The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1774-09-26 00:00:00, page 1

^ta misting of the Delegates of every town and di fir ill
.a the county of Sufi oik, on Tuesday the Ctb of Septem
ber, at the house of Mr. Richard Woodward of Dead
ham, and by adjournment,' at the house of Ms
^6^ of Milton, on the gth infant, Joseph Palmer,
being chosen Moderator, and William Thomp
son, F/y; Clerk, a Committee was chosen to bring
in a report to the Convention, and the following being
fevered times read, ana fiut paragraph bi parc^rat.h,
was unanlmoiffiwted^ viz.
WHEREAS the power but not the justice,
# y en geancc, but not the wisdom ofGreat
£>ritain, which of old persecuted, foourged and ex
cited, our fugitive parents from their native shores,
u.ow pmfues ns thexr guittleis children, with unre
lenting severity; And whereas, this then fava^-e
.and uncultivated deffrt, was purchased by the toil
and treasure, or 'aeqai ed by the blood and valor of
those our venerable proge-itG^; to us they bc
SCHEME.
Said Lottery confids of 3000 Tickets, at 15s. each,
of which 1004 are Prizes of the following Value, viz.
Number of Prizes Dollars ' TbtaL
1 Prize of 600 is f. 180
1 Do. v of 400 is 120
2 Do. of zOo is 120
4 Do. of 100 is 120
6 Do. of 50 is 90
jo Do. of 20 is 60
20 Do. of 10 is 60
40 Do- of 6 is 72
920 Do. of 4 is 1104
• Firfl Drawn, 40 is 12
Last Drawn, 40 is 12
1004 Prizes, r 10co
1096 Blanks
3006 Tickets, at 15s. each, is ^.2250
1950 To be paid
Remains (inPnzes.
John Chenevard, *)
Solomon Smith, s Managers.
Joseph Church,jun.j
TICKETS to be had of the Managers
Hartford, September 26, 1774.
Thursday last came to Town from Philadelphia,
where he had been Express, with Dispatches to
the Congress; Mr. Paul Revere, on his return
to Boston, who has favoured us with the follow
ing, vi*,.
To the Printer of the Pensylvania Packet.
SIR
Phase to insert inydur paper, the following extract from
the Minutes of the Congress, now fitting at Philadel
phia.
By Order of the Congress.
Charles THowpsoN,Secretary.
In Congress, Saturday Sept. 17, 1774.
j ~jp 'TIE resolutions entered into by the delegates
£ froin the ibvcral towns and diftrifis in the
county of Suffolk, in the province of Maf
fachufets Bay, on Tuesday the 6th inflant, and
their addiefs to his Excellency Governor Gage,
dated the 9th instant, were laid before the Congress
and are as follows.
NOW or NEVER !
The Managers of Hartford Lot
tery having disposed of the greatest Part of their
PICKETS, are determined to begin Drawing
on Monday the 3 1 It of Ofiober next, at the Court
xloufe in Hartford. All Persons who intend to be
Adventurers mull purchase Tickets soon- And
those who have received Tickets of the Managers
to fell, are deflred to return what axe unfold by the
sad of said Ofiober.
MONDAY^™* .6, , 774 . . g , [NUMBER 509. j
CONNECTICUT C O U P A N T.
A N D Hartford.
W EE K l y Intelligencer.
Containing the Freiheit ADVICES i • — r 1 '
_.. ’ both FORBi^N and DOMESTIC. <
Open to ALL PARTIES——not under the influence of ANY.
1. That, whereas his Majesty George the third,
is the rightful successor to the throne of Great-
Britain, and justly entitled to the allegiance of the
Britifli realm, and agreeable to con.pait of the
Englilh colonies in America,-—therefore we the
heirs and successors of the firft planters of this co
lony, do chearfully acknowledge the said Georpe
the third to be our rightful Sovereign, and that
said covenant is the tenure and claim on which are
founded our allegiance and submission.
2. That it is an indifpenfible duty which we
owe to God, our country, ourselves and posterity;
by all lawful ways and means in our power, to
maintain, defend, and preserve those civil and re
ligious rights and liberties, for which many of our
fathers fought, bled and died, and to hand them
down entire to future generations.
3. That the late ads of the Britifli Parliament
for blocking up the harbour of Boston, for 'altering
the eftabliihed form of government in this colony,
and for screening the meft flagitious violators of
the laws of the province from a legal tri-al, are gross
infradions of those rights to which v e are justly
entitled by the laws of nature, the Britifli consti
tution, and the charter of the province.
4. I hat no obedience is due from this province
to either or any part of the ads above mentioned,
but that they be rejeded as the attempts of a
wicked administration to enHave America.
5. T hat so long as the Justices of our Superior
Court of Judicature, Court of Aflize, &c. and
Inferior Court of Common Picas- in this county
are appointed, or hold their places, by any other
tenure than that which the charter .and the laws
of the province dired, they must be coufidei ed as
under undue influence, and are therefore unconsti
tutional officers, and as such no regard ought to be
paid to them by the people of4fiis county.
queathed the dear bougr inheritance, to cur care
and ptotedion they conflgned it, and the mod sa
cred obligations are ijpon us to tranfm-.t the glori
ous purchaie, unfettered by power, uncloged with
shackles, to our innocent and beloved offspring.
On the fortitude, on the wisdom and on the exer
tions of this important day is fufpvnded the fate
of this new world, and f unborn millions. If a
boundiefs extent of continent, swarming with mil
lions, will tamely submit to live, move, and have
their being at the arbitrary will of a licentious mi -
nifler, they basely yield to voluntary slavery, and
suture generation., shall ;oad their memories with,
inceffaiit execrations. On the other hand, if we
an est the hand which wc-.d ransack cur pockets,*
if we disarm the paricide who points the dagger
to our bosoms, if we nobly defeat that fatal edid
which proclaims a power w frame laws for us in all
cases whatsoever, thereby entailing the endless and
numberless curses of fla^ "yupon us, our heirs, and
their heirs forever; if we Oiccefsfully resist that un
paralleled usurpation o unconstitutional power,
whereby our capital is robbed of the means of life ;
whereby the streets of r^fton are thronged with
military executioners; whereby our coasts are lined
and harbours crowded with thips of war ; whereby
the charter of- the colony, that sacred barrier against
the encroachments of tj aimy is ^mutilated, and
in effeft annihilated; whereby a nu”-derous law
is framed to fnelcer viliams from the nand ot jus
tice; whereby that unalienable and inestimable in
heritance which we derived from nature, the con
stitution of Britain, and the privileges warranted
to us in the charter of the province, is totally
wrecked, annulled, and vacated; posterity will
acknowledge that virtue will preserve them free
and happy; and while we enjoy the rewards and
blessings of the faithful, the torrent of panegyrifts
will roll our reputations to the latest period, when
the streams of time shall be absorbed in the abyss
of eternity.——Therefore we have resolved, and do
resolve,
6. That if the Juilmes cf the Superior Court
of judicature, Aflize, &c. Justices of the CoUrt
of Common Pleas, or of the General Sevens of
the Peace, shall fit, and ad, during their present ’
disqualified state, this county will fuppori and.
bear harmless all Sheriffs, and their deputies, Con-v
foibles, Jurors, and other officers, who shall re
fofe to cafry into execution the orders of said
Court; and as far as polLble to prevent the many
incoaveoiencies which mull be occasioned by a sus
pension of the Courts of Jufticc, we do most ear
neftiy recc imend it to all creditors, that the^"
shew all reasonable, and even generous forbearance
to their debtors'; and to ^ll debtors, to pay their
just aebts with all possible speed; and if any dis
putes relative to debts, or \refpaffes, shall arise
which cannot be fettled by the parties, we recom
m^nd it to them, to submit in all such odes to ar
bitration ; and it is our opinion, that th’ con
tending parties, or either of them, who fnali re
fuie 10 to do, ought to be caniideredas co-cu^uati
with the enemies of this country.
7 ’ CplleSors of
taxes, Constables, and all other officers whe have
public monies in their hands, to retain the fame”
and not to make arfy paynfent thereof, to the proi
vmcial county treasurer, uritil the civil government
of the province is placed upon a conftitutlonal foun
dation, or until it shall otherwise be ordered by
the proposed provincial Congress.
8. That the persons who have accepted feats at”
the Council Board, by virtue of a mandamus from
the King, in conformity to the late aft of the Bri
tifli Parliament, entitled an a<ft sos the regulating
the-government of the Maflachufets-Bay, have ac£
ed in diredt violation of the duty they owe their
country, and have thereby given great and just
offence to this people, therefore resolved, that this
county dojecomhieiid it to all persons who have so
hsginy offended, by accepting said departments,
and have not already publicly resigned their feats
at the Council Board, to make public resignations
of their places at said Board, on or before the 20th
day of this instant, September ; and that all per
sons refuflng so to- do, shall from and after said
day, be considered by this county, as obftlnate,
and incorrigible enemies to this country.
9. That die fortircations begun now and car
rying on upon Boston Neck, arc jbftly alarming to
this county, and give us reafoh to apprehend feme
hcftile intention against that town,- inure efpeciaHv
as the Commander in Chief has in a very extra
ordinary manner removed the powder fro’m the ma
gazine at Charleuown, and has alio forbidden the
keeper ci the magazine at Boston, to deliver out to
the owners die powder which they had lodged in
said magazine. °
.. lo .' ibat the late afl of Parliament for efta
blrihmg the Roman Catholick religion, and the
French laws in that extensive country now called
Canada, is dangerousin an extreme degree to the
protestant religion, and to thecivil rights and libcr
.ivS Ci all America; and therefore as men, and
protestant chriftians, we are indifpeniibly obliged
to take all proper measures for our security.
11. That whereas our enemies have flattered
themierves that they shall make an easy prey of
this numerous, brave, and hardy people; from an
apprehension that they are unacquainted with mi
litary dicipline, we therefore for die honour, de
fence, and fecurTy of this county and province, ad
vifc, as it h'is be; recommended to take away all
commifficns fron. tie officers of rhe millitia, that
those who now hold commissions, or such other
persons be defied in each town, as officers in the
milhtia, as shall be judged offufficient capacity for
that purpefe, and who have evidenced themselves
the inflexible friends to the rights cf the people;
and that the inhabitants of those towns, and diftrifis’
acquaint themselves with the art of war, as soon