The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-12

M ~ lament 10 tax TINS cOun-
X4S1X try, again revived. After
.6AyEf&AS reviewing thofe writings
which cxiRed in the firit
period of our grievances, writings thar
would have done honsur to any age or any
NATION; little did think to fee fuch an
indsfsnGbls point refumed. But however,
fuch is the cafe, aud ChFonus has lately
afrsatsl the public with the fame argu-
ment. l do not intend at prefent to lst
down and JSrissky rsfnts fuch an Opinien
BY a long courfr of reckoning. Should do
70, my readers might jaifly blg6 for me
Much lefs fhAll fellow him and bis brs-
thren through the mazss and labrInth
they may lead NE into. This would pc
fomething like puifuit after Millions DE-
vii Ny intention is to Offer foae
thoughts which m% perhaps be new o.
the iubjea, and may throw iome light q
a point which il 70 spsJ and nationally dif
culIed by Bob Short and Tom Long.
In the frA place nPafs wholly BY chg
argument that may beHstched from noA-
reorganization. Thattpoin may be truf
and rather believe i, bscaufe it neve
lwas- Saf.-eSSd Ths iseS o. virtual sSs
Proclamation oppofed hereto was too puerile
to have weight. Ii was the offspring OF
fome mans brain, who by no means fe-
rious wien he Rarted il, by fondly brood
ing over it, loft fight of irs original and at
length thought il reality. But the reaaon
will give againft the notion is, that I1dspsH-
dsney which Tom Long luppoIes. hSmby
conceive that the parliament of Great Bri-
tain has no more right to thus tax this peo-
pie than they have to tax the Grand Ssig-
Nor or the Mogul. And why! Becaufe
this people hav. no tsansG7iSs with Great
Britain but what is pSrtifEiGvH alf0tGiaFd,
and in which fuch taxation is BY no means
inciujed.
Some men feem ftrangely ignorant of
this connection. From this iituatlon Of
their minds have proceeded many unac-
countabIe notions. can give no rsafon
for this, unieis, that g fbs Gsd Of fbff
SOsrA hath blinded their eyes." They make
the fate of the colonies that went from old
Rome and ours parallel or in other words
confound the general idea OF coleniza alton
with the particular condition of this pro-
vince. Whereas in fact and nature they
ale .6snfi4iJ different. In judging Of this
point people are apt to confouDd PrslSaf
appearance with what was originally the
fae. This ought by no means to be al
lowed. Ia determining on fuch points we
fhould obferve that rule of PlaeeiaG dfpHsn-
.jfrafzrEm qEid de Re aiqE0, eaadsm in fey-
ft<7i0lns eradz eszGGsr0s Sebsrs, to demon
ttrate any thing We ought TO coniider II
in tn higheit degree. This ought to be
particularly attended to in the prefent cafe.
fhe NAKED, fmple truth mutt be viewed
and nor the prslfsf ftuation which feems
0rangely to have COMPOUNDED mems ideas.
When ii. colonies of Rome planted them
Yves in difiant lands they were Jfzf eat by
\pe ltlelf to enlarge bEr commerce to ex-
Der name, and increale bA glory.
was ALTO the cafe with the Spaniih
pents in this country. Their colo
y ere (tzt corr by the government, and
u Ore the csnnet7isS remained unaltera-
he But thesiituztion of our anceftors was
. " different. 1t leems fomething pa
,.~ to migrations that fand recorded IN
guilty. Particularly thole eolonie. that
4 from Egypt into Greece. When