Diary of the American Revolution Author:Frank Moore Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DIARY OF THE REVOLUTION. CHAPTER I. January 1.—The chief troubles of our Israel1 are the Phil- antrops, the Hazlerods, the Sir Froths, the Tims, the Bens, ... more »and the Bobs. These are men, who, for large CiUttMof tronbla shares in the American plunder, have sold them- in Boston- selves to do wickedly. The barbarians who have been aiding and assisting bad governors and abandoned ministers, in all their attempts to subjugate and enslave these once happy colonies : the hireling prostitutes who have been constantly representing to ministry that the friends of liberty were a small, insignificant, divided faction; that the people had not virtue to sacrifice any parts of the profits of their trade, or the luxury of their living for the sake of their country ; or spirit to withstand the least exertion of power. These are traitors who were for none but licensed town-meetings,' and gave administration the outlines of the execrable Boston Port Bill and the other detestable bills for destroying the charter,' and those sacred compacts which Americans once thought were of some value, the faith of kings being the security. These are the unblushing advocates for pensioned governors, dependent judges, hired attorneys, and sheriff created jurors, that the people might, under color of law, be stript of their property, without their consent, and suitably punished if they should dare to complain: the odious rebels, who, for the support of these hateful measures, have invited the troops and ships, that are now distressing the inhabitants of Boston, and alarm- 1 The town of Boston. ' See the Governor's proclamation. ' Of Massachusetts Bay. ing not only a single province, but a whole continent. And when almost every event has turned out contrary to their predictions, and when it might be reason...« less