The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-08-18

nOuies, DarnS, or OIncr DuA0lngp Is nc mai
think neceaary TO be taken, (makihg reAlon-
able allowance for the fame. )and made fit for
the reception of f,ch officers and folders and to
put and quarter fach officers and folders thsrg-
in, for fuch time as he ihall shinh proper.
] And be it further enacted by the authority
aforelaid, that this act, and every thing herein
contained, ilall continue and be in force, in all
his Majefy's dominions in Ncrfb AnFriaa, IN
I'll the twenty fourth day of March, one thou
iand ieven hundred and icventy-iix. -
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Mr.. Dowdefwell's Sbeecb at fbe Laf reading Of
,xbs Relqon Pert Bill, NOT before snbiiJ6ed keye.
TT E faid, heroic to give his diilent to paf-
- fng the bill into law thar he had not
the leaf degree of timidity in riiingto oPPoieit
that he always thought the psopoiition totally
unjuR and unfair. BY the bill, a perfon is to
underRand. thar the commerce OF all his Majei-
ty's iubjeets Is interrupted. cannot give my
aiientto if,unull hear che complaints from the
different manufacturers of iron, leather, wool,
6rc. and the merchants Of this country, which
complaints, imagine, that the hurry of paf-
hng this bill totally prevents. 1t is not, that
any other goods are interrupted in the port of
Bottom but thole which are charged with duty
from hence. Look TO the consequences, of this
bill you are contending for matter which
. the Boltonians will not give up quietly. re-
member when il was held as dettrine in this
houie, by perions of great and exsenfve K nosy-
ledge, thar we had no right to tax America.
There is now no iuch opinion; the queftion was
then, " whether with the pro6ts we received
from all our manufactures exported hence, it
would be wife meafure TO tax 'Ameraca."
What is the reaioR, fays, he, that you Jingle
out Bottom for your particular reientnent
Have there been no other towns in America
which have diiobeycd your orders Has nor
Philadelphias New York, and ieversl other
provinces fent back their tea ! Has not the Eat
India company fuiEcred nearly as much damage
from the tea being lend back, as indeed where
they have landed Ii CharleRown is the only
place where they have iuffered the tea TO be
landed and what have they done they have
put it into damp cellar, and the whole is be-
come rotten and uicleE. You find yourielves
much at lois about this bill, and are much
hurt, becaufe the innocent arc likely to be in
volved in the fame puniihment with the guilty.
You are now going to ceniure them, il the fame
manner as was done in the cafe Of Edinburgh
and Glasgow, where the people at large were
to iufer for the neglect of their nAagifrate.
There is great difference between the nzgif
trates Of Edinburgh and thoisof Bottom thoie
at Edinburgh are chofen by the people, thoie
at Bottom are not; they are appointed BY the
covacil, and the council are elected By the pro-
vince az large. You are going to appoint
new Port, where there are neither fnhcient
wharfs, quays, or WAREHOUSES, for carrying on
bu6neis. You hereby punifh the Britiih mer-
chants much more Ieverely than the people Of
Bottom.
that yon have sReaed, is TO carry your mer-
chandize feventeen miles farther from khetown
Of Bottom, 10 that the Boitonians ihall be at
an additional expence In conveying their mer-
chandize from the port Of Salem by land. You
ak why the americans don't pay their debts
if you flop the exports, you will Of courfe flop
the payment ofthoie debts. Now Sir, Jays he,
let Us conGder how this bill is foundea upon
principles Of juftice if parliament continually
paAes bills, iome times to puniih the bsrIsu at
other times the placer, you will, by and by,
have your hands fully employed youwzll ioOn
inHane all America, and itir up contention
you will not be able 20 pacify and quiet. The
pafing this bill in 4 week or 70 does no< give
time TO heinjured perfons in America to peti-
zion this houie for redreis. rejoice thar you
have at leaf had one petition from the natives
ofAmerica reGding in this country; the Ian
guage of that petition bears the face of a well
wrote. unaniwerable argument; it's no COM
mon petition, it is the itrong and pathetic Ian
guage thar tells their own feeling, and thoie of
their fellow fubjetts In America. Iwiiht TO hear
iome arguments offered BY any gentleman in