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~> IHE f hfH?^f^i4o^*■ 5B A Weekly, Political, andComhercial Paper .--Open to all Parties, but n n THm.'Gro LIBERTY Intt ojsouh,— And make Lives in THZ PolTeflion happy,—Or, ,ur Deaths in thy . jut: Vol. IV< ■Clysice | Wmcß will nAf'H taste, I Tufli -Ted in Capt. bynunes and -Calo ffrom London, I J 1 And tokSOLD Iby I CHARLES L\O WE, I On e the Boßon Stonx ta MarfhaiU’s-Lane, new th< If Mil-Bridge. \ / I 1 [Tlq iantity of Checfe « equal ingoodrefs, if notfupj Il 1 G*, to that imporo I and fold by hint laf l fall J / I | Excellent FLORENCE', OYL, in I j ; I tlaft% warrant'd good, and the of I* ph Milliard, by the bottle, single I j | po.ad, or Icfs. I J JATMEAL by lit Bufhcl, or smaller quantity. Juftimportei and to be Sold b? him and Thomas osborn. At the Paints Arms in Back-ftrcct, Leading 11 Charlcifown-Ferry, -v]A I N T E RS oil and colours, of all J forts, by whbiefak and retail, as cheap as at any place J. B. Coach, Chaik Houfc and Ship Painting, etc. dlwith fidelity and c’ patch. x . ijclb i. . I———-U 1 ■■ ——— ; Imported in the iiip London, Capt.’ Calef, And to be SOLD bv AMES FOSTER COKPX At bis Buok-Sw|e ip Union-Street, D redly oppoi tc die Cornfield, Eullon, A large Aflbrtment <>f the moR talhionable PAPER HANGINGS, Which will be Sold at a very low Advance, Jfo, the molt modern lochs in every Branch of polita i ra-ure, Ait and Science} may be had at laid Stue fas ii) at iuch Prices as wP gi' c foil SatisUition to the L • 1 infer. '. r >. 3. A Pair of 17 Inch Globes to be Sold cheap. I W Pipes I good Fayal WiNE JITKIKSON’s Store* I ; ] TO be fold, ikffet,B FARM, con ’ r taining about B<Uith a. gooa Hou«» barn an Chajfc- We, well feA (mail divisions with stone wall, the buildings aim and in good repair, a m* * and an half from a (out of the Pbrtbf Bolton) and a jr.ile from the mioufe qnd fchwot, ? little more than twenty mile, drool. Enquire of Col. Lincoln of Hinpham, Mr. Riclfcngs of Bo {ton, qr Dr. Beal, of f’id -ohaflet. AMAL& NegbUd of an excellent heed to be giver/ iEnquire of the Printer. L£ E rON ES, _ Have for SALE at the U near the Swing-Bridge, ABEAUTlFlforicty of flowered Luteilrings and Bro t Faduloys, G9k>ur* e 4 Tad'atie* and Gorg.uw; s. Blue and whiu C-Cups and. , * Gold Sil,c.pand ftuW 01 *’ “ Silver and Men's Silk Hqfe fetches Patterns, tings, Aifc, a General Aflbnmcif ’ ENGI# 1 GOODS ' XTOTICE is her *1 given to all who dcfur AJmifiSoa intoH-VARD COLLEG tus Year, that the Tutor* have detuned to attend the J u it neb of Esanuuation an Tueliahd Wednesday* tilC and ;.oth Daya of July next ' ' . • ' J. ?«r | Harvcrd~C«&gf, Jmu x TO BE S HD, ' ' A SMALL Quantity f extraordinary hKO A j ’'OK JFvt, | I r 4 CroW!< ■wck?St‘« t * I sice PEAS Iflc of dumb' Ii thait beef RY» a few FLOUR | * SOLD by* I ~YpHN BARjETT and । k SOLD 'i board the U M BcftonrjßY Arlies juit impend from! **’ 4'e, vU. tam-dolowed 'Atare Crates, a < Fuihom, R4>ng &c. E«h *'*? r, ' fixes,M*rd In quarter Bottles I Brrt-ini ot and Flat Irons, Kifcis ‘and two paterfd Carriage Machines.uh about ‘ At a .„ n a Bolts oi fi«c». Enquire of SKE WH ILLCO/T, | <Uard f-id Brig. V<li o’* — j WMCnTED MMEDIATEiy, Lfnt E Hundi Pounds, lawful mney p»g« which *“* »*“• nr" * __y « ir~r i ■I - waMTE’IMMEDIATELY, I ‘fo HWDRED FOUNfc, g | - IB | Mot/*/ “ Perfwi in s»ed Buhnefs »Vs n<pirv !«*’““«’• Or, Thomas’s Bolton J oumal. URS DA Y, 23, 1774- y Irom the PENNSYL VA NI A GAZETTE. I H £ T „ T . E Rg n. tbe Inhabitants of the Uriti/h Colonies in • . America. Brethren, ' is not my design to travel through all the minjßeH*! refpeding us, since the commencement of tg reign. It is not neceflary. Sufficient, 1 truft r it will pive, to lay before you such a leries of correlpondcnt fads, a will thoroughly convince yqu,—that a plan has been Jberately framvd, and pertinaciously adhered to, un ringed even by frequent changes of niiniftcrs, unchecked Hany intervening gleam of humanity, to faaifice to a j|tun for arbitrary dominion, the univer&l property, li- ' tty, fafoty, lionour, Iwppiucfs and profpciiiy oi us, un-. (ending yet devoted Americans— And that every man of is deeply intcreßed in tbe fate of our brethren of Bcftwt. If such a tries is not laid before you, the dnnbined fqce which Ihall tear up by the roots, and throw out of your' fond, every lurking doubt, censure me as an enthu<iait, , v ilently warmed by a fcnlc of the mjuftios prac tiled .; ai fumy beloved country. '1 id danger of a father’s life, once racked words from a gin fen. Wort than death, in my view, threatens our com on mother. Pardon, therefore, a brother’s imper fed is. '■ ( / lidft a volume of inftitutioru, tailed regulations— wro at firft—<ol reded into other error?—again com tied ' —ll requiring regulation—and remaining, after all their edit IS, if not like Draco'i codes ofblnou, £1 code* of plur r—confispuding by the and multiplicity ot thei nveution^—and confifoati ig ror iuvmg confounded * —arars the fourth of Gcrgf the tb^^haj. 1 sth, Ailed •* .j for granting certain dudes in-tlse Bridlh colonics andlutauons ina, A*.” This w istlie lidiconwt of il kind that gla.ud over ilicfe colonir. finds their esi,- tend Here foil wc find the Commom of Great-Britain, “ gk?,an.l granting” our money, for tbe ex ttrejt furtive of * ifmg a revenue in y’fmrrirO." "V busy in guiding our ploughs, foiling our timber, or faifi in the circuit! of trauu piefoiibcd ur, and Rill veering like sto tliejr hive, with millions of our gains to Great- , Briti, tbsp center of our toils by lagd and ha, p our lurm lefs Ibandmcn and tru.leis! fcanc obterve 1 the blow giv- -■****•-■• « 1 the plotting images of her gerfcrous difiingudhed virtues, from the lyiendorof which, in out judgment, thole of an cient Greece and Rome hid thsir diminished heads—fuf picioh could find no entrance. We saw, in the preamble, ibmething of the usual forms “ forextending and securing navigation and commerce,"—were lulled into fecuiity, nor could luppofe the flrokc was aimed at our vitals. An in fant, that had tottered along a dhc&cd walk in a garden, I and loaded with .flowers had prefeoted them to a mother, ' would is soon have expeded to be knocked down by her.— j Nflt|iong wexc we futTcrfd to enjoy our tranquility. I The sth of George the third, chapter the izth, the ever j memnrfble Ramp-aa quickly followed. By this, reciting j the former alt, the commons of Great- Britain “ gave and granted’ duties, ‘fo called,' of our money on almeft every i piece vellum or paper to be used in these co- ( 1 lonics, |nd declared every in'lrdment of writing without a ( stamp ’to be void, Tax-gatherers of a new kind were ap- , pointed jo coVefl thde duties. The petition* of auras, • femblies, previous to its phling, on no-ice received or the design, dining ourtghu, and supplicating .a r.-qx/l iob them, veto tieatcd wifo (ontempt. You remember the time and io diftrefc. Yubehaved as you oUght-t Conj vinced that a people, whofoi/fe to be tree mutt refdve rq b c f/eej jou,aboliQ<d the ‘ abominable dung"--and pro-, ceeded in your usual bufinL, without any regard to thd iHegal Hit obtrqdcd upon pu. Permit m’ W *4d t*° Oferyatinns, relating to able atteadantv* on the taxJoii comprised in that ad, thd memory vs whiefr Is pcrhap*rown faint, from length of time, in tome minds. By the.ttatutes grantwg imp-duties in England ov| Grrat-Brxam, cfortaal (*•*' has been taken, that no-* ; thing, mate IbatMM Is*'** “n the fubjeft, under any| pittencc, whatfcWW,. than the. t j eJ themfci,*s. These ! words ran through «cb—That the officers flull re,; ' “ ceive ths Several duties—and 1U the yjeJlnmi ’ « W L.hmnil and pat«r, bet, Wdfi ,fier fie or rea « ward which (bmp or be a fofißjent diQ, “ charge for ?he refpeftve duties, << t he com- •< miflioncrs ffiall take care, thatL p arts o f the « kingdom Audi, from time to nA favffsciwntly fat '*< niffied withr.cllum, parchment sn g marked as is direited, to the end, kc'. « may have it in Ueir election either U o f « officers and perfans to be empfoyeV 4t t he ifiufi “ and mofi common rates above the O r to bring l << own vedum, parchment ot P a Ps be (lamped or , •< marked as as irefaid. 1 „ । Wns the ftamp-’ d fl * ut < s? 4 Judge. By Oils it is eiudedy that o> • • cc Omittikr the immenje inereafe es natural mulatto*, i» alomm. I Yem have probtbit A where you ouget n f staged; fid imbave tncowaoA, where you ought tth Ute! Improper refi-aiat) have been HA on I hi b 'n favour of fieljlande. You have but two 1 fortitnyjwer. Much ti wrong, a. u TrtivfttV America bit bra A V ll tke fixity •f ,t ‘ a ‘ 7’l' br b^e rlJ >r/urt**/ a T\ t V b and MA cb ’ »’• V>' b I n , and c:ba S4rs. M any t i*zc er more of the commillioncrs of the treatury, “ ft lit io cveiy year the prjces, at whna •• aUfoeuMfounpeu wdlum, pa J-m.nt -nd “ w J “ be fold, Ere.” The /lamps wete keo in SL-p loads of “ all u forts of Ramped vellum, paidimcnt usd papci, wetc fenc over to us. We had no r/'t. 6 cither to take theta or to carry other vellum, parchment w paper to be Ramped. We mull not only have paid die ceftain duties but । the uncertain “ Prices,” which the commiffionirt ihuulo pleafc to “ set” for tne value of their “ vellum, parchment, and paper j” and « penalties and leituK ” foil upon us, „ every Rep we took, with-iut paying thcle irrpfin r.. 1 bis fureiytwas not only to be taxed by,thc prUanwui, but over again for the fame articles by die Here lame W«n> wbdfir m<nd» are drongly imprefled with ideas of equity, stay ask, if it puCudc thatocyen a l»n ---ci/h p<rL«x.enl.lho«ld so dcgi»Je us? lr i»a» • true, edthat the port of Btjier is th is day ihut up. The” penalties thcicty be futo hr atjdrecmehd any court of record, or in as V C*OU«T or AjpMHLAfcJ-Y or V ISa -ADMIP ALT Y, lip noidlwm,tobe appbjfuds and ha.ing jurisdiction in rhe vol*) where the c..cnta ihoulJ be commit- p of trafo. '1 he foils, to be tried in any mail u*Vc anAr> land—witfon die b »dy of a owvt; —AWrwote iisMP - ' DiraltyjuriLl cI.OA on every coni’.SHUunnl le, as a lull on a bond, or an ejed meni for .1 freehold. Y<4 thus, by a few liner, was the inenhnablc priviK* t e or trial by jpry to be torn from you ams your posterity . Tinis .the Uei libd of the rights ofpro psulyi not in controieHic. be. ecoman and man, on the ipie.iwiim ’i meurti vcl ’ wre though wrung by oniiaqffioß; the wretched lU’cr ro’.gin. fouw a degree of con foiatiop, by icrtecling tl..t he had uceived lomeconlidenn <>n for ibe .übHar.ce taken away, or at leall that a country- , Ir.an44.nei ImsL.sills—but in liinations founded on rigid forfeited and arbitrary trn.ith.— was to be tdeited to the incorrupt tribune s, of hn<.‘- ju*iye*‘—aopointed from ano ther nccs-Uiolding their com- «USODS indepcndant on you— cubing ) bc r** 1 out of >w mone ’’ cvnL*muc\|A tl.rmfcLTj J b this of tlu: kind,the “ ways The m 2, thus r v y.s. *' • • trial repeal In parliament. 'I hi., was done by the 6th of} the third, chapter dbe r;th. Fecaul? it was un coAftitMUonai, as wo wforc noi . fid could nos be represented there ? No. Hecaufc it deprived.’* three millions" of loynl »»f their darling privilege of trial by jury, " the . § “ H'bai tie jury lave delivered in their verdiß, and it i, recorded in court, th, ,■ arc then difebgrged. Andfo cr.de fit trial by jury : A trial, which bifiUet the other vtft advantages wti.h wc bait ccajionally observed in it) pre- j grfi, h Aft as and cheat, at it it convenient, \ equitable, ..nd cert-m ; Jc a .cmmfion out of Chancery, or | the civil' law-courti, for caamiuaeg witnej/cs in one caafe) wills last at long, and qf-courfe be full at ex^fivr,. 'at lie 'r.al of a burdrtu fin at nih prius; aA ycj the fAI j cannot be fitein-inea by fiep ccmAfliontrs at all j no, aotj till th, arc yuiltjfcd and read at the haring tie o'aufi ik cm.it. # *, 4 “ Upon tbefe aceourti rit trial by jury ev:t hat been,! and Ttriji ever will be\ iochd u/xm at .be glory of th l«-l ' gl'fh Item, j Aid, if fr bai ‘o gfbat ah Arr} otbcri :il rrrulhtirg civil froy/irty, bow mpeb mufl that ad. t vantare be heighttntd, when it it allied to criminal eofet! Blit tin wc mos. refer td the mfuihg book of theft Ccmtr.cn tarin: Only fir th fhfJVnf, that it it the meft tranfendert yrm degtwbicb any fiibjcftcan enjoy, or tAjh fof/tbatbc cannoibi afeSlrd cither in bh property, Mt h birtf, -or hit per Jon, but-by the uha nim out consent if tiothvi of bi) neighbciuri and iquah. A confitutkn, that I may Venture to afirnt ban uhder Prtvidente, feeured Ihajdfi ii bertin of tbii natioh for a Ung freeejjion of ngetr Ar.: thertfirc, a celebrated Freueb Writer, (h) who ctnehtdMtbv betau fe Route, Spartai and Carthage have hft their lihfftin. tbodefore tbofe of England in time must perifi, jbouM him recc/Mtd that Rome, Sparta, and Carthage,'at the timi ■ wl w their Itbertiet were i.fi, wereftrangeri to tbt trial «« Great at tbit Eohgium ntely fecm, it it no mor&tbad 1 tlit admirable ennflitution, when traced to itt prineipln, will be found in fiber reason to deserve. "Tbr impar'iafadninii f ration of jufike, which fieureftab our perfont and ou 4 peeper: Ur, it the great ma civilficiety. But if that fntidy uarufied to tbi Magijlracy, a filoU b-dy ofdmn, ond these genrrnlly J ekBed by the frime, or such at bigbeft ojfiei pi the fate, their decilionc, in fpigit of tlahr own natural integrity, will birJefrequently an ihvo/unrary Bias towardt tbojo of their own rank and dignity: It u net lobe expelled from Inman nature, that the tew fiould be alv/mi attentive to the interfit and good of thft many. On itbfbtier band, if ti e power es judicature were priced at in the bandt eftbt multitude, their decifcmi W'uld bc*.<;i(d and and a new rule ofaffion wonid le every den fiabblbed in cur ccurti. It it wifely tbcreforf traired, 'that-lie prdidpiK and axiemt of law, yvbijp art fiwmgfrom abfrafied reajn, Of d not to tipeel, or to mm, Jhou.dpc det find tn tik brtfii of the judget, to leoccajionally fifM tv filthfaHi, of coke prepefiy aftertaihed before them. For here partiahr ty cod have Mil feape -• The law it w.U known, and it tfi jama fir all.degree) ti it follow) at a regular f »4- elufim fr») pre-tfiatiftfied. But j<rf fling and adfif ing a qucliu.n tntrujhd to arm Erflc magiA.ate,partiafoy'o’td :njujli<e have anampl fdd to raroe in J either by bddy affirting that tobepeuVed wuidb it noth, or oy Jkttcbag and wraping mien, ard defiaguificrg away tbs renaiader.) U.re tbmefan a crnftfmt nwd.ee JerfiMlt and upright jurymen, cho'eii by lot j. m cf midair rank, wSI le found the befl wvcfngathri cf fntb, I arnl thy fttrei nardiant of public yif.^e., ,Fy.' mod \ * 'wtrful riividjeat in the fie will M tKditt.. y (a} Maniefq. Sp. L.-ts. [Numb. « heft ptefwtive of Englhh Ebssty t’’ No. ft ca a <• “ thecontinuaiiceot tLe fa<d act vould be attended with “ mqnv si'uinvenivnct:, and nutht be productive vfa.un •* tc4tm.cts git "'y '.mmertee. u» •«- m ..aterf* id ' “« " of" Great Britain, • Cool, goaidcd cxincffioru ! breathing tl t h-e f, hit o. tlrf modem philolophy, io prevailing among th< . i ranks in that poll ft ed kingdom. How modi care :<h.vo d it cent irienrir and dattiment to their own yells I How loveicign a contempt for al! the .gt jx,wed us down to the earth, while indgnation, ft,- .e, grief, aifcAioo, vcnenuJon, and gratitude, uuifo 'w. . in our breads 1 They wine adulcJ to Jpd<C p t«*r .r fouls, by nobly assigning an “ errmtour fu-itu.f i,, ' j r l .r repeal.•' No. The hev’dom ut'-Vmrn.u u d.c • Great-Bniuia —nutsP? HT. L« pspspe..i d.e Kt, but never relign the principle, on which it v>a. /huuvkn. One genet oar step, howtner, they did take, iccumi.g Kritons. It demands our acknowledgments 1 Nur thoyld ftould we ■■ -inn • them. SVhy will dwy hoc T us id thank them for other favours ’ The lepcaiing ad (poke an indc hive iargu3’/,fd comments, that might d'fler <•« diifaent Ades of the At lantic. We might have been too much agitated bftwvui hopes and apprehenlions. It would have been unkind to leave us in foch a Rate of anxiety, ft would have been unworthy of a free people, who were detc..ninej to luh jugate anodici fee people. Pafmcntji nV.y ileal viU.ncs* Atteamltr fomna it. Therefore, the |ame day, I think, in which they re. peakd the fta>np-ad, in tiic next chapter, howeyi, they explained to us their lentiuitnl. and rctolutfoos, beyond'a pollibility of a millike, by the “ Ad tor the bet ter fccuring the dependency of his Majelly’s dominions in Aaterica upon the crown and parliament nt Gretf-Bniavi. “ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold : All the ie “ gather thcmfelvcs together, and come to THEts “ Thou ftalt subelv clothe thee with them all, ri «_with an ornament, and bind tlicm on thee .is a Bhde “ doth." Isaiah, Chap. 49. i’P ary flagrant ittvafion of arotLer'i right, when hehatW) that the fail of bu ofipreflion mufl be examined and decided bfitwelue in.lifiercnt and that, when onca the fatt sr aleertuined, the law mull of tourfe rnkefi it, 'lbu there tire prcPen'et in the bandt oftbeMgiafiat flare whitb fl -fit dd v. , d'- prevents tie encroachment! cf the more powerful and weal-' thy citizen. Every new tribunal, ettiled for ibe docifan •jf fafie, without the intern ration of it jury (whether l u <- pojed of jufieri tf'tbc peace, cvmmifitneii of tie rtver.ee, fidget if a court efcoajcionce, er any Oil er fianding napif tratet j it a jlcp towardt eftabhjhing anjfocracy, the rd 1 oppreffvc cf abfolutegavrrxmcti. ‘1 Le fccdal Iffiem, wl. b for the fake of military fubordin lion, purfitd an tical plan in all itt arrangement t of property, had leu into lerable in timer as peace, fiad it net been wifely counfcrpoifcd by that privilege, fi uneverfiliy diflufed tbi wgb every part of it, the trial by the ftodal Peert, And in evbry country an the continent, at de trial by the Peen bat kcenpradufiiy dififed, so 'tbe nobta have increased in tower, tin the Ha.e ' has been torn to piece) Ay rival fa£hont,.and cßgdklfJ&f ---‘ feft has been est ablfbed, though under the jhudtr.v of regal rtn rrkmenl; unlifi where fie miserable comment have taken fic/ttr under absolute monarchy, at the l.fdter nit if fie two. And, partitalariy, it it a eimmfiinee Weil worthy an Englijhmak'i obferVation, that in Sweodan the trial ty jury, that bulwark of northern liberty, wlitb cvtiUnued iff ‘ itt full vigour so lately at tie middle of inff century, Jbj now fallen into difufi} («) and that there, though rhe reg.il power it in no emtirffo tltfely limited, yet the hlkrtie) of tfi common) are extinguijl.ed, and the h derrXe bated Into O.mcre arfioef dey: (d) It it tbenfere, t,pjn de whole, a eUty Wbkh every man ewet to hit count y, lit friendr, hit fifterity, find himfelf, to to theutir ft ‘efbh power this vdlaaUe conftttuiivn in all iirVyb i t v freflet eitto iH antic A: dignity, if at d.l tmpa'.red by the dis ffirerh value of property, or otberwife deviated from infrf fhlfiWtlcn j' to amend it, wbormier it ii dtftßive , abwe all, to guard with the mefl j vloUti Ant c gOiiift the introdtfiieft of Haw and arbitrary tri. 1, wbt b, und.r a von tty of plaufiblc pretenco; hwy ihri ~e imperceptibly undermine tbit left prefer-nimbif trtf.fi liberty." ■ • , • BtAcrsTONt's Coss, jd vclsp, «jp3»jy€:. ci Vpou the while,' I will htg leave m trlbthflmuf r what it reelin my opinion ; it it, that Urire pealed, abfolutcly, totally, uzd immediately j tlaf Ue rea r tK fir tlcrcytsl be afligr.ed, beeaufe itt was a i nioHtoej hircint." tn r Mr- Pstt’v (b) Whitelockr of pca»i. 427. -mJ (c) Mod. Un. HHI. atxiii. zz- •’ • i io) Ibid, 17. ' ' * ■’ / *< [To be cntinurel.y N E W-L O N D O N, 'June46.' At a very full of the Inbab'uantt of the.'fova of NORWICH, legally warned and held he fiid NOR. WiCH, the &b Hay of flume, kf"]). The Htm. Janet Hdvrtac.iotc, P.fii, MAeraU'. VOTED. We will totlie srtmolioTour •nd defend the liberties ana insmsmisies or briuus Ameiica ; and that we will a-opcrate with our bsethien in I-this und the other cofonies, infoch meafiues as I Ihail in general Congrel’ or otherwise, I* j»*dred molt proper I to relieve us from wr now feel, and feevre jS from greater evik we fe'i will hollow, troon the p/iocipl-i adopted by fh* British l’arliament refpeflieg the town q' Berton.—VOlltD, That Cape. Jedediah ChrJbopiwr Leflingwell, Efqp DoO w Theophilus Reg. Captain WiWam Hubbard, am. Captain JoA-i-fr Th 1 # w be a fla-idinf Comfr.ittr for keeping uv 1 carref; ui-ITrfe f the town? ostitis and the neipjibouring ccdv fi-, ard they a cnpv es Voca tu the Ctusmitt w Correfponocnce tortha«»*nof Bedcr.. ( _ PocA very UMOti , any ‘ A true copy uttej . 4 Exxyatotx HtunxcTos, jrn. iawnC.e t