The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-04-15

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Certificate ba.l, e, lielf l. TAX nd .I:o.cral
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town ihculi obi,gc every pc ION ,5no hai -
connections w.,h L.aa, - bring N 4 S.sl.ic",-
at,eihng rhey traded with iome body elk: y
ali denominations e chrilt.ps in this provl,
Papiiss excepted, are glanSeG full religion. L.
betty, by our ioyereign George las bu.
poor fchsme ior leeila,oTs, aictio-s tAus he
lac Warwick s!ehors,in Mr.. Diapers paper,
have doae, whole tory, perhaps, may bear
dinesnt aipea, wacn the other Tide Of IN. quei-
uon Is related) or any other perionS 10 ulc
great names or authorities for enforcing IN.
very, becauic upon the fame plan England
ought MOTTO diRent from Rome And yet the
Bapti!ss are 1old very calmly, that they 9ucht 10
be Perfected hecauie Other people have beer,
This IS the Chief argument made uie Of. Oar
fore-fathe,s, We are ,old, ipilt their blood 70
eltabliih congregationaliim in this province,
land they did, Lam iure they ipiit it vcl
fooliihly) as for the poor Bap1ias, tney had no
fore-fathers, they are jut iprung out of the par
fey bed thole Warwick afeGors OF vcraciy,
moreover tell us, that the conditions upoa
which all townlhips in this province are taken
up and holden is, riat the propfictors ihal iup-
port congegationaiim, and YET if al the pro
prietors Mould eOgjtiMfiog% diaent from CON
gregationalilln, they ihall be exempted, and
yet obey ihall fupport it TOO! frangc paradox
this, iupport and not lupport at the fame time
And to lhow the good nature of tlole gentlemen,
they tell the Baptiils il they are periecuted in
this province, to fly TO another, Notwithstanding
: their King tells them they lhall live peaeeably
in this we are alto informed, that every
body polite has right to chnie their reieiou
and enact laws for its iupport' yes, | know
Co1faatine thought 70, and among other things
that pope was neccfarY; and thus the church
of Rome thinks nozv.
could not help bsing aGonihed to fee fuch
genuine papal zeal hitoSefcd by one Mr. We
mas, for the iuppoftof ecclciiaaical deipotiirn.
in Meafs Fleets paper of the 18th of March
lah. This author comp lains of miirepreienta.
tons, and yet never did any wander more
egregiouily from the truth than he, and all under
futile ihow of realoning and an infnualing
air OF Catholciim, calculated merelyto prejudice
the uniformed. He lays he was grieyed, and
believe it, hbat tbe qpprDSd Fraud complaints
AS Catholic in Mr.. Diapers paper has made
the julteG obieryations on his 6rit performance
Iquit it, and fall only take notice ofhis affirm
ing in his iecond, thar the baptiits at Aihfeid,
q0ue eOaVidfa efmOag-suakiag. Did a man
write this who pretends to tender feeling
Shame burn your cheek. What thus TO tab
number Of inoGen6ve, refpeeable people, be-
caIle one poor, honef, pious man was appre-
hended by his unprovoked enemies, but ac-
Quilted in ipite of all the aratagems they could
lay and at the fame time to talk Of tandot
| o! atonifhing who may not talk of it
flaIl now give the public the whole Account of
this Affair, anddo aaert, that what Mr.. Veritas
has affirmed is impudently and notoriouAy falie.
and call upon him TO acquit himfelf If he can.
The Aihheld people having petitioned to our
| general court repeatedly, for redreis of their
| grievances, in vain, they at laf addreiEed his
| M4eity in 1871, who GRACEFULLY relieved
them at which their oppredors in Afhheld
were exceedingly exTperated aAd on the
9Th of November 1874, went two officers
| with Numerous attendants TO the houlc of
Mr.. Smith, father of the baptiR minifer in
A16eld, with warrant from the Chief Judge
| of that County, to feize his per.on, and TO
fareh his houie and ihop for bad money
Mr.. Smith was made priioncr before he was
out of his bed in the morning, and though he
proniied the uie of his keys, and delired that
no lock might be broken, yet while he was at
prayers with his family, for which he obtained
leave of ono officer, the other broke open
his fhop, and did comfortable damage there's
and after iearching both ihop and houfe and
finding nothinglike bad money, Sc. he was
carried before the aforeiaid Judge and others
where it plainly appeared that the complaint
was entered againa Mr.. Smith, from areport,
that he had put off a Counterfeit dollar, which
report was then proved to be falfe. After he
had fuHered much and had been greatly abuled
in the dead of winter, The following is the attef-
tation cf the witnefes who were iummoned a
sainft Mr. Smith upon WHICH he was acquired,