The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-02-25
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fthen ! have made it appear. tia, both BY the
brit add iecond charter; we hold our lads and
the authority Cf government rot ct the Kfsg but
OF the C'0ws of England, that being domini-
on OF the crown of England, we are cooiequsn,.
y iubjset to the fupreme authority OF England,
thai this hath been The lenfe Of this plantation,
excsFt in thoie few years when the principles of
anarchy which had prevailed in the kingdom
had not Ion their influence here and il, upon
review OF your principles, they fhsll appear TO
| you to have been deufve and erroneous, a. |
think they mutt, or if you ihal only be in doubt
OF them,ycu certainly will nor draw chat couclu-
hon which otherwile you might do, and which
| am glad you nave hitherto avoided, Especially
! wteHyou conii1er the obvious and ihevItsbe dii-
Tres and milery Of inGspende &c upon our mo-
ibr country, if loch independence could be al
! i;we1 or mai" ined, and the probability OF
much greater didiels, which we are not able to
! fOretse.
\ You ak me 1--WE have not reafon to fear we
hall ioon be reduced to worlc iituatioD thaa
that OF the colonies of France, Spain or Hol-
land. may fafelV affirm that We have not
that we have no reafon to fear any evils from
! iuom'iiion TO the authority OF parliament,
| equal TO what we NUT feel from its authority
being dilpuied, from an uncertain rule OF law
| and government. For more than ieventy
years together The supremacy Of parliament
was acknowledged without complaints OF
! grievance. The efect Of every meaiure can
/ not be forefeen by human Wifdom. What can be
! expected more from any authority than when
| the unhtneis of meaiure is d,icovered, to
make 1t void When upon the united repre-
fentatens and complaints of The American CO.
lonies any acts have appeared to parliament
to be uniautary, have the c not been repeat
ed intances of the repeal of (uch aetsf we
cannot expect theie intances fhould DC carried
10 tar as to be equivalent 10 difavowal or
relinqulihment of the right itielf. Why then
fhall we fear for ourielVes and our Poiterlty'
greater rigour OF government for feventy years
TO CONS than what we and our PIedeceiiors
have felt In the feventy years Paf.
| You mutt give me leave, gentlemen, IN
few words to vindicate myielf from charge,
in one part of your anfwer, of having, by my
fPeech, reduced You to the unhappy alterna-
tive of appearing by your iilence TO acquiefee
IN my ientiments, or of freely dilcuiiing thls
point OF the supremacy of parliament. faw,
as have before obierved, the capital town OF
the Pr>vinee, without being reduced TO iuch
an alternative, voluntarily not only diicufiing
oGt determining this point, and inviting eve
ry other town and d'ariet in the province to
GO the like. la@ that many OF the principal
towns had followed the example, and that
there was imminent danger Of compliance
IN moit 1t no, all of the reit, in order to avoid
being ditinguiihed. Was not reduced to
the alternative OF rendering myfelf jualy OBJ
noxious TO the difpIeafure Vt my fovefeign by
dequeieing IN fuch Irregularities, or of calling
upon you 70 join with me in iuppreiing them :
Might not rather have expected from you an
exPreiion of your concern that any perlons
thould project and proiecute plan of mea-
lures which would lay me under a necefity of
bringing this point before you? 1t was 70 far
ron being my inclination, that nothing ihofs
OF ieoie of duty to the Kiog, and the obli-
| CATIONS ! am under to conlult your true ints-
fsit Could have compelled me to il.
Gs5flnnsn Of The Cornell. and
GfHfhmsn Of tie Hozisef Repreis1fAfiVy,
| We all Profefs to be the loyal and dutiful
iubjeets Of the King of Great ritain. His
MaJeity eonhcers the Britiill empire as one en-
tire dominion. fubjeet to one iupreme legif-
! laIive power, due fubmilion to which is eE-
iennal to the maintenance of the rights, IL
berries and privileges of the feveraI parts of
this dominion. We have abundant evidence
OF his Msje6y's tender and impartial regard
TO the rights Of his fubje6ts and am autho-
nzed TO fay that his Majeny will moR gra-
eiouily approve of every constitutional mea-
iure that may contribute to the peace, the
haPpineis, and PROPERTY of his colony of.
Maf4chuietts- Bay, and which may have the
effect to thew TO the world that he has no win
beyond that of reigning in the hearts and at
feetions of his people.
T. HUTCHINSON!