The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-03-04 00:00:00, page 1

% the TN NARITA NTS rf NEw-
J has y. Pennsylvania, Delaware,
M anyland and V irginia.
Friends, Counts,men and Fellow citizens /
g. FT E R three campaigns, during which
/"I the brave fubjcas of these States have
rohtende , not : uniuccefsu If, w.th one of the
nv>H powerful kingdoms upon earth, we no
fi id utrfelvcs at lead upon a level with our op
ponens; and there is toe best re fn to believe
t'^at efforts, adequate^to the abilities of this
country, would enable us foeedily to conclude
tire wit, and to secure the invaluable buffings
of "eace, '&rty and datetv. With this view,
it is in conremplation, at the opening of the
next c.urpai^n, to alterable a force fufficient,
not bavv to cover the country from a repeti
tion o: hose depredations whichit hath already
fufferel, but allo to operate offensively, and
flj .e some deprive blow.
n the prefecuton of this object, ^ is to be
feared, that for large an army may f fcr for
want of provisions. The distance between thi^
and toe pattern States, whence considerable
fupp/ies of Flesh have been hithertodraAn, will
nec< ffdrily render those Applies extremely pre
carious. And, uhiefs the virtuous yeomani vof
the States of Newj^rfm, Pepnf, Ivania, Dela
ware, Maryland and Virginia will exert them
felvts to prepare cattle for the use of phe army,
during the months of May, June and July next,
,A eat ditncul es nny aufe in toe < t ,w'fc of the
Campaign. It is therefore commended to the
inhabitants of those States, to put up and feed,
immediate! , as many of their dock Cattle as
they can fpa;e, fa as that they may he driven
to tills army within that period. A bountiful
price will be given; and the proprietors may
assure themselves, that they will render a molt
erienrial ferviee to the illustrious cause of their
country, and contribute, in a great degree, to
fhor en this bloody contest. But, fbould there
be any so inf nfibk to the common interest, as
not to exert them^ves spoh thef generous
principles ; the private interest of those, M hose
fouat on makes them liable to become immedi
ate iuhjeßs to the enemy's incuihons, should
prompt them, at leatt, to a meafur , which is
calculated to fav 6 their property from.plunder,
their families from insult, and their omn per-
Tons from abuse, hopclefs confinement, or per
haps a violent death.
G. WASHINGTON.
Head farters, Falley Forge,.
February 18, 1775.
F, the Supreme Executive Council of the
Common-[Health of Pennsylvania.'
A PROCLAMATION.
? E REAS his Excellency General
% v Washington hath thought proper to ad-
Qefs the inhabitants of New-Jersey, Pennfyl
, Vania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, re
rommendingit to them to put up and feed im
mediately, as many of their Stock Cattle as they
ran spare for the supply of the army in the
months of May, June and Jal next; as in the
Did address, hereunto frbjoined, doth more at
large appear. We the Supreme Executive
Council, being desirous to promote a me^fure
so e'Tentially neoTarv at this time, do earnest
ly recommend it to the good people of this State,
to exert themselves in anfweringthe purposes
of his Excellency's address, Vs all circumflances
leem happily to conspire in rendering the ap-
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GENERA L
W E DNESD A'Y, M ARC H 4, 1778.
pr< ? ring campaign decisive, and the fruit of
out toll is n t only in vie % but even within
reach, we hope all those who wilh well to their
country, and have it in their power to contri
bute any thing 10 the fur port of our army, in
the way recomrr.rnded by the General, will
exert themselves on this occasion. We can
h ve no doubt of the virtuous intentions of the
good people of this State, in a cause io righte
ous as the present conceit with Greai-Britaih
mob certainly is, and therefore firmly rely on'
their ex rtions to afford t," relief required, in
due time. By order oj Council,
THOMAS WHARTON, junior,
Larc^fer, Feb. 27, 1778. Ficfideat.
/Feed. T. Matlack, Secret y.
To the B Ri 1' O N S.
^7 OUR King and Parriament are a fpedla
£ cle to the word; and their conduct in
the American war, will render them immoral
in infamy. It is hard to fay which will be
.greater, the afton foment or indignation of
mankind ; but Certain it is, the wife and just
will execrate their memor to iateft time —
With blood and murder, robbery and ravish
ment, burning and demolition, with every foe
cies of crueliy and dea r h, hive their hireling
fivages and butchers marked their steps in Ame
rica: I herefore this land must forever ^mem
ber and detett them.
Will not Britons bare equfl cause for exe
crating these murderers ? I hev have facrificed
thousands and ten thouLnds of Britons, in their
mad career and third for tyranny. Many mil
lions h:ve they varied to accomphfh our de
ftuchon ; th ir glory is fofgotton ; their antient
fame blotted out; arid then honour loft, never
to tetu<n. Kegardlefs of all admonition, they
bold on ther course and waJe dill deeper in
blood. <lhough the voice of the world js
against them, and every day, with growing
evidence, teftifies the impoihbility of success,
bill deaf to, the yoice of reason and humanity,
and blind 0 inevitable tuin; they disregard or
deb every thi g ration lor facied. Will you
fuffer these madmen, these fervanis. of Satan, to
prohitute an, longer the n^me of Kulets, and
with your wealth and your authority compleat
thu nation :l ruin which they nave begura and
long continued with circumstances of aggrava
tion and horror? Shall it be said in future time,
that Britons, heirs to freedom,' born in a land
of science, the nurse of heroes and of liberty,
fuffered a tyrant King and slavish Parliament to
make them the tools of despotism and butchers
of freemen, and to prostitute the native wisdom
and valour of the nation in warring against their
kindred, th^ir firmeft allies and belt friends?
O, most infamous and deplorable ! You will
riot have even the momentary price of riches or
power, which the wicked fometiines receive I'o
exchange for their loft virtue and honour; en
circled on all rides with infamy and ruin, your
wealth and glory, your power and fame will for
ever depart, and leave you, scourged with guilt,
to fink into that state of servitude and despair,
which your hands have been employed to pre
pare for your brethren.
At this day, our pr>grefs is so rapid and our
profpe& fobright, the infatuation of tyranny
can fenreely support an hope of success ; her
efforts grow fainter, end our strength increases
every hour; and, like the growing day, our
country advances in luftre and in the edimation
of the world.
T H E
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ADVERTISER.
View cur firft efforts on the memorable 19th
of April, 11775. Mark out progress to the
glorious declaim n of independence, gt! July,
1776. Obfeive the rapid advances of the Unit
ed States ; the armies the. have railed ; the
frills they have built ; the governments iLey
jive founded; the marufa. mes eh id PL d.
View with attention the wonders that Lave
been performed in this snort period, and f there
is not infidelity in i our heartfyu will lav,
the hand of GOD has been with them. Alter
this review can any one who h s the r^ son of
a man, expert the e.,feebkd ^m of Britain
will conquer these urmed and accomu ai#d
Powers? Her unimpaired ftren^rh, wi.h flow
ing c ffers, recruited armies, and credit undi
minished, were not sufficient to check ua in our
6ft efforts for freedom ; then what can he ex
pected from the feebler attempts of exhausted
power ? Now her armies are reduced, her
sources of wealth dried up, her ciedi funk,
and the current of success is on our fide and
runs strong against her, wh^t can y< u expert
or hope ? Can the dying I On catch the prey
which his primitive vigour could n t reach?--'-
Neither can Britain conquer America.
Aw-ke then to action, like Sam,Jon from his
slumbers, and call your ungodly Kulers to the
bar of the People, to answer for their violence
and murder! before righteous Heaven fcais
your deltru&ion
A SOLD ER.
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Just pubiifoed and to be fold by
J OH N, DU NL A P,
Near the Curt-house in Laocarte ,\
TH O U G H F S
ON THE
LETTER of EDMUNDBU^KE, Esq:
TO T H E
SHERIFFS of B RIS TO L,
On the AFFAIRS of AMERICA.
B, tie EARLtof ABINGDON.
IN this exced-^t political tia& the node Earl has
ftrenu^fly ass rted the rights of his countrymen,
in opposition to the ar itray and deft o ic measures
pursued by the British Court. His fntircents of the
prefers unjust and • rutlw,ton the part of Britain, and
of t ofe woo promoted and continue to upport it, are
cn ined in te followin' th rt extract, which con
cLidix this prited petJurm^ce.
“ Upon the whole, when 1 peceiv a w?r, and such
a war too, io w kly supported, and yet 10 wolentiy
pnrfurd : When I find the most elevated of the Chu ch,
preaching ana pn doling to the world paffi e obedi
ence and n< n refill nee to the fapremacy of law, whe
ther that law be right or wrung, whether it be pood
or bad, whether it be to eftablith Popery 01 P eteft
antifm, whether it be erased bv an hontft or by a
corrupt and abandoned Parliament : When I fee men
that were pillared in the reign of good old George 11.
pensioned in this, and for the fime reafors: Wnen £
hear of others hired to root out the very idea of public
virtue from the minds, and tear benevolence 'rom tie
hearts ot Englishmen : When I refl dt, but why add
more to the black catalogue of public dangers ? I is
time to look at home: It is time, even vn \ flentorian
voice, to call for union among the friends of Eye Con
stitution : It is time thatprivue rp mon flfouid yield to
public Safety: It is time that we kep both "wtch and
ward ;" for if the liberties of our fellow foj cfs in
America are to be taken from them, ir is far the ideot
only to suppose that we can preserve our own. The
dagger uplifted against he breast of America, is meant
for the heart of Old England.
*' In fine, these are my sentiments, and these my
Principles. They are the principles of the Constitu
tion ; and under this persuasion, whist I have finned,
t v em with my name, I win, if Mceilury, as readily,
rial them with my blood."