The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-02-10
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the neighbouring provinces fuch fpi-
Tit for liberty, for life without it is of little
worth. Liberty one of the greateit blef-
fings the human mind can enjoy. The
fweets yours and our fore-fathers have en-
loved, and have fallen aleep therein. But
there is cloud and has been formany years,
and it is blacknefs and darknefs itielf, butt
rejoice that the rays of light family break
through, and pray that it may ihine like
the fun in his meridian luitre. Sir, do you
apply for your liberty in right way' You
are taxed without your content, becauie
YOU are not reprelented in parliament Il
grant that agrievance) and have petitioncd
for relief and cannot get any. Pray, Sir,
what can you impute it to are the Brltalns
hearts harder than yours Are not your
hearts alto hard, when you hold them in
aayery who are Untitled to liberty, by the
law of natue, equal as yourielves ! If lit be
20. pray. Sir. pull the beam out of thine eye,
thar YOU may fee clearly to pull the
mote out off thy brothers eye: And when
the eyes of your understanding are open
ed. then will you Zee clearly between
your cafe and Great Britain and that of
the Africans. We all came from one COM
mon father, and H Z by the law of nature
gave every thing that was made, equally
ALIKE, to every man, richly to enjoy If
70, is il lawful for one nation to enilave
another The law of nature gives no iuch
liberation. l grant for wife reafons, God
fufered the Jews to have fervants - But
: no ilayes, but thole who had their ears
bored to the pof by their own content. lean
not think that one of the ions of Africa,
that hath tahed the fweets of freedom, in
their own country, and the heavy yoke in
this. would (umbit to have theirs bored to
the potts for the Africans are free peo-
Die, born free and were never conquered
by any nation. Pray, Sir, what people
under heaven have right to enilave them
None ! becaufe it is contrary to the laws
of God, and the laws of Great-Britain.
But you fay we bring them from their
own country to make chriitians of them
/ fhould rejoice if there was as much pains
taken with the Africans as there is with the
Indians, by tending mifiionaries among
them, and chriifanizing them in their own
country but for matters of veilels, to
fetch them to the Wef-Indies, and fell
them to the greatef william that appears to
purchafe him or her, if he will give two
! bits more than an honeft man So, Sir,
chrihianity is made cloak to FIJI their cof-
fers and to fcreen their villiany. View
thele poor creatures in this milerable fitua-
ton, father Gghing for his bofom friend,
a mother for beloved ion, brother for a
filter, friend for kind companion Il
fay, to view them in this iituation, fhould
think would make Heather blufh, and
a chri.tan ihuddcr. And now, Sir, to
boat of your liberty when we are all upon
an equal footing by nature, for | am con-
WINGED that no man has right to enjoy
another mans liberty and property, when
it is unlawful to hold that property Il
thought men were to be governed by law
and reafon, but where no law is, the law of
reafon determines in fuch cafes. Now
where confidence is free and unbiafed, it
makes the law of Chirf its rule What
faith Chrift in this cafe, whatfoever We
would that men fhould do unto you, do we
even 70 to them, for this is the law and the
prophets. Chrif gives his fentiments free
ly, and then refers us to the law and the
prophets. In the law we do not hnd the
word fave; but fuppoie it was to be found
there, it won't appear from thence that the
Americans have warrant from God TO
make the Africans laves as the Jews had
to hold fervantS : But as | limited before,
that for wife realons God fufered the Jews
to have Gervants, and no Aaves but fuch as
would willingly be made 70, cannot fee
by what new invented law they pretend to
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