The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1774-09-26 00:00:00, page 4

From BINGLEY’s London Journal.
A Diai.ogue between Frederick L--d N--th,
and bis Conscience, upon pafling the Quebec
Bill.
N—th.
'Q’HOU canker wedded to my Breast,
x No bill of rightfman such a pest !
Have I not used a thousand balms
To mitigate thy peevish qualms?
With power, as well as ribband warm’d ye,
With places, as corruption charm’d ye ?
Yet as a vermin apt to gnaw
For lack of food its manlion maw,
Instead of making some requitals,
You feaftupon my very vitals.
That you ihould put me to the rack.
Thus insolently—thus attack,
Defencelefs as you find him here.
The sacred person of a Peer,
And set your wicked teeth on edge,
Is such a breach of privilege.
As-must subvert, to all intent,
The being of a parliament.
But viper let thy venom burst,
” I am determin’d, do thy worst,
The heart of Frederick yet is whole.
He has (I wifti he had no) foul : [Afde
Conscience.
I pray thee be not so untoward,
Thou know’ll I know thou art a coward,
And would receive a beating yet,
As soon as run the land in debt; '
Yet if thou haft a heart, «las 1
And all that heart’s not made of brass,
Or temper’d fled, or feafon’d oak,
And proof against a thunder ftrcke,
Behold yon fc«ne and, let it harrow
Thy very foul and pierce thy marrow!
Enter the Ghofl of Queen Elizabeth.
Thou air-blown frog! Thou painted bubble!
Thou nameless thing ! thou lofd of Rubble !
Say was’t for thee, that I and Cecil
So truly fleer’d Britannia’s vefTel;
Took down the Pcpijh flag and pendent.
And made her truly independent?
For thee to set her now a-float,
And damn thy untry by a ‘vote
Vor this prepaiV ^ stretch thy neck,
And die a martyr to Quebeck.
Enter the &hojt of King iVilliam 111,
Since truth, nor law, nor Magna Chart,
Could honour to thy breast impart,
Since eighty-eight, that glorious aera
V' hich tumbled down the Pope’s tiara.
Is only not by you forgot.
But made the Victim of your plot;
Since all my vid’ries at thy Boyne,
Toregall’ze the Brunswick line,
Can’t fire yourhe^r, or bring repentance,
Hear culprit! hear your final sentence!
“ Twelve Bridewell nymphs, with pious care,
For thee their beaten works prepare;
And Jack who waits to knot the noose,
Tn fancy dances in thy Ihoes.”
Enter the Gbofl of General Wolfe.
Have all my efforts, late so glorious,
Wherein, tho’ slain, I proved victorious.
Arriv’d to this ? That Britain’s hope
Must now lie center’d with the Pope.
Forbid it halters! poison ! death !
First flop the renegades breath!
N—TH.
Good fpedres be a little tame,
I must confefs I was to blame.
But what I did in sober fort,
Is but the practice of the court
See Sawney Turncoat how h$ plots!
Why, half his schemes are call’d rtiy blots!
See tub tie Jeffries how he trudges!
The firft of arbitrary fudges.
See Eliot, Dyfon, many more!
(I’m sure I’d make them up a score)
Who hcnuly go through thick and thin.
And count it neither Thame nor fin,
But ah! good spirits, if I must
Resign my glories to the dust,
If I as you prophetic fay.
Am doom’d to die before my day,
At leafl my gullet claims a hatchet—
Chorus of Ghojls.
A rope! a rope! will better match it.”
Cafli given for old Brass, by
Enos. Doolittle, at his Shop adjoining the
Printing-Office in Hartford.
POETRY.
'CONNEc T I C' U T.
^Proceedings of theTown ofCnxm^t.
AT a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Chatham, legally warned and held in faidChatham,
the Sth Day of September, Anno Domini 1774.
DAVID SAG E, Ef^, Moderator.
THE Inhabitants of this Town, taking into
Consideration the various Acts of the British
Parliament impeding Taxes upon the Americari Co
lonies in general, as well as the unprecedented
Measures adopted refpeCting the Town of Boston,
and the whole Province of the MafTachufett’s-Buy,
are of Opinion, that we have just Occasion to be a
larmedabout.it and aCall to assert and recognize cur
Rights and Privileges—And do therefore Rcfolve,
1 ft. That notwithstanding we view ouffelves un
der Obligations to pay Obedience and Submission
to our rightful Sovereign, King George the Third, and
to defend his Person and Crown—yet, however,
we are under no Obligations to obey such Ails as
arc repugnant to our natural and charter Rights.
zdiy. That all Ails of the Britilh Parliament,
imposing Faxes upon the Americans while they are
nnreprelented in it, are unconstitutional.
sdly. That we will unite in, and abide by such
salutary Measures, as shall be adopted and recom
mended by the American Congress, now fitting at
Philadelphia, for the Defenceof our Liberties.
4thly. That the Town of Boston is now fuffering
in the common Cause of America ; and that we will
contribute according to our Abilities to the Relief
of the Poor in said Town, under their present dif
treflbd Circumstances fully confiding in it, that
no unconstitutional, ministerial Exertions, will ever
induce said Town of Boston, to givd up their own
and their Country’s Cause.
s thly.We do relolve,thatSubfcriptions be imme
diately opened in the several Parts of thisToxVn, for
thePurpofe, aforefaid—And; thatDzzW Sage, Esq;
C .pt. Moses Bujh, Mr. Stephen White, Dr. 'Jeremiah
Bradford, Capt. Silas Dunham, Capt. Abijah Hall,
and Mr. David Smith, be a Committee to receive
and forward such Contributions as ihall be made,
to the Seledi-Men of the Town of Boston, to be dis
tributed to the Poor in fain Town as theirNeccffities
may require—And also, to confer and correspond
with the Towns in this and the neighbouring Colo
nies ; from whom we request all such interesting In
telligence, as they from Time to Time Ihall be able
to communicate.-
At the fame Meeting, Meffi’rs Stephen White and
Joseph Kellogg, were appointed Delegates to attend
the proposed Meeting at Hartford, the 15 th Instant.
A true Copy of Record,
Test, Jonathan Penfield, Town-Clerk.
Proceedings of me I'own oTi'orring ton.
AT a Meeting of the Town bfT^.ringtan, legally warned
and held at /aid Torrington, Augufl I tth, 1 774.
E PAPHRAS SHELDON, Esq; Chairman.
/C '|"'’AKING into confidei afion what we view the
I, unkind, and Unconstitutional Afts of the Bri
tish Parliament reflecting tWe -colonies ; the very
affeCling circumstances unde?, which the Town of
Boston especially groans, bei^g burdened, and the
i-eafon we have in this and the other colonies to fear
the fad cohfequences that m^y ensue if nothing'cah
be effected for the removal of our grievance.^ 'We
cannot hold our peace. We.-therefore take this me
thod to express our minds. 4 •
We unariimoufly agree that it is our duty to yield
all due obedience and loyalty to cur King, which
we feel ourselves ready for on every just occasion.
We rejoice in the general firmncls and union of
Spirit that appears to prevail throughout the colo
nies ; and heartily acquieSse jir there Solutions of
the representatives of the general afiembly, and in
the resolutions of the several towns in this colony
that have come to our knowledge.
We fully confide in the pcßnt general Con
gress, entertaining the highest notes that the most
wife and salutary measures wT u.en be adopted.
We unitedly agre- the town of Boston
all proper re.. n. jur power, especially
in contributing 0 tr i:; _ . .lues of its unhappy fuf
ftrSts.
In confeq-ten • a! ove a committee was
chosen to take in ptions of money or provisi
ons of the inha. k of rhe<towii, to collect and
convey the fame e town of Boston, to be lodged
in the hands of pci. ns a r pointed for that purpose.
And, that Eyaphra Sheldon and John Cook, Efqrs.
Meflieurs John Strong, Aaron Atflin, and Hoab Mar-
Jhall, be a committee to keep a correspondence with
the committees of the towns M this, and the neigh
bouring colonies. Certified per
TO tT N COOK, Town-Clerk.
Proceedings oi the i’own or New-Hartford.
AT a Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of
New-Hartford, aj/emblcd on the f^th Day of Septem
ber, I’j’je., at the Meeting-Htufe in said New-Hart
ford, at two of the Clock in the Afternoon.
ZEBULON MERRILL, Esq; Moderator.
THIS Meeting taking into Consideration the
unhappy Differences now Subsisting between
Great-Britain and the Bripffi Colonies in
RESOLVED, That as dutiful and loyal Subjects
of his present Britannick Majefty,^;^ the Third,
' are ready to contribute conftitutibnally, for the
Support of his Royal Person and Government : vet
judge the Parliament of Great-Britain have no /uft
Right to tax America without our Consent, or be
ing legally represented in Parliament.
. We are also of Opinion that the Inhabitants
the Town of Boston are now fuffering under the
cruel Hand of Tyranny and Oppression, in -havihp:
been condemned unheard. V e thcrc.fbre from z
feeling Sense of the distressing Circum. tances' of the
Towns ofßofton &Charleftown, judge it ouj'Duty lb
contribute fomethirigofour Substance loihclrßeliei'.
Further, This'Meeting concurs and approves of
the present Congress at Philadelphia—and if it
ihould be resolved by said Congress, and they
ally come into a Non-importatiop and Non-expor
tation Agreement not to import any Goods from
Great-Britain or the Weft-In dies, we are
use our Influence to ratify and confirm the fame. -
the most suitable and effeftual Method to procure
our own Advantage Sc that of fucceedingGenera^jc;.s
Furthermore, Fais Meeting’s of Opinion, that
it is neceflary to keep, use and niuin tarn a Corre'-
pondence with the other Towns in this and the
neighbouring Coldnies as Occasion may call for.
Therefore Mr. Joseph Cowls, Capt. Seth Smith, Mel
fieurs EldadMerrill, and Aaron Auflin,, are chosen 0
Committee for the Purpose aforefaid ; and fa’idCom
mittee are hereby directed immediately to open and
encourage Subscription in Money or Provision, for
the Reliefof the Inhabitants of Boston and C'harlaß
town, who are now fuffering in the common Cause,
who are to forward the fame to the Sdecl-Men c.
Boston and Charkftown, to take their Receipt for
the fame.
Also, it is the Opinion of this Meeting, that if
any Person shall from any sinister Views whateyer ,
counteract the foregoing Resolves, shall be treated
not with open Violence on his Person or Property*
but with all the NegleCt, Difeflem and Contempt
which his Character deserves and his Conduit shall
merit. A true Copy of Record,
Examined, per Matthew Gillet Clerk.
Proceedings of the Town of Somers.
At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Somers,
legally warned andaffembhd on the I zth Day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1774..
Mr. REUBEN SIKES, Moderator.
P a fled the Votes following, Viz.
acknpwlede George the Third of Great-
V ¥ Britain, to be opr rightful King and law
ful Sovereign, and that we will to the uttermost qf
our Ability defend his Crown and Dignity in every
c.onftitutional Way.
2dly. That under this our- rightful Sovereign we
humbly conceive that the Power of Taxation, by
the good and wholfome Laws of the Realm is lodged
in our General AfTemblies, who virtually represent
every Freeman, and that no ether Power has any
Right to tax us ibr the Benefit of a Revenue.
jdly. The late A& of Parliament for Blocking
up the Port of Boston is unconstitutional, and has a
Tendency to enslave the Inhabitants, of this Pan of
his Majesty’s Dominions, and subvert all Property.
And at the fame Time would manifeft our Grief
and Surprise on the late ACt of Parliament regula^W?
ing the Government of Quebec ; that Popery ihould
be established in a Government on this Continent,
which seems to threaten our religious as well as civil
Liberties.
4thly. The Opinion of this Meeting js, That if
the Colonies would all unite and flriClly adhere tb a
Non-importation and Exportation to & fiom Great-
Britain and the W.lndies, it would be conducive of
good,& giveßelief toourßrethrennow underDiftieG.
sthly.sthly. That according to our Abilities in every
conilitutional Way, we look upon it that, we ought*
to defend the Rights and Properties of all his Majes
ty’s Subjects in Great-Britain and America, and
that we will exert our Abilities on every Occasion to
do the fame.
6thly. Meffi’rs ßeubenSikes, John Prentice^ and Zerah
Kibbe, be a Committee of Correspondence toesrref
pond with the Committees of Correspondence-in this
or the neighbouring Colonies from Time to Time
as Ihall be thought neceflary, and likewise to take in
Subscriptions and Contributions as shall be made in
this Town for the Relief of our diftrefs’d Friends in
Boston and Charleftown, and that they forward the
fame to the SeleCl-Men or Overfeefs of the Peer of .
said Towns for that End as foqn as may be.
7thly. That the Doings of this Meeting be made
Public. Attest, Zerah Kibbe, Town-Clerk.
North-America, claiming Right to Tax the fame
without Consent, and especially sundry late A6ls of
Parliament, one in particular, for Blocking up the
Port of Boston, and another establishing Popery in
theProvince of Quebec,all which we are of Opinion
are of a dangerous Tendency, and Rrike immedi
ately at the Foundation of the civil and religious
Rights ad Privileges of all the Britilh Colonies in
North-America, and directly contrary lo the English
Constitution, &c.