The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-12-16
/ u + 5 D "A Y, December IL.
B Q S T q N.

A few days ago the Committee Of Cor
refpondence for this town received the fol-
lowing Letter from their worthy friends
the Committee for the ancient town of
PLYMOUTH, viz.
GENTLsMEN,
KI7E have the pleafure herewith to inclofe
wv you the proceedings Of the town of Ply
mouth at their meeting on yeiterdsy.-A meet
ing OF great number of reioluie. determined,
worthy shertors of the liberties of their country,
men who will never voluntarily give up their
birth'ights for any confederation whatever (on.
ieis II is demanded by mandate from heaven,
aGd that TOO, well suthenticated) men ready at
all times to exert themielves in oppugnatioA 10
any authority, that fhsl dare attempt 60 deprive
thsm CT what they eGsem more valuable than
their lives or fofIunes---theirLibe rty---Men who
think it will give them great conioia'icn to re-
fleet On ih,ir having done al in their power TO
ward off the evils which nov threaten although
we ihould after all, By hyperion force. be involv
ed IN them MEN who have hrm depend
ance on the all-wis and almighty dilPoleT OF al
events, tina; he will in proper time deliver rs
from the evils we now labour under, as we'll as
preierve from thoie which now threaten ", and
will reftore our liberties and privileges iRviolate,
and will give US luch men 10 rule over as ,as fear
o. and hate coveiounef.
We congratulate you Gentlemcr on the fpirit,
refolutiOn and good order which appeared in the
leveral late public and Respectable meetings held
in your town for the purPols of checking that
torrent of tyranny which HIS for ieyetsl years
hreatned Us and our poHerlty with ruin and de-
ltruetion and etsem il happy crcumaaRce,
that no mensces of any ulurped authority were
able to deter them from prOiecu,ins their RICH.
reous deGgn', we heartily rejoice with you on
account OF the gyest zeal in the caufe of liberty,
which has poifs1lcd the minds of all good men,
through this wide extended continsnr, and we
tor oCr Ives do allure you that we are
ready at aK times, TO counenAnce, Aft, end
iupport you in all laudabls exertionS for the
pubic good, and that we will upon the ihorteft
notice haaen to protect our worthy friends of
Bottom, from the inlults of any power whatever.
We have only TO lament that we have NOT been
eole to trarimit to you the ientimenm of this
town earlier than this 1anlaetion Of theirs ad-
mits Of, and to allure you that the fame ien,i-
merits ana fpi'ir would have appeared before
now, if meeting lome time before applied for
by Us, and accordingly called BY the SelsStmen,
had nor mlf;arried by ar accident, or perhaps by
defgn OF thoie who are bribed 90 lerve the pur.
poles of administration.
We are. Gentlemen with great refpeet,
Your Obliged humble iervants,
JoHN ToRREY, per order,
Plymouth, D,esmbtr Stb, 1878.
Ia rara.unl ,.n,we 6 NJ
vember and December, with that plealure, which
virtue and lcntiment have tendency to infpire,
and whie we sdmre both, in the Committee of
3oton, we ihall endesvour 70 initiate their zeal
AID IeEoution in the csule Of their country, and
have The latiseticn to be abl: to allure you, that
neither one or the other fem at Prelent TO be
wanting here. /. T.
The RESOLVES are as follows, viz.
Ala meeting of the town OF Plymouth,
on Tusday the 9TH day of December, Ammo
Donini, I773, the town
VSffd, To choole a committee to take
into confederation the circumstances of our
public affairs, and in particular the Eaft-
India compsny's importing tea into Anne.
RIGA, fubjea to duty payable here, for
rafting revenue sgainff our confent, and
to report what they think proper for the
town to do refpeaing faid matters, and
accordingly made choice OF Deacon John
Torrey, James Warren, Elq; and William
Walton, Elq; the committee for that pur-
Pofe they to report to the town as foon
a may be They accordingly withdrew
from the Meeting, and after considering
lai4 affair, reported as follows. n
" The inhabitants of this town ever at
t=ntive to the rights and iutsref Of their
country, having beea repeatedly alarmed
with the meafuss of late years adopted,
and puIlued by the Britiih administration,
under various forms, evidently r:pugnant
to every principle of our contribution, and