The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-12-10
December 10.

A lengthy Ely, received from the country,
is introduced by .heie lines from Young,
I" ind great may Be eur gain, jftbif BE- great,
To eya(5a tyront and pvsisyvt f0ff;
70 nil the eiamours Of orr fatbsr, bleed,
Ia fix fbs BATS Of fbs public g0sd.
To kave a fame eternal; then 10 far, ].
Mir svitb the Gsdt, and bidtbs svsrld ad,rs."
And concludes in thefe' pathetic serms..
NUR Governor and Judges indepeadensy
OaGeas every perfon Of judgment and req
Isn,as for javizg theirtaxes there are very few
lexcept the Tories) 70 far dtiadsd as 20
pay the leaf regard to the fenfeles =.
iinuation. Every che knows, who kao@s
any thing, that our pteient taxes are to
fuppovt gevsynmsnf, as il is called; and
whatever wretch has his ioool. yearly, is
to be paid by impaffisns on this people,
from the GsVern0y in the chair, down to
the i0weR vega5on1 in the egfsms, they will
be paid BY taxts; and ifthe preient taxation
shot (gtFdsat, taxes on our lands or on
sobate1sr eSmmsdiy they may think fit,
will be Immediately impofed. This people
never were perplexed to pay their Governor
or Judges, but altoay did il with ebsarfnl-
mjs becoming free people. The whole
defign of the etfabliihment of civil govern
rent, is, that equal right be done unto all
men. But manifold have been the occaii-
ons Of complaint, Ence the fra expectation
ofthefe ruinous undergraduates. But now
TREhlBLE AMERICANS if they are
really efabh(hed. I.
The Bottom papers (excep;ing one are
in high eiieem through the country their
hues and,cries have their defired effee, they
are not counted the rawlings of nradmsn, but
the Escsrs, dgsqtd fentiments of rUiff pafri-
ots, they are not reckoned frantic below
ings, but cries of fincere and general diRrels.
From the metropolis they expect to receive
their intelligence, and though one paper con-
tradiets what three Others fay, they know
without weekly intelligence that taxes are
impoied therefore the accounts that advife
them of their tendency they know to be true,
and the other to be lies and fdl6oads. | have
now anlwered the imbRasnf a0frtiss; OF the
Tories, they are baie iratagems to diiunite
Us, but be not dfcsivsd, let Us continue (as
we have hitherto been) firm and Ultimate.
They are endeavouring to brand our 4rug-
giles (by their weekly publications. as
svs0knsG and tslly, but however we know
Britons by uniting in bold efforts have made
KingS and tvanfs tremb!e, and why Zine
,ieans cannot do the fame in their own do
miaions is fomething arange. To mp
matters in their bud is maxim 70 great in
politics, that, without it every impoiilion i'm
mediateIy becomes preefderfi for further.
s The difpute now is not who lhall let the
fails or handle the rudder, but whether fails,
Tudder, lhip, and all ihall 6uk, or s0iAs Il
is not about the msdss of goyernmsnh but
about the exiicnce Of our contribution" My
counttynen, aG=mble youilelves together,
fnLly s0sigb the daily, encroachments on our
rights. We are all on one bsffOm, we are
all equally expoied. The fate of our coun-
try, and OF our offspring wait your declfian.
Il has. been afked what we can do by our
meetings !. We can ihew the world we are
not led BY fai7iH, but that every iudividn0.
is alarmed at his fituation and is fenhbls
how intimately il concerns bimlfG Let Us
always bear 10 memory the maxim of The
Farmer, g by uniting we aand, by dividing
we fall" - A COUNTRYMAN