Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-07-06

OF the ministry -. James and 1heir servile
pafi lament.
His indignation against him heucelorwar1. to
.b1, when he csed. knew 10 bounds aGt Iruth-
| speak from personal knowleG ge.-For. from
lbs TO 1865, attended every superior and IN
ferIor court n Boston, ana recoi!ect not il
which he DID not invite TIE home 10 spend the
evenings with hiUu, when he made me converse
with hiua wei as / could, ali subjects OF
religion. morals, law, politics, history, phlloso-
ply, belle-lettres. theology, mythology, oostnog-
onv. me taphvscs, Il ocke. Clark, LeIbuitz, Be-
lingbroke, Berdiey,--the pre-establIshed harino-
nv of the universe. the nature of matter and
spirit. and the eternal estahl lshment Of camel
Gences between their operation; fate. fore
knoyvled re. abSol ute-ana we reasoned on such
unfathomabe subjects high as M!ltonS gentry
in pandefnonium: an1 we understood them as
well as they did, and no better 70 such mighty
mysteries he added the news OF the dav ana the
title tatfie OF the town. But his favorlte subject
was politics. and the impending threatening sys-
tenn of parliamentary taxation, ANA universal
government over the colonies. On this sub cct
he anxious and agitated that | have no
doubt it occasionca his premature death. From
the time when ne argued the question of wrats OF
assistance TO his death. he considered the king,
ministry. parliament and nation of Great Britain
Is determined TO model the colonies from
the fou ndatou; 10 annul all their charters, 10
constitute them all royal governments; 10 ratse
u revenue in America By pariian?eniar taxation;
to apply tina. revenue to pay the salaries of gov
errors. in3 yes, and all other crown officers; hnd
after all this. to raise rs large revenue - they
pleased. O be applied 10 national purposes, at
the excnequer in EngIand ana further, 10 estab-
li-h bishops and the whole system Of the church
of rIand. tvthcs and all throughout all BRUSH
America. This system. he salt, II II WAS suffer
ed 10 prevail. would eXtlngui>h the HaiHe OF tu-
ertv all over the world; that America womb be
efup}ovel as an eng4a- batter down all the
miserable remains Of liberty in Great Britain
AM Ireland, where only any sembIance Of II
was left in the world To This system he con
sidered Hutchinson, the oilverS, and an thelr
come xions, DEF ients, ashercats, shoe!IckerS-
all entirely devoted. He rted that they
we re- al engaged with all the crown officers IN
America and the understra7pers Of the ministry
in England. IN i deep ana reasonable conspiracy
betrav lie liberties Of their country, for their
osn private, personal. and family aggranaize-
rnent. HIS philippines against the unPnnclp5rd
ambition and avlrice Of all of them, but rSPeclAi-
~ of hutchinson were unbridled; not only IN
private confid.n initial conve rsations, but III all
companies, and on al! occasions, he gave Hutch
iuson the sobrequet of "Summa Potestatis,s and
rarely mentioned him but by the nlme of"Sunl-
ma His liberties of speech were no secrets TO
his enemies. | nave sometimes wondered that
they did not throw him from the bar, as they did
soon afterwards ma or H4Vey, for they hated
hi n yvors. than they did Dunes Otis, or SaancI
] Jams. and they feared him more, because they
had no revenge fora fathers disappointment Of a
seat ga the superior bench. 10 impute 70 ht'n. rs
tlfrv did to Otis: an In1tchar's charact rr thro'
life brad br-u modest, deceut. uuassamlng, his
morals r,ur, mud his rpIiuiou VruPratcd,
tl1,f fhev dared not attack hun. In his Office
we're educated to the har two eminent chsrac-
tors. the late. .TuGr- Lowell ANA Josiah Quincy,
aptly called lite Boston Cicero. Mr. IEatchers
Frame was slender, his constitution delicate;
whether his physicians overstraiued his vessels
with mercury. when he had the stnali pox, nv
iaoculutiou at the castle, or whether he was over
tIved hy public anxieties and exertions the small
nov Iert him in decline from which he never re-
covered Not lone before his death he sent for
me to commit 10 my care some Of his business At
the b1r. l asked INN whsther he hal seen the
Virginia resolves; cob yeS-thev are men
They noble spirits. 1t kills me- I" ihin& OF
the letharGv and stupidity that prevail here.
long to be ont. WIll 90 out viii 90 out. |
Will 90 into court. and make speech winch shall
be read after NV death rs MY diving testimony
against this Internal tyranny they arc brtH%ing
upon us. Seeing the violent agitation ih'p
which il throw him, change the SUBJECT as
soon rs possible, ana retired. lie had been con-
fined for sometime. Had HH been abroad among
the people. he weHfd not have complained 50
pathcficaIlv Of the "iethArv and sympathy that
prevaiIed - for totYn and country We're aIi alive:
aud in August become active enough, and some
OF the people proceeded to lvarrtntalfe recess
eS which ware more an1rntrd BY the patriots.
thln hv fhrir enemies NJ Thatcher soon died
deeply lamentei by all The friends OF their
country.
Another gentleman who had great infine nee
il the commencement Of she revolution was pr.
Jonathan Noyhcw.a descendant of tie ancient
raised great reputation, both in Europe and
sermons in the reign Of King fieorg, the second