The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-03-04

ter was vacated more explicitly" that s,than
by converfaton with the commiiliJners,
acknowledged the authority of parliament,
and voted that their Governor Mould take the
oath required Of him faithfully To do and per-
form ali matters and things enjoined him by
the acts of trade" But does this, may il
pleals your Excel!ency, lhex their explicit
acknoSIedg of the authority Of parlia
meat Does it not rather how direetly the
contrary For what need could there be for
,heir vote or authority to require him 10 take
the oath already required of him by the act of
parliament, uOlels bo,h he and they Judged
that an act OF parliament was not of force luf-
hcient to biad him TO take fuch oath Ne do
not deny, but on the contrary are fully per-
fuaded that your Exeellency's principles in
government are Gill the fame with mnAt they
appear TO be in the H;aory for you there
fay, that the Pafiog this law plainly ihows
! the wrong fenie they had OF the relation they
Il cd In TO Engl4nd But we are from hence
| convinced thai your Exlellency, when you
wrote the Hiitory, was OF on, N I'D. ia this re-
iped that our ancs aors 10 palinc the law diff
covered their opinion, that they acre without
the Jurlidieiion OF parliament for il was no.
on this principle. alone that they fhrwed the
wrong ieGfe they had, in your Excellency's o.
| Pinion, of the Eeation they dood 10 toEngland.
| Your Ekcellency in your fecoEd Dfpeech
| condeieends to point out 10 as the ats
add doings ct the general aA'.mbly whi. h re.
1 ste 10 acts OF parliament, which you Thick
"demonitr@tes thar they have been acknow
ledsst by the aG:moly OF (u mised to blythe
| psoale 81 nsither of which ia our opinion
ihews thlt il. was the lenieof the nation and
DOR predecelors. when they FRI took oollefT
on OF this plantation or colony by prant or
Charter from the crown, that they wee 20 re-
main: luijeet to the lupreme authority Of the
Engliih pailiament. 80. Z. Z:
Your ExcrlIsney feeHs chiefly to.rely up
on our aneeitors after the revolution, pro-
claiming Kihg William ADD Queen Msry 10
the soOm OF King James :. and taking the
| oavbs 10 shsm"---" the alteration or The form
OF oalhs from time TO time. +" and finally 81. the
eitabiiihment of The .form which ever. one oil
US has complied With as the chartet in expfei.
terms reqdues and makes our duty" We do
not know that il has ever been point in diff.
pate, whether the Kings of England were ip.
70 fa6ao Kings 10 and over this colony or pro
/ vince. The compaa was made between Kiof
| Charles the GrG, his heirs add fdeceGosszuSI
theGoverbOr and company their heint<o 'iGc
| cehors. ls is eafy upon this princiHePt6 &c
! ccounl for the acknowledgment of SKd .fub
milton TO King William and Queen MAJ.
iucceiIors of Charles the fla, in the room
OF King James. Belides il is to be conGdered
thar tine people 10 the colony as we'll as inEnp
; land had uttered under t { TYRANr lanes, b
which he had alike forfeited his right to reie
over both. There had been revolution her
as we'll as in Englanl. The eyes If the pee
pie here were upon William and Mary an
/ tbs news of their being proclaimed in Englan
was, as your Excellency's hifory Tells u.
I" the moi joyful news ever fecei,ed in New
E1gls' d. "Aad if they we're not proclaim her
10Y viriue of an act of the colony, Tit was, asw
thi k may be concluded from the teoor of you
hillory, with the general or univeriai conien
} OF the people as apparently as if fuch az
had Paned." IL is f0nyfM alone that makes an
human laSs binding, and as learned autho
|biefves purely voluntary fubmidion to al
act, becsule IL is highly in our favour and 10
} our ben tit IS 10 all equity and Juice To b,
deemed as not at ali proceeding from th. rigb
we include 10 the leg:f4to s, that they there
by obtain an authority over Ne, and that eve
hereafter we mutt obey them Of dirty. w,
would oolerve, that one OF the frlt acts of ths
General aGembly Of this province face the pre-
ienS charter, vas an act requiring the taking tn.
oAths mentioned in the aa of parliament &C
which you refer US; For what purpoie wa
this act of the adembly Pafsd, if it was tn,
tenie OF the legiilsture, that the act Of parlia
meat was in force 10 the province And a
tie fame time another act was made for the e.
fabiiihment OF Other oaths Ueeeifary TO b,
taken boSh which ads have the royal fansti.
on, and are now 10 fo'ce. Your Excelency
Jays that when the colony applied to King
William for lecond charter, they knew III,
oari the King had taken, which was to goverr