The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-08-27

peniation from the rope, you Can doio'S
the Prince of his obligation to regard ms con-
tracts :.
To this follows that the mutual check
and dependence of the branches of the le-
pilature is deitroyed, and the province ex.
pofed to a deipotic administration And
here il is that we have an eminent initance
of the traits a man finds himfelf reduced to
who right or wrong mutt fay fomethlng.
That independence, fays ne which Is IN
confident with free government, and
whic.rthe Engifh contribution abhors, and
which may properly be termed deipotlim'
is a freedom in thofe who are yetted with
sxseuiiOs and Judiciary powers from the re-
ftraint of knos0n stfObiJbfd IaS0s and a liberty
of acting according to their own Will and
pleafuTe !?
Here delpotifm is entirely conhaed to
executive and judiciary powers. But eveO
that admitted will not ferve the turn, as the
magifrate, the honorable houfe levelled
their refove againR, is executive as well as
legislative and in either capacity, take
away the power in queiton, and let him be
pIeaitd to inform US what remains to a.
bridge his liberty OF acting according to bis
cum sviH and tkejnrs. : HIS M,jefy's great
tenderness for the rights of his lubjeefs. |
confsfs know of no province in the Otto
man empire who have not as itrong check
in the contribution of that rate over their
fanpuinary BAlhaws. Royal grace and great
tsndernee, require more fubHantial mani
feRations than the bare POUNDS or dead let
tUI of them now and then appearing in
the lpeeches or meHages of defpotic minif
tiers, to render them felt and acknowledged
by the people. Cumberland. Conway. on
one hand Glouceiter, Matilda ,on the o.
Their, are Rriking infAnccs of royal tender
nris. But had we an Alfred upon tie
throne his minifters fhou,d know that Eng
lfhmen require better lecurity for the quiz
ct enjoyment and ab(olute difpoial, of their
lives and fortunes, than may be expected
from the mercy of any man.
NJ Hutchinion fays that the houfe, as
we'll as writers in news papers, have con-
founded the meaning of the words cheek
and dsbsndanes, which it feems hav. no
manner of relation to each other, and can
only by artifce be prened into the fervice
of the faction to give faIGe notions Of 60
vernment aud fir up d.fcontent and diforder.
According to his improved logic there
may be check in the one party where
there is no dependence in the other. This
thread is fine but | think wanting in
itrength indeed it needs ArfiGcs, even to
give il the colour of truth. 10 check a
man who is totally independent of me is as
practicable for me as to fay the moon or
alter the courie of tides.
When Mr.. Hu,chinion draws into pre-
cedent the condition of the King, Lords and
Com mons of Great Britain (; nc does not
conlider the vaf difference there really is
between the pattern and the copy. The
KIM of Great Britain is with Telpe9 to
every other potentate really independent,
really pohcned of great eHate Of his own,
which the lntsrelf of himleif and family
binds him to take care OF the Lords of
the realm are in like manner each the im-
mediate guardian of bis own dignity, privi-
Iege and property tnefe noble perfonages
being entlu lfed or Empowered BY no man
may therefore we'll be iuppoied accountable
to no man. TheCommons of Great Bri-
tain being conHdered as the representatives
of the body of the nation have undoubtedly
a fair title to exemption from the coeIiive
cont;oul Of either OF the other fore menti-
oned powers. But will any one pretend
that Mr.. Hutchinfon's Condition at all re-
lembIes that of the Kingl Is he 70 bound
TO this province that without (ubmiting to
the lowtf degration he cannot leave it to
inhabit ellie where ! can he declare with
any thought OF being believed that he has
no other interef than that OF this people. l.
bis ftilion hereditary 70 that his honours