The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-10-13
I H U R Sd A Y, October -.
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and having choien the Honorable JOHN HANCOCK, Ei;
to be their Chairman, and 3ENJAMIN LrScorN, Ella;
Sie they proceeded bune6, and paIed the following
Reiolves.
Previsoe Of tbs MAssAcHusETrs-BAY.
In the Court Haale at Salem, 0s7obsr ?. I774.
WERE As BIS Excsilcnty Thomas Gage, En-;
did le gVriy bearing date TIE ff Of September h., FOR
tbe ntfi0n Of members 10 rvs a, Experimentation grea,
and general eOH, 9Vbcb be did" think fl and afponf 10
De eosVe"ed and bOn tbe s,b day of0abr Infant, tbe
Coarf-bOaf ibis Place lind majo Try mcrbs's
dA!y elected in e0nsHense Of fad spr', did assnd at d
court HSa fbe time appointed there 70 be qualified according
10 Charter Sr taking fears and asFing rp,esrfafVe
d Graf and genera Bat qubee not met y be Cov
nor Or ofber fo1gstiOaai officer eoI BY bin appointed
for admiSrirg fbf afai eatb,, and 9sa6ng fbsm bse
TO- lind svberea Proclamation bearing date TIE aSfb
Of September isF and psblJbea in Jnady Nszoi- papers,
Sorb Ggrafve sfbiiExeeen many reflections
fbii province, being in tanraOHs and dord fate;
andaepas bSve been eogdtrsa BY lis Exetusy a. CEN
Irrational df barge eaH aeb pgJor' bsVs been eiod
eoEeqSenee Of bis Eseaiirnys )aid SVr--7b. member,
dsrsad attending, Aavirg eOzfdsed tbs eafre sobb
b' Exeeny ba beer feeeS take BY bis fad Proassa-
fisn,snd fndIng them 10 be HneOaGafsaa 4jsG and d
PftaI 'be P'osinfe tbrt fbe aHy 70 pe fbe a0sV-
| ing Reo'Vei. 7b1sfre,
RESOLVED, as the opinion of iad members,
l. That by the royal charter of ;hc province, the Co
vernon for the time being, is expey obliged to convene
uPoA every la Wednesday in the month Of May every
year for ever, and uch other times he ha think fit
and appoint, great and general court" And therefore
that his Exceeney had thought fit, and by his writ APP
pointed great ana general be convened the 9Th
day OF October infant, his conduct in preventing the fame
is aganf the exptes words, well true ienle and
lngofthe Charter and unconstitutional ESPECIALLY
BY the charter his Exceeney power adjourn, prorogue
and ditoye all great and general courts, doth take
place after ad court ihal be appointed, until they have
hrit IS met and convened"
z. That the eonfituonal government of the inhab-
t1nt of chs province being BY comfortable military oFee
at this time attempted be fupereeded and annuled and
the people under the mott alarming and u approximations
of Avey, having in their audabe endeayours preerve
themelves thereiom, deovered upon all occsfons the
geatcA ayerion to dorder and tumult il mutt be evil
dent to all attending his Excelencys iad Proclamation,
that his approximations of the province, being in
muuous and diodered fate, selections the inhabitants
have by meriled And therefore that they arc
| highly injurious and unkind.
g. That pretended caufe of his Excellencys Pro-
caation for dhagng the members elected by the pro-
vince In puriuance of his wits has for comfortable time
exifed, h3 Exceencys conduct in choo6ng iue iad
Proclamation had il been in other epee unexeeptonabe
but aewdlys before the court have been convened,
and thereby unavodab putting to uneceay expenee and
trouble great majority of members from the extremes
of the province, is nedure by confident with
the dignity OF the province and therefore il ought be
condered as defpeeu treatment Of the province, and
oPpoton to that reconciliation between Great Britain
and the colonies 70 adenty wed for by the ends OF BOTH
g. That lome of the caules aligned Aforesaid FOR ths
unconuona and wanton prevention Of the general court,
have in all good governments been eondcrcd among the
greatea reafons for converting parliament aIemby and
therefore the Proclamation is condered further proof
not only ohs Exceencys daeeon towards the province
but of the necNy ofits mott vigorous and immediate
ertions for preeving the freedom and contribution thereof
Upon motion made and ieeonded, Vofed, that the
members aorefad do eiolye themeyes into p.ovn-
eIl Conge, to be Joined by fuch other perons have
been hs b. coen for that pupoe, take into conf
deation the dangerous and alarming uaon Of public at
fairs in this provinces and to conult and determine fuch
mcafures they iha Judge will tend promote the true
ntere Of his maey, IN the peace, welfare and PROPERTY
of the province.
| Copy Affef. BERJAmiN LINcoIN, Clerk.
A Provincial CONGRESS being thus formed, and having
eholen the Hon. JOAN HANCOCK, Efq Chairman, and
BEsJAMIs LINCOLN, Efqj Clerk, they adjourned to
the houfe in Concord, Tueday the ele-
venth dayof Oobcr infant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
We hear that the number Of Representatives from the
levsral Towns, which met at Salem a week, coned Of
90. -
The following paragraph is taken from the Pennvsnia
Journal ofSept z8th, viz. We aured that General
Cartoon governor Of Quebec, failed from England and
has orders rae 10000 Canadians, who al
der the mandates Of Lord North, who told, has
fzv~a that be q0W lay fbe Am0icant al Bis feet"
On the z6th of July laA in Lat. 90. N. Lon. 3S,W.
whaling nOop belonging this place Poke with inow,
having board the Officers and company OF the royal Cap
tain EAT Isdiamsn, which hsd been LOFT 1oal, the
18th of December Ian, homeward bound from China the
people, los in NUMBER obliged take to their boats
for the peievaton of their lives, with only the cloat of
their backs, and bread and fubf on, and after
mueh fatigue and toll arrived Baambangan, fet-
ement in the Chne es, where they procured the above
yeiieI to convey them home.
Yeferday the Roie Of War arrived here from New
foundlsnd, with troops.
We hear thar there has bean Comfortable eommoton in
Halifax, concerning Tea, and that feverAl uaices Of the
Peace have lo their eommiions. We eocet any
particulars relative TO this affair.
The provincial Congress Concord Tuefday af
Corelpondent oblerves, that If Lord NorfB Mould
be fuered to purdue bis mad fehemes sgzna the Ame-
cans they viii be obliged form an independent fate,
which they may do in avery Mort time, By making the
Cengref their SafcCenoa and each colony ehu all their