The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-09-30


Qualified, but that he had no intention to
sfiont the houle by 70 doing, and he was
forty TO find that the houle had taken off.
plealare at the fame.
II Rlfslvsd, That Thomas Powell, who
hath this day been adjudgcd, by this Hcp';,
to have been guilty of high breach OF the
privilege, and. a contempt of this houfe, be
for his faid offence committed to the COM
mon gaol of Charefown; and tina, his Hoo
nour, the PfeGden, of this houfe, do iilue his
warrants accordingly.
\ Before putting the quefion, the Hon. VIII
liam. Henry dayton claimed leave to enter
bis diilent and proteR, il the faid queision
/ ihould be carried.
H DISSENTIENT'
B E CAV 5 (, until this day, there has not
been any order, rule or relove of this
houfe, .againf the publication of what this
houfe may deem its proceedings and al
fthough in many ioftauces, parts of the pro-
ceedings of both Houies of AHembly have
been printed under the article of news with
on. any order from either Houie, yet hitherto
the printers have not, in any ihiance been
called to anfwer for Sch conduct.
BFeGaf, As in the prelent inRance, the
Printer has not made any INTERPRETATION
Of what had been tianfaeted in this Houie,
and has not even made any remark, 70
humbly conceive be does not deieGve any
pundhment whalfoever for do not know
of any naance, where Printer has been
punilhed by the HouGe of Lords, In Great.
Britain, for having only publifhed pTo,eh /;
one of the inhances quoted in the debate
nd laid down as a cafe In point, being, iu
my opinion, void of all foundation, for Blng
ley was not committed by the Houie Of
Lords as was erToneouly Unified upon, for
having printed proteH, but he was com
mt,ed BY the Court Of Kings Bench for re-
fuGng to give bail to aniwer inteuogatorils
upon oath, upon charge Of having printed
libel againit the faid court.
II BseOajt, As the Printer upon his exami
nation, did declate to this houle, that When
/ he printed the proceedings in dueition, he
only did as Printers have always been ac-
cuitomed to do; that in doing 70, he did
net mean any harm to this houle therefcrr
am ofop!nion, that in a free country, luch
an acknowledgment and conuition, expr,l-
ed by freeman, ought to haze been deem
ed fuAiclent attonemen, for an aet VIII Oh
he did not know was penal, unit it was de.
Glazed to be 70 poit faeiuEn.
II BEc0HE. am of opinion, that Printers
ubl'fhiqg the protects of any members o.
tbs HouIe, efpeciaIly by their dsiiie, and
without any remarks whatfoever, ought no
to be deemed violation of the privileges oi
his houle for | do conceive a clear dit
tnction between publication Of fuch pro-
ceedings of the houfe as are under the
idea Of votes of the houle, and The pub
LEGATION of only the proteRs of fome oil
the members and The cauies of them. lap.
prehend that protect is witneis, The very
meaning of the word, of the propriety OF the
conduit Of the protecting member, and as II
is the public publication of his conduct, 10
| in common jufice to the party, il cannot DC
too publicly made known therefore as It
is the very nature of protect that the diiient
and reaions ihould be known, 70 they cam
not be more generally made known than by
printing them in a Gazette, and as the very
protect 10 queffion lays, it was made I" Lett
we fhould be thought to have meditated,or G.
ven to have counienanced a meafure 70
fatal to the freedom of our country )"
10 unlels the proieR was publfhed, it is evil
dent the main and express purpofe Of it could
not be accomplished therefore, as the pro-
teR was entered with leave, and remained
upon the journals approved by this houle, 10
in my opinion an implication mutt neceiiaIi-
ly follow that the purpOle of it ought, by
II natural cnn(rnnence. and as a matter OF