The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-07-21
the MAssAcHUsETrs SPY.

NJ verging towards ieventy years Of age,
d from my earlieit youth have been
|, to love my country ITO defend its
whenever they are invaded ;--And, il
le, to traNfmir them as fafelyto my pof-
as they were handed down.to me, by my
able anceftors.--I am, therefore, .pene-
with recruitment, and fired with indig-
10, when reflect, thar, without any breach
18th and allegiance to their Sovereign, or
violation Of the laws of their country; his
Eay's American fubjeets, are reduced to
arsadfm altrnafivs, either, to fubmit to
Er5ityayy jErijait7ioa Of lslboEe pezvey, or
Immediately deprived of their civil, and
'eis. hereafter, of their religious rights
,xileges, by farce Of arms.
ID theie ianguinary meaiures are, the
the deliberations of the Britifh parlia-
other proof is neceHary, than the
hat Legislative body, for difconti-
nmerce of the town Of Bottom -
rePlete with enormous pains and
nexed to the breach of it AN
in its operation mutt fab the very
american liberty An A c 4,
From add to the-terrors of it, is enforced,
Olss; Lssa Js.s.- -.l .---v. ..s,ls- th~ y; =
,tn of chief Magifrate, inyeited, with
v military and civil authority.
lMERICANS fufer me, for mo-
i, to arref your attention, and BEHOLD!
( is, fucceaively, to be the D E ST my
] III the principal cities, and towns upon this
hnent For, as all refuled, though they
I not deitroy the 6aasiaI auss2, for which,
capital of this province; is now tutoring,
unrelenting vengeance Of parliamentary
hgnationS they will, furcly, be conGdered,
equally guilty of rendering, the miniAerial
heme of American taxation abortive, and
III, therefore, doubtlef, be Puniihed with
e fame ieverity.
qbs terms and conditions to be complied
18th, before the commerce Of Bottom can be
eftored, to Its former fate, are 70 many, and
hcumbered with fuch infuperable difficulties,
IS render a compliance impolilhle, were the
beople inclined :--BeGdes, they are 70 difgrace-
ally humiliating, as no iociety of men, who
ave any ienfe of freedom The leait ipark
bf virtue, or any power of reiitance, would
Eyer fubmit to: Their commerce, therefore,
IS not, as iet forth in the preamble of the act,
liicontinued, it is really and abfolutely deiro7-
I'd And, that part Of the inhabitants, Whole
livelihood depended upon it, as far as mere
power can be exerted, are deprived Of LIFE.
I--For, certainly, he, who having it in his
power, deprives another of the means Of living,
would, If he had power iuficient, deprive him
of life Their virtue and their valour, there
fore, Imported by that of their fellow citizens
r--ough the continent, are, under q 0 D,
th-ir lole dependence.
The charaderiffics Of brave, virtuous,
and free people, are Grongly delineated, net
only in the ipirited reiolves of mott of the
towns, and of the two Houies of AGembly in
this government; but there is ariking relem-
5lance,. in thoic, of all the other governments
upon the continent, who are at liberty to ex-
srefs their fcntiments. A-&-IN the name, there
ioie, of every thing great and good with
iuch glorious profPett before US, of an indif-
folubie u MON, iiall we faint under our
burdens, or fufer ourielves to deiPair of our
American commemorative NO, furely.
ALTHOUGH, we are faliely and maliciou1y
Trpreiented to our Sovereign, as rogues and
S:sbels Although, for want of better infor-
nation, he has been prevailed upon to view
h's, undeferyedly, in that odious light; and
kas not only Withdrawn from US his favour and
rejection, but given the royal FIAT 20
tvs evidently calculated, to ruin and eniIaye
,--Yet we know, and are furc, our fellow
,bjeets in Britain, are utterly averje to fnch
folent meafures have repeatedly and ftrongly
ifnonitrated agalna them ;---'rhey view Us in
fIFery different light and con6der US, as fell
INV iuferers with themielves in one common
y PIE in defence of that Liberty they are in
flhger Of lcfng as well as we They feel
!, \ lmfelves wounded through our 6des They
l-4, thar, the cruelty added to injufice and
's-eR;0n, begun in America will end in Bri-
IN ultimately be their lot as well as
'l{rhey know, and have repeatedly told
char againit their interef. thar our ial-
r ends upon fufpending all commerce
el3 till our bnrthens are removed. and
na1 ences redreRed :--AFTER receiving
tf N,t,-x, 81 1.creor.0ad adv;ce a.,