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T^ AMERICAN CRISIS. Ifo IT
3, the Author of COMMON SENSE,
[ Concluded. ]
To Lord H O W E.
V N publishing these rematks I have feverai objeds in
view : On your part they are, to expose the folly of
your pietencied authority as a Commihioner; the wick
e^nefs of your cattle in general; and the impeflibitity of
your conq wring u at any rate. On the part ofthe pub
lic my meaning is, to flrow them their true and iolid ih
tereft ; to entourage them to their own good, to remote
the teats and falfities which bad men had Spread and
weak men had encouraged ; and to excite in all nun a
lore for union, and a cheatfuintis for duty,
I (foil Submit one lucre cale to you refpe&ing your
conquest of this country, And then proceed to new cb
fervations:,
Suppose our armies in every part of the Continent were
immediately to disperse, every than to bis hdrAe, or where
cite he might be fate, arid engage to re-assemble again on
a certain future day; it is clear that you would then have
no army to contend with, yet you would be as much at
a loss in that case as you are now ; you would be afraid
to fend your troops in parties over the Continent, either
to disarm, or prevent us from assembling, left they Should ,।
not return ; and while you kept them together, having^
no army of burs to difp'ute with, you could not call it a!
conquest ; you mightier,;fh Our a pompous page in thel
London Gazette or the Rew-York paper, but when we
returned at the appointed time, you'wbuld have thefhme
work to do you had at firft.
It has been the folly of Britain to suppose herfelf more
powerful than Ore really is, and by that means has arro-.
gated to herfelf a rank in the wQrlddhe is net entitled to ;.
for more than this century past Are has not been able to
carry on a war without foreign assistance. In Marlbo
rough's campaigns, and from that day to this, the num
ber of German troops and officers affixing her have been
about equal with her own; ten thousand Heffiaris were
ftnt to England lalt war to prot<& her from a French
invasion ; and the would have cut but a poor figurein
her Canadian and Weft-Indian expeditions, had not
America been lavish both of her money and men to help
her along. The only ihftance in wkith she was engaged
fmgly, t^t Lean recoiled, was against the rebellion in
Scotland in foi/y-Sye and forty -fix, -and in that, out of
three battles, she was twice beaten, till by thus reducing
their numbers (as we thali yours) and taking a supply
Arp that was coming to Scotland with cioaths, arms and
money (xs we have often done) the was at Uft enabled
to defeat them, England was never famous by land';
her officers have generally been fufpeated of cowardice,
have more of the air of a dahcin'g-mafter than a soldier,
arid by the lample we have taken prifbners We begin to
give the preference to curlelves. Her Hrength oflafe has
. laid in her extravagance; but as her finances and her
credit are now low, her sinews in that line begin to fail
fail. Asa nation fheis the poorest in Europe; for were
the .whole kingdom, and all that is in it, to be put up to
file like the chate of a bankrupt, it wotald not fetch as
much as Ilie owes ; Yet this though defy wretch must go
to war, and with the avowed design too of making us
beads o* burthen, to support her in riot and debauchery,
and to affid her afterwards in diffieffing those nations who
are now our bed friends. This ingratitude may suit a
Tory, or the unchristian peevdEntfs of a fallen Quaker,
but none die.
'Tis the unhappy temper of the English to be pleated
With any war, right pr wrong, be it but fuccefsful; but
they soon grow dneontented with ill fortune, and it is an
even chance -that they are as clamorous for peace next
Summer, as the King andhis Ministers were for war last
winter. In this natural view of things your Lordship
Hands in a very ugly critical filiation : Your whole cha
racter is flaked upen your laurels; if they wither, you
wither wi h them ; if they Hocrifh, you cannot live long
to look at them; and %t any rate, the black account
hoeifter is not far off. What lately appeared to us
raidonune#, were only blessings in difgune; and the
Leming advantages on your tide have turned out to our
profit. Even cur. loss of this city, as far as we can fee,
might be a principal gain to us : The more Surface you
spread over, the thinner you will be, ard the erfier wiped
away; and vur consolation under that apparent difaher
would be, that the eftateo of the Tories would become
fecu:i its for the repads. In Ihort, there is no old ground
we can Lil upon, but feme new foundation rises again
to fuppo t us. "We have fat. Sir, our bands to the
" plough. and turfed be be that lercketh back."
You; King, in hi# foeech to Parliament last spring,
declared re them, " That be bud no doubt but the great
" force the, bad enabled him to fend to America, would efr
" feNually reduce the rebellious Colonies." It has not, nei
ther can it ; but it has done just enough to lay the foun
dation ofitso^n next year's ruin. You are sensible that
you left Eng'ahd in a divided diftrzaed state of politics,
and, by the command you had here, ycu becamea prin
cipal prop in the court party; their fortunes relt on
yours; by a single express you can fix their value with
the public, and the degree to which their spirits dial! rife
or fall : they are in your hands as stock, and you have
the secret of the alley with yov. Thus situated and con
nected, you become the unintentional mechanical inftru^
ment otyour own and their overthrow. The King and
his M-nifters put conquest out of doubt, and the credit
of both depended on the proof. To support them in the
inter m, it was neceH'ary you ffiould make the most of
every thing, and we can tell by Hugh Gaine's New-York
paper wh^t the complexion of the London Gazette is.
With fur h a lift of victories the nation cannot expt& you
will ask new supplies ; and to confefs your want of them,
would give the lie to your triumphs, and impeach the
K ng and his Ministers of treasonable deception. If you
make the nec< ffiry demand at home, your party finks ;
if yea make it nut, you fink yourlelf; to ask it now is
too late, and to ask it before was too soon, and unless it
arrive quickly will be of no use. In (hurt, the part you
have tn aft, cannot be aded; and I a#i fully persuaded
that all you have to trust to, is to do the belt you can
1 a! &^ADELPrIIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP, at the Nrweft Printing-Office in Market-freet, whety
Subscriptions at Fifteen Shillings per Aimum, Advertisements, &c. are thankfully received for this Paper,
With what force you hitvs goty blithe mer^ Though
We have greatly excelled , , n point of generalfrii,' and
bravery of men, yet, as a people, we have n&t entered
into the tub foul of enterprize , for I, who know Eng
land and the dh^ofition of the people well, am confident
that it is e?,fier for us to cffe& a revolution there, than
you a conduct here : A few thousand men landed in
England with the declared design of deputing the pietent
King, 'Bringing his Minivers to trial, arid fitting up the-
Duke of Gloudelter in his Read,' would ^re'dly cany,,
their paint, while you were groveling here ignorant of
the matter. As I tend all my papers to England, this,
like Common Sense, will find its way there, and the'.,
it may put one party on their guard, it will inform! the
other and the nation in general cf Our deign tohelp
them. ' -
Thus fir, Sir, t have enderivdufed to give yob a pic
ture of preterit affairs : You may draw from it what con
clufiohs you pleafe.'l with as well to the true prosperity
of England as yoi can, but I confider independence as
America's riaidral right and interefl, and never could fee
any real diflervice it would be to Britain. If an English ,
merchant receives an order and is paid for it, it lignifies
nothing to him who governs the 'country— This is my
creed of politics. If I have any where expreifed myfelf
overwarmly, 'tis from a fix'd immoveable hatred I have, 4
and ever had, to cruel men and cruel meafares. I have
likewise an aversion to monarchy,^ being too debasing
to the dignity of man ; but I never troubled other# with
my notions till very lately, nor ever" published a Syllable
in England fn my life. 'What I write Is pure nature, and
my pen and my foul have ever gone.together. 'My writ
ings thave'always given awav, refervihg dnly the exp^nce „
of printing and paper, and Sometimes not even that. I
never courted either fame cr fotereft, and my manner of
life, to those who know it, "will juftify what I fay. Mv
fthav is to be Ulkfirl/rind ifyour Lordihip love mankind I
as well as I do, you would, feeing you cannot conquer
us, ca it about and lend your hand towards accomplishing
a peace. 'Our Independence, "with Gov's biffin,, we
will maintain agaipft all the world ; but as we with to
4void evil ourfeM's, rive wiTh "not to inflict it on others,
I am neverover inquisitive into the secrets of the Cabinet,
but I have (bme notion, that if you negiel^ the present
opportunity, it will not beTo ourpower to make a fepl-,
rate peace with you afterwards ; for whatever treaties or
alliances rive form, Ye thrill mo^ faithfully abide by;
when fore you may be deceived ifyen think you can make
it with us at any time. A lifting independent peace is
my with, end arid aim; End to accomplish that " I pray
'' G&d the" Americans “ raay, newer be defeated, 'and!
" tru, cwhoe they baric good officers, "and are risell come
" manded," and willing tw be commanded. " that the)
' c never will." COMMON SENSE.
Philadelphia, "January 13, 1777.
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fu, published a%d to be fold by
J O HN DUNL A P,
In Market street, Philadelphia,
JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS
J of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the
Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania. From Thursday
November 28, 1776, to Saturday January 25, 1777.
To be SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE,
On Tuesday, the 4th day cf March next,
A VALUABLE Plantation, situate in Bohemia
Manor, Csecil County, Maryland, containing
aoout 4.00 actes of land, one half of which is cleared"
the other well rubbered, the foil of the best kind for
producing grain of ail forts natural to the climate, par
ticulariy wheat es the very best quality. Likewise a
good house, bare, liable, and other houses, all in good
tenable repair, a well of good water with a pump in it
a good bearing orchard of about one hundred trees § a
great part of the uncultivated land may be improved
into excellent meadow. There is also on said plantati
ons ftparate tenement near a public croG road, well
ftuite for public buficefs, being in the neighbourhood
et 4 fine wheat country, only eight miles trem Appo
quiniminck Creek, oh Delaware Bay, and two mites
from Bohemia River, on Cheiapeake, both of which
are navigable at that distance, which makes it conveni-'
ent to Philadelphia and Baltimore Town. The title is
good, being only fubjeft to an annual quit-rent of two
(hidings and eight pence Iterlin, The whole late the
estate of Samuel Bayard, deceased, and to be fold by
the executors of his left will, who are living on the
premises, and will make known further particulars at
the time of fate.
Lanedrier, Jan. 13 , 1777,
JU Sfopening and to be fold by Benjamin HarbefenJrota
Philadelphia, a large afotment oj copper, brass, pes
ter and tin woares, at thefoutb ive, corner of King and Queen
jireels, next door to Mr. Jojeph Simons, cohere he carries
on the co per fm:th's buJinefs in all its various branches, facb
as,ills, dying coppers, ivajbing kettles, „ ditto, tea ditto,
Matters walk ditto, coffee and chocolate pots,fauce pans, &c
He has various other goods, all which he wil fell revion'.
able for Continental Money only.
N. B. One, two er three good risorktaen at the copper
faith's trade, will meet with good wages by applying as
above ; none but juch need apply.
FRANCIS DA YM ON,
DIKING in Market ,reel, four door's below Fourth
ftreet, has now for sale, at bis fore in Water ,reet,
where Mr. Matthias Afpden formerly lived ; fining and
Jbeeung linen, oznabrugs, checks of several kinds, fail dusk
with faller's needles, jewing thread, a good afloriment of
brass wire, feel files, door locks, cinnamon, nutmegs and
a very good afotment of MEDICINES, and the
very bes chocolate, already sweetened ft for the gentlemen
of the army.§
Port of Philadelphia,, = „ .
. pfyto^, ff. ) To all whom xmay concert.
,JOTICE is hereby given, that a Court 'of Admiralty
=' will be held at the State- House, in the" city of Phila
delphia, on Wednesday the foth day of February inff.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of |,e lame day,' then
and there to try the truth of. the facts alledged in the
bill of James Montgomery, ' (who as will, &c.) againit
the fliip or vessel called theming George, burthen about
zoo tons, with h=r tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
lately c&nmanded by Edmiind Williams, To the end
and indent that the owner or owners of the said ftiip, her
cargo, &c/ or any person concerned therein, may appear
and (hew cause, if any thty have, 'why tire fame Should
not be condemned according to the prayer of t'he%id bill.
'Feb. 1, 177). , "By order'of the Tudge,
*ANDREW ROBESON, Regiher.
Port of Philadelphia,? _ -
r Wndra it may concern,
Pennjy vama, 11. ) -
fyIOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty
=™ will be held at the State-house, in the city of Phi
ladelphia, on Thursday the 20th 'day of February inst.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fameday, th^n and
there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill of
John Baldwin, Esq; (who as well, ^c.) against the
iehoondr called the Success, burthen about 40 tons, with
tier tackle, apparel, furnitpie >nd cargo, lately com
manded by William Compton. To the end and intent
that the owner or owner s of the said schooner, her cargo,
&c. or any person concerned therein, "may appear and
shew cause, if any they have, why the fame fhotbld not
be condemned according to the prayer cf the laid bill.
Feb. 1, i„/. id, order of the fudge,
* ANDREW ROBESON, Register.
Fori &f Pbilafetp'bia
'> To ad -whom rt may center
rentylvania, 11. )
NO TICE is hereby giv^fi, that a Court of Adnrt^
‘ rally will be held at .he ^tat* house, in the ph, rs
Philadelphia, on Wednesday the both day of February
inrt. at ten o'clock in the fOTenecnot the fa tie day, then
and there to try the truth of the ,&$ alledged in the bU
of John Young, Esq; (who as w^l, ^c.).%amff §se /hip
or vpfiel called the Sam, burthen aboht izo ton,, with
her tackle,.'apparel, furniture and cargo, lately com .
mended by Samuel RichardGn. Tothe end anti inttrft
that the owneror owners of the said ^fy' h,r cargos &c.
or any perlon concerned therein, may appear and [hew
c^ufe, if any they have, why the fame fl)Qutf not b'e Wife
damned according to the prayer of the faid,ill;
Feb. 1, 1777. By order of the fudfe, ,'
„ . § ANDREW R6DESON,°Kegifter.
Port of Philadelphia,? ,-
Pennjfoa, £ $ T ° Wh ° m " ma Y ^cerc
fy ol ICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
rahy will b« held at the Srate-houfe, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 16th day of February
inst. at ten o'clock in the forenoon cf the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the Las alledgcd in the bill
of Michael Battow, commander of the letter of marque
brig called the Industry, (who as well, &c.) against the
brigantine or vessel called the Anne, burthen about izo
tons, with all her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
lately commanded by Alexander Kennedy, and against:
r'reiton, a Negro Have taken on board the said brigan
tine: To the end and intent that the owner or owners
thereof, or any persons concerned therein, may appear
and ffiew cauie, if any they have, why the fame ffiould
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said
bilk By order cf the Judge,
Feb. n, 1777. § ANDREW ROBESON, Remitter.
Port of Pbiladelpbia, ?
\ L °^ ”"°™ " m 'y c °° cern#
NOTICE is be eby given that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-House, in the city
of Philadelphia, oh Friday the nitday of February inst.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth ~f the fa&s alledged in the
bill of John Baldwin Eiq; (who as well. &c.) against the
Clip or vtffel called the Leghorn Galley, burthen about
one hundred and fifty tons, with her tackle, apparel, fur
niture and cargo, lately commanded by Alexander
M'DanieL To the end and intent that the owner op
owners of the said ffiip, her cargo, &c. or any uerfon
concerned therein, may appear and shew caufte, if any
they have, why the fame ihdpld hot be condemned ac
cording to the prayer of the said bill.
Feb. I, 1777) By order of the fudge,
§ Andrew robeson, Register.
Port of Pbiladefbia,? Tilt
P%f)fr a ,£ ; T ° wh ° m * ^ co ° c e r ".
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house, in the city of
Philadelphia, ori Thursday the 27th day of February in
stant, at ten o'clock ih the forenoon of the fame day,
then and there to try the truth of the fads alledged in
the bill of Nicholas Biddle, Erq; (who as well, &c.)
against the following Negro Haves, to wit, Luke, Bails,
Jack, Phil and Ben, taken on board the brig Betsey,
John Rynoe, matter; Jacob, taken on board the bri~-
Elizabeth, William Ryfon jobnfton, matter; Henry
and Jacob, taken on board the Hiip Molly, Bridgen
Goodrich, matter; Sol, Moses, Charles and Jacob, ta
ken on board the brig Maria, John Marlhall, mailer ;
and Romeo, Joe and Frank, taken on board the briy
Peggy, commanded by Capt. Cock: To the end and
intent that the owners or masters of the said Negroes, or
of any or either of them, or any person or persons con
cerned therein, may appear and mew cause, if any they
have, why they ffiobld not be condemned as prize ac
cording to the prayer of the said bill.
Feb. 11, 1777. By order of the Judge,
§ ANDREW ROBESON, Register.
J^ LANKS of all forts for the ARMY, printed
J on the fhdrteft notice, by JOHN DUNLAP.