The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-10-20
InI W. THURSDAY. OcrosER 90, Izz4. (NyMB. 1914.


mutt prevail = For TURKS en- tsy quiz non con.
VENT cum luo is'pj tPlosden l6i) apd Mill in lses
israsrabsf eeandum @ivr jws eenieri.4 Co. 81
The free experimentation Of the people In sbs keafsSs TO-,
therefore. to be eaeemed Of all our igh1, the mf fs
iaL (as Lord Seminars has decared) mainsin that exl
eellent equilibrium Of power, MKT government lhnnsd
BY aqv, which aneeo have always mon zeaou1y AZ
frted and uanfmitted to VI, be knsb-1ebs ard
inb0aases 70 that every attempt 10 ss fbs fame 9fSs
in any degree, in any part IF tie Empiv e,sps IL
by undue influence Of places and renfons, brides with
pubIs money rss(s ogaigs fbs esnaEkr; the higheft
Of rraon And therefore Whatsoever ordained, that
clearly be proved to be contrary 10 tie esnahson, mutt be
allowed be fundamentally svysag and therefore as and
vON Of itllf; for fublao Fundamental, eAdit opus.
(Ienk. Cent. io6.)
But more particularly the parliament has no power 10
give up the ancient and esbhed right Of the people be
rsp,shfsd in the hgyafurs; beraue an al for 20 ba
pupofe would entirely ubver the principles and eontuti-
on on which the very exence Of the leg1aturc tlcs
which ordained il, Is formed 70 that iueh UNMARRIED
al Of the fate would be parallel to the crime Of fab de k
10 private perlon; and, being thus contrary to fbs
tire things, never be- renderd Uaid by any auho
ry Whatsoever" And indeed ii is laid down maxim,
by the great Lord Soihmes, that no man foclety OF
men have pozerr 10 deliver UP fbc tye,vsfSn, or the
means Of it, the abjaafe qOW Of any man" Tor msh);
and they will always have right prlerve what they
have not power part with. Pz6. Andif polite fce-
~ has no u power dver up m pseiervaton,
il certainly las mreb ti ,igbf to deliver sp the neceiy
preservation ofother Ioeees Of their brethren and friends
(not epelsn,cd among the) ssabaas ,bsi, ssEm and
al fueh attempts muf neceniry be dremed vod and ipef
efual, beeaue f" there is necsRity to obey, where
there is 40 authority to otdan. For as il 70 CLEARLY ap
peas, from, ~hat hss fad, that natural sgSiy doe
permit fbs inferior fv0p0y Of lands, good, chat
tells or money, be aenatsd without the eesm fEk
of the PrOreto much lsis permit the alienation,
annullng, changing, e ms6 rsaGbk ia50h1nee,
e iasv without the dSs asnf and esa of fbs periys
themlsves, the people large, their lawful epreens
tvss in their rePeetve az, mbes raiaments This 10
nsely eoneludOn Of 'ealon and CONNER r, drawn from
che effect and force Of saiEH sgRy, IL cafes of much
e eOniequenee vs reipeting goods and Peeunay pro.
perry j that the difneon which me great and able 20.
lticans have lately made between axstoa and Lsaafz
Tin the late dpues about taxing the coonies certainly
0YssseEI though well intended, nee il plainly appears,
that the right OF kgzfias not c nfspaable by nsfs-
raj equity, from the people of every part Of the Brt en-
Pre, than the right OF g,sofizg bbSg fAxs for,
otherwEe the free fubets Of part Of the empire would
be liable to be moi materially injured in their gyesg and
o valuable inheritance, TIE iaV, by he hay decifons
Of men the sfb0 de Of the empire, with whom probs-
bly, they would be totally unsequanted, and whole nerea
might perhaps be as widely dyer from theirs (or any
thing they could know to the contrary their faaos
upon the face Of the globe desnf that is widely DIFF
eysm a. fbs Eee fran fbs Hff would this be equita.
bic cDuId uch notorious igEqes be made lawful
the eOnfiturona mode Of committing Biuh domino
ons, that otherwe ipasted by rase is dconiirs-
ted by the sAabed example Of the union Of Great Britain
aud Ireland which by long experience has proved 70 be
sufficiently efetius. IL mua be acknowledged INDEED,
that sef of parliament made in the 9th Of King
George /. chapter g. wherein il Is laid down that the
king and paiament Of CrcsBritain may MAKE dzvs 10
bind Lrand." But il docs appear that the paria-
ent Of Ireland acknowledged or give any formal e0rt
TO the fad at, the fame niua eceay be eondered as
mere e0frfsn farf, the making Of which, the
pefons mon materially concerned, e far were
neither HEmRp refrelssfodl deca the ioA noto.
rOus that politely be attributed any proceeding Ell
ther in e eading exszior orUfi and therefore il Is
TO very little purpoie cite the laid att precedent fer
taxing the American ubeets without their content; for
the privileges which the parliament Of eisnd has mAntaa
ed and enjoyed both before and 6nce that time (cely
dind leparate from the Birth parsment) afford
better and authentic precedent the Ab s effbe
sEasH (vz. in behalf Of the peoples r0ErSi rgJ than
the act tef does aganf them; for as the king and the
people nevdng the Lords ard commonly Of Great-Brts
eonitute the veragn POsvv, under God) eglstuse
of 10 the king and people Of Ireland are the
natural and eonutons leglure or Fate Of that kinr.
dom, and 4auay exsriGe Doth in hg1nsn and fGx1iss1
their dihina juljEtOn, this day which 10 the beR
proof Of their rights and in like MANNER sscordnK 20 the
ansient and eabed legal precedent the king together
with the people OF every daina province, bs 70 the
imperial Of Great Britain, and detached (as Irerd
Isl fom this Isnd, ought 70 Be, ard have been eeern.d,
from the A sRabGsnent OF SuT colonies, the only prcTer
and constitutional leslaon for ssrb v-er rspnsiiva;
beeaUe the rtp,efsfafisu q ff7 in ever Psrs ftle
Brith empire is a0lo0tely ueSciay oortute rss-
frai ggafDs, according the Fundamental principles e
che Englih contribution for ofthsn,, ara,oI
be eisened fs@p6esf Egarr to Judge u the others
yirbfs, without The hshea njuaies and iri9R; which s
before denonrited by ione Of the sa axns principles
Of rsar. And yer however dians shsfe fvel parts or
provinces may sem, POiat Of sraiion, VIII in t.
exete Of rsrase eglA,se PoSef FOR each, (which Goa
sutional rghs they have enjoyed beyond ;h- memo %
mani they neveTshes firmly united by ts riee Of tie
Birth diadsn, 70 Is TO form Sf e-fE. ~heh VIII
nevef Be d,idss, Il tie lac and Lsrs yiey BE- ascyr.