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NUMBER I. of
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For J A N U A R Y, 1774.
CONTAINING,
The Origin of Letters—To the Literati of America—Li
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S A L 25, 1773“’
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THE INDEPENDENT
WHIG: Or, A Defence of PRIMI
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CLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT,
Against the extravagant Claims of Fanatical and Difrflc&ed
CLERGYMEN.
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DtDiCATioNtothe Lower House of Convocation. Numb.
1. The Introduction. 2. The design of this paper. 3.
of the Contempt of the Clergy. 4. Of the Explication of
the Scripture. 5. The Untitnefs of bad Clergy to teach
others. 6. ofCreeds and Confeflhns of Faith. 7. Of
uninterrupted Succcflion. 8 Of uninterrupted Succeflion.
Part 2. 9. Of the Cleamefs of Scripture, to. Of Or
dination. 11. The advantageous Situation of the Clergy,
strangely inconsistent with their common Cryof Danger. 12.
The Enmity of the High Clergy tn the Reformation, and
their Arts to defeat the End of it. ij. The Church prov
ed a Creature of the Civil Power, by Arts of Parliament,
and the oaths of ths clergy. 14. The Clergy proved to be
Creatures of the Civil Power, by the Canons, and their
own public Alls. 15. The Absurdity and Impoifibility
of Church Power, as independent on the state. 16. Tire
Inconfifteucy of the Principles and Practices of High-Church;
with feme Advice to the Clergy. 17. Reasons why the
High-Church Priests are the most wicked of all men. 18.
A general Idea of Prieftcraft. 19. Ecclesiastical Authority,
as claimed by the High-Clergy, an enemy to religion. 20.
Of Chaplains. 21. A Comparison between the High-
Church and Quakers. 22. Prieftcraft corrupts every thing,
and perverts the Use of Words. 23. Of Zeal. 24. Of
Persecution. 25. Of Consecration. 26. Of Faith and
Morality. 27. Of Falling. 28. Of Authority. 29.
Of Education. 30. Of Education. Parti. 31. Of Ce
remonies. 32. Of Ceremonies. Part 2. 33. The Ig
norance of the High-Church Vulgar, and its causes. 34.
Of Falling. Part 2. 35. Of Reason. 36. Of the Peace
of the Church. 37. The Enmity of the High-Clergy to
the Bible. 38. Of Penance, and Religious Revellings.
39. Priests afnid of Ridicule. 40. Of Priestly Cruelty.
41. Of High-Church Atheism. 42. ditto. Part 2. 43.
ditto. Part 3. 44. ditto. Part 4. 45. ditto. Part J.
46. All Priestly Power inconsistent with the Gospel, and
renounced by it. 47. The fame lubjedl coutinued. 48.
An Inquiry into Religious Eftablifhmcnu ; with a further
Confutation of the impious and absurd Claims of High
Priests. 49. Of the three High Churches in England.
50. An Analogy between ancient Heathenifrn and modem
Prieftcraft. 51. Priestly Power founded on the Weak
ness of human Nature. 52. The folly of the Clergy’s
demanding Refped when their Chandlers are bad, with
the Equity of universal toleration, and of judging for our
feives. 53. Of mutual Charity and Forbearance. $4.
The Vanity as well as Wickedness of Persecution. 55.
Force and Fraud, how opposite to the Spirit ot Religion The
very different EtfeA; of religious Liberty and falfe Zeal.
56. Mutual Bitterness and persecution amongst Chrifttans,
how repugnant to the Gofp .l, and how shocking to a rati
onal Pagan. 57. Of the strange Force of Education, es
pecially in Matters of Religion. 58. In what only true
Religion comilts.
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February 2, 1774'
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FRIDAY February 4.
BOSTON.
On Tuesday lart the honourable James Pitts, Artemis
Ward, Benjamin Greenleaf, Walter Spooner, and Samuel
Phillip*, Elquires, a committee from his Majesty’s council,
prelected the following addref, to hi* Excellency the Gover
nor.
To his Excellency THOMAS HUTCHINSON, i fq;GO
- Commander in Chief in and over the province
of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The addref* of his Majesty’s COUNCIL of the said pro
vince.
May it plcafe year Encdltncy,
THE Board nave attentively amfidered your Excellen
cy’s fpcech to the two houles at the opening of the
present fefficn.
The affair of the Indians of Martha’s Vineyard has been
repeatedly the objed of the attention of the General Court,
and at the lart fclfion a new committee was appointed to go
thither to obtain a Jrue state of the tads ; and it is expelled
at this fetfion they will make thetr report. As soon ar laid
before us we (hall take it intocontideration, and do our part
to M prevent all grounds for complaint of the denial or delay
of justice.”
With refped to the late fettiement of the wertem line of
this province, where it is bounded by the eartem line of New-
York, it gives us great pleature, as die dispute has been the
source of so much mi chief to the two colonies, that your
Excellency has reason to exped his Majerty’* confirmation of
that fettktoent, as soon as the r.eccflary formalities »f office
will admit. And with refped *0 the lubjed of the addrdi
of the two houies in January last, we are glad your Excel
lency has reason to hope tor a fetitoafibry detennmauoa and
order concerning it.
The order of his Maj-fly for rrgularfnj the future condud
of the Governor in thefupreme court of probate* in the
decision of coritroverfies co-c<m -g and divace,
.a founded in the highest re <fon : foe (asst m well vbferred by
one of hi* Majcfty * couuuaM Lw, vis. jLcna,d Jack ton.
"Numb. 158.
Esq; to whom the matter was referred for hi*opinion in point
of law) “ it is so unfuitabie to the nature of a court of jui
tice to conliil of two branches, each poflefling a negative on
the other, that though fomefliing like it may be found, yet
he conceives no cnnrtrudion ought to b<- founded on the
poflibility of the existence of such a court, becaule the in
flance* offuch (ifany) will be found to Hand on principles
not applicable to the present case. And h<- is of opinion the
Governor ot the province of the Maffacliufet* bay may
lawfully acquiesce in the determination of the majority
of the whole number of councillor* present, although he
should differ in opinion from dial 1 Bc.aute he ron
ceivcs it to be pail doubt, that by the daule in the chatter
(which provide-. th*t in all ads of government by the Ge
neral allcmbly or in council, the Governor (hall have the ne
gative voice) nothing more is intended by the word-, ads of
government in council, than executive ads ot state in ex
dufion ot judicial ads, which though they are thenercile of
a power derived under government, sis. never, he bclievesy
rertpirheuded under the description of ash of government."
1 0 which may be added, that it is plainly a lolrcimi that a
court ot jurtice should be foconftituted, m in many cafee pro
perly cognisable by it, to be incapable, from rhe nature of its
court it ut ion, to give a judgment. We agiee with your Ex
cellency, that in this couftrudioh of the charter, which jou
fay is different from what lias been made by all Governors
ever lince its firft publication, liis Majcfly has /hewn a ten
der regard for the intcreft snd convenience of his fubjed*.
Your Excellency is pleated to inform us, that you an- “ re
quired so fignify to the two houses hi* majesty * diiapproba
tion ot the appointment of committees of correfpondencc, in
various instances, which fit and sd during the recets of the
General court by prorogation.*'—So far as this matter relates
tu the Board it can relate to them only in the inflance of
Curretpondence with Mr. Agent Boltan : With whom,
since they chose him Agent, t try have diven time, appoint
ed a committer to correspond during the tveefs of the court.
A* thi* is a mutter ot great importance, your Excellency
will permit us to d feufs it with freedom—When ( overnor
Bemaid was in the chair he early dilcoveted a diipofition to
infringe on the rigtits of the board : and this disposition
encreafed, till at length, rrgardlefs of the dignity of hi* ftati
or, he descended to the most ungentlcmanly treatment of
them, when they either refilled an arquK feme with his un
warrantable measures, or endeavoured to support their right*
against his ufurpatiom They had long apprehended, that
befide* those personal attacks in council, he had by hi*letters
been mifrrprefcnting them to his Majesty’s minirten ; but
they had mrt foil evidence of it, till they feccived authenti
cated copies of feme of his letters to Lord Hillfborough, in
which they found themfelvcs perfunally abused, and all their
rights and privileges in their public capacity, and their very
exillencc in that capacity, flruck at. ‘J hole letters having
been laid before parliament, unjustly procured a parliament
ary lenfure of |he council, and threats of further proceedings
against them. Now though it had born usual in a regular
state of thing* for an agent to be appointed with the concur
rence of the three branches of the General Court, yet when
that state became inverted, when die Governor was endea
vouring todeflroy the rights of the council, when our confli
tutional rights in general were in danger, and no confidence
could be placed in a Governor, tlic principle of Idf-preferva
t ion and the right of defence, naturally inherent io Man,
both individually and socially confidcrcd, required and juflifi*
rd the two houfe* jointly or feveraffyat their option,to
an Agent or Agent* for the defence of those right , independ
ent ot the Governor. But it might fruflrate the end of such
choice, it they had not the power of appointing a committee
to correspond with their Agent when chosen : for although
the Governor fheuld pernrit them to fit till they had inform
ed and inflrullcd their agent in every thing at that time
thought needful, yet after the fullert information and in
ftruttions at firft given, many things would probably arise,
during the General Court's rcceft (which by successive pro
rogations the Governor could prolong) to make such a cor
respondence neceilary. If dien there be fufficicnt reason for
the appointing an Agent independent of die Governor (a* it
clearly appears to us theiewas andflill continues to be)there
must be fuffkient reason for the mean* neceflary to tffell
the end of that appointment : Among which means is the
keeping up and maintaining with him a correspondence,
whereby he may be furniflied from time to time, as he shall
call for them, with all needful information and sfliftance :
Which in the receft of die General Cuurt cannot be done
but by a committee. Among thole means is also included
a feaionabie and just compeniation for bi* fenkes.
On this occasion your Excellency will permit us to ex
press our concern, that you were not pt-afed to give your
assent to the firft grant made to Mr. Rollin for his fervicci
since his being agent by appointment of the council when you
were not under the obligation of an inftrudhon forbidding
you to give such aflent.
If the council had had opportunity to Bate tie reasons of
that appointment, and those reafon* had been permitted to
accompany the repicfentation which procured that ir.ftrulli
on, it is humbly apprehended they might have occasioned an
eflentiai alteration in it, or wlioily prevented it. But if the
foregoing state of falls should come to lus Majesty’s know
ledge, we huml y trust he will fee fuffkient reason and be
gracioufo plcafed to revolt the laid inrtrultion.
The procuring inftrultions that are to afldl t’>e right* of
either house, or in any other way injure the right, and inter
el’s of the province withtut giving shema hearing,L agreat
grit vance. In rhe law court*, e.en in the fmalleft Cuncum*
t-»e patties may be heard before judgment ; and the oppor-t
tumty for it is founded in the bigheft reason and jui . I*
tl ereuut equal leafon andjuftke that a whole province
rt.ould lie heard on the firft in tion for, and through thepro
cefe of ii.ftrufifons that are tu aficlt them in tbc'r greatest
intcrefts ? But ia what inflance 01 infirktiosu *ou* aue&ing
them have they been Uud * When your Excedercy was
ftatir.g the case of d e coufkT* aMuinting a com rr— to
co reirotsd with their a-jent, which has procured his Maje X’s
d fapproitation of their cooo-A* did not require t -
communkcuon of it tu the ommmJ far the r Aferveti o s > n
it, that from both (if it wcsaerdfolany sty -tier t
atinn IhouH hive been made on that his A' jufty
flight have had the meins of forming a true c
itming it * A-id d-es not jvftke require a fiorutar rmc.c h
mall reprefentations* un ufoch we to be gratae s any ; n .
(kbit on*,