The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-02-10
T u E S D A Y, February 8.
B O S 7 0 N.

AT full and legal meeting of the freeholders
and other inhabitants Of Lunenburgh, Janu-
airy 18th, I774, they unanimously adopted
the fubiequent draft, made by their commit
tee, and came into the following refoluticns.
WYE the inhabitants of Lunenburgh, his
w Majeity's mott dutiful and loyal iub
lie Cts, ready at the ihortef notice to riique our
lives and properties in defence of his Majefy's
crown and dignity, judge it our indifpenlable
duty to teRify, on this occaiion, our extreme
deteaation of all unrighteous miniferial plots,
and artful Vaccinations, intended to enlave
the free born ions of America, by impoing
unconstitutional revenue acts on them, which
tend to deRroy the confidence this people have
had, and with TO retain, In the wildom and
juftice of the Britifh court and alto to abolilh
thar bulwark of the contribution, M A G Ma
CHARTA itielf, the wiidom and liability
of the Englih empire, and, under God, the
only anchor of iafety for prince and people,
life and treafure. When we reflect upon the
late conduct of our enemies towards us, we
plainly perceive that 1t has been their defgn
not only to'abridge US of what are calledEng-
iih liberties" but ALTO to reduce US to fate
of iervile fubjeetion. With what expedition,
have they been executing their plan of ilavery,
and how rapid and alarming has been the pro-
greis of deipotilm The Governor of the pro-
vince made independent of the people; ihPends
granted to our iuperiour Judges, by foreign
court Catle-William our main fortrefs,
wrefed out of our hands and unconstitutional
duties impofed on the articles of our coniump-
ton, with the express purpofe of rafting re-
venue and the money thence ariing actually
expended to maintain, in Incidence and luxu-
ry, a band of plunderers, the mott detected and
deteaable of mankind Our harbours filed
with lhips of war, and ltanding army itationed
in our metropolis, in time Of peace the con-
iequence whereof has been, the corruption Of
our morals, and the ipilling our blood And
finally, as matter piece of policy, an act of
parliament Empowering the Eaf-India compa-
ny to iend their teas directly to the colonies
confgned to factors for iale Theie are griev-
ances of which we juitly complain, and fuch
downright opprefions as tend to make a wife
people mad. Concerning the former of them
we have had, heretofore, occaGon to exprefs
our ientiments, to which we Till firmly and
rcioJItely adhere and have only to add, that
though Tome of them fill remain, and the mi
nif1y have denied us the redreis we might
reaionably have expected yet we cannot but
hatter ourielves that our honorable Judges in
particular have fuch a diintereled love to
their country, and isnfe of equity, as to reign
their offices rather than receive their fhpends
from any but the people of the province But
ihould their conduct be otherwiie, we think
they expoie themielves to the recruitment of this
greatly injured and oppreIed people.
With regard to the Tea ION the account of
which we are now more Especially convened)we
have this to FAY, that the tending it into this
country in the manner aforementioned, would
have, in our opinion, the mott baneful effect
both on our trade and liberties, and that we
are ienhble of the policy of the minifry in lay
ing their potion on this bait in particular, it
is to many Perions an extremely tempting one.
But being aPprized Of the destructive tendency
of this artful meafure and to defeat, as far as
in US lies, the defgns of the minifry in this
regard As well as 70 convince the world that
we will NOT fell our dearea Liberties for the