The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1773-12-28 00:00:00, page 2

T TPON a fertcus Gonfileratioa of the late Aft
of Parliament, fubjefting the Colonics to
pay a Duty* upon TEAS io America, and
more especially the Aft of Parliament pafled at
their fall Scffion whereby the East India Com
pany ia London,have fail Power to export their
Teas to the Colonies, Hable to a Duty, upon
being landed ben:, it appears manifeflly, that
the latter was artfully defign’d, by the Miniftiy,
to carry more effcftusliy into execution the
former, which wa? made for the express Pnr
pofc of railing a Revenue from the Colonies,
by the Authority of the British Parliament only,
without our Consent, wherefore, from a due
Seofe oftbe Value and Importance of our Li
berties and Properties, and from just Apprehcn
fions of the Horrors of Slavery, we arc induced
to make the following Rcfulvcs —
ift, Rcfilved. That the Mcafurcs of late pur
faed by the Ministry of Great Britain, in their
Attempts to fubjeft the Colonies to Taxation,
by the foie Authority of the British Parliament,
are not on’y uojuft, arbitrary ani iccocfiOent,
with the fundrmeotai Principles -of the British
Constitution, but direftiy tend to haflen on the
Deftruft on of an Empire, which by preferring
in all it’s Parts those original .Rights which firft
gave Rife to it’s present G’ory, might increase
in Wealth and Power, become the Envy of all
Nations, and continue in fu 1 Strength and
Grandeur for Ages to come ; therefore in the
forfcgoing View, we cannot but thick ourselves
bound by our Duty to the King, and Love to
the Nation of which we arc Members, to oppose
fuch^leafures to the utmcAof our Power.
2a. Resolved, That it is the natural Right of
Men, born and inheriting EHates io any Part of
the Britifli Empire, to have the Power of dif
poftng of their own Property, either by them
fclrcs or their Representatives.
3d. Refo'ved, That the Aft of the British
Parliament laying a Duty upon Teas landed in
America, payable here, is a Tax whereby the
Property of Americans is taken from them,
without their Confcot;
j.h Refilled That every virtuous and pub
lic Spirited Freeman, ought Headily to oppose to
the uunoft of his ability, every artful attack
of the Ministry ta endive the Americans.
6th. Rcfilved, That the power given by
Parliament to the Eaft-lodia Company to (end
out their Teas to the Colonie^ fubjrfted to the
payment of duties, on bciog landed here, is a
plain attempt to enforce the Mimftcrial Plan,
and a direst attack upon the liberties nf America
and that it is the indifpccfab’e duty nf all true
hearted Americans to render this effort abortive.
7th Revived, That the union of all the co
lonies appears to be the mod likely method on
dcrGod, of obtaining a repeal of. all those afts
which are so subversive of the Freedom of the
British Colonies, and deftruftive to the whole
nation.
Btb. Refo’ved, That in Case any of the
company’s tea fliould be brought into this Port,
in order for fa le, we will use every occeflary
Method to prevent its being landed or fold here.
PORTSMOUTH RESOLVES'
PROVINCE OF }
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, L Pjrtfm'uth Dtctmb.
ROCKINGHAM, IT. } 12.'/; 1773.
A T a Meeting of the Freeholders and 0
thcr I nhabitents of the Town of Porff
mouth, held at the North Meeting House, fir
the Purpofeof catfuhing, advising and deter
mining upon the mod proper and cflcftual Me
thod to prevent the receiving or vending the
Tbas feat out by the East India Company.
Vot/di Samuel Hals, E(q; Moderator -
The Qjellion being put to the Meeting,
Whether they will aft upon the Articles men*
tioned in the Notification for calling this Meet
ing ?
4’h, Refo’ved, Thu notwithfiaodmg the Pre.
amb’e to the Aft, laying a Duty opon Teas, as
serts that the aft is made for the Support of
Government, the Admioiflration of JoHice &c,
in America, yet this is rot only unocccflary,
but has a direst tendency to fubvertour Confti
tutioo. render our dliemaHea ufe'efs, and the
Government arbitrary,
Voted, That the Matters contained in the
Notification, (hall be ccnfidered at this Meet*
ing.
Rtfdved, That whoever flnll direft'y
or indircftly promote, or in any ways aid or as
sist in the importation of any cf the East India
Company’s Teai ; er any Tees fuSjcft t® the
payment cf a duty here, by an aft of the British
P-rliament, (hall b: deemed an enemy to A
merka
lOih. Rtfilved, That this Town do hereby
return their thanks to all their brethren in the
several gortrnmems upon this continent, for
their noble exertions upon this impottant and a»
larmtng occalitn
nth Refilved That the proceedings of this
meeting be pub: (hid and feot to every conCdcr
able town in this government and that a com
mittee be ehnfeo to cortcfpond with them, ;nd
also with the kvcral Commhfccs in the other
Governments. Therefore Voted,
The inhabitants accordingly met on Friday—
and a very worthy asd honourable Gentleman,
having been unanimovfly rtquePcd to take the
chair was placed therein.
After some little time spent in calm delibera
tion, it appeared to be the sense of the people,
that the Gentlemen in trade should be request
ed to enter immediately into a written agree
ment cot to import aey more teasfthat woo’d
Hon Jehu Sherburne, E[q\ J.bn Pickering,
Efqi George Gains, Jacob Sheafe, E/q\ Samuel
Cutts, Efq\ fiamuet Hue, Efq\ Cept. Jchn
Langdon, or any three nf the abov.ementiooed
Pctfous, be and hereby are a Committee for the
Purposes aforefaid.
Voted, That this Meeting be d flblvcd, and is
accnrdingly difTolved.
SAMUEL HALE, Moderator.
Hon. Theodore Atkin fen. Efi\\ H<?n George -J
Jaffrey, Efq\ Hon. Daniel Rogers', E/q',. John \
Parker, Ejq; Capt. Woodbury Langdon, George
King, Esq-, Entered their D flint igaipft the
Proceedings of the aforefaid Meeting
In these ftrcumftances, hand bills were dis
tributed on Thursday, and advenifements fluck
up at all the usual and mod pub'ic p aces, in
viting all the inhabitants, without exception,
particularly the Lsedholifers, to aflcmble in the
Great Hall over the Exchange at three o’elcck
on Friday afternoon, as well with a view to pre”
vent any rash or violent proceedings, as to take
the sense of the peep c so collcftcd, that would
be absolutely neccflary to tc done in the pre
sent case ?
Doings of the Inhabitants of South-Carfilina. v
Charlestown, South Carolina [>ceejnbtr, 6
IAST Wedndfday cfeting came .io over the
bar, and the next morning anchored be
fore the town, the ship London, Alexaudcr
Cmling Msfler from London; ; wi h no left
than two hundred and fifty seven chdft es Tea
on board, which were flnpp.ed by the East India
company in London, and configocd ,to Roger
Smith, Efq;and Mcflrs. Lcfgcr and Greenwood,,
merchants here to be by them teceiviid and
di r pofed of in this province, after the payment
of a duty of three pence (lerlirg a pound, im
posed (io the year 1767) by the very fame aft
of parliament of Great Britain, which also laid
the (fioce repealed duties, oos paper, paints arid
glaft, for the exprefi purpose if ra'fiog a teve
nue in America, without our consent, and
which duty an tea was, 'by the minifhy, ex
pre fly declared to be retained tot for ihe fake
of the revenue it might produce, but merely
to establish a precedent to confirm the power
aflumed by the fame parliament, in the dec'a
ratory aft, to past laws binding.upan the cola
nies in all cases whatfocVrr—which, if admit
ted in America, will.be acknowledging an c <p«l
power, to raift hearth money on, and to tax the
colonifls for even the light of heaven—and ren
der representatives of their choice merely no
minal.
So great a quantity of tea arriving at once,
Under foch circumflaoces, justly gave an ucivcr
fal alarm .* For though the importation of a few
chefls, from time to time, in (he fcveral Lon -
don (hips, bad been overlooked (not being fuf
pefted) those who thought it wou'd be criminal
tamely to give up any of our cflential rights as
Britifli fubjefts, and involve our poflerity io a
state little better than fl,very, began to lock
about them, and to thrnk it high time to con
tend, legally, and to dispute the afTumed power.
found the fame Knife in her Body : It
had got through her Paunch, and stuck
fail in her Bnhket, and the Flehh had
grown over Part of it. However Jirange
this \Account niay appear to the Pub
lie, the Authenticity of it need not be in
the lead doubted.
We have only time to afure our cus
tomers, that by an eSprefs just arrived
from Philadelphia, we have authentic
intelligence, that the lea Ship expelled
there, arrived on Saturday lajt, and on
Sunday was sent back, with all the other
goods on board for London. Ike com^
mittee went to fee her down to Reedy
T/land,
About 1 o'Clock last Thursday Morn
ing, the House of the Hon, George D.
Ludlow, Lf<i\ third Judge of the Su
preme Court, of this Province, at Hemp-
Read Plains, tock Fire and was burnt to
the Ground, with aimed every Thing
therein contained, but providentially no
Lives were loft. -
The Loss Mr. Ludlow fußains by this
Atcident c nr t be lejs than £ ^qoq
for b eJi des the Loss of hE Furniture,
Plate s fAc. a Library worth £. i2oo,
is entirely confitmed.
About three Xcars ago, Mr. Joseph
Tomkins, of Hew ark Mountains, in fod
dering his Cattle, IoR a Knife he had in
his Hand among the Hay, which he
Jearched for, but in vain, and this Fall
having Occajicn to kill one of his Cows,
pay duties, laid for the uaconfthutiona' pcr^ofe
of raifirg a revenue Open us without out ,coq.
sent —which sense beingde^’ared by Mr. Chair
min, the form cf a proper agreement was cal
led for, appro ed of, and (igned by fcveral of
the ge itlemcn picket.
It was next proposed snd agreed to. that the
Gentlemen to whom the Etft India company’s
tea had been corfigned, (hou'd be desired to
attend ; and that Mr. Chrirman fliou'd acquaint
them, that the receiving the said tea, fobjefl to
a duty which they apprehended to be uncon
ftirutionally laid, would be exceedingly difa
grceable to their fellow citizens, and rhe body
of inhabitants of this province ; and that there
fore it was requeue J, they would not accept
the laid commiflion, but return the tea, to the
proprietors thereof rn the fame bottom that
brought it.
Mr. Smhh, and MefDs. and Green
wood accordingly attended ; aW Mr. Chairman
having delivered what he bad in charge, those
gentlemen ftverally (hewed the regsrd they had
for their country,-by declining to tcceivc the
tea, ss the people htd requeued——and Mr.
Smith added, to his lasting honour, that be had
determined Rm: weeks before it arrived, not
to.have any concern in a bufioeft, which his
CRuatrymeo conceived to have so fatal tendency.
This was followed by repeated thanks, and loud
Hi outs of applause.
C pt. Curling apprehending himfelf in vol vifd
io some diflacultics, by this determination, then
desired to be informed how he should extricate
himfelf from them. He was answered “ by
keeping all the tea on board his vcflcl, and re
turning wi;h it to England.”
A enmnaittee was then appointed, to wait,
the next day, upon such gentlemen in trade, and
other importers, as were not present, with the
agreement already fi, ned by fcveral, not to im
port any more teas, fubjeft to the aforefaid du
ty, in order that they ought add their names.
On Saturday the said committee diligently
and faithfully performed what was rtquelled of
them.
In the mean time the principal planters and
landholders have thought it proper to enter in
to another agreement, which is ftgoing very fall.
NEIF TORK^ December 30.