The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-03-27 00:00:00, page 4

The Story of Zeyn Alasman, Prince of Balsora
Continued.
And as all mankind in a state of nature are equal
no civil government (fays a prime minister of great
authority) is lawful, but what is founded upon com
pact. " And that the American Governments are
thus founded plainly appears from the several Char
ters of the colonies, &c. And that they are intitled
tp all the fame privileges,to all intents and purposes
as the free born fubjeds of England." And ac
cording to the English constitution, “ The fubjed
cannot be taxed but by himfelf, or his representa
tive; that taxation and represen tation are infeper
^le; that no law can binda man to which he has
Afriendly address to the F REE ME N.
GOVERNMENT, bywhich [ mean wifely con
triving, and faithfully executing good laws,
seems dufigned by God for his own glory and the
good of man: Or the greater happiness of the
greatest number. And the essence of English
liberty seems to consist in being directed and
limited, in pursuing our own good, by the
laws of God, and our own making only, con
formable to the rules of equity. For'
'' Law that (hocks equity is reason's murder." All
rulers may oe confiaered as God's vicegerents, oblig
ed by the sovereign of the universe to exert their au
thority for his glory, and the best good of their fub
jeds.
ALASMAN then the hostess told 1
' a ' ns ^ would neither spare, nor gold I
The peerless beauty to behold, J
And never wou'd forget the favour,
If she to serve him wou'd endeavour.
The hostess complaisantly said ]
She'd found the lady's waiting maid, >
But of her scruples was afraid.)
" O ! for her scruples never fear;,
" (Cry'd Zeyn) do you but bring her hete."
A servant was difpatch'd away,
T'invite the Abigail to tea.
When she arriv'd, the hostess spoke
Of Zeyn's proposal as ajoke;
But all turn'd serious by degrees, ]
And soon th' aftonifh'd huffy fees,
Both gentlemen upon their knees, j
Who wifely to intreaties join
The silent eloquence of coin.
This was too much to be refilled,
When such a trifle was requeued;
So she consented Zeyn tonight
Should of her mistress have a fight;
And, for that purpose, bid him come
Along with her when she went home.
When there, she secretly convey'd
Him to the garden's deeped shade,
That fronted opposite a feat
To which her lady wou'd retreat
In difeabile, and all alone,
Soon as the evening breeze came on.
As flie predicted, when the breeze
Was heard to rustle thro' the trees,
la virtue's mijefty array'd
Forth came th' incomparable maid.
Her tresses playing in the wind;
She on the Aowry bank reclin'd.
And with angelic voice begun
A hymn to the defeending fan.
In vain wou'd my descriptive verse
Attempt her beauties to rehearse,
Nor fhou'd he use the pen, but paint
Who woa'd Zeyn's feelings represent.
Him for a while all sense forfook;
But when himfelf again,---he took
The meror, and with eager look
Survey'd; when lo! that test severe
Remain'd immaculate and clear.
Then to the inn his course he fhap'd ;
And, o'er the garden wall efcap'd,
To Morabec in transport flew,
The statue fully in his view.
Their heads the two together laid,
How to possess the wondrous maid.
" Tho' neither you nor I applaud
" Or force (said Morabec) or fraud,
" We must 1 fear make use of both
" To keep inviolate your oath.
" To morrow I'll your rank disclose,
“ And marriage in your name propose;
" Her father certainly will catch
" At such an advantageous match.
" Thus you'll get entrance to the house
" In character of future spouse,
" And unfufpeded, when you please,
" May on the precious virgin seize.
" 'Tis disagreeable, I own,
" But what else is there to be done?
(To be continued.)
POET R Y.
not contented ; that people may meet in a peaceable
manner, deliberate on their grievances, remonstrate
and petition the king for redress ; and that'felf
prefervation is a primary inherent law of nature,
and that they may repel force by force ;" and all
these are as applicable in America as in Great-Bri
tain, and to deprive the fubjed of tliefe privileges
seems a violation of the constitution. And,
" That to use the name and authority of the peo
ple of the parent state, to take away, or render inef
fectual, the legal grants of the cr®wn to the colonies,
is deluiive, and destroys that confidence, which the
people have ever had, and ought to have of the most
solemn royal grants in their favour, and .renders
unstable and insecure those very rights and privileges
which prompted their emigrations."
And as Mr. Locke, justly observes, " the legisla
tive or supreme authority, cannot assume to itfelf,
a power to rule by extemporary arbitrary decrees,
but is bound to difpenfejuftice, and decide the rights of
the subjects by promulgated, handing laws, and
known authorifed judges?' And that a punishment
may not be an aft of violence—it should be public
immediate and necefary ; the leaf pofible in the case
given, proportioned to the crime, and and determined by
the laws, as fays the Marquis Beccaria.
" Every punishment which does not arise, from
ablolute necessity (fays the great Montesquieu) is ty
rannical." And,
" He that, under a pretence of being sovereign,
does invade and subvert the fundamental laws of the
society, does thereby, ipso fado, annul all the legal
right he had to government. And the firft and highest
treason is that which is committed against the consti
tution---they neither are nor can be traitors, who
endeavour to preserve and maintain the constitution;
but they are the traitors (faysL. Sommers) who design
and pursue the subversion of it; they are the rebels,
that go about to overthrow the government of their
country."
And shall we, my countrymen, now tamely re
sign them? Not without caution and reverence I
write it. God forbid! for Heaven's fake! for the
reverence which you bear to the memory of your an
cestors! for your own fake! and the fake of pos
terity, of millions unborn! that shall rife up and
call you blessed, Hand fart in that liberty wherewith
God, and the English constitution has made you
free ! Quit yourselves like men ! Be strong in the
Lord, and in the power of his might; and resolve
either bravely to live, or nobly to die in their de
fence, 'J No free government (fays the very sen
sible patriotic intrepid Quincy) was ever founded,
or ever preserved its liberty without uniting the
characters of citizen and soldier in,thofe destined for
the defence of the state." These enemies to Ame
rica and Great-Britain both, deserve to have their
names, like the sword of the murderer, by the Gre
cian law, suspended between heaven and earth, as
fit for neither; and to be covered with ffiame, and
everlasting contempt.
Suffer me once more to advise you to make choice
of none but " able men, men of truth, such as fear
Now, according to these celebrated authorities, it
seems plainly to appear,that theparliament of Great-
Britain have not" a right to make laws to bind the
colonies in all cases whatsoever." That the Borton
port bill, “ the murder act" and all the late ads re
fpe&ing the English colonies, together with the
Quebec bill, as enumerated by the grand continen
tal Congress, seem arbitrary and unconstitutional.
And as the protesting Lords wifely observe " a fyrtem
which has created the utmost confufion in the'colo
nies, without any rational hope of advantage to the
revenue, and with certain detriment to the commence
of the mother country."* * L.P. Nov. 30, 1774.
And now, my dear countrymen, as we Itill enjoy
the great privilege of chuting our own rulers, Buffer
me to advise you to make choice of no man, at the
ensuing election, that has ever difeovered adifpofi
tion to resign your natural rights, or charter privileg
es, no man that has ever ventured to appear an ad
vocate for tyranny and oppreflion, no coward, how
ever dignified or disguised, no pretended neutre, for
like the low women, that follow the camp, they will
serve only to debauch the living, and plunder the
dead, no fawning hypocrite, if you can possibly avoid
him, for " the man, that fays one thing and means
another, I hate, fays Achilles, like the gates of hell."
No man, that has ever appeared fond of Screen
ing servile offenders from deserved punishment and
infamy; finally, no rebel against the constitution,
no traitor, nor yet one that is, if possible, infinite
ly worse, as being guilty not only of rebellion and
treachery, but also of what comprehends almort e
very other crime, ingratitude to his country, I
mean a lying American Tory, that appears fond of
finding fault with the Grand American Congress,
and of discouraging the people from defending
their properties, their religion and liberties for the
fake of enjoying, preserving and transmitting of
which inviolable to their posterity, our pious fa
thers left their native country, ventured over a vast
ocean, into this wertern world, then a howling
wilderness, fuffered, bled, and died.
6od, hating cevetoufnefs;” that they may under
God rule over us, that so we may lead quiet and
peaceable lives, in all godliness and honesty; and
that they may be instrumental under the supreme
disposer of all things, of bringing about a cordial
reconciliation between Great-Britain and America,
and thereby prevent the ruin of a kingdom divided
against itfelf.
, EPAMINONDAS.
Conneatcut Marcb 22, 1775.
Excellent Holland GENEV A,
M Madeira and Lilbon W INE, '
* br ° wn S UGA R by the Barrel or fmallerjtf
X Quantity.
^ LINSEED OIL,X
By the Barrel or Gallon; %
I Painter's Coloursw
X Of all Sorts, to be Sold
By Hezekiah Merrill,
QAt the Sign of the U N ico RN and Mortar B
0 a few Rods South of the Court-House,
8 Hartford. 'X
^Drugs, Medicines, Books, &c.^§
^^F^RF^
WHALE BONE, and Black JEWING SILK,
TO BE SOLD BY
William Beadle,
In Queen-Street, WETHERSFIELD,
WITH.
/. Nails, and 6d. Nails, and 3d. Nails, and rod,
T Nails, and nd. Nails, and 2od. Nails ; and
some that look large enough to be Grand-Fathers
to an, of the other Sorts. Also about half a Do
zen other Articles for Sale, at the fame Place.
(0" I wonder whether this Advertisement will
do any GOOD ? g
All persons having any demands
on the estate of Col. Hezekiah 'Braxnerd, late
of Haddam, deceas'd, are desired to exhibit their
accounts: And those indebted to said estate, ar^
desired to make payment, to
All .persons indebted to the
estate of Capt. John Keith, late ofHartford, de
ceas'd, are requested to make immediate payment
of their bonds, notes and accounts, there bein^a
necessity of closing the affairs of laid estate. Those
persons to Mom said estate was indebted at the time
of his death, are desired to render accounts of their
several demands properly attested to
IHILIP Mortimer, AHing Executor
Middletown, March i§th,
TO BE SOLD ~ '
A Farm at Killingly, containing
about 3 §o acres, pleasantly situated one mile from
the meeting-house, in Thompson pariffi, 150 acres
is under improvement. For further particulars en
quire of Col. Joseph Henshaw of Leicester, or
Benjamin Henshaw of Middletown.
Io be lold at Public Vendue,
(or private file) at the dwelling house of Mr. Sadoca
Wilcox, innholder in Simfbury, on the firft tuefday
of April next, at one o'clock afternoon :---All the
real and personal estate that belonged to Afaph
Humphry late of said Simfbury deceas'd, excepting
the Widow's dowry. By me
Jonathan Huhmphry, jun. Administrator.
Dated Simibury, March 15th, 1775.
^LL persons having any just demands on the est
tate of Stephen Perry, late of Simsbury,
deceased, are desired to exhibit the fame to the fub
fcriberior settlement, and all indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment to
JudahHoi, comb, Administrator.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY:'
^ Likely BOY, about 15 years of age, as an ap
prentice to a wheel wright. Such an one may
r '°° d Place b y a PP ] y in ^ to D^vid Moqri
Swnlbury. March xo, i 7 7„
tf E the iubferibers, being appointed by the hon.
court of probate for the diftrid of Hartford,"
commissioners to examine and adjust the claims of
the creditors to the estate of Allyn Stanly, late of
Hartford, deceased, represented infolvent', do here
by give notice, that we shall attend that business
at the house of the widow Elisabeth Sthnly
in said Hartford, on the firft Monday of April, arid
firft Tuesday of May and firft Monday of April' next
from two o'clockjo fix, on each of said days.
Benjamin Colton,) r
Gideon Hvnn. j kommifficners.
Hartford, March 4, 1775.
Mary Brainerd, and )„
Hezekiah Brainerd, j Executors.
Haddam, irt March, 1775.