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Whence it came, rolled its angry ware, and beat upon
ourcoafts; now ebbing and retiring to itfelf, and now
(welling witha refluent tide, and filling every bay and e
very river; The war of the American, which, like the
bold and fleady winds that pass his mountains, met and
tempered the ®cean, whose waves were seen to roll, and
break, and dalh upon the shore? Or Ihall I drop the fi
gure, and relate, in simple language, in what manner it
has been fought from Canada to Georgia, and from Geor
gia to Canada ; from the ocean to the mountain, and front
the mountain to the ocean ?
The narration would require the space of an intire day :
I can mention but the sum of things ; and only tell you,
that the inroad of the toe has been sustained upon the plain,
and the forward and impetuous bands have been driven
over the difdainin, ground which they had measured in ad
vance. Tlfe hill has been defended, and the rallying and
repulfcd, Mid repulsed and rallying foe, have been taught
to underhand, that the valour of America was worthy @f
the cause which her freemen had espoused. The wilderness
has been penetrated, and the current of the river has been
stemmed, and the ridge of bills has been surmounted in
the march. The northern plains have been rendered ho
fiile to the Briton, and the proud city, thought impreg
nable, was scarcely fafe, when, by the combined fury of
the two advancing bands, file was made to shake beneath
the form of winter and of war. Thefouthern plains have
been rendered hostile to the Briton, and the infurre&i»n
has been quelled, and the island and the fort has been de
fended. The midland plains have been rendered hostile
to the Briton, and here it lias been fought, foot to foot,
and point to point, in skirmishes, and night-fu^prizes, anQ
in pitched battles, with alternate hope, and dubious suc
cess for many hours. The enemy, beaten in one State has
retired to a second, and beaten in the fee oud he has returned
to the firfl , and beaten in every State hr; has fought the
water, and like a fra .coulter robing to ids native ele
ment, the d ep, has walked h:s wounds in tec brine of o.
cean Riling from the ocean he has fougfitthe land, and
advanced with a llow and suspicious hep upon the ^oftiie
territory. V/ar has again arisen, and it has been nought
from f,iin to autumn, and from autumn to soring, thro'
the heats of summer, and tee inclemencies o: nter, with
unabated ardour, and the most unfh ken je-kverance.
Whct tract of country has not been marked wit, the vel
tiges of war? Vvnat ground has not been cut with trench
es ? What hi I has not been,covered withredoubts ? What
plain has not been made the feene of the engagement ? What
foil of the whole earth has not been sowed with ball ?
Great, in the'mvan time, have been the labours o' the
soldier, marching to receive the enemy in every State : De
si from the march for a fh@rt night, he has fiept with
out tent or covering, exposed to summer rains and autumn
al dews I or in the folftitial month, he has built his hut,
without nail or hammer, and, on the bleak hill, has oat
watched the cold bars centinels of the winter iky.
These have been the folks of the heroes ofour army; but
the brave men whom we this day more particularly cele
brate, have added more than toils resulting from the cala
mities of life, even life itfelf. They have withdrawn from
the embraces of their trends ; quitted every fond hope of
eminence in life, an idea very dear and flattering to the
mind of roan ; they have bid farewel to the fun and moon,
and the changes of the varied year; they have rullied to
war, and have fallen in the contest.
These of them have fallen in the long and laborious
no,ch, worn out with the toils of the piUted^ l se
vere campaign : These have fallen by the fever of the camp,
amidst the unavailing tears of their companions : These,
by the flow approach of wafting hunger, when, for many
days, it has been heard in the prison-ship or goal, "There
is no bread." These, by wounds not at once mortal.
These have fallen, when, advancing on the enemy, they
have received the bayonet in their breeft ; or high in hope,
and anxious of victory*, they have inflantly dropt, by
the cannon or the muiket-bal!.
For what cause did these brave men facrifice their lives ?
for that cause which, in all ages, has engaged the hopes,
the wishes, and endeavors of the best men, the cause 0/
Liberty. Liberty ! thou art indeed valuable ; the source
of all ^hat is good and great upon the earth ! For thee, the
wife and the brave ofevery age have contended. For thee,
the patriot of America has drawn his sword, and has fought,
and has fallen.
* Thucydides.
( To be Continued)
In rhe Madrid Gazette of the 29th of June, is the follow
ing article under the London head, of the 11th of Jure.
ON the 2d instant L®rd Shelburne spoke in the House
of Lords, desiring that immediate attention may be
given to alleviate the poverty and calamities of the well
deferving and loyal fubjeds of Ireland; and if it was neces
sary for the purpose, that Parliament should not break up
without having provided what might be necessary; di
recting at the fame time that thtParliamentoflre!and should
convene as soon as possible, to examine into and remedy
the just complaints of the inhabitants of that kingdom,
that we might not fuffer the lots or efirangem^nt thereof,
as we have ©f ie Colonies.
Are our circumttadces such, exclaimed he, that we
should venture to expose durfelves to eocreafe the number
of our enemies, and to lose the only friend from whom we
can hope for a Supply of-men and money—V/e are in a con
juncture in which ri cave not l®ft us one Ally in all Eu
rope. What is o© erne of the friendfhip'of Spain ? that
power of wl I A Lord Stormont lately told us we ought not
to fpeakbu: nth the greatest admiration; she has with,
drawn her mediation, and all negociation with her is entire
ly ended. I hold in the hightft estimation the Arid ho
nor of Spain ; the Minifies of his Catholic Majesty are
very relpeHable personages, and have always behaved
with the greatest generosity and rectitude ; for which rea
son I conjure that the language which that Crown has held
with England is very different from what our Ministers
have attributed to it, it being in fubfiaace no more than
that of intimating to us that if peace was not concluded up
on the propositions' she had made, file should be obliged
to take part in the war against us; in which Ido not fee
that her conduct is any way repreheafible. Where in
the present conflict are the allies to whom we can recur ?
the little knowledge and abilities of those Ministers whom
we have of late years employed in the Northern Courts, is
the cause that we are not how in their friendfhip. We have
deceived even the Court of Peterfburgh, which profeffed to
have a particular prejudice in our favor, and was well dis
posed to have assisted Great-Britain; but having mis im
proved her favorable difpafition, which in good policy we
ought to have incouraged, we have given France an op
portunity to bring about a peace between Ruflia and the
Turks, conferring thereby an obligation on the Czarina.
Where is the King of Prussia, our Ally in the last war ?
he has not declared in our favor, nor will he interfere in
our affairs; he knows us too well, and is too.well acquaint
ed with the political system of our cabinet, to put confi
dence in our Ministry. In this exigence of affairs, no
tning appears to me so necessary as to secure the fidelity of
Ireland; and that in this very session we undertake to re
lieve the people of that kingdom from their fuffering and
perplexities. This motion was supported by Lord Town
send, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Bristol ; the se
cond of these peers added, that he had received authentic
advices that emiffiries were carrying on negociations with
the difeontents of Ireland, and that if a violent invasion of
that kingdom should not be apprehended, fliil the enemies
®f Great-Britain might appear on their coast under pre
text of protesting them, and at last dilmember that king
dom from our crown.—Lord Bristol expressed the greatest
anxiety that when we were not able to prepare a fufficient
defence of these islands by a feet equal to that of France a
lone, much less should we be able when that should be
joini 1 with the powerful fleet of Spain : But notwithstand
ing all that was said in fuppbrt of this propdfitiop in favour
of Ireland, rt was for the present over-ruled by a majority
of 61 to 32, by the influence of the Chancellor, who said
it would be absurd to take a precipitate resolution on this
matter, without the House being well informed of the
grounds upon which they ought to make their determina
tions.
Extract from the Spanift Gazette from Madrid, June 29,
V 7-
His Majesty's MANIFESTO, by which he
forbids all communication or commerce between his fub
je&s and those of the King of Great-Britain, and orders
those who now reside io his kingdom to depart there
from, and regulates the disposal of British manufactures.
• BY THE KING.
NOTWITHSTANDING the sincere desire I
° have always profeffed to preserve to my faithful and
beloved fubje&s, the invaluable blessings of peace, and
notwith (landing my extraordinary endeavours at all times,
especially in the actual critical fixation of Europe, to ob
tain so important an end, for which purpose I have used
the greatest moderation and patience, I am at last reduced
to the hard necessity to order the Marquis D'Almodovar,
my Ambassador at the Court of London, to retire from
thence, and to make the following DECLARATION:
ALL the world has been witness to my noble imparti
ality. in the midfl of the disputes of the court of London
with its American colonies and with France. Besides
which, having learned that my powerful mediation was
desired, I generously made an offer of it, which was ac
cepted by the Belligerent Powers, and for this motive only
a fllip of war was feed on the part of his Britannic Majesty
to one of my ports I have taken the most energetic steps,
and such as ought to have produced the most happy efft Rs,
to bring those powers to an accommodation equally ho
norable to ah parties ; proposing for this wife end expe
dients for fmoothin, difficulties, and preventing the calami
ties of 'ar. But anno' =^ opofitiens; and particularly
those of my ultimatum, cave been conformable to those
which at other times the ort of London itfelfhad appear,
ed to juge proper for an accommodation, and which were
also quite as moderate, they have been rejected in a man
ner that fully proves the httle desire which the British ca
binet has to restore peace to Europe, and to preserve my
fr endfllip. In efF ft, the conduct of that cabinet, with
regard to me, during the whole course of the negociation,
has had for its obje&, to prolong it for more than eight
months either by vain pretences, or by answers which
could net he more inconclusive; whilst in this interval, the
imfults on the Spanish flag and the violation of my terri
tories were carried on to an incredible excess; prizes have
been made ships have been Searched and plundered, and a
great number of them have been fired upon, which have
been obliged to defend themselves, the registers have been
opened and tor.n in pit\ - and even the packets of my
court have been found on board the King's packet boats.
My dominions in America have been threatened, and
they have gone to the dreadful extremity of railing the
Indian nations, called Chatcas, Cheraquies and Chicachas,
againff th: innocent inhabitants of Louisiana, who would
have been the vi^ims of the rage of these barbarians, if
the Chatcas themselves had net repented, and revealed all
the reduction the English had planned. My sovereignty of
the province of Darien, and coast of St. Bias, has been
usurped ; the Governor of Jamaica having granted to a
rebel Indian, the commission of Captain General of those
provinces.
In short the territory of the Bay of Honduras has been
recently violated by exercising ads of hostility, and other ex
cesses against the Spaniards, who have been imprisoned,
and whefe houses have been invaded; besides which, the
Court of London has hitherto neglected to accomplish what
the 16th article of the last treaty of Paris stipulated rela
tive to that coast.
Grievances so numerou. so weighty, and recent, have
been at different rous, the object of complaints made in
my name, and stated in memorials which ' were delivered
either to the British Ministers at London, or transmitted
to them through the channel of the English Ambassador
at Madrid; but although the answers which were received
have been friendly I have hitherto obtained no other fa
tisfa&ion than t© fee the insults repeated, which lately have
amounted to the number of one hundred.
Proceeding with the sincerity and candor which cha
racterize me, I formally declared to the Court of London,
from the commencement of it's disputes with France, that
the conduct of England mould be the rule of that which I
would hold.
I likewise declared to that Court, that at the time their
differences with that of Paris might be accommodated, it
would be absolutely necessary to regulate those which had
arisen, or might still arise with Spain, and in the plan of
mediation which was sent to my Ambassador the 28th of
last September, and which was by him delivered to the
British ministry in the beginning of October; a plan of
which Lord Grantham was apprized, and of which he re
ceived a copy. I declared in positive terror so the lfeilig&
rent Powers, that in confidcratian of the insults which my
fubjetls and dominions had fuffered, and likewise of the
attempts levelled against my rights, 1 should be under the
necessity of taking my part, in case the negociation, indead
of being continued with sincerity, should be broken off, or
fliould produce no efbfl
The causes of complaint given by the court of London
not having ceased, nor no probability of redr^fs appearing,
I ordered my Ambassador to declare that the dignity of my
Crown, the protection that I owe to my fubje&s, and my
personal dignity, could not permit me to fuffer such insults
to continue, and to neglect any longer the reparation of
those already received, and that in this view, notwithstand
ing my pacific dispositions, and even the particular incli
nation I have always Ihewn and expressed to cultivate th%
friendship of his Br tannic Majesty, I find myftlf obliged
to make use of all the means whi< n the Almighty has in
trufted me with, to obtain that justice which I have in va:R
solicited by so rnany means. Besides the foregoing circum
flances the Court of London has always endeavoured to
lull the Court of Spain asleep, delaying by many evasions
the equitable and honorable, proposals I made to that Court
as mediator between them, France^ and the American pro
vinces, and at the fame time the Court of Great Britain
privately and by secret emiff,ries was negociating on plans'
nearly similar to those I proposed, and that not with in
different people, but direft'y and immediately with the
Minister of the American provinces residing at Paris:
Neither were the Englhh Ministry backward in raffing
against me, by several other means, new enemies, un
doubtedly with a view of dividing my royal attention and
care. In consequence cf those well grounded motives and
my royal decree of the 21st of this month, and others
communicated to my Supreme Council of War, I have re
solved that all communication sh ill cease between my fub
jefts and those of the King of Great Britain ; that all the
fubjefts of the said King, except those who are naturalized
in my dominions, or maintained in mechanical employ
ments within land, (hall depart from my kingdoms, par
ticularly those who reside in seaport towns 011 the coatis or
on the frontiers.
That from this day forward no commerce or trade shall
be carried on between or with the fubjeHs of Great Britain,
its dominions, nor its fruits, Cod or other fifh, manufacto
ries or other merchandize, so that all forts and kinds of
trade and commerce be absolutely and really prohibited
and forbid, and that no fu h fruit, Cod or other fifh, ma
nufactories or merchandize, be admitted to be entered in
my ports in any vessel whatever, nor neither by sea or land,
being declared by these presents to be unlawful and pro
hibited in my kingdoms, although they Should be brought,
found or taken in ships, c rriages, ficres or merchants
houses, whether they be the property o' the fubjeHs of my
dominions, or of those of the kingdoms provinces or dates
with whom I am in peace, alliance or free commerce, al
though nothing herein contained not with standing shall in
fringe the peace, freedom and liberty of lawful commerce,
wnich by treaties ought to subsist between those kingdoms,
with their ships and the goods manufaaured in their do
minions, provinces or conquelt?.
And I ordain by these presents, that all merchants w' 0
shall have in their pefleffion any kind of Cod, nfh, or other
fruits of the British dominions, shall declare and mamfeft
them within fifteen days after the publication of this my
edi&, which shall be peremptory, before the officers, who
shall be appointed for this purpose, by Don Miguel de
Muzquez, my Superintendant-General of Rents; and if
any are found after the expiration of this time, they are
to be confifeated, and two months time allowed for the
consumption of thole which shall be so registered, without
further delay : After which time, the merchants shall be
obliged to carry the said merchandize to the Custom-
House, and where there is none, to the Court-House,
where they shall be fold by public file by the officers of
the fame, or the Judges of the Court, who fltali pay the
amount to the owners of the goods; but none of them
Ihall be returned to their stores, agreeable to what has
been formerly praHifed.
For these purposes I have granted a particular commis
sion to the said Don Miguel de Mezquez, that as Su
perintendant-General of my Rents, a^ before expressed,
may order and direst iS the premises, and prevent any
such prohibited commerce; for which purpose, he shall
give such orders and inftruHions as he shall think most
convenient, for the attaining this important end. He and
his fubflitutes shall judge, in the firft infiance, of all mat
ters concerning contraband trade, with appellation to the
King's Council of Finance, excepting the seizures of arms,
ammunition, and other things appertaining to war ; the
difeuffion of which, (hail belong to the Council of War
and Military Judges.
Thus ordered and decreed, so that all the above may
be kept and observed, under the severe penalties expressed:
by all the former laws and Royal decrees enaßed hereto
fore on similar occasions, to which all my fubjefis and in
habitants of my kingdoms and lordships, of all ranks and
degrees, whatever privileges they may be entitled to, shall
be fubjea and obedient. And that as soon as possible they
may be informed of this my Declaration, in order that
they may preteß their persons and effects from the depre
dations of the British nation, I do ordain that my Supreme
Council of War shall cause these presents to be made known
throughout my dominions in the most public manner.
GIVEN at Aranjuez, the 26th of June, 1779.
I, TREKING.
Don Ambrosio Funes de Villalpando.
Proclaimed at Madrid, June 28, 1779, in the usual
manner.
D. JOSEPH PORTUGUES.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS STOLEN on the 4th inst. (September)
out of the fubferiber's pasture, near the Riling
Sun on the Germantown road, £ sorrel H ORSE, fivQ
years old, thirteen and a half bands high, trots, paces
and canters well, has a star in Lis forehead, a switch
tail, a cut over his left eye, and home white hairs in his
mane oecafiuned by the collar. Any person apprehends
ing the horse and thief, so that the owner may have the
horse again, shall receive the above reward.
JOHN SMIT It