The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-05-19

GM ~ tx%. neral Gage 70 the government Of the
~ | ss3 Maflachuietts-Iay proceeds entirely Gom
sSx%S,$.x, the goodnes of,he King. His M1lei-
NS@SSSSyH " is convinced Of the Improperly OF in.-
eTing peron q preide province, who has hy us
wicked attempts to deoy the hsPPines Of his good Tub
icels thefe.niiicy Ion their confidence.
conef,oden fecitates feeling realized the iaeA
Of patriot King His Majsity has proved himef 10 oy
dilning contrary the advice OF The P-C--' ana me
endeayours Ct of wicked, mPudent and agtous ScotSh
iawYe- ,.itor who hardy enough to adwe the e"s
Ealing OF rnsi.n liberties.
On Saturday orders were f.nt to Ireland for two rcgi-
rnents on that ea bhment 70 be in ea1reiS to embark
for North America on the mt nSuce.
d,R6 a great quantity Of tents and camp equipPase
are ordered 70 be embarked FOR North-Amsnea.
Ext,o7 of ktter fen Bsesn da'ed Fs6rHa,y'
The principal leaders in this tired OF the out
RACES the mob e every day committing and md they are
not as cy topped they were urged to tnes exeee9
The whole town are fearful len government IN England
Mould punih us with gour If Your mniiters are hrn
and in earne the people will hrink TOR had you removed
rrannical knaye Of 1880, and cowaTdly 1901 OF --'
Things would have ub6ded long ago but the one driving
= all and the other afraid OF all, they eannotnow manage
the leaders on either 6de and thus we are let 70 inc
u1ecy Of infatuated and mfled mob who may Pofhny
take il in their heads et .ny force you may iend 70
this place. -
conetpondent thinks, that If late change OF the go
vernon of Maachuet Bay had been prompted BY any is
gard for the fentments and rights OF the people, General
Gage would have been cnt with the Obve-Baneh in his
hand and nor with the Bottom Port Bill and hottie inrue-
tons in lis pocket.
The Petition of the American gentlemen to the KING
syainf the Bottom port bill was Preiented to ms meV y
the right hon. the Earl Of Dartmouth, ecrstay OF fate tor
the colonies. 49,
Every ATTEMPT OF the mother country 70 obge the Anne
Ycans 70 contribute towards the public uPPo, will be
uitles and Intellectual unlefs at the fame time per-
iuadc them that they enjoy thofe benefits IN common WITH
The rst of their fellow ubees, which are uPPoed to be the
rchale Of public burdens. We may dragon them for
While into an cxtortcd diencc but men will longer
aves than they ignorant Of the MEANS or want Of ao
to fee themielyes.
There are tsee indpenGbe conditions that fhoud &C
COMPANY any act Of the parliament of Creat-Brran for
the cyyng taxes America III, that not ihihng OF
the revenue oud be drawn out OF the country on any
petcnce whatever bur cafe ofnvaon or actual rebellion
here zdy that the total amount hould bear Rated and
fixed proportion to the Brth fuppes as tor inltanee,
when che monies RATED within the year in Britain aie
ocoo,coo the Americans fhal contribute I,ooo,oocho or
any ether fun greater according TO their means ana
laftly that unefsin time of the military eabiihment
in that country fal conGt of certain number Of men and
no more.
correspondent has TENT dialogue, to which ne In
forms Us he was an ear-witneE
DIR. Fhf.----Pray how do you cure the tooth-ach
DR.. LeF---I Away, Plncks EN- out. Are you doetor'
DR.. FSf.---Yes political Phyican. ] am mem
Gil OF tie nation, nave ght to give my opinion on all the
81. Lae.--Tndeed that's pure. Pray doctor, if
twenty or thifry rosns lawe people in town, oonfi"s
Of bereei twenty and thirty thoaand inhabtantSs were
"a Dammit trefspa what remedy would you pseerine
D.. Fre.----Oh, nothing more eafy DONE Iwculd
beat the town down about their and with f're ana
ord would exrernnate the whole inhabitants from the
fase Of the earth. Delenda eft Carthage.
DR.. FiyG and Dr.. Lap bg.------Nothing IKE
radical cure no, nothing like radical cure.
sr = The erontry of the gentlemen in Office Is fuch
:, Vii render unierisi audacty proyerbial. There was
time when administration, whatever might have oeen
ter private ncnations, would yet not have publicly
20 talk of annhatng the political contribution OF either
the mother country her colonies deiigns black as nei
would have been kept iecret a. the grave. Inc ume'
however, are altered and every mcreant treaury runner
every coeboule ipy in the pay Of the minier can now
harraneue upon the abfoute neceiity OF wnodens
fas II IS caledl the American charters. Lord North IS
an excellent head at this work he hath newmodeed the
charter Of the EaInia company that ne bath eventually
delroyed it. An experiment. with America wanung' ana
f the mnicr ucceeds in his plan Of overtunng the poll
teal contribution Of the colonies, there remains but one
glorious effort to new model alias annhilate the Enslin
contribution to compcat the happiness of the bet OF Kings,
and the views of the bet Of PoPPy-head mniiters.
Yesterday the aa for tarrag and fsatherng at Bottom
was repealed and it is very uncertain whether WIN essf
be revived. K'rtS1iah
OF the five flaming patriots that figured away IN the year
1870, Cornwall and Meredith have fallen, Ger1naine and
Barre are totteng and Burke alOnskshs former pOtion.
Yesterday icsc dpatches arrived in town from Governor
Hutchinfon of Maiaehuietts-Bay brought BY the mp
Sukey, Captain Brown, to Dover.
1t may be depended on that Hoop OF war ianeo nom
pvmouth IA DAYS nce for Bottom, with orders to bring to
England in irons, Msfis. Hancock, Row, Adams, and
MeInto the latter has been very active among the low
or order OF people, and the other among the higher
Should government kidnaP and bring over as pFoners
the leading patriots at Bottom, it Is much feared II VIII
czuie an inlnrreeton.
The Son Of the good, and I-uied Doesor franklin,
man poed Of every aiabe and noOe virtue, and beloved
~ the people Of America diveed of his government Of
Rev Ierey and Sir Thomas Mills relation OF Lord
Mansfield, is appointed to iuceeed HIM.
We hear that Lieutenant General Gage IS preparing 20
embark for Bolton in New-Enand, in ccnequsncs Of his
no;r1hrnt 70 lccerd Gnvernor Hutshinlon, dnfng bus