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

ordinate Power, within Il Ard a.E Zee how Il msy
extend It's Care and Protection to its Colonies, without
niurng their Conftusionais Z ghss.i--------------
What has been here faid concerning fuPreme Authority
has no 10 the manner n which il has been 10
fact exerctd, but is wholly confined 70 its general Ma
tire andif fconveys any jnR Idea OF IT. tse inferen-
ces that have been az any time dedueed ffomi nluIi-
Gus 10 the Rights Of theCclons not well founded
and have probably arfen from mecncePtions OF the
nature Of that Authority. etls.
rTxcelIency reprefeuts Us as introducing number
of Authorities merely to hew, that ali axes upon
Enai Subjects muf be levied ~ Virtue OF the Aef'not
Of the King alone but in conjunction with theLoTds ana
Commons and pleafsd to add that you ihould
vsfy readily have alIoweditj and you houd readily
have allowed, that a otes Acts OF LeghafionmvN DC
pas by che fame joint Authority and not by the hsng
aloae." -----Your Exceeney . would awe laveo US
the roube OF all thole Authorities and on our Part
owe ould have been as willing TO- have aved your Ex-
celency heTroube Of difmembering ourArgument,and
from thence taking Oecahen to ePreient &c 10 dad-
&antapeous Light, or ratheE totally deitroying 1t.
In uice TO- Ourselves 10 necthaTyto reeapiinaie that
addused 90 psoye, that The Inhahtsn Of this
PROVINCE are not cnnaitutionay iubect toPaiamepiay
Taxation In order thereto we REQUIRED to MagnaIharsa
and other Authorities. And rhe Argument abridged
Rands husThAt from thoie Authorities appears an
sGsn,aa Part II the Engfh Combinations Mthat mol al
lace or Aid or Tax a be laid 81 levied, without the
good will and aent Of of eCommonalsy Of
tht Realm" That from Common Law, and theProvinee
Charter the inhabitants Of this Province clearly in
titled TO all the Rights OF Tree anu natu'a ouueC
in the Realm That among thofeRights msa be includ
ed the efcn,ia one uf mentioned concerning Aids and
Taxes, and therefore that Aids or Taxes can be le
We'd on us conutionaliy witbcut own Content fg-
n6ed by our Representatives.. From whence heConciu-
on is clear that therefore the Inhsbtants Of thsProvnee
are not conaisutonally ra Parliamentary TaxAion.
We did not bring thole Authorities to new that Tax
Aas or any other AStsof Parliament in order to thsS,
Vadity mua have the Concurrence Of the Rirg, Lopd
and Commons bot to iew, thatit has been, at IeaR
from,the Time of Magma Charta. eHental Right Of
free Subjects within the Realm, to be free from all Tsx
bur fuch az were laid with their Content. And it
was proper 20 ew this, as the Rights and Liberties,
granted by the Province Charter, we're be equallyex
en6ye to all Intenis and PurpOsss with thole enjoyed
by Tree and natural Subjuets within the Realm. There
fore toew oar own lights p reasicp to Taxes q was
neceary to fevfhe Rights ofErsemea within ths Realm,
in Relation TO them and for this Pnpoie thoie Auho-
rites were brought and not mpertinently 40 we hum
bly, apprehend. Nor have we een Reaon to- change our
Sentiments with lefpea this Matter OF any other con-
ianed in our Anfwer Joyous Excellency's Speech.
In the lat Claufe of yeuT Speech gou Excelency in
forms the two Honfes - you authorized 70 fay, that
his MAeRy will M q GRACEFULLY approve OF every ConHi
tutiona that may contribute TO the Peace. the
Harpineis and PROPERTY Cfhs Colony OF aiiNc
q afPsvEe ~uf iuch Mea-
furess WHICH, asit includes his Appreciation of The Can
ftuuonal Rights his Subjects Of this Colony mani;
feits his Iacnacn TO Prntea them in thos Rights and
10 rtHove the IDcroachments that have been made nnon
Them OF this tAef OF Royal Gpodnes they are not
wholly nH%oIthys as in regard to Loyalty, Duty andAf
isehan 70 hIs n1asty they aEd among the iorsmo of