The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-11-10

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extend your the moi unhappy ard be IN all
eipees prepared for every contingency Above all things
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the favour of Almighty God. And we ''enty bsleeeh his
divine goodnefs, take you into his gacor pro eefon'
A. SUMMARY VIEW Of the RIGHTS; Of BRITISH
! AMERIeA.--Set forth in fone RIso buttons, in
tended for the IssPEcTIoN of the Peien .pELEGA1ES
| Of the PEoPLr of VIReINTA, now in owvENTroF:
BY Nsciye and Member of the Houie o. bursenes OF
VI r @ N A.
ICs1riuHed from ise.1
TINA the aa, pasd in the 4h year or his Maefys
reign, entitled, " An act for granting tertan duties
in the Birth colonies and plantations in Anne; "a, &C.
One Other at pad in the 9Th year Of his ign, entitled,
Ana for granting and applying amP d. ties and otner
duties in the Brt colonies and plantations in A neca, &C.
One other a Paled In the 9th year his res entitled,
An act fol the better occurring The dependency IT bis Ma
eys domnoRs in America, upon the srown and parliament
of Great Britain = and other ae pad in IL 9TH year
of his reign entitled An act for granting duties paper,
tea &C. From that connected chain Of parliamentary uiu
PATTON which has already been the fube Of eiuenn apPea
bis maey and the houies OF lords and of
Great Britain and anSes having yet been conseeended
any of thefe, ia trouble has nsefy with rePt
tion of the matters they contained. M
But that other act paed in the fame 9TH yeas OF his
reign, having beea peculiar attempt, mutt q' Pc
csar mention it entitled act for fuiPendng me le
elature Of New York." One free and independent leg
lzture hereby takes upon f upend the powers OF
ther, free and Independent ittel; thss exhibiting Phe
unknown in natue the creator and creature OF It's
own power Not only the PRINCIPLES Of fenf but
ke feelings of human nature, mutt be fuuendered
pbefore his maey ubje6s here, be peifuaded TO be-
eJe that they hold their political extance at the will of
Ehtih parliament. Shall thefe governments &c diolved
her property annihaed, and their people reduced fate
ofo he III
Ify iaw, whom they confded and over whoa
they have powers Of Punihment or removal, let tteT
sesinit tile American public be ever 10 great Car
aligned, why 100000 electors in The iaro
Great Britain ould give law iour mill ons the fares
Of America every individual Of whom equal to every ind
,idua Of them, in virtue, in undefaRding, and in bodily
eHgth Were this he admitted, inead of being FREE
people, have hitherto iuppofed and to continue
oaflve houd iuedh) be found the ayes not Of
bat of 10000 yranrs, di guisd from all others BY
this Irregular er umitance, that they removed from the
reach Of fear, the only feranng motive which may hold the
hand Of tyfant.
That BY sn aG to dccntnu: in fach and for fuel
time therein mentioned, the landipg and dehagins
ading, Tipping, of goods and merchandze the
town and within the harbour Of Bottom in the province Ct
MafachuiettsB in North America, which pafed a.
the laa ieion of the 3rt parliament large and popu
town, whole trade their fce ubience, deprived
ri that trade, and involved in Let for while
uppoe ts queon Of right fOipended in order examine
this aa on principles Of juee An act Of parliament had
been paed np 5ing duties TO be paid America,
eann which aG the Americans bad porefcd insuhona
tive The Eat India Company, who III that time had nese
fent pound OF tea to America their account, cpt
forth that occ1Gcn the aers Of parliamentary right, and
end hthe many ip leads Of that obnoxious commodity.
The matters Of their eyera ves however, their arrival
America, wilcly attended 4dnonon and returned with
their eagor In the province OF New-Engand alone, the
remonarances of the people were dieg vded, and comP
snce, after being many DAYS waited for fatty Iculed
Whether this the maaer of the ve governed by his
obnacy, his nfru6on let thoe who know, lay. ri ere
extraordinary tuatons, which rqnre extraordinary in
teIpOions An exapeated people, who feel that they poi
sfs power, nor eay reaned within limits ficky Tegu
lar. A number Of them Aliembei in the town of Bottom
t e into the ccean and pered, without doing any
other a Of violence If in this they did wrong they
KNOWN and smenabe the laws Of the land, Agln which
could be objected that they had any iasanec
been Obfrued dysedfSm their regular cOur in favour
Of popular offenders They hcud thereo= got have been
dired this occaon But that ILL., ated eoony had for
merry been bold in their enmtes sgain the hcue Of Stuart
aRd devoted ruin By that unen hand which 20
the momentou affairs Of this great empire On the
paslfepeicntations of few WORTHLESS minfea dependents
whole eontant Office it has been keep that government
embroed and who, by their teaees, hope to obtain the
dignity of the Bth knghthood, without calling for the par
~ accufed, without aSins proof without attempting df
tn6on between the guilty and the nnocent whole Of
that ancieSt, and wealthy town, in reduced from
opulence beegay Menwho had ipent their lives in
fencing the Bnh commerce, who @s Unveiled in that place
TIRE wealth then hone endeayous had nerted found them
elye and their families thrown the world, for ub
fcnce by its charities Not the hundredth part Of the in
hobtsnss Of har had been concerned in the a ec
planned Of many Of them were in Britain in other
parts beyond Tea, YET all involved in ndfcrmnatc
ruin, oy executive power unheard Of I'LL them that
Bth parliament. property, Ofthe value Of many mil.
lions Of money, fae6ced revenge, repay the los
few thOuands. This is administering uitce with heavy
hand indeed and when this temPe to be aneed in It's
eoue Two whases be opened again when hsMajeay
ihAl think proper. The redue which lined the exrenv-
oes OF the Bay Of Bolton, nteded the exefee
Of commerce, this little exception Teens have been hlown