The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-02-25


Charles the f.conc, Until me tine which have
mentioned. Upon the revolution the force Of
an act OF rar lament was evidenI in CAT OF as
great importsnce as q which could happen 10
the colony. Krg Wilinm AID Queen May
were D oelaimsd il the co.oay X ard Queen
Of England, Frsnce and IIel-nd and f6s d0~i"iaHI
fbsys&nis Ssioggixg in The room of kinf James
and TIN: not b, ynue OF 40 act Of the colony,
for no fuch "a eve, pa1ed, but by io'ce OF an act
of parliament which aite ed the iucceilion to the
crown, and fo' ~hich the people waited leversl
weeks with arxlous concern BY force of sno-
ther act Of palame t, ana that cnly,inch otiice's
of the coonySs had taken the nslhs of allegiance
to King lanes deemed tnemle YES az liberty to
take, and accordingly did take the oat sto K'rg
William and Queen Mry. And that my
mention olheT acts 81 the ike nature together, II
is by force Of an sd Of plrlisment tina; the iliui
triols hou(e of Hinov-r lucceeded tolhe ihfnne
o. Britain aaaiJ do uiaisS. and by ieveral other
acts, the forms of the oaths have from time to
time, been altered. and by late set that form
was elab fhsd which every one OF as ms com
piled with as the charter in exprsis words re-
quires aud makes our du.y. Shall we no" Gil
pu.e 9heiher acts of parliament have been iub-
mitted to when we fad them fubmited to In
points which are IF he very eleuce of our con-
altulion , If you n uld difown thst authority,
which has power evea to change The iucceiilon
to th: crown, are you in no danger Of denying
the suthory of our mott gracious loVereign,
which am fure noce of you Can have in youe
thoughts
h think have before lhewn you, gentlemen,
what mutt have b en- the lenf Of our predecei
fors al the time Of the Hrf charter, let us now,
viii 4 we are upon the acts snd doings of the al
iemoly, coniider whist mutt have oeen at the
time Of the lscond cha ter Upon the hrit sd
vice Of the revolution 10 Ecgand, the authority
which ilnmed the give umsnt inttIueted their
| age IS 10 petition The pariamsHt to rettore the
irit chire-, and bill for that purpoi= paiied the
Houle of Commons, but went no farther. Was
no. tnis rwning the authority Of barHGwsSf :
By an act of parliament, paled in the 6dt year
OF Kiog Wiilm and Queen Mary, form OF
oaths wa, eaabilhed TO be- taken by thoie Prin-
ces and by al flcceediug Kings and Queens Of
Eoglsnd at ihel- co ovation, the fit OF which rs,
hat they will govern the people Of the kingdom
and fbs domiuisn, fbersHsfo brIcsging, according
10 the fa'1GJ in b0yi0wSf agrsF6 on. and ths
iatvJ ard eHj?Om ,fEbs iamr. Wher tse colony
drrSs6ted their agents to make thsir humble sP-
PHeA on 10 King William to graot the fecor
cIz )e, they nld have NJ other prerence than
Ss/hey were il h bitans Of part Of bs deMinrOnI
If England, ard hey sllo knew the oath thsKirs
had taken q govern them Accorairg 70 fbs PH-
fRt'J in bayliamssi furey ther, at the time oil
sc -. III -, 80 Cer(s -f 0rpde
cefos, as well as Of the King and Of the nation
tnaG there was ard would remain lu rem c. Ia
the parliament About he fame time they &C
know.ed e, in an addrsls to the King, that they
have no power to mskc laws rGpggHast 10 the
I0uvJ of EggAB4 And, Immediately after the
sfum2ton of the powers o. cove n ment by vir.
tue of the new charter, an act pailed to revive,
for limited time all the local laws e he colo
mics of MsGachuf us Bay and New Plimouth,
respectively, nor yepRgnanf 10 fbs Ia7Vs Of Eng
land. And, at the anne lefEon an act psfled E.
Rabliihing naval Officers in feveral po is Of the
province, for which this resion is Civ n, fbat all
undue trading contrary 10 an at of psrGunfHf
made ia tbS kf,t1tL year Of Kisg CdarltJ fbs E
rsSd may Be preV,NfeG in fbis fbGr M4jsRis, pro-
Vises. Tie act Of this province pafed 70 long
ago as the fecond year Of King George the 6il,
for Eating the fees Of the cultom houle officers
NUT hsve relation to the acts Of parliament by
watch they re contributed, and the proviGon
made in tina, act Of the province for extending
the port of Boaou to ali the reads as far as Cape
Cod, could be for no other porPole than fer the
more eAe6tua carrying the acts Of trate into ex-
ecutiop. And to come nesrer to the prefent
time, when an act of parliament had pshsd in
I74I, for putting an end to certain u wsrranta.
bic tchemes in this province, did the authority of
government, or thofe perlons more Immediately
affected by it, eyer ddpute the validity of it I
On the contrary, have not numbe, of sets beer
psiled in the province. that the burdens to which
luch per(ons were fubjeeed might be equally sp-
portioned, and have not all thole acts Of the pro-