The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-06-02

FOR the Me- USETTS SPY.
Mr. THoAAs,
PaE 10 iayt tie fslstOrg in yo1 next paper, ardy
o6se aesre friend Great Britain ard Der colonies.
Extracts from for tracts together with two eFmon' on
political and commercial fubeets.
By Ios1Au TucKER, D. D. Dean of GloEcefey.
TNHESE tracts are, nj. A folution Of the important
queifion, Whether poor country, where raw mate
a and provons arc cheap, and wages low. fuppant
the trade of rich manufacturing country, where raw ma
t,a and provons dear, and the price OF abour high
With aotrpt obyiang objections. I'd. The cafe OF go
ing to war FOR the fake Of trade condered in new lights
being the fragment of greater work. 3D. A letter nom
merchant in London, to his nephew in America, concern
ing the late arA prefert durbanes in the colonies 9TH
The true nereit of Britain et forth in regard to the
colonies and the only Of living in peace and har
mony with them.
thought foreign to the protection Of pTcacher Dr. Tucker
makes this apology
al have been repeatedly accufed of having made the
whole of religion to conff in the promotion and extencn
of commerce or in other words of making trade ny rf
gioa and that, according my theory, the mott extenve
merchant, the gcaset Manufacturers was THEREFORE
the kef CtyiGas Now, if it be true that do maintain
any fuch Rrange and heterodox doctrine, humby aPPrc
hend that the erons here printed, will be the keft of
any, which have written, to confirms or refute this
heavy charge"
Dr. Tucker in his fourth and lat traa which, he fays
he added TO NEW Wnat nc thinks
Great-Brtan in regard the colonies, eonidcrs all the
fchemes that have been propofed eetuay to bring the
Americans to terms Of mutual agreement. AS the third
cheme which he condcs is the fri that has been iusgeed
on the prcnt occzon, what the Doctor ays on that head
fa fuce as lpecimcn ill more ample account can be
dgcRed.
THIRD ScHEMK.
The ex7edency OF having recoue to arms in order to
corp.l the colonies to smit the authority and irde
ton of the fupreme council of the Bnh Empire, the
parliament of Great-Britain.
" In regard to which important point the gentleman
reafons after the following manner After ueh an ofe.
Of an union, and the contsnPuous reuia OF by the CO.
lonies, we may well uppo, that they 1.-THE inhabitants of
Creat-Brtain win al man, 20 iuPPort the uit and
lawful and necciy authority of the fuPree Legislature
of the Briti nation all the doinons Of the
The uice of h, caufe viii give ygour to their meaures
and the colonies that a have the folly and peiumpton
to reift them viii Be quickly reduced to obedience.
It is poble, nay indeed IT very probable, that it
war was to be pcedy undertaken, before Greas-Bnan
and ireland had been much exhauted of then lnhabi
tan emigratng North America, the forces Of the
ther-country might prevail, and America, however
willing be forced TO iubmit. But alas victory alone is
but poor compensation for all the blood and e7urc which
nuh Be (pt on ich an occafon Not to mention, that
sr co oue of their country, the Americans would
ainlv be les dpod, than they az rrecr TO be-
come our good euouers, and take manufaesurers
in return Tor thofe injuries and oPpricr which they bad
faiferei from 81 iay, Ejsy and effrso- tecaule
the colonies would mot undoubtedly give ofter an sp
pelaton to this eongue, though perhaps it would be M
Other in tIelE than usi ehaient the manifold Of
faces they hid Committed Moreover, as she AsleIieans