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Letter to Editor
November 26, 1773
The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Extract from a letter dated August 6 by a British nobleman to a Boston gentleman, affirming American loyalty to representative laws, criticizing British ministerial instructions to governors, and quoting William Pitt on America's ardent pursuit of liberty contrasting with Britain's corruption.
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FRIDAY, November 26.
BOSTON.
Extract of a Letter from a Nobleman in Great-Britain, to a Gentleman in this Province, dated 6th of August last past.
"My sentiments in general, with respect to America, are too well known to require any declaration of them at present. - One thing I am certain of, that no Governor who follows the instructions of a British ministry will be agreeable on your side of the world, except a very different set of maxims should take place with administration. I never doubted the loyalty of your countrymen, nor do I know of any other loyalty than obedience to the laws enacted by ourselves in a body of representatives. The first magistrates execute these laws by accountable ministers, and represent the Majesty of the People at large. Another system of loyalty has been broached of late but by God's favour and the strength that he may be pleased to afford me. I will not suffer it to have dominion over me.
A stranger to your particular sentiments of legal freedom, I shall conclude this letter with a paragraph of one from the Great PITT to me a few days ago; viz.
On the other side the Atlantic, we view a world not yet enervated by luxury nor tainted with corruption; of course, ardent and resolute for LIBERTY. How affecting the spectacle! How does the Hone Daughter shame the Profligate Mother."
BOSTON.
Extract of a Letter from a Nobleman in Great-Britain, to a Gentleman in this Province, dated 6th of August last past.
"My sentiments in general, with respect to America, are too well known to require any declaration of them at present. - One thing I am certain of, that no Governor who follows the instructions of a British ministry will be agreeable on your side of the world, except a very different set of maxims should take place with administration. I never doubted the loyalty of your countrymen, nor do I know of any other loyalty than obedience to the laws enacted by ourselves in a body of representatives. The first magistrates execute these laws by accountable ministers, and represent the Majesty of the People at large. Another system of loyalty has been broached of late but by God's favour and the strength that he may be pleased to afford me. I will not suffer it to have dominion over me.
A stranger to your particular sentiments of legal freedom, I shall conclude this letter with a paragraph of one from the Great PITT to me a few days ago; viz.
On the other side the Atlantic, we view a world not yet enervated by luxury nor tainted with corruption; of course, ardent and resolute for LIBERTY. How affecting the spectacle! How does the Hone Daughter shame the Profligate Mother."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Philosophical
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
American Loyalty
British Ministry
Representative Laws
William Pitt
Liberty
Colonial Sentiments
What entities or persons were involved?
A Nobleman In Great Britain
A Gentleman In This Province
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Nobleman In Great Britain
Recipient
A Gentleman In This Province
Main Argument
governors following british ministry instructions will not be agreeable in america; true loyalty is obedience to laws enacted by representatives, not another system; quotes pitt praising america's resolute liberty contrasting with britain's corruption.
Notable Details
Quotes William Pitt On American Liberty
Criticizes British Ministry's Instructions To Governors
Affirms Loyalty To Representative Laws