The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-12-16

49, w. w~ TAX OF ieelNeting ana expol-
ing them. Would God they might innocently
be pafed ever ButcEnase and deitruttion on
the one hand. chain. and il.very on the other,b by
your means Raring US full in the face, obllgeus
to sxpoiiuale with you, and lay cur calamities
at the door OF The moa unfeeling migrate thar e.
yer difgraced this country. The Tea you FAY
nall not 20 back Six thcufsnd Of your fellow
countrymen have Teiolved at ali events that II
fhal What mun be the conlequence of iuch
obainacy, Mr., Hu'chin(jn, but bloedihed and
confuion You tell US your duty TO government
obliges you 10 act 10 this manner. Confder
Mr.. Hutchinion what kind Of government that
mult be, which acts in direct opPolition TO the
general voice of the people Your party long
sfteted to repreient the oppoiers OF your mao
vations lmall and uncomfortable fatiion. The
grester part of Europe, are now iasished OF the
fslacy of this petition. You can therefore have no
other pretence than that of forcing terms upon the
community sgsinft their wills; and wha, great
er violence than this was ever exeTciicd InSpain
or Morocco This government therefore, of
which you are 70 jealous an absttor, and indie.
fatgable lnpporter, is a government OF VIC
lence and force, which in oil ages and countries
has been efieemed the lcourge and cuhe OF man
. kind. great mJority Of this people are con
lcions of this dreadful truth. and thoroughly a.
harmed at the consequences OF fubmiiiion TO
fach an ufurpation. They Zee your three pence
on tea acquiciced in, will invite q fix Pe1ce on
launching ellt, and that Gxpence digeHed, a mil
Ling and 10 on, till this pretty little revenue
will tupPort aanding army iuficient to exact
tax of every ten,h or fifth maiden to make
wives for this ioidiery. They perceive that
country TAX able wthou, a representative, will
loon be in the condition Of France, where the
crown has rs fpic, and inforners throughout the
whole nation, and by them understanding tina
luch man has ten thoufand pounds in cain,
tends Letter demanding loan Of the whole
fun, which he owner efuies at his EfmsR pc
yI' as you lome,imes expreis you'ielf. They
look upon theie rsvilhments OF property, and the
cruel h6tiors OF puniihment, inieParstle from
arbitrary goysrhmsrt, which being an entire f,i-
TEN of wroag and voletee, can only by the
terror OF greater violence coerce TO its obedi-
enee, TO be intolerable to men Of ienlt
and ipirit, ahd will therefore, like the
brave Carthseinians, bury themlelves in the 10
ms Of their inAamed cities before they will lub-
NIT to fuch uriua and ignominiOus tyranny In
Great Britain and Ireland, Sir, you are fenfble
that men having knowlege Of theIe things and
wills Of their own, are bought up with prices
proportioned to their REFLECTIVE importance, but
Americans il leems are q much inferior fpscies
of animals, and LAY with little cunning and
Nne buffer be baiisd out of their rights. We
have recent whifper of twelve fhips OF the line
and fifteen thouiaEd land fcrces, which may
ipeedily be expected doubtless TO Ielard the
very defsrviug sxiLsJ in BoRou, and prgbably
guard their perions and houfes for Twelve
month or two. No doubt, part Of their COM
milton, will allo be to burn fome GUN POW
DER in the hearing of the Bottom COnziffss Of
Csrrslpsszsrre. Ii will hardly snlwer to J5sOt
them Cor adverli6ng their brethren throughout
the province of the incontefibe fate OF facts re-
lpeeing their rights and grievances. The CRY
of London, even under the Kings nofe, takes
theie liberties.
This armament, FAY the well Affected, would
Ioon lay ycur capital 10 afhes, and reduce your
ffubborn fonach to what terms the miniller
plesfes to impole on you. i
That fuch force might demolilh Bottom is
granted, bur that quiet lubrlflion OF the pro
vince to rniniAerial mesiB es would be the con-
isquence, utterly deny. 700
Tea, the idol Of America, is COW upon trial,
and msugre allthe efforts of standardization,
dare sfert, the iums the INDUCED company will
realize by it, I'M the coming ieven years, will
hardly ncise them TO petition the miRiller to
duty any more OF their articles Of commerce.
Brides, Mr, Hut-hinlon, | lhoud conceive
that the ea,e Of GfeM-Britain, with refpta TO
her European neighbours is hardly 70 Hattering,
that ihe could isfely f.nd iuch force serofs the
Atlantic, to remain four or five years in Ameri
ca. And leis time you know, would hardly
iufics to inure this wild people to well con-
irmed habit Of lAvery. As for numbering them
Unfortunately, or even liking of their lead
ers the former would dearoy sll pro(pea of