The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-10-08

nguiar ciTcumtance as MS thtereit, AIS par
lon, OF prejudice lhod.d dHsa him.
lniteed Of laying, as you DO, that you |
ELI cves, fa,isfAeiion in oblerving the TEN.
Der, and the prudence, which have governed
N the deliberations of P-----t during the
courfe of the iefion, IL woaId have been
more confident with truth, and conlequeH'ly'
more lui,able 70 that csndot aud ingenuity
which lhould ever mark the character OF
K =, to dec are that you was highly p'eai-
ed with the blind and implicit Obedience
they had paid to al yOar imperial dictates,
Guni6ed by your MiuiRer for their temper
and their prudence, in the eye OF Sommon
leafe. amounts to no more:
AS 10 the frefh proof they have given OF
their affeeflonate attachment to you, BY pat
fine the Royal Marriage bill, to which you
plainly allude in the concuiion ct the above
paragraph, | have only 10 obierve, that am
a jealous an advocate as your NJ
can pof6bly be for royal marriage bill:
only differ from you with regard to the mode
lott. The conuouling power lhouid De en-
,neIy in the hands Of the parliament, that u.s.
Of the people Your MajeGy, properly,
mould have no concern in it. Your M.
IS not at liberty to marry as you pleaie ana
for a man. who himleIf 10 net at Liberty 10
marry as he pleaies, to allowed 'cNcoDss
trout the marriage Of other people 10 ie2gae
be-znnweu 20 marry at all, except the eldefff,
and he only TO get an heir to the crown II
we have iuch one to fill up vacancy when
liz happens we want no more. We are al
READY efficiently burIhened with the MAIN
senancc of your numerous family in q fin
| gle fate, without incurring the additional
expence we mutt neceGArily bring upon Us,
were we 10 fufer them to marry, and to
have their already too great efiabiihmeni
| ifill further encreafed. Their cannot, indeed,
be grearer curie to any nation than nu
merous Royal Family. They are fuIe 70
rife to the 6rf Offices in the army, the navy,
and perhaps even the fate, without the leaf
Ipretence TO merit and this furnifhes fucfi a
Precedent for prefering interef TO merit in al
cafes, as muR at laR extinquI(h in the breaH
Of the fdtjea, every ipask Of honea ambiti-
on, every generous defire to excel.
1 You intimate, that the fole intention oil
the Royal Marriage bill was to provide an
additional fecurity for the wefare and no.
nour Of your family. | doubt not but this
was your M-=y's intention. doubt not
even but il was the intention of the prelent
mental and 2rCifitute parliament. But am
fure it was not The intention of the people in
general, nor will il be the intention of an
uncorrupt Parliament, lhould fuch Parlia-
ment ever DC chofen for lhoaId it be cho
fen, il will convince your No., that the
cafe, the convenience and the intcTeR of the
nation, cot the welfare and honour OI
your family, were the great objees OI
the Royal Marriage bill. In France the
glory of the Grand Ai0nSrsur is considered
as hyperion to the happiness of the people
but truf the time will never come in Eng
land when the welfare and honour of the
Brunfwiek family, or of any other family, Ihall
be confdeTsd as hyperion, or even equal, or
even in any the leaf degtee compaEable to
the intereR of che nation. The French
KING may tell his hbjeas, that they were
made fot him: The EngIifh will take the
iOslsy Of telling their King, that he was
made for them. The French King may
! tell his fubje6s that he is tIsir matter The
EnghG1 will take the lIberty of telling their
/ King, that he is only their ferssns and
though their fra lervxnss all bur thei1
fervant.
i And prys Sirs what DO daaszF SYdss