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Show ,. . A. (9) W .. A m-v-rw‘ "Rw-‘F' a m..." . ..vehew . .. . 8 And it is an obfcrvation of the illuf'trious Lord Clarendon, that it is the nature of man, rather to commit two errors, than retract one. When eleva. lieved the fact, furely it is an imputation unworthy of their dignity, to fay, that they would not have ted characters commit a feeend error, it carries the given t/mt matter in the preamble of the fiatute, as air of an intended difcovery, how little they feel for the fly}, how much they defpife the people, how much they are above {hame, fear and amendment. the ground of their extraordinary proceedure. But But to heighten cruelty by wantonnefs, to renderit more pungent by infult, are fuch exorbitances, as feldom difgrace the records of mankind. But whenever fuch infiances occur, they {trikingly ve. been furniflied with fuch evidence, had they be- the records of Bg/ion, and énownfae‘tr prove t/Jatt/Je izzbad bitam‘r dfiozmtenamed and a'ifzwewed all riot and diford der. I am thus warrantedin faying,that the mereoeeup 7'677665 expreiled in the act, is that matter which the Britifh legillature have judged worthy the moit unparallelled penal feverities. Whether t/Jis judgment rifir that eternal truth recorded in the Houfe of Lords --" it is much eafier to reitrain liberty from run" ning into lieetzeioufmfr than POWER from fwelling " into tyranny and oppreflon".* Can it add dignity to this noble fentiment, or weight to this important truth, to fay, that among the illultrious perfonages who fubfcribed it with their hands and tranfmitted it to pofterity, we find a " Chefterfield" and " Cob.- Previous to further obfervations, it may be neceffary to fay, that the town of Bofton had as a town eautiozzfly and wifely conducted, not only without bam", a "Strafibrd" and a " Bathurl" a " Haverfliam" and " Gower" ? tumult, but with {tudied regard to eftablilhed law. This the rolls of the town verify, and a hundred be rig/at, is a fubjeét interefiing to a citizen of the town to enquire; it is a fiibjeét on which a man will fpeak feelingly -, on which AN ENGLISHMAN will fpeakflee/y and openly. Witiiefles can confirm. But to return. Are pOpular commotions peculiar to Bolton? Hath not every maritime town in England been repeatedly affected by them? Are they not incident to every commercial and popular city 3-whencc, then, is it, devoted to fuch that BOSTON is unexampled treatment? But it may be faid, Bolton, (15 a town, hath aided, abeted, and participated in thefe tumults. Where is the evrdence ofit P I prefume the King, Lords and Commons of Great-Britain had none; for they do not fugge/i 2t: I prefume they did not believe it, b€~ caufe they have not intimated it. And had they been, * 2 Vol. Lord's Prot. Edit. 1767. p, 141, Anno 1736, At the laft town-meeting relative to the Eafb India tea and it's confignees, it was largely debated, whether it ihould be an infirufiion to the committee, who were appointed to wait on thofe Gentlemen, to My; on their preremptory anfwer ;--whether they would fend [me/é the Tea : and after long debate on the queltion, it palTed by avery large majority in the negative. And the greateft enemy of the country cannot point out any one ftep of the Town of 130/2022, in the progrcfs of this matter, that was tumultuous, diforderly and againlt law. This alfo is an additional reafon, why We mufi: conclude that the mere {Fl/EDWIN]! ere/rt; w/Jz'e/J teeé |