The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-12-16

them without their content q fhillink il
thu pound, you have clear right to ,h'
othe.- nineteen. This will probably weak
en- evo-y idea of jSeariJ IN their p,epvfy
and CON, 'ince them that under fuch 60
vernment they have nothing they e0s cal
tbsir s,On which can fcarce fail of pro-
ducine ID. ba,,bisf essjfqHs1fo
x. Poiibly indeed lome of them might
fsill comfort them 'ielves, and FAY, though
we have no property, we have yet J'ms'
6 tbia, left that is valuable we have con-
8 faitutional Thirty both Of Perion and OF con-
6 lcience. This King, thsle Lords, and
sheie Commons, who it ieems are TOO re-
mote from US to know US add feel for US,
I canno, take from US our H06A s'Cs'pa! right
or cur riast Of rialby Q jury u or "Hgbb.Hr':
They cannot deprive US Of the exeiciie OF
. OUR religion, alter our eccefiaaiea conit'-
tutions, and compel us to be PapiffS u they
bleale, or Mahometants. To snntn,late
this comfort, begin by laws 10 perPIex Iheir
conmetce with infinite regulations impohE'e
10 be remembered snd 6bierved OsdalA'
feizures of their property for every failure
take away the trial Of fuch property BY jury
and give il to arbitrary judges Of your own
appointing and of the lowell characters in the
country, Whole falaries and enoluments arc
70 afile out Of the duties or COMBINATIONS,
and whole appointments arc 2arisg flsstsyF.
Then let there be formal declaration OF
beth hoaies, that oppoGtion to your ediets is
trss)ss, and that peiioni fufpeaed Ofueafon
in the provinces may, according to tome
obIoldte Law, be feized and fent 10 the me-
,ropblis Of the Empire for trial and pats an
at that thoie there charged with certain o.
Their offences lhall be (ent away in chains
from their friends and country to be tiled In
the fame manner for felony. Then erect q
new court of inquiiilion among them, ac-
companisd by an armed force, with lnitruc-
tons to ,vaniport all fuch futPeeed perfons;
to be ruined BY the expence It they bring o.
YER evidences to prove their innocence, OF
be found guilty and hanged i they cant az
lsrd il. And lea the people fhoSld think you
cannot politely go any farther, pats another
foIemn declaratory Aa, that King, Lords,
and Commons had, hath, and OF Right
ought to have, full Power and Authority to
make Statutes of fufieient Force and Va
6 Iidity to bind the unprotected Provinces IN
{ ALL CASES wHATIoEvER.' This will
include Diriiaal with temporal; and taken
together, mua operate wonderfully to your
Ourpoie, by convincing them, that they are
a, preiens under a power fomesbihg like that
ipoken of in the Scriptures, ich cannot
only - II their bodies, dut dAdM their fouls
+" TO all eternitys by compelling them, it
!, pleales, to to sUsrl6ip fk dsva.
XII. Tomake your taxes moreodious,snd
more likely to procure refiRance, leno from
the capital board of officers to fuPerintend
the collection, competed Of the mott fadJf-
ers.t. Mbvsd and isjslsst you can find. Let
,hefe have large falaries out OF the extorted
revenue, and live in opea grating luxury
uoon the (weat and blood of the induaEious
whom they are TO worry continually with
esoundlels and expenfiveproiecutiOns before
the above mentioned arbitrary revenue
Judges, all at The 6sf gffbs p0yy pvsIffEfad
though acquitted, becauie tie king IS 20 fey
40 esfs. Let thefe men by Jssr 'rIsr be sx-
empted from all the common tsxGs and bur
thens of the province, thong they and
their property are protected BY it' laws: II
any revenue officers are Jzlp1essd of the leaf
tenderness for the people, blizzard them. IL
other, are juRly complained of, protect and
reward them. II any of the under-oticefs
behave 70 a, to provoke the people to
drub them, promote thOfe to better qfhess