Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-06-26 00:00:00, page 1

From the PUBLIC LEDGER of April 19
To THE PRINTER.
^^^^^IHOUGH the whole body of th
tf^^^^f^ people might, with great facility
,'! T V\ get into their power any ftandinj
% army which Ministers may employ
r^N'^^t in deftru^ion of our liberties, ye
IN^/W-^/ by m y advice not a single Britoi
Should be put to the sword, except in the field 0
battle, or by the divine law of retaliation. Be
sides, were we not powerful enough within our
Selves to effect this purpose, we may be aiTure<
that our own militia, who are the only conftitu
tiohal soldiers of this realm, will not long remaii
idle, or that they will, like hired ruffians or mer
senary troops, imbrue their hagds in the blood
er (heathe their bayonets in the bosoms of thei
countrymen; for our militia ought to be enrolled
and composed only of the Knights or landed gen
try of the country, and as such their refpc6tivi
Lord Lieutenants would not dare to fend then
upon any unconstitutional service, because by tin
Norman treaty our militia men are enjoined t<
obey their Colonels so far forth as “ eorum just
precepta" shall extend, but not a single hair'
breadth farther ; for they are guilty of treafoi
against the constitution the moment they pass th<
Rubicon. And here lies the great diftindion be
tween Militia-men and Regulars; the former, a
the hazard of their lives, are to execute no tin
just, unnatural, unconstitutional orders; the lat
ter, even at the peril of their lives, must implicit
Jy and unhesitatingly obey every order they receive
atom their commanding officer, was it even to lai
zhe whole city of London in allies this very mo
xnent, or, to rip open the bowels of every pregnan
woman in the kingdom, their own mothers no
excepted. Happy indeed, though our mutiny
aAs authorile the execution of every species e
Herodian barbarity, and Neronian cruelty, jet a
Several clauses in those very a&s are most Hagran
violations of the Norman treaty, and shocking t<
human nature, they are, as I have frequently ob
served, not law, confequeotly the King's troops
as they are falfly called, for they are not th<
troops of the King, but on the contrary the troops
of the kingdom, and in the pay of the kingdom
and of the kingdom only, would be highly jufti
died were they, like trae Englishmen, unanimouflj
to lay down their arms, and absolutely refufe t(
light against their countrymen, conftitutionallj
assembled, either in the plains of Runningmede
or in the town of Befton. Confeious of the rec
.tityde and truifin of this position, our honest bravr
Englilh soldiery, one and all, grounded theii
firelocks on Hounflow Heath, nobly and moll
Spiritedly refuting to obey the butcherly commands
of that pigmy of a tyrant, James the second, a
pigmy, I mean, compared to the colossal tyrants
of the present day. Nor does this immortal pre
cedent stand single in the historic page, for the
troops of Cinna, in his fourth Confullhip, wher
ordered by the Senate to embark for Dalmatia
and give battle to Scylla, most gloriously refufed
10 go aboard, peremptorily infilling, they would
not be employed as barbarian ruffians, or inhu
man moofters, to daughter their countrymen in
cold blood; and this too, even though the Senate
had previously declared both- Sylla and his forces
" Enemies to Rome." " Ho est uthe patriae ;
" hoc civile imperium; at exercitum fupp/icio cogere,
" hoc est dominum, non imperatorem effe." Tc
compel your army to obedience merely by the
terrors of punishment and mutiny ads of Parlia
ment, this is not to govern but to domineer,
This true and most excellent observation doubt
less will have its proper weight with our whole
military, since it is the didum of as greatly gene
ral, and of as great an empire, as ever existed, I
mean Caius Marius, who, though born a plebeian,
and therefore regularly precluded from the Con
fullhip of Rome, yet in confideraticn of his signal
courage, contempt of money, love ofhis country,
and unparalleled knowledge of the whole theory
and practice of war, was seven times successively
ebaed Consul, an honour never conferred upon
any Roman, either before or after his advance
ment tb that Superlatively imperial dignity.
I have thus laid before your readers a true Rate
of the weakness and infignificancy of the Handing
army at present in Great-Britain, not indeed out
of any difrefpe& or dilparagement to them, for I
have a pre-fentiment that the marching regiments
and light horse will maturely confider they do not
receive the King's pay, but that of the kingdom,
and therefore properly and ftri&ly speaking, are
in the actual service, not of the King, but of the
kingdom, and that consequently, whenever the
popular Rate shall constitutionally and iimultane
oully rife up in arms, as our glorious ancestors
did, against the Kings John and James the second,
the regulars have only this optional alternative in
law, namely, either to lay down their arms, as I
have mentioned they did on Hounflow Heath, or
take an active part under the banners of the people.
This being the case, and feeing there is no real
danger in the present landing army, were they
/h'^\ft
O R,
GENERAL
VO L. IV.
M O N D A Y,
even to ad hostilely against the people constituti
onally assembled, which cannot reasonably be ex
pected, and feeing that Lieutenant Colonel James
Abercromby, who is embarked with a powerful
reinforcement for that army which is to destroy
the liberties of America, hath actually carried
over with him peremptory orders to disarm the
people of Boston, which is another most insolent,
impudent violation of the bill of rights, (for by
that treaty it is expressly and facm-fanftionally
stipulated, that every Protestant fubjed shall al
ways carry arms for his defence) what remains
then for us, but instantly to put a flop to this
rapid and all deluging torrent of tyranny? What
better advice can there be, than immediately to
convene a national Congress here in England, and
take the field, as our ancestors did, on the plains
of Runnimgmede, and thus constitutionally and ef
feaually assist our American brethren, whom to
desert in their present distresses, or even not to
assist to the utmost of our abilities, would in us
be unpardonably unjust, superlatively iniquitous,
and infamsufly ungrateful; for in fad they are
now fighting our battles; it is the glorious cause
of liberty they are engaged in; the common cause
and common birthright of every Eoglifhman; I
fay the common birthright of every Englifliman,
for the liberty of an Englishman is an inheritance
issuing out of his freehold land, and whether my
freehold lies at Boston in New, or at Boston in
Old England, it makes no difference, because by
the fame tyranny that I am forcibly difleifed of
my ancestral grant of land, which entailed with
it a grant of liberty in one part of the British em
pire, I may be equally robbed of it by the fame
lawless power crtthe sword in any other part of
the British dominions. Let us then, here at home,
my countrymen, never ftiffer so inestimable a grant
to be tamely wrested from us; let us join our
brother Americans in so just and glorious a cause,
and like our immortal exemplary ancestors, make
that King tremble on his throne, who fhalj sacri
legiously dare to invade the majesty of the demo
cratic state in the most eflential of their rights, the
free gift and grant of their money.„
BRECKNOCK.
CbaraGcr of the late celebrated Marftal SAXE,
natural Son to Augustus 11. King of Poland ;
from Baron D'Efpagnac's new bif&ry of that
Hero.
""A ARSHAL SAXE was of a large size,
had blue eyes, a well formed nose, and
a noble martial air. An agreeable and gracious
smile took off from that roughness of afpe& oc
casioned by a tawoey completion and thick dark
eye-brows. Naturally warm, he was impatient
of contradition, but easy to be reconciled, and
as incapable of entertaining hatred long, as he
was of doing any one an injury. He was re
markable for strength and dexterity. He would
pull a common horseshoe asunder with his hands,
ana twist with the mere strength of his fingers a
large nail into the form of a corkferew. He
had once, in London, a difphte wirh a scavenger
which was about to terminate in blows, when
taking the gentleman of the (hovel by the breech,
he tossed him up into the air with so much dex
terity, that he dropped into his own cart full of
liquid mud.
" Pofleffed of the profonndeft judgment, and
directed by long experience, his projects were the
result of the matured deliberation, and disposed
with the greatelf happiness. The sudden Broke,
secrecy, and vigilance were the resources that
ensured the execution. His conversation was
plain and unadorned, and his talents never ap
peared except when he chose to give them scope.
A connoisseur in men, he knew how to form a
right estimate of their characters. I fufpeft those
officers, laid he, who are continually asking fur
detachments to go Against the enemy. They are
generally like an equestrian statue that has always
one foot lifted up to march, and never moves.
" Affable to all the world, attentive to the wants
of his soldiers, but rigid in point of discipline, he
was both feared and adored by his men. Carrying
always a countenance of fatisfaAion himfelf, he
inspired others with that confidence, without which
no General can succeed.
“ -Naturally generous and humane, he never
put to death cither spies or marauders. Hechofe
rather to keep them prisoners to the end of the
campaign.
" Above all meanness, and wholly devoted to
the difeharge of his duty, he was never known to
facrificenhe public utility through any partiality
to rank or favour, nor even through the fear of
making himfelf enemies. If there were any que
stion of choice, with refpe& to extraordinary ex
peditions, he would always give the preference
to knowledge and experience. Inflexible as to
rules, he would not exenfe in his best friends the
lead default of discipline. His only object was
the success of his operations, and he attended
with pleafurG IQ Any expedient thut might pro
@tc it.
D U -N L A P's.
^^ff^pij
Indefatigaoly a&ive, and of uncommon va
lour, he was, as much as possible, at the head of
every action, and almost always on horseback.
In the^ more vigorous and important engagements,
his object was to seize the decisive moment ; —
in critical exigencies to reanimate the declining
Spirits of his troops by his presence. Never was
General a greater oeconomift of blood. When in
beges, vigorous attacks and violent measures
were proposed, he scarce ever had recowrfe to
them but in cases of necellity. He had rather,
he said, put it off a few days longer, than lose
one grenadier.
" Valuing himfelf on a greatness of foul wor
thy of his birth, he always entertained the most
diihnguifhed refpe& for the troops of the enemy;
and made war with a politeness becoming polished
nations. Of course he obtained evey requisition
he made from the adversaries Generals. Nothing
could De more flattering than the letters he receiv
ed from the Generals of the allied army, when-,
after the surrender of Maeftricht,the Stadtholder
wrote to him, that he embraced with pleasure the
opportunity of teftifying to him the particular re
fpccihe entertained for his great talents, and his
admiration of his conduct and performances. The
I)uke of Cumberland, the Prince of Waldec, and
biarlhal Konigfeg, when they spoke of him expres
sed the fame sentiments.
" Marshal Saxe died in the Lutheran religion,
wherein he was born. And it was on this account
that a Princefs*, whose memory will always be
dear to the French nation, prettily observed that
it was hard the poor Marflial ihould not have one
De Profundi^, who had so often made them sing
Te Deum.”. 6
* The late Qteen of France.
T Hfuneral anthem in the Popijh service.
To LORD NORT H.
My Lo r d,
° ° seem to me to drive so furioufly, that
I I begii to fear you will tire your cattle,
if you do not over-turn your carriage; because
thole tracks and fences which used to keep other
Ministers in fafe roads, seem to be little more to
you than hedges and ditches are to a mid-night
bag, when mounted on a broom-stick; for you,
like orator Henley, despise old roads, when they
do not lead to your liking; and are much more
ready at finding out uses for ENGLISH BLOOD
.and TREASURE, than I believe the people of
England will be willing to help you to supplies of
either.
But the thing that distinguishes your Lordship
from all the Ministers who ever ruled the roast,
in this or any other country, is,,oar great fid in
LAW: I do not mean your knowledge of the
laws of England, Greece, Rome, Turkey, Tar
tary, or any particular country; but your skill
l in such law as directs one judge to hear the charge
against a culprit while another judge is hearing
the culprit's defence; for that fort of law seems
to make out, that a man may be hanged firft and
acquitted afterwards, or be firft acquitted and then
hanged, according as things happen, or are to be.
If an innocent man is to be punished, nothing
more seems to be necessary to bring it about, by
Jucb law, than to finifh the charge before the de
fence; or ifa rogue is to be acquitted, it may as
easily be brought about, according to fueb law, by
going the other way bias, and tinilhing the de
fence before the charge; so that the fifety of ho
nest men, and the punishment of rogues, do not,
according to fueb law, depend so much upon in
nocence or guile, as upon quickness in one judge,
and slowness in the other: I therefore advise you,
to confider Low you Thbuld like to havefaZ law
pradifed against yourlelf, before it is ptaAifed
against other people.
For I think that more than one or two English
men have fuffered by sanguinary laws of their
own promoting; agreeable to that divine law—
" He who fceddetb man's blood, by man fall bis
" b ood he fted."
On the form of thunder and lightning on Tuesday the
iStb inflant, the day the Generals embarked for
America.
THE Chiefs embark, and clouds involve the
Ikies,
Storms sweep the seas, and blusterous winds arise;
The Heav'ns themselves, red with uncommon ire,
Their thunders hurl, and slash indignant lire.
Oh thou ! who rules the earth, and guides the flood,
Have mercy on the innocent and good.
Oh ! spare the land, and let thy vengeance fall
On those who dare whole nations to inthral;
Send thy own thunders on the guilty head,
And, to appeals thy wrath, Rrike the vile mongers
dead.
But, oh ! restrain thohand of civil war,
And let thy favoured nations cease to jarr;
Establish firm the Americans rights and laws,
And may this land resound with their applause;
Then (hall our vows in all thy temples rife,
Aud praise afeend in incense to the Ikies.
114MDEIL
T H E
ADVERTISER.
JUNE 26th, 1775°
T O-M O R RO W,
At ONE o'clock in the Afrerhoon, a t
JOHN H A R T'g
V e n DU E-S TO R E,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will b©H the SALE of a neat Assortment of
MERCHANDIZE;
AMONG WHICH ARE;
IRIS H linens; Meetings; checks; pins; cot
ton and thread hose; India taffaties; printed
linens, cotton and chintzes ; bandanoe, printed and
kenting handkerchiefs ; bengals; ribbonds; kid
and silk gloves; damafeus; dorfettees; velvets -
worsted breeches patterns; gauzes; lawns; kent'-
:n g s ; houfhold furniture, &c,
B ° N -° G °° ds will be delivered until paid for.
All forts of Merchandize are received at said stoic
for public and private sale.
WA N T E n
A SINGLE MAN, capable to manage a
Grain Dittille ry at Wioming, on Su'fquthan
na. Any perfun whose capacity and honelty can
be relied on, will meet with good encouragement
by applying to Doctor Harris, in Philadelphia.
An induttrious Carpenter; capable and willing
to undertake the building of a large and genterL
house in Georgia, may hear of employment that
may be advantageous, by applying as above.
A Quantity of Long-Island FLAX,
AND
Choice BEEF in Barrels,
TO BE SOLD BY
C H A RLES EDDY.
Very good American Manufactured
WRITING PAPE R,
And a few Reams of
SHEA THING PA PER,
TO BE SOLd'bY
ANDREW GEYER,
In Second-street, near Arch-ffreet, Philadelphia.'
N. B. At said place ready money is given for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS.
TO SO L D,~
A NEGRO WENCH, fit for the country,
where die has lived for some years. Enquire
of the Printer. . °
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the fubferiber, living in Mid-.
dlefex . County, Fait New-Jerley, on the 30th
of May last, a darkish torrel M A RE, with a
white (trip down her face, her collar marked with
grey hairs, is five years old this grass, fourteen
hands high, a natural .trotter, well built, good car
riage, and some white on her erf fore foot. Any
person taking up said mare and fending word to
the fubferiber, to Abraham Kintzing, in Phi
ladelphia, or to Noah Marsh, Inn-keeper, in
Elizabeth Town, E dt-jerfey, shall be entitled ro
the above Reward and all reasonable charges, paid
by either of the above mentioned persons, or by
DAVID STEWART.
FORTY SHILLINGS-REwZrd:
RAN AWAY on the night of the 14th inst.
(June) from the fubferiber, living near Ches
ter Town, in Kent County, Maryland,' an indent
ed servant man, named JOB HA IN, about
thirty two years old, a malfter by trade, about five
feet eleven inches high, born near Bristol in Eng
land, and has been but a few weeks in the country;
had on and took with him, two check shirts, ozna
brig trowfers, black flockings, old hat and shoes,
whitish jacket, and if any other cloaths not known;
he is something round shouldered, and fqueels in
his talk. Whoever fecurcs the laid fervant,'fo (hue
his mailer may get him again, shall have the above
Reward, and if brought home reasonable charges,
paid by I^AAC PEKKINS.
SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on the night of the nth intt.
(June) from the fubferiber in Pennfbur'y
Townfop, Chester County, a servant man named
JOHN WILMO 1' H, e but may change Iris
name, a saddler by trade, about thirty years of
age, five teet eight or nine inches hi^h ; had on
when he went away, a half worn brown cloth coat
and waistcoat, the lining worn out at the fkii ts, old
leather breeches, two Russia linen hurts, tao pair
of tow trowfers, one new pair of driped ditto, one
pair of almolt new boots with turn down tops, an
old pair of black grain fhocs with lined tops, one
pdr of almost new worded dockings, an old beaver
hat with a white binding hat firing, and some
other things being uncertain ; he is a well made
fellow, dark complexion, full faced, short black
hair, sometimes wears a Like curl, his tore teeth
rotten, speaks in the Dutch dialed, and can fpeal
high and low Dutch ; he served bis apprenticeship
in Ead-Jerfey, and knows man, parts of the coun
try: He also took with him, a bright bay Gelding,
a natural trotter, with a small ttar, cow-necked,
part of his mane lately trimmed ; likewise a new
Saddle, with a blue saddle cloth bound with white
binding, and a fine broad circingle inlaid at tlo
(traps with red dud', a large pair of fiddle bags h
ned witn linen, and fuppAtd to have them full of
cloaths and other things. Whoever lecures Aid '
servant in any gaol, io that iris maker may hvs
him and the horle again, shall have the a^ove Ke-,
ward,' or E IC II T DOLLARS ter either
mail or horse, paid by
WILLIAM TEMPLE.
NUMB, ton