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2?/ ^Honourable
JOHN PENN, Esquire,
Governor affd Commander in Chief of the Pro
vince ofFcnofylvaoia, and Counties of New
Cattle. Keht and Suffix, 00 Delaware.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the ASSEMBLY of this pro
vince, io their sass fcl&ooi, made the
following RESOLVES, viz.
Refatved, That* number of Perlons,emigrat
ing from the colony of Connedicut, under a pre
tence of right, to |ands within the limits and
boundaries ^f the Riyal Grant to the Proprie
taries of this ptodncc. without profteutiog their
c’aim before His Msjvfty in Council, the only
proper place of dec (jos, have, in a riotous and
tumultuous manner, taken pofleffion of a tiad
of country within the said kna ^n limits and
boundaries, at.dhave held, and Qii! retain, their
said poffiffi m in an hafli c manner, to the great
difturbaucc of the peace of the province. , .
Rejtlvfd, That the said emigrants, together
with a number of ill disposed perfoos with whom
they have confederated, have, in defiance of the.
hws of the country, and executive powers of
this goreramtot, afforded protection to offenders
of the mott a'trdfiout kind, /and have moreover
embodied t'^mfclves. and in an hoflile manner
attempted to dilpoffcfs the peccable inhabitants
fettled far withip the limits of this government,
Refo ved, That the Governor be earocftly re-,
qjefted to give special direction* to all the Ma-,
gittrates, Sheriff’s, and other Officers concerned
in the administration of jullice, to be vigHapc
and a&he in the difeharge of their dn y within
their several jorifdi&ions, and to exert them”
f:hes in quieting and fupp'reffi g all aih of via
knee, and every illegal attempt to difpoiTcfs
the peaceable inhabitarfts of this province
Refoived, That this House will concur with
the Governor io every rcafouable meafqrc to
flrengthen the hands of Government, in preferr
ing the peace, and fcppreffiug all riots and tu
mults, and illegal attempts whatsoever, to dif
aurb the iohabitaots of this province in their
peaceabc peffeffions.
AND WHEREAS the said Affcmb’y. inor
der the more cfftdually to retrain those lawless
ditturbers of the peace, and preserve the public
tranquility. did also, at their lift feffons, frame
a bill “ for preventing tumults and riotous as
semblies, aal so.- the more fpeely pthtifhing the
rioters,” which has been enaded into a Law :
Io compliance therefore with the said r qnfitioo
of the Heufe of Affemb’y, and to pron-.ote tic
faluury cods proposed by the said Refolvcs and
Aft of General Affsmbly, I have thought pro
per, with the advice of the Council, to issue this
nay Proclamation, AND DO HEREBY flrirftly
enjoin and require “ all Magittrases, Sheriffs,
end all other Officers concerned in the adminif
tration of jaftice, to te vigilant and adive in
the difeharge of their ^uty within their federal
jutifdi&ioQS, aod to exert themselves io quiet
jing and suppressing all adr of violence, and every
illegal attempt to difpoffcfs the peaceable inha
bitants of this province ; and also ’o enforce and
«<rry the said Riot Ad into Hridl execution.”
AND WHEREAS I have received information
that a dertaiu Zebulon Butler ueder pretence cf
authority from the Government of Cdnjedicut,
bath iate’y prefamc ■! to issue end disperse thro’
the counties of Nerffiarcptor, aid N^riLsm^tr-
[March, M.dcc lxxiv: NUMBER „!]
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From T U E S D A Y, March 15, to T U E S D A Y, March 22, 1774.
land, io this province, afammons; er a J ver life
meat, setting forth, That the General Affcmbly
of the colony of Conne&icot had appointed him
a Judice of the Peace for the county of Litch
field and in a town lately made and set off by
the Affc>»bly of the said colony, called by the
name of Wefimoreland. beginning on the weft
file of Deiaware river, at the bsnk of said river,
extending weffwardiy fifteen miles from l^yo
riling north and south as the grant of the said
colony extends, requiring all the inhabitants of
the said town to meet at Wyoming on a day
thereto mentioned, to choofc the several Town
Officers, by the Laws cf the said colony to be
cholen at their annual Town Meeting, and to do
any other bufiaefs proper to be done at the said
Meeting -.NOW I DO HEREBY tt/aiy pro
hibit and forbid the inhabitants of the laid couq.-
ties of Northampton and Northumberland, and
all other the inhabitants of this province, to
yield any obedience, or to pay the least tegard
whatsoever to the aforeGid fommons, or adver
tifement, or to any orders which may tee heteaG
ter issued or given by the said Zebulon Butler,
or any etficr perlon or persons whatsoever, who
shall presume to aft under hi> authority, cr ex
ercife jurifdi&ion within the said counties of
Northampton or Northumberland, or any other
parts within the limits of this province, by vir
tqe of any powers or inftradtioos .^otn the go
vercment of cSon^dlicut : AND I DO io His
Majrtty’s name charge and command all per
funs whatsoever wirhin the said counties as well,
as all other inhabitants within the limits of this
province ; to yield due fobmiffioo and obedi
cuce to the laws of this government, as they
will aefwer the c ntt-ry at thetr peril. AND I
DO HEREBY also ftrifliy forbid all His Ma*,
jetty’s fubjrit* of this or any other province or
colony, on a y pre*er.ce whatsoever to intrude
upon, fettle or pi ff G, any >ancis within the said
counties of Northampton or Northumberland, or
any other lands within the limits of this pro
vince, without a Grant or Licence < btained
from the Proprietaries of the said province.
AND I DO further hereby enjoin and require
all Magittrates, Sheriffs, and other Offhcrsj as
.well as all other His Majefiy’s .liege fubjefts
within this province, to exert themselves, and
use their utmost endeavours to prosecute and
bring to juttice all offenders io the premises.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Great Seal cf
the said province, nt Philadelphia, the Twen
ty eighth day of February, in the year of
cur Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Seventy tour, and in the Fourteenth year of
the reign of our Severcigo Lord GEORGE
the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-,
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, &c.
JOHN PENN.
By His Honour’s Command,
Joseph Shipps*, juo. Secretary.
GOD save the KING.
For (be CoMNBCTtcuT Courant.
THE opinion of Lord Camden was lately
infer ted in this prper, and to give it
weight at this critical period, a marginal note,
in the so lewing words, “ Since the appearance
“ cf this Op'nioo, Conneflicut has said that the
“ Du<ch country was excepted out of their
“ chnter. and tberefoie there was no deception
“ put 90 the crown iu the great—but it is not
" true, that there is any exception of the Dutch
*' out of the charter, either expressed or im
plied.” (Quoted from Dr Smith's Pamph
let, so called) If the infencr of this Opinion
will turo, not to the grant, or patent, of wh cti
the charter is an exemplification, but to what
with certain men has at this time greater autho
rity, that fame pamph et. be will find io the 4th
page of it these words : “ Both meaning
charter lof north and ftuth Virginia in tha
“ former of which that of Cwnefitcut ii inejud
“ cd, and on which it reßi f theft ehar cr» are
“ with this provilo—Tkat the said iflan-s, or
“ any of the premiffes, were not aflually pef
“ fcu;d, or inhabited by any other chriftiaa
“ prince or (late, nor within the northern co
“ lory, heretofore by us gran’ed, to be planlcd
“ by divers of our living (übji.€ls in North- ;
“ Virgma”— The original name , given the
New-Engund co*orics. r Whether the Dutch
were not a ebrifiian fate or whether *b : ’ *mtd
author, had Ltgot -■ the tu.c ct hit. nook*
wfiat he had not only afl.tted, but reci td.from
the original charters, am unable to say—so
m..rk it down, as it (lands forward in the back,
a3,CoGdr?.d ; (flioc No I.—Not that it deserves
notice either Oom its K eirg -he fieg’e one, nor
from h. bcmg the mett p fi.t»e nd notorious ;
but from he afore said Opto ! on of Lord Cam
den, and ihi. note, having been in^jjed, in ibis
paper without La p oper counterpart.—We all
know, that certain bockr, like ceit^in cnima's of
a ma igsant na'ure. heir absut them, an inh ii
b'e antidote to their own poTon —lt is there
fore highly just that th fc sffefted or ttruck at
with the latter Ihou'd also have the former at,
command. Any one that reads Lord Camden’s
Opinion, with the Icafl attention, will l am per-,
fwaded at once find his Lorcffi p, to havebeea
as unacquainted with the case on which he
was by Mr. Penn confuhed, as could be con
fident with hit receiving his fee, and giving any
advice on the fubjeft.—— Had the real author,,
and the nominal ope, of this pamphlet, been as.
great ttrapgers, to the case, they would .hate
been much less liable,, to have been guilty of
the monllrousebfurditics, with which it abounds.
Truth is easiest, and most univerlally found, io
the plain walks of common fenfc, and comatoci
reasonings. and wheu a traveller, or an author*
prefers bye roads, intricate and perplex’d turn
ings and windings, he has whet is ,to EWclf
the belt ot all reafansfor his condu& l|s the de*
fire of avoiding what is difagrceablc to his views*
and in dirc^ opposition to his defiges. There,
ate but iv/o ways of defeating an enemy, either,
in the open field by dint of valor, or by Urata
gem, and concealed, or more open artifice." -
As these authors arc men of learning, they re
member many aßticnt, and celebrated instances
of the latter, I will mention one, with which c
very school boy is at-qaaimed, That when ,thi
united states of Greece after exhibiting prodi
gies of valor and condud in wcr, for ten loeg
years bifore the walls of Troy, were bjffled*
and on the point of retreating with infamy. 8.
monttrous produflioo fav’d them and ruined
their enemies. And a modern author, of great
humour, in a merry way informs us. how the
inhabitants of Stratfburgh loft their city & liber
tie«,by attending to the tnooftrous appearance es
a Naje ; neither of which are fit 10 be compared
with the invention of this author, who labourt
to pcrfuide the good people Conncdicst, that