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B O S T O Ni April 4.’ f
QOPITof a LETTER to the Right Hon. the Mitrfuis 9/ RockiKoh r ts. !
• Province of the Maffachuicsi,BAy, Jaa. ,768..
My Lord\
THE House of Rcprefentative* of that h Majefty’a Provfele,
havo had the honour of your Letter of the 7th of Ma/ l&ft.
communicated to the® by their Speaker, and thank yohr
, Lord Snip for your cppdefcenfion, in the kind fentinienti you
1 ?! ea S* l< ? p W efs af hi * Majefty’a good fubjeds of A
aad of this,-Province. t .l bt establishing the harmony between
Great-Britain and her Colonies, U, a fubjeft which your LordOiip hat
judged worthy of your partfatlar attention: And me exertions which v<>
,*ave made for this very important purpose, claim the moft grateful tc
. knowledgments of the .House. Your fentiraents are so nobly extended
beyond the moft distant partial confidej-ations, as muff diftinguilh you as
• patronspithe Colonies* a friend to the Britifb constitution, and the rights
•f. mankind.
Your Lordftiij* is pleased te fay that you will qot adopt a system ofarbi
traiy rule over the Colonies > nor do otherwise than strenuously refill where
attempts fltoula be made to throw off that dependency to which the Colo
nies ought to submit. Lerdlhip with great impartiality,adds,
*. not only for the advantage of Great-Britdiu, but for their own real
happiness and fafety.”
‘I his House, my Lord, have the honeur heartily to join'with’ you id
feattment; and thpy (peak the language of their conftitiienlsX So fen-
Bble are they of their happioefs and fafqty, in their union with, and de
pendence open the Mother Couptry, that they would by -no means be in*
Hned to accept oftui indsrpehlency, if Offered to But, my Lord,
they intreat your confederation, whether the Coleid** b*vt not reason to
•feftrfomc danger of arbitrary rule over them, when theTupreme power of
the rtdtim have tbooght ptoper to impose taxes oa his Majesty’s American
fubjc&s, with the foie and express purpose of bailing a revenue, and
withoat their consent. . . .
My Lord, the fuperintendiag power of that high Cdurt eyer all his
.llajefty’a fubjefts in the Bm pi re, and in all cases which can copfift with
the Aiada*e#tal rules of the cowiitutibii,’ was never queftiotoefl in this Pro
vince, nor, as Use House conceive, in any other. But in all free (fates the
Confutation is axed: It is from thence that the fupremd legislative, as
welt as the supreme executive, derives.iu authority t Neither, -then, can
ybreak thro’ the fundameatal rules of thf-?c©nftu*tieu, withoat dellroying
thejr own foundation. . <l( , 1 , -r. , ,
--It u humhly conceived that aijbh f Majeflyp|ny ( 'fiiWefts, Inevpry
of.his wide extended dbminidns, have a just and equitable claim to
the rights of that coaftitutiwn/ upon which government itfelf is founded,
tmd by wfiich jfbderpignty dnd alkginnceis afcertaiaed itfd limited./ifeur
JLordfhip will ow us to fay, that it is an eflewtial right of a Britifi fub
jirft, ingrafted into the conititutieo j or, if your Jord(hip will atHhit the
expreflion, a sacred and unalienable natural right, quietly to enjoy,-aod
have the foie disposal of His own property. lid conformity to this the A&s
offthe British Parliament declare,, that every individual in the,vpsidi is
M ijefty*s high Court of Parliament, sy himfelf, or his re
presentative, of his owp free cleft ioa. Buf f , my'lLord, it is apprehend
ed, that:a just and equal representation of the fubjeAj, at thf diftymoeof-a
leagues frem the metropolis is utterly imprafticable.
Upon this opinion, ‘ this House humbly conceive, his Majesty’s royal.pr.e-.
deceffors thought it fcquitable to form fukordinate legiuatiy# powers in
AtftJridnf*as perfeAtyfree as* the rtatore of thing* would th|t ,(p ,
their remote fubjefts might enjoy a right which those within the realm h**’*
UrWr -held facrcd, of being taxed only ty thfjr own free
‘ftte&ien. *'• 1 s tV.i’ -
-•< “The House beg .leave to observe to your Lordflup, that the monies thpt
(hall arise by the aft for granting to his Majeftv pertain.d.qjttey on Paper,,
Glafsj and ether articles, paffea in their last fellip h of Barbanhent, are
to he applied, in the firft place, for the payment charges
‘Of the’adminiftration es just ice, and the support of in,
fechfcolenies where it (hall be judged nece(fary.aw! for the!
defending, protecting* and (bearing the f?ofeuieft lug i*trut your
■Lord fti ip’s consideration, what may bt the oonfetfOetuO future!
/ime, if the Crown, in addition to its rightjOf apponiffng CevfnEels over
.the Colonies, which this recogntee, (hould appointthetn
fephAipaude as it (hduld judge (it, Without the*eofent of fc people,
*fpjddt,Vhw expeoce. And • the J udges of tljp land here do Miftihoki their ;
xqfHUAftons'during good behaviour, -your Let and whether,
latpnqj nqt hutcAftcf happen} that at’ so. great! a dltantf fronrthe tß?Bhb,.
Ane fountain of justice,. for want of an adequme eheck, ’fiofthpt hhd hrfts
may take place, :v even.wsthi*theCblonies, which Indy ! dej*rii*e
*.¥Rshi9f justice of its glofy, and the people? es ihdlrttapptaefs add*
‘fafety. vi _ , '* l ’
♦ -¥weflinHhtp*s W#Hjfnd6ur will Induce you to bilTeve, tlratj
what our euemict may Have taken occasion to rear trfent toJiis Maipftf'^Mi-.
aPan JCisli
?r EI) JV’ ESp AYi Junt a 2, 1768.
Mmi If. Ll j “ row Lor<l(lii f . whether thtft
teittinue in vou- t’ * hll k>* Proeince end the Colontee tlill
hit •-oUdi'f’i J.rfgmtnt te be fMthfill end le,el febjelt. to
epto,K l-'’’ r ' lv ,“<T *.*• ,h,t y°“’ happy induence will erer be
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-!*.** **•*#** *PARhR.
i od libe r ,i “ of tlw numorout end loyal itihah’i
. . Ibnedtenflee cnotjnent are in the
•for them C fh m Tn ‘j 0 * 00 * 6 ’ are Bot ra ® r e arduous to forge letters
t?. 1„l’ 1 ' 8 ”; '° d ' lude th ’ <1 >'“• persuade then,
xcquiefcence; at this alarming period, when to reluft is
t” di j;™'’- - d •n*.M tneaforea 5, are injlfliciou, and £
tru ve, is construed as forma! attempt to fuhvert order and govern
nowL; 7iT| t O II a f >n - 1 * t 0 Tcbel i and * r '**y febmiffion to th? rod of
ma * 1 c b r t * le tendert of place and patronage, urged by the
S aC J of d *g” and d.fgrace : *tis to you, worthy Sir! thatAmeruals
n r y■ f T*. m .°? f ea f°nxble (enfible, loyal and vigorous vindication
,BVadd r, ghts and liberties: B tis to you the diftinguiftied honour
- r ! , a * when many of the friends of liberty were ready to fear its
utter fubverfien : arm*d with tmth, ftpported by the immutable laws of
X n inheritance of man, and leaning on the pillarl of
e Britim canftttutioc ; you seasonably brought your aid, to oppose im
pending -rum, awakened the moft indolent tad inaftive to a sense ofdan
gV,^ rc*Ainwteq hopes of those who had before exert and them elves
in the can foof freedom, and inftrufted America in the heft means to ob
tain redress.
Nor is this weffern World alone indebted to your wisdom, fortitude and
patnotifm ; Great Britain also may be confirmed by you, that to be truly
great and fdccerful (lie must be just: that t > opprefe America is to vio
f* re a dlli °em • nour *’ ‘^ e^t ber Hrigjiteft profpefts, and com raft hqr
To worth arid virtue, the inhabitants of the town of Bos
ton, the capital of the Province of the Mxffachufetti Bay, in full town
fxtetmg affcmbled, express their earliest gratitude: aftuated themselves
oy the fame generous principles, which appear with so much loftre in
your ufeful labouxs, they will net fail warmly to recommend, end indu
vnouuy to promote that union among the fevdral colonies, which it to
indifpeufably Jor the ffeurity of-the wholo.
T 4< yv!> ftperfermerit must affumdly. in rite closest reeefs, enjoy the
of having Jct-vod, and pofibly saved this people, tho*
.KiJed ffui purview, you Modestly fttun ’the deserved applaufc of milli*
ons [ff r . qait intrude upon your tetirement, and falnte the Farmer,
w C^* r !f nd °f Americans, and the common benefaftor of mankind.
’ fewrread, and unanimoafty accepted by the town,
and tp jf in the fSverul orwfpapert. i/ j
r v K. Town Clerk
ivw/ari, March ii. The following- account was,received a month
agor but firafifedfance before.—A few da^s
ago qame to town,; onq.dqhn man, whe gives thftfbl.
lowing accoimt qf the voucher* he has to produce
appears to true, That hf^a ? in Cornwall in England, and
WdOgTlt up to the bufmefs of a miner, ghatapouMs years hgoh* came
.td Bmon hud |sLnpftiir, whereto lifted for a soldier Majqr
ffl*' M** <*hout fevyn years)
brefent Ac.rThaton Major Rogers**
jmn_ and family from New HampOure
to MicuiMimakanac, other forts under his go
veruent. °Roger* went with >j
rayh 'fhomUlU ©uiiham wis oak, to ahoilt three miles diftaofe from
r J L-*’ of l W^ t T SP Touwou-fndram,
W *n vfei Pl r i7 returned the fire hi
well as they could, Hutftx of thhfia were foor wounded, (of which
one, who had both -hit jaws fluttered to pieces by a
mufltet ball, and ‘wa*<ldfe>n®ongft-tM dhrid) did Major Roger, was taken
; f*fyner: Hira, against whom tho Indians had a partienlar nafentirient,
tilhthey cpuM get boUW. When thoy intended to mike A X
ended nfthifla* ahd indulgeabeuuMVdsTn airthecruelty^finveterate re-
firinf, lMWHlled feme conddoreblctime,
was hened at the f<are> a daMWaent df oo mhn from tkentc had time
to copie op, fmhw iu feme mrafurc got hiftmd thelydianf. end hred us.
-yjr theftT/TTftip Indians mot ‘laowmgfri* Mtmbor by whom they wert at*
taqked, aftet;re<ieWa BHu fled, (raving fodVof
auqibv dead bchiad thom,-irid two Frenehmen who were amen?
*qrMl>de prifqncadmad earned to die ftm eHtote Major Rogeri
>. jftO'JY M/ i .X* \d 4>ftnkuiyfqlifsii/ .w £jl ad i*w { , ,/* ■,