The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-02-27

| tempt. In iuch cafes, thou.h under ve-
nal houie, the liberties of the people WIRE
brought to low ebh, yet as the famina
of the contribution remained, under another
| af:mbly they may revive. This was par
ticularly the cafe with the Dutch in 1914,
and the Portugucfe under the Duke OF
Braganza. But when the TN principles of
government and the fom lief are touch
ed, unleis vi1orouny attended TO, the liiie
will naturally and unavsidabb be DEATH.
Here the mitchell is peculiarly. fatal. In
our former view of things, it was the pf'-
Pile who were deceived. In the latter, the
HoHjE fbsmjsivss are m1ed. They may be
of fpirt thar will never brook opprefiI
on, and who would make noble itand
could fby pTcsiVs the danger. But 81 art
ful man may entirely alter the contribution,
take every jota of their power out OF their
hands and yet they knotV nothing OF the mat
ter. The nature of the procedure as we
ob(ervcd in former number is abttraet and
as it is founded on principles that are in
tricate, may not terrify. However ii Is
amazingly fatal, and by this means ty-
rant m az Iivet the chains for ever, and yet
what mutt harrow every man of reAaetlon,
he at the fame time popular. There IS no
need of the faggot or the lword, the. dit
DSaId sp,Er0ly tends to, and will ahured end
! 10 DEATH.
HelCB the -feventh, as great, wicked a
EsssssAaIat ever filled the Englllh throne,s had
ne properly attended 70 the msaiures he
went into, might have made himiclf and his
fuccefors, as defpotic as any crowned heads
in Europe. BY the reduction OF thrir re-
tainers and other means he purified, ne
weakened the frength Of the nobility
That political power which the conitituti-
on kdgn there, conferred almoit IUb'ity in
him. He therefore governed the Com
mons at pleafure, and could extract from
them what fums he choie. Their fervl-
lily was 70 amazing that hiltorians have
wondered at it. And had Harry lived a
little longer, and feaciy pHrjued the lamT
plan, the Commons might have made him
the fame folemn funender of their liber-
ties, as the people of Sweden did their 70
yereign. :.
DO not intend at prefent to prove that
the balance OF power in our Legislative is
Bifitd. This would be only repeating
what formerly urged, and what has ne
yer yet been aniwcred. | would have
this people be JfzGblt of the danger thar
naturally refults herefrom. 1t is impodible
| think, if this is the cafe, that they will
long fufer the impoGtion. hope future
houle, if there ever hould be one, will
be fenfible of their political fate, and will
remember, that il is their duty and their
infersG, to watch over the contribution,
and guard the freedom of the people.
May they realize that inaffsntiOa and pEG-
E0aimity are equally fatal. By Evsry mo
iivs therefore that can affect you: BY that
tsndtrneG towards this country which
| lhould animate you as gEardiasf Of its
Wright. By thofe (sntimfHtS which fhould
influence you as men q b'nOsr, as ebrJfiSzs
and as frrsmen. By that Lympaiby which
! naturally works within you when thinking
on thofe little endearments that brighten
exiHence. By life, by death or what
ought to be more powerful, BY liberty, by
kls0sry, be DETERMINED that you
will not fee the contributions you are bound
to prelerve changed without fruggle;
and that whatever fhould be the COME
quence you will not be enilaved. If you
do not thus think and al, we fall. Per-
haPs ysS are the dsrHjr, the sS5 reiou: &C