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rev have assured me of jour firm fapport in the
prosecution of them. Nothing, in my opinion, could
be more libel) to enable the veil difpojed among my
fu yells in that part of the 'world, effectua I, to discou
rage and defeat the defgns of the factious andjedi
tious, than the hearty concurrence of every branch of
the legislature, in maintaining the execution of the
laws in every part ofmy dominions.
After this no man dreamt that a repeal under
this miniftty could possibly take place. The Hon.
Gentleman knows as well as I, that the idea was
utterly exploded by those who sway the House.
This speech was made on the ninth day of May,
1769. Five days after this speech, that is, on the
r^l of the fame month, the public circular letter,
a part of which I am going to read to you, was
U yomby Lord HiMborotigh, Secretary of State
Could any thing be a fubjed ofmore just alarm
to America, than to fee you go out of the plain
high road of finance, and give up your molt cer
tain revenues and your cleared interests, merely
for the fake of insulting your Colonies? No man
ever doubted that the commodity of tea could bear
an imposition of three-pence. But no commodi
ty will bear three-pence, or will bear a penny,
when the general feelings of men are irritated,
and two millions of people are refolded not to pay.
The feelings of the colonies were formerly the
feelings of Great-Britain. Theirs were formerly
the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon
for the payment of twenty /hillings. Would twen
ty (hillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ?
No! but the payment of half twenty /hillings, on
the principle it was demanded, would have made
him a Dave. It is the weight of that preamble, of
which you are so fond, and not the weight of the
duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling
to bear.
It is then, Sir, upon the principle of this mea
sure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is
a principle of political exp diency. Your a& of
1767 asserts, that it is expedient to raise a revenue
in America; your a6f of 1769, which takes away
that revenue, contradids the aA of 1767 ; and by
something much stronger than words, asserts, that
it is not expedient. It is a reflexion upon your
wlfdom to perfill in a solemn parliamentary decla
ration of the expediency of any objed, for which,
at the fame time, you make no fort of provision.
And pray, Sir, let not this circumftaoce escape
you; it is very material ; —that the preamble of
this aA, which we wilh to repeal, is not declaratory
of a right, as some gentlemen seem to argue it ; it
is only a recital of the expediency of a certain ex
ercise of a right supposed already to have been as
serted; an exercise you are now contending for by
ways and means, which you confefs, though they
were obeyed, to be utterly infu fficient for their
purpose. You are, therefore, at this moment, in
the aukward fitaation of lighting for a phantom ;
a quiddity ; a thing that wants, not only a fub
ilaucerbut even a name; for a thing, which is nei
ther abttrad right, nor profitable enjoyment.
They tell you, Sir, that your dignity is.tied to
it. I know not how it happens, but this dignity
of yours isa terrible incumbrance to you; tor it
has of late been ever at war with your intere/l,
your equity, and every idea of your policy. Shew
the thing you contend for to be reason ; (hew it to
be common sense; /hew it to be the means of at
taining some useful end ; and then 1 am content
to allow it what dignity you please. But what
dignity is derived from the perseverance in absur
dity is more than ever I could difeern. The Hon.
Gentleman has laid well—indeed, in moll of his
general observations I agree with him—he lays,
that this fubjedt does not /land as it did formerly.
Oh, certainly not! every hour you continue on
this ill-chosen ground, your difficulties thicken on
you ; and therefore my conclusion is, remove from
a bad position as quickly as you can. The dis
grace, and the necellity of yielding, bo h of them
grow upon you every hour of your delay.
But will you repeal the ad, fays the Hon. Gen
tleman, at this instant when America is in open re*
finance to your authority, and that yen have just
revived your system of taxation? He thinks he
has driven us into a corner. But thus pent up, 1
am content to meet him; because I enter the lifts
supported by my old authority, his new friends,
the ministers themselves. The Hon. Gentleman
remembers, that about five years ago as great dis
turbances as the prelect prevailed in America on
account of the new raxes. The ministers repie
fented these disturbances as treasonable; and this
House thought proper, on that representation, to
make a famous address for a revival, and for a
new application of a statute of H. VIII. We be
sought the King, in that well considered address,
to enquire into treasons, and to bring the supposed
traitors from America to Great-Britain for trial.
His Majesty was pleased graciously to promise a
compliance with our request. All the attempts
from this fide of the House to refill these violences,
and to bring about 2 repeal, were treated with the
utmost (corn. An apprehension of the very con
fcquences now Rated by the Hon. Gentleman, was
then given as a reason for shutting the door against
all hope of such an alteration. And so strong was
the spirit for supporting the new taxes, that the
session concluded with the following remarkable
declaration. After Rating the vigorous measures
which had been pursued, the speech from the
throne proceeds:
73c SPEECH ?/" Edmundßurke, Est on
American Taxation, April 19, 1774.
[Continued from our laf.\
ON export these excites are drawn back. But
inftcad of witlioldmg the 'draw back, which
rr^ht have oeen done, with cale, without charge,
without possibility of Smuggling; and inftcad of
applying the money (money already in your
bands) according to yotir pleasure, you began
your operations in nuance by Hinging away your
revenue; you allowed the whole draw-back on
export, and theri you charged the duty (which
you had before dilcharged) payable in the Colo
nies; where it was certain the collection would
devoltrit to the bone; if any revenue were ever
fettered to be collected at all. One spirit pervades
and animates the whole mass.
Fifth. That iuch as are owners of vessels will
give positive orders to their Captains Or Masters,
not to receive on board their vessels; any goods
prohibited by the said Non-Importation Agree
ment, on pain of immediate difmiffion from their
service.
Sixth. We will use our utmost endeavours to
improve the breed of sheep, and encreafe their
number to the greatest extent, and to that end
we will kill them as sparingly as may be, especi
ally those of the most profitable kind; nor will
we export any to the Weft-Indies, or elsewhere;
and those of us who are, or may become over
flocked with, or can conveniently spare any sheep,
will dispose of them to our neighbours, Specially
to the poorer fort, on moderate terms.
Seventh. That we will, in otir fevetal sta
tions, encourage Frugality, Oeconomy, and In
daftry, and promote Agriculture, Arts and the
Manufactures of America, especially that of wool
and will dlfcountenance and difeourage every fpe
cics of extravagance and dissipation, especially
horfe-racihg, and all kinds of gaming, cock-fight
ing, exhibitions of shews, plays, and other expen
sive diverfionS and entertainments; and on the
death of any relation or friend, none of us, or
our families, will go into any further mourning
dress than a black crape or ribbon, on the arm
or hat, for Gentlemen; and a black ribbon and
necklace for Ladies; and we will difeontihue the
giving offcarves and gloves at funerals.
Eighth That such as are venders of goods or
merchandize, will not take advantage of the fear
city of goods that may be occasioned by this As-
for the colonies. After reciting the substance of
the King's speech, he goes on thus:
“ / can take upon me to afore you, notwithfand
" ing inf notations to the contrary, front men with
, factious and seditious views, that his Majefy's
" present administration haveat no time entertain
“ ed a delign to propose to Parliament to lay any
“ further taxes upon America, for the purpose
“ of RAISING A REVENUE; andtbat it is
" at prefect their intention to propose, the next fef
" son of Parliament, to takeoff the duties upon
" sass paper and colours, upon confderation of such
" duties having been laid Contrary to the true
“ principles of commerce.
“ These have always been, and fill! are, the fenti
" ments of his Majesty's present servants; and by
" which their conduit, in refped to America, has
“ been governed. And his Majesty- relies upon
" your prudence and fidelity for such an explanation
" of his measures, as may tend to remove the preju
" dices which have been excited by the mifreprefenta
" tions of those who are enemies to the peace and
" prosperity of Great-Britain and her Colonies; and
" to re-eftablifo that mutual confidence and affec
“ tion upon which the glory and ffety of the Bri
" ti(h empire depend."
Here, Sir, is a canonical book of ministerial
scripture; the general epistle to the Americans.
What does the Gentleman fay to it? Here a re
peal is promised ; promised without condition;
and while your authority was actually refilled.
[7b be Continued.]
* xxxx ? *xxx^xxxxx? ^xx*
CHARLES-TOWN, (S. Carolina) February 20.
Tie following is a Copy of an ASSOCIITION,
entered into by forty five of the Deputies, assem
bled in Provincial Congress, at Savannah in
Georgia, on the iSth of January, and by
them febferibed on the 23d, w-en they chose
NOBLE-WIMBERLEY JONES,
ARCHIBALD BULLOCH, and
JOHN HOUSTOUN, Efqmres, Dele
gates to represent that Colony in the Continental
Congress, to be he din May next.
The ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS a Non-Impoitation, Non-
Confumprion, and Non-Exportation Agree
ment, faithfully adhered to, will probably prove
the most speedy, effedual, and peaceable mealure,
to obtain Redress of American Grievances: WE
DOTHEREFORE, for ourselves, and
our Constituents, firmly agree and associate, un
der the sacred Ties of Virtue, Honour, and Love
of our Country, as follows:
First. THAT we will not receive into this
province, any goods, wares, or merchandizes,
that /hall be /hipped from Great-Britain, or Ire
land, after the fifteenth day of March next; or
from any other place, any such goods, wares, or
merchandizes, as /hall be (hipped from those
kingdoms after that time: except such as come
under the rules and directions of the ninth Arti
cle herein after mentioned ; and except such
goods, wares, or merchandizes, as are abso
lutely necessary for carrying on the Indian trade,
fubjeß nevertheless, to the controul of the Con
tmental Congress intended to be held at Phi'adel
phia, on the tenth day of May next.—Nor will
we, from this day, import or purchase, any TEA
fibm any part of the world, nor import any mo
lasses, syrups, panelles, coffee, or piemento, from
the British Plantations, or from Dominica, nor
wines from Madeira, or the Wellern Blands, nor
foreign indigo.
e oral. That we will neither import, or pur-
Cha e any flavesimpoited from Africa,or ehewhere,
alter the fifteenth day of March next.
"Third. That we will not export any merchan
dize or commodity whiboever, to Great-Bri
tain or Ireland, or to the Weft 'hdies, after the
firft day of December next, except rice to Europe.
Fourth Such as are Merchants, and use the
Brii/h and Iriffi trade, will give orders, as soon
as possible to their Factors, Agents and Corres
pondents in Great-Britain and Ireland, not to
(hip any goods to them on any pretence whatso
ever, as they cannot be received in Georgia; and
if any Merchants residing in Great-Britain or
Ireland, /hall dire&ly or indiredly (hip any goods,
wares or merchandizes for this province, in order
to break such Non Importation Agreement, or
in any manner contravene the fame, on luch un
worthy conduct being well attested, it ought to
be made public, and on the fame being so done,
we will not from thenceforth, have any commer
cial connexions with such Merchant.
Tenth. That a Committee be chosen in every
parish, town, and diftrid, by those who contribute
towards the general tax, whbfe business it /hail
be, attentively to observe the conduct of all per
sons touching this afTociation, and when it shall
be made to appear, to the fatisfadion of a major
ity of any such Committee, that any person within
the limits of their appointment, has violated this
association, that such majority do forthwith cause
the truth of the case to be published in the Gazette,
to the end that allfuch fees to the rights of British
America, may be publicly known, and universal
ly contemned as the enemies of American liberty,
and thenceforth we will refpe&ively break off all
dealings with him or her.
Eleventh. That the Committee of Correfponde,ce
do frequently infpeß the entries of the Custom
, House, and inform the ^Committees of the other
provinces, from time to time, of the true state
thereof, and of every other material circumstance
that may occur, relative to this association.
Twelfth. That all manufa^lures of this province
' be fold at reasonable prices, so that no undue ad
vantages be taken of a future scarcity ofgoods.
And we do solemnly bind ourselves, and our
constituents, under the ties aforefaid, to adhere
to this association, until American grievances are
redressed.
The foregoing association being determined up
on by the Congress, was ordered to be fubferibed
by the several Members thereof, and thereupon,
we have hereunto set our refpedive names accord
i^y.
In Congress, Savannah,Georgia, 2 3d January, 1775.
John Glen, Chairman, Noble W. Jones, Sa
muel Farley, Ambrose Wright, Peter Tondee,
Thomas Lee, William Young, John M'Clure,
Archibald Bulloch, John Houftoun, Joseph Ha
berfham, George Houftoun, Edward Telfair, Wil
liam Gibbons, Peter Bard, D. Zubley, Jun.
James De Veaux, Joseph Clay, Philip Box, Wil
liam Ewen, George Walton, John Stirk, Isaac
Young, Robert Rae, Robert Hamilton, Edmund
Bugg, William Glafcock, John Germany, L.
Marbury, Hugh Middleton, Samuel Germany,
John Wereat, Jonathan Cochran, George M'ln
toffi, Raymond Demere, William Jones, James
Cochran, Joseph Gibbons, Francis Henry Harris,
Samuel Elbert, Henry Jones, William Lord,
John Mann, David Lewis, George Wyche.
Feb. 27. On Thursday evening arrived in town,
Joseph Wood, Esq; Mr. Daniel Roberts, and
Mr. Samuel Stephens, three members of the Com
mittee for the parish of St. John in Georgia, de
puted to wait on the general Committee here,
with the following letter, and account ofthe pro
ceedings of the patriotic inhabitants of the said
parish, in the present critical situation of American
affairs, viz.
Gentlemen,
WE, the Committee of the parish of St.
John, take the earliefl: opportunity to lay
before you the several steps taken by this parish,
to conform, as near as possible, to the resolutions
entered into by the other provinces, and the mea
sures now adopted, for carrying into execution the
Continental AfTociation.—As it was particularly
recommended to us, we readily"embraced those
measures, by fubferibing an agreement to accede
to the General AfTociation, on condition, “ that
“ trade and commerce might be continued to us
" with the other provinces," and we should im
mediately have sent it to you for your approbation,
but were delayed by a summons, to attend a Pro
vincial Congress at Savannah, the 18th January
last, for the purpose, as we understood, of a Ge
neral AfTociation with the pther provinces, and
for chufing Delegates to attend at the next Con
tinental Congress, to be held at Philadelphia in
May next :—We met at that time and place, and
acquainted the Committees of the other parishes
* On theff of December lafl.
AT a meeting held in the parish of St. John,
and province of Georgia, on the 9th of
February 1775.
A letter from this Committee to the Commit
tee of Correspondence in Charles-Town, South-
Carolina, was agreed on, and written.
It was then moved and agreed, thatfome per
son or perlons of this Committee, do wait on the
Committee in Charles-Town with the said letter.
Accordingly Mefffs. Daniel Roberts and Sa
muel Stephens, and Joseph Wood, E sq; were
appointed and authorized to present thefame, and
tranfaA such matters relative thereto, as shall
seem prudent and necessary.
Taken from the Minutes, by Order ofthe Chair
man, and certified by
BENJAMIN BAKER, Clerk.
Lociation, but will fell the fame at the rates they
have been accustomed to do, for twelve months
last past: And, if any vender of goods or mer
chandize, (hall fell any goods on higher terms, or
(hall, in any manner, or by any device whatsoever,
violate or depart from this Agreement, no perlon
ought, nor will any of us deal with any such per
son, or his or her Fa&or or Agent, at any time
thereafter, for any commodity whatever.
Ninth. In case any merchant, trader, or other
person, (hall receive any goods or merchandizes,
which (hall be (hipped after the 15th dayof March,
and before the ifth day of May next, the fame
ought to be forthwith, at the election ofthe owner,
to be either re-fllipped, or delivered to the Com
mittee of the town, parish, or diftri&, wherein
they (hall be imported, to be llored, at th&rifque
of the importer, until the non-importation agree
ment shall cease, or be fold, under the direction
of the Committee aforefaid ; and in the last men
tioned case, the owner or owners of luch goods
shall be re-imburfed (out of the (ales) the firft
costs and charges ; the profit, if any, to be appli
ed towards relieving such poor inhabitants of thb
town of Boston as are immediate (offerers by the
Port Bill, and a particular account of all goods so
returned, fibred, or fold, to be inferred in,the
public papers: And, if any goods or merchandizes
(hall be whipped after the laid fifteenth day of May
next, the fame ought forthwith to be lent back
again,without breaking any ofthe packages thereof.
Thursday, January 19, 1775.
The Committee fat till 6 o'clock in the after
noon, in expectation that the Committees of the
several parishes in Congress fitting, would return
an answer to the Message delivered to them yes
terday; which not being received, the Committee
adjourned.
Friday, January 00, info
Another Message was sent to the Committees
of the several parishes in Congress met, in the
following terms :
Gentlemen,
ON the firft day of your meeting, we pre
sented you with a Message, acquainting you,
that the inhabitants of the parish of St. John had
acceded to the general AfTociation entered into,
and particularly recommended to them, by the
late Continental Congress.—We have patiently
waited your answer, and wish to impute your
silence rather to inattention than design—We now
allure you, that if vou think proper to enter fully
into the measures of the late Continental Congress,
we will heartily join you in every thing that may
tend to enforce them.
The Committees of the several parishes, met in Cor.-
g re ff font the following Answer thereto.
Gentlemen,
IN answer to your Message of this morning, we
beg leave to inform you of three determinati
ons, from which this Congress, we hope, will
never recede.
First. That we shall be glad to have the province,
upon this occasion, as fully represented as possible,
and will therefore chearfully receive the Delegates
of St. John's parish as a part of us.
Secondly, That we apprehend every Delegate
here is accountable to his constituents and his own
confeience, for the opinion he gives at this time,
and therefore ought not to let any other man or
set of men judge for him.
Thirdly, That we trust no Member amongst
us has any other object in view than the public
good.
J The number that fubferibed the said /l,ociatfn„
amount to \]g fubfavtial inhabitants, moftty re
moved from this Co'oy, with their Slaves, to je/tf
more fertile lands there.
Had they acceded fully to the General Associa
tion, even at so late a time as our Provincial Con
gress, we should have had no occasion to trouble
you with this address: but as they did not, we
now apply to you, to admit us, the fubferibers of
this parish, to an alliance with you, requesting
that you will allow trade and commerce to be con
tinued to us, exclusive (if you think proper) of this
province in general; the fame to be continued and
conduced under such regulations and reftri&ions,
as shall be confident with the Continental Associa
tion, and which, on our parts, we engage, with
all possible care, to keep inviolate.
Our being a parish of a non-associated province,
cannot, we presume, prevent our joining the other 4
provinces, as the redriaion mentioned in the 14th
clause of the General Association, mud, as we ap
prehend, be considered, as a general rule only,
and refpe&s this province, considered in a mixed
or promifeuous sense: But, as we of this parish,
are a body detached from the rest, by our resolu
tions and Association so and fufficiently diftind by
local situation, large enough for particular notice,
and have been treated as such by a particular ad
dress from the late Continental Congress, adjoin
ing a Sea-port, and, in that refped, capable of
conforming to the General Association (if connected
with you) with the fame fidelity as a distant parish
of your own province, therefore we mud be con
sidered as comprehended within the spirit and equi-,
table meaning of the Continental Association; and
we arc assured, you will not condemn the innocent
with the guilty, especially when a due feparatioa
is made between them. We now wait your an
swer, and should be glad of your advice.
Signed bv order of the Committee,
Midway ? LYMANHALL,
Feb. gth, 177;.) Chairman.
T 9 the Committee of Correfoondence in Charles-1 own,
South Carolina.
EXTR ACTS fremthe Minutes ofthe Proceedings
of the Committee of the parish of St. John, met aF
Savannah the 18th day of January 1775.
Wednesday, January 18th, 1775.
The Committee met, and Do&or Lyman Hall
took the Chair.
The following Message was sent to the Commit
tees of the several parities in Congress fitting.
Gentlemen,
TH E Committee of the parish of St. John,
present the Committees of the other pa
rishes, with a copy of the letter received by them
from the late Continental Congress; and agreeable
to the advice therein contained, the inhabitants of
the parish of St. John have acceded to the General
Association entered into and recommended by the
said Continental Congress.—They hope you will
adopt the fame measures.
then assembled, that the inhabitants of this parish
bad acceded to the General Affociarion on the
above mentioned condition, and earnestly recom
mended the fame to them.—They did enterinto an
Association (a copy of which we transmit to you)
but so different in our opinions from the Continen
tal Association, that it appears to be a contraven
tion of it, and exposes them to the censure ofthe
14th clause of the General Association.
First. They have extended the time limited for
exportations, beyond what is allowed by the Con
tinental Congress, and thereby indulged a liberty
of exportations, to the prejudice of the other
provinces.
Secondly. For that, in their limited time ofim
portations, they have, contrary to the Continental
Association, extended it in general, to the 15th
of March next, for goods to be /hipped in Eng
land; and for the Indian trade, to a Rill greater
latitude, under the cloke of which, we have rea
son to believe, may be introduced, a large im
portation, equally adapted to the whites, as to the
Indians; and, on the whole, such as we could not,
confident with our own Association, poflibly join in.