbs oan Of your Office, and incltes me to
prefs you to 90 little farther in the way
of your duty.
Defended from Scotchman myfeIf, you
cannot imagine what flow OF fPidt | receive
from every honeit action performed by one
of my nation. You are fenlible, my Lord,
that occafions Of this fort have of late years
been very rare. You can, and think
indeed YOU muR, of nccefity encreafe them.
The emancipation of the Negro SomeIfet,
1 whom our face politician, Mr.. John Mar
| fham, has proved was created on Purpofe tor
Aavery, will draw the eyes Of millions upon
you, with this hard queffion in their
mouths. With what colour of right can you
emancipate man taken in war, and fold TO
me by his captor for valuable coniidera-
tion, aad yet hold millions in chains for
whom you never paid farthing ! The DIFF
Erence, my Lord, between a freeman and
fave. you need not be told, is the, abfolute
government OF his perion and property, by
the former, agreeable to his own witt by
en-. latter, agreeable TO the will Of his maj.
ter. You know of few perfons, my Lord,
in this ex,enfve empire in the former pre-
dicament; all but Somer(es leem TO be IN
the latter.
aim at no bubble, or arain of meaning,
nv Lord when tax Of freeman's beirg
governed BY his own will, lmean the pubic
will. or the will OF a majority Of the honef
and Cenfible part of the community. he
will of thefe in Britain and iceland. my Lord ,
is to have an equal, free, and unbIAiiad re-
preventative, changeable at the pleaiure OF
their conRituents the will of thoie in this
country is to make or adopt iuch laws as
they find Pituitary to themfelves, to repeal
what they find detrimental, TO coniti:ute
what officers they think fit to put thoie laws
into execution, and TO allow thofe Officers
what they account al adequate reward tor
their fervices. prefume my Lord, that no
article in tbi, Bill Of Rights, is worie found
ed in nature, or Iefs amply Imported BY au.
thofities than the plea on which SomeFiet
obtained his freedom; they have every one
been as folemnly offered and as ftrcngiy
plead, at the highea tribunal OF the nation,
ana they have been rejeded with dIldain,
and meafures in direa oPpofiion 10 them
purified with vigor, as if done in defPI'e TO
the general voice of the people. You well
know, my Lord, that were the reafon OF The
proceeding lefs evident than IL ls,a termenta-
zion mutt be dreaded from 70 great an altera-
non Of the conditions of men as will eniue
from robbng a matter in the Hands and
Plantations both ways. Fiilt OF his money
eiven.for the fave, on account OF that trade
being inconfRent with the great charter,
and then, BY acts infinitely more rePug-
nant to fad charter to take the monies him.
Eelfearns, after his flaves are gone about .heIr
own buline(s, 20 maintain cdltom houle Off
GERS and Judges of admiTalty5 appointed &c
tfy caules on land without juries. he ne
sroes themfelves nv Lord, will fpurn atfuch
s5furdities I IF Magma Chartz is again
coming into play, for Gods fake let US have
IL altogether. The pareelling ct It ou
piece meal will be as fatal to US as theAgra'
rian.lAw was TO the Romans. Rrmembel
the fate. ofthe worthy 1'iberus Gracious
'tis.not impofible thatin you,my Lofd, ina!
e an exsareverle Of exsn,pc.
i [ ever thought Gracious an honsf
4. imgrudsn, patriot He failed fo'