The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-09-15

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You ought to conider this any Lords, not as mere
hiNoriral fae butas noa important arc ihS'iua0e GU
coyery IL enlaees ideas OF the power ana energy o.
eooo government beyond all former examples and ihew'
thar II can AT like ea.itation at the geate dlahees =
proves to denomination TIA, you may have eooa uNec':
in che reote corners of the earth, you VII Out ue
them with kndneis and equity. II you nave any "oo'''
of the truth of this kind Of Teionng, the experience
have had of different kind will entirely remove tien''
The good genius of our Count had led US TO the HPe
and happy method of governing freenen, wH nave GU
deayourcd to deeribc. Our miners received from ter
prcdecefors and for fome time continued 10 oberFe II
bur without knowing It's value. AT ensth' PreoHhs On
their own wilton, and the quiet dpshon OF the Ams'-
cans, they Aattered ehcmlyes that might reap great
advantages from their PROPERTY BY deitoying the eau'e y
il. They choie in unlucy hour TO treat them as o''
nations have thought Il, TO their colonies they te
ned and they taxed them.
| do not now enquire whethes taxation is matter OF
right only conider it matter OF experiment TOT
iuey the art Of ef is founded on eaPeehee'
need not lIggcn what were the consequences OF .''
change of meafuges The evils produced by 1t were usn
we Gill remember and Gill feel. We iuftcred noe "
iols of trade with Them, than the wealth no"vs N
from India able TO rccompence. Ihe oAhIuP'Sy -
the EatIndia Company, may be efficiently aeeouh.s1 m
by the rapne abroad and the navery at home bur
nued our commerce with them in the Jingle article OF tea
But that asd many other branches Of trade have been d-
yerted into other ehanae, and may probably never return
inre to their old coure. But what WORT OF all we have
loft their confidence and fiendhP; we have 'gnor~ny
undermined the NOT fold foundation OF our own power
In order to oberve the reet mPartiaty, Is but Jul,
for US to enquire what gained by hee taxes as wen
as what we have loft. am aured that of all the iums
RATED in America the la year but the expenses are
deiu6ed, which the natives would ellie have dIieharged
themilves, the paid into the treau 10 70
in aid of the nkng fund.- to be employed IN whseser
public eviees parliament ihoud think h, eghty hve
pounds. Eighty five pounds, my lords, IS the whole equ
y=lent, have received for all the hatred and mheh
and all the inni oes this kingdom has ueed during
shat year in her diiputes with North Amerea. MONEY
that is earned 70 dearly as this ought to be expended with
great wdom ard ECONOMY My, lords, were you TO take
up bur one thoufand poundsmore from North America upon
the fame terms, the nation elf bould be bankrupt
BIT the mott amazing and the mott alarming elrenmitiee
is It'll behind. II j. thar cafe 10 neurabe thar all
this experience has made no mPefon upon US. And ye
my lords if YOU could bur keep thee facts, which nave
yentured to Law before YOU, for few moments IN your
mnds, lppoing your right Of taxation 10 be never 10
clearl YET think you mutt necear perceive that can
be exerd any manne that can be advantageous 70
Ourselves On them. We have always the wiidom 10
tar ourielyes with propriey and confident we Gould
tax people that danec, without INFINITE blum
deIS, and intnite QppfelglONs 10 ONh aNN,
Lords, we are hone enoug tuit oureves with the
power of Hitting our own burthens upon them. Allow me-
therefore, TO conclude, thnk, unanweraby that the IN
convenience and dre we have felt In this change OF our
conduct no les than the cafe and anquihywe iormer.
found in the pruit of it, will fore, US, 1t We have sn!
nse left 10 return the good old path we trod " II
long, and found it the way Of pleaiantneis. II y
dcire 70 have Il undeTitood, thar am 0ppohng no
rights thar our lenatare may think proper to claim:
am only comparing two different methods of government
by your old rational and generous Administration, by eAt-
ing the Americans Jour friendS and flow-ttzenS you
made them the happiet n human kind and AZ thefane
time drew from them b. commerce, more clear pEohhan
Spain has drawn from all IT'S mines and their groTins
numbers we're daly-inereang addition TO your !treeth
Thee v7s no room for improvement al Grafton IN 70
noble Ehern Of policy as this 1t iantiiei by lin
by experience, by public utility. will venture to ue
bol language, my Lords i will aert, that If we had uni
formly adopted this equitable administration in all OUT DIFF
tant provinces, as tar circumstances would adnH,
would have placed this country, for sge, at the head ct
human affairs in every quarter OF the world. My lords,
this is no vonary chnleriesl doctrine. The idts OF
governing provinces and colonies by force is vona and
chirnecal. The experiment has often been tried, and ii
has never iucceeded. 1t ends nby in the ruin of the
country the other, in the at degree OF weish-
edneis.
Ifthere Is any TRUTH my Lords, in what have ad, and
mot firmly believe il all to be true let me recommend
IL 70 you q reiufne tnat generous anu pSieNSiSl % w
the dcufion of our differences, which uied to be the
fouree Of sur union. We certainly did wrong in taxing
them When the aamp-aa repealed, we did wrong
in awing on other taxes which tended only to keep alive
GLAZING that was m ichievous, mPaetieabe and ufelefs
We acted contrary 70 principles OF liberty, and 10
the generous fnrnents of our .oveFeg1, when we de-
fred to have their Judges dependent the crown tor then
apena as well as their continuance. 1t equally unwie
to with make the governors Independent OF the people for
their alades. We ought eonfder the governors, not
pes ntu@ed with the management Of our inEere but
the evants of the people, recommended to them by Us
Our ears ought be open every complaint aanit the
governors but ought to fuer the governors to
complain Of the people. We have taken different me
thod to which no fmsl part OF difficulties owing
Our ears have been the governors, and hutto tbs
people. This mutt necelriy leadus to countenaree the
Jobs of nteeed men, under the Pretenee of defending
the rights ofthe But the people are certainly the
be judges whether they well governed and the crown
can have no rights ineonhent with the happiness OF the
people.
Now, my Lords ought to do what have fugse.ted,
and many things more, cur of prudence ard uee to ~in