The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-12-29

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Jail events and that black cloud is. gathering
over Neutrality-suspicious. nesgs indeed, mutt this
be to theie peniioned traitors whole aipends, and
political exinence, depend wholly upon the eff
tabliihment Of the prefent meafures.-But what
ever may be the approximations, or hopes, of this
infamous iet of men-wc can allure the pu5lic
the ienhbe and true friends Of the contribution on
both ades the water, have other hopes and appre-
heniens, as they perceive union and fpirit
among the colonies, for the defence of their
rights and liberties unparalleled hiifory and at
the fame time iuch prudence, moderation, and
|remaining affection for the mother country, as
will lead them to coie difputes with their brethren
upon the old eitabliihed footing they were upon at
the concuhon of the late war for to the honour
|of the colonies ought to be obleryed, that they
have not yet made one new claim, and that the
preient fquabble, is wholly owing to new and
unconitituuonal impoitions; fubmiHion (which,
would be fubmifion to Esvsry in all its foym5,
and horrors. The friends of America have alto
the iatisfaetion 10 learn that, the reiovg Of the
late Continetal Congress, rcipeainx the yctes Of
the county ofSufolk, publlihed in the late Eng
liih papers, have not only furprized but quite
lconiounded the minittry, as by IL khey perceive
the union Of the colonies to be compjeat, and tina,
their preient menaces, only mark their defpair ::
hat all things coniidcred shere is greater al !.
teration in the new parliament than could have
been expected from the iudden diaolu,ion Of
the old and that il was apparent the meafmes
OF minIltry were becoming every day more and
more odicus and unpopular; that daily acquiG-
lions were made to the American cauie of the mott
able writer's and fpeakers aud that contiAu-
nee OF the union begun and complicated, wouM
under providence foon procure us deiyerance from
our preert fuHerings and full redrels Of III our
grievances.
That this will be the happy confqaenceof ou.
junior and carrying into eject, the wilsspsalixes
adopted and recommended by the late NJ 4 re-
lpeetable Continental Congress, our enemies
eem to be 70 lenGblc of, that they are now trying
all their low arts and little efforts to difurb the
formrr, and retard the execution of the Lftry-
this accounts for certain Prslafes itraplne here
fromN New York, and for the ieveral inaaminatory
libes againa the colonies and the lateC Continental
Congreis, entitled, The New-York Freeholder !:
The Veteran, The Friendly Address TO fober A
mericans, &c. publiihed by the little high flying
acobite party and their bribed coadjurors in that
lefty, fnce the Doctors return, aud retaiIed here
IN Mills & dicks's paper, by their fellow Ia
bourer the EgprineipIe6, but not zzpegboned Phi
Lambrot, under the hgnaturc Of MaDaebEfgfenf5;
and this ALTO accounts for very extraordinary
addreis to the public in the fame paper Iaf week,
from one known by the name of Timothy Rug
lgles, commenting, notwithstanding late pro-
Summation the form of iolemn league and CO.
venant, not indeed for the preieryatlon but the
Idrilruetion Of our liberties the Egning which
nc dares anert will be leruiity againi The ven
geance Of one whom he baicly reprefents as a
military, b. tcher rather than CO and
having yingly told him, that the friends Of ibcr-
lty were rebels, banditii more cruel th4n Java
Iges, who having trampled upon patience which
has endured to long fufering, were now ripe for
deitruetlon this perion in the true fprit of bis
malignant cabal, has the audacity TO clap his maj
ter upon the back, fpit in his chops, and pointing
10 the people ashis prg, to cry our, g 1n ~, fx
by, ysfz< EN- Jozvlsr, )sIxs ez."
| Hfaaf q roam Obkges zs 70 amt TIE remainder.
In RiUng:0H's Nfzv-2erk Ga~etssey, Of Der. ~,
20 ne falIssSigg paragraph esr fbe Bsgsn brad,
zVbse6 1eUnr 6fP4arsd IL any Of f5s fsp0y
"a f6is Sreviacf. --TT5is u asf tie Jfya Bsfon
lfar4graPb manufactured BY nat JUDAs 10 the
!rsgbf' and Eb<rfies Of AMERICA, 10 JEr'vs TIE d.
I00eheai Pzpelfs Of bis qvsfckrd naeny.J
Our provincial congeis dazsd on account Of the
disagreement Of Tome Of the princPa delegates and demA-
gosues They ae to again the roth Of January, in
hopes Of greater uaanmyj when i expected the motion
M The fnhng Of army, and that fr The choice Of Co
werner, viii be renewed. The Gaechus ofths eonsssin-
iasa upon the nedizts rating ola army, AID
gave sasznees, that the noaey for the payment OF the for