The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-09-15 00:00:00, page 1

Mr. Watson,
Pl^fot®giw Uefollowing a ,so in ,§nr C^ratt,
£^ u& PUBLIC.
THE wife& sad ^fi m^ ha^ j#dg>d # that th#
pz&fext Yi@@ spp.fa&b wkiu the A^e
risaa &au^ am m.k^ to h, m^lf clints
of a corrupt 4 #nu vend ^in^^j^, is p^u.at w^k
cons q^.&cii Wi^g afid imprn&Bt; either tM, must
fall a Y^„ ix^ ^ x^d< ct a .a^hf ,yrot, ar wiJ
ficura lie fesrfdi.;a ^ad pe&zbie &j rmat ts wir
liberies, •wAiad aiama rwadari nfa a b fffi.% **d caa
rtpaciia a nabit fohM ta &sys "• Waled ef^afe
tw*important c#af&q#eR # m wall eufae, w^atW lift
sr ^tb, kaa b^ea b/yuud the {parity es mortals te
divide er foa^li : B^t new it i^ m^^i, I ^pp^-
haad, teas feck z^U*^ aad refuse &fcru at wa &^
tb,^ te moke, a^uft (amdar prorid#*c«) ioft wuirlf
iaitotke farmr. it is tree we havs dhfor^aw,
lei cur Northern poke, yet it hat breugat the tQ^y
fe mac* the rn^ra wiu^ ear p^ar-^at a dift^ca
fetal chair ihiypiag ; and it has gi^n mi ax opper
taaity to uif £ u a far ear rights, at fed! ©a aqaal
term. ft i: m^ cartairiy la #ar p^wer to firn the
pragrefa efths #«.«,, aad to famih B^r^ag with
irriddabie atidtace, that ha h @a faybitid^* graa^d
.--that hit ar„ is nai inviwb'a ; aad at a^a ^ih
ths expiring haps# es th^fj wxkjd ver&fa, waa are
IhaltimAg &mfelvu ia the bekm es th^ir chantry,
J at wilhidg fec^fi to the amt of her ea?m&. • Aad
are wa tog^r udftydit, aaaagh 10 wada'a^d Iq J&
dar this i^uwa aad d, at deliverance aad flvadaa ?
Caa we ba 1 ks the flaggard, faffl^g ear haada to
Mii,? Alas ! we have i^fx to star it. W^e?tia
that vigor and ctf^latian that formerly appeared la
ear militia ? Its hraagt* is evaporating, and o aaal
appears only in fat pmdfitu ! But will ^^ aafwer.
*', g @ ^d perp^i to fi| in battle array &gti?A ear
anemm ? W^k Chantal Bills abasia ui vi&or,?
Way tha are wt xbfl^ ^ offering, thea aa^ with,
holding ^r fervid ? Ordo we with to ferrea ear dear
ffos, ^ pat ear a%lbcurs into the dangers at
seeding ear defence ?, Bat what ©blig^a is my
xeighbtur under that lam rq^? Ii it R&+M^b:s that
my awghbeur (heuld defend hisafeif and m^, waiie [
re# f!s:s and free f^ra danger and fi&i^ ? Waat
m^k^it ^ore reafeaahle thsa that I ihsald fy^t bit
bauias ? Tae tiuth is, it is a cemzo^ cuU ; „ ae
all equally iate^ed in it, and 'tis ©% ’^ ^ardl,
& u^ who are ablt to perform tiieir ®u. ^ de;/ and
service, to eacafe themielv^s fra^it, by paying a
tfflia^ sames matey. What if every able b^ei
Liu fheuld do thus ? Where wtfald ^ar enmias hep?
and B^4 has aa cqasl right wilh another, Ues to £a
tufa himie f. I repays t^, il eiery e^e hla
duty beund to ^ his tout of duty perfu m^d-^'Tb
tiae to araid, wiihj&sws, the too curnind puttee
efexcufing .xrfelves f^ a&ud forties, by laying
demtee mail sum of five psuads. Ii will d f^r
cri„hi pad invalids w\^ are enable t® fervs ihe;r
crudity ia any ether way than with their raw®,, but
far those who are ab<o to ensure a&uah fovice in
the field ts exrue themselves from is ia this vya,, is
foameful, man had izfarfy^" A^djjGtit MUt,ba Led,
that ws, who have belied f@ raac^ es ear u^ffi^kea
rafelMUja to be fee, can excuse ^<do% at^ tirn
when we are %ble and have a mod foeu.able cp,ter
ta'ity to de fac^ a figari fsrvice to sur co^ntt,, as
rafc ning her from the ravages ^ barbarity of her
ra^rtri emeaies. The cue% are at a da£^ce ? frs.ra
their fhfypiag-.they are edvociag, and what fa mid
awsksa all the tender fee!!age if he^R astere, sad
make evMy b©f^m b^il witn refi^t^teßl, ^nd ei&y
heart peat far battle.i% ^bat emit, ^nl f^ze barba
rity which marks are., hep they ^ko. Thsfa &t
can fit fti'il and beheld- thair ener^iei wfe+kieg lhsir
vt^g^aaen'aad finuisg their co' ty on (hair c^-r/.
Meis, rheir arighbeurs and friend,, without exmi^g
thewfelves, drintve to f^el thstr vengeance od c?n
elty—baits void es pi.y a^d hemanit/ they d,f,rve
bondage and slavery. If wo aegisa to mart ourfelvas,
we can ope& nothing rife the* t^tcki nur term in
experi^ri^g th, c/hrity o' an *Rsmy elated w^h fiK
c^fa ; yea# if ^ rr ^ f^ fir void rs pity a^d ^ra ?iffi^n
towards $%/ now fifferin* bT.hrea. wh^ R^fo^g ^d
firing before tie eserny, j^fliy may wt ex ^ &y
• erili ^e-diivcm ta dafprir, ^ad ear pefidaWnsfe a^d
beam:, will ft fir ^w;k.^ CuL Udign^&e, that
y 0 ^ 0 AT, ty^kr ±5, ^^
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEE KL Y
Containing the Frelheft ADVICES,
Printed and Published by EBENEZER WATSON, near the GREAT BRIDGE.
they will j^a heeds with the caramon sw^y, and
afift them in carrying their bloody purpefes into ^&
ecurian upon ua. Wherever we twin ear thoughts,
we find motives a^d arguments far keel ^d oafied
nafs, which ought to be irr^fi%ble. The hl^d and
Offerings d our friends and well withers who hm al
nady fallen a prey ba th£cruelty of ih? enemy, ^r Aid
f cm their habitations and iaterefa-— The W&fs aad
interne, es ^ur enoriea, who efsc^Hiag r#%he tid
cf fawagu end barlariant ths bitting tenft of ear
o #;«„-—our v^* ixitrfo—^Wi c^erili^fr-- ^nr zrita
—cbil«rra a,d ever, thing that ought io animate a#d
influnca an imllpet being to be vi^oroue axd naive,
all unite and form an argument fa wn^hty and cogent,
why we &:uM vow awake end finely hernefi eur
filves for ths fi/d es battle, end g# forth into a&nri
fozvice, as that we fhaH msrit all the inhumanities es
tha enemy, and all the miferiei and calamities that
raud attend a complete cOEqteft es the cethtry, if we
coptine? T u moved, as to endeavor er chaafe to ox
er fi ourfeves fer a pittance of meney, w^ch is G un
d# valued <nd drfpifed : Aid no ewe would heve ms
fin 6$ pity ns, except be^ufe we had fa much felly
aad ftupirit, a# tamely to f.ffjr it.
I c^t p^fu ^de myfrif ta believe, that 'tis pcffi ale
fitch languor can peffifs our minds, & to vkt us ne
glea, er fxcufi rafelves fr^m embracing ths oppor
tunity we now h^ve, es doing warfares and country
j&ftics, AR^ firedog our rights. W^fi,, b, the late
facc^fi nßtnningtn, what the Arenase:, manly and
well di.a&d - ff us &f the KiUria (u^er providence)
may d? ; ead what a p^wic t'Mj a% abie to firika in
to the br^afis of the boiled heroes if Brite, and Gfr
^„. Lat us then irritate that noble txample es valor
and hereifm, and faun fti despise tbit Iharafelj
Cowardly dlfpo£twn that has f, far prevried and ap
peared it excufi ^g eurfrivs# from &aual firrice, as we
would ih#n a^d av*id t^e midnight ruffian. Let ua
be warnd egaiaft it, as ire,would on the ©*# hand
f<ari to aarfe-vas the ch,ra&er es w,#, es cbrfoa%
or of grarfa, ff libir,, ^'^ rtfelvete die ar be free ;
and on t^e o ^r, a we w^nld avri# the ignemiaious
impu^atieas of m^ar&i and imdffrm,; @r all the
calamities, misery a^d ^rsic^c^^u, that meft ±e.
viably a te^d t^e ravages aad depredations of an en
na+urri e^my. wWt fe^tfteps have a# yet b<eu mark
nd wi s h bleed, crush,sed savage b&b^rity. Z,
To JOHN BURGOYNE, Efqt+re, Lieu
tenant General of his Majesty's armies in
America, Colonel of the Queen's regi
ment of light dragoons, Governor of Fort
William in North Britain, one of rhe Re
presentatives of the Commons of Great-
Britain, and commanding an army and
fleet employed on an expedition from Ca
nada, &c.
Most high, most mighty, most puissant
and sublime General,
tyHENthe forces under your command ar
'' rived at Quebec, in order toad in con
cert and upon a common principle with the
numerious fleets ^nd armies which already dis
play in every quarter of America the justice
and mercy of your K ng, we the reptiles of
America were struck with unusual trepidation
and aftoniihment. But what words can ex
press the plenitude of cur horror when the
Colonel of the Queen's regiment of light
dragoons advanced towards Ticonderoga.
The mountians shook before thee, and the
trees of the sorest bo^ed their lofty heads,
the vast lakes of the north were chilled at
thy prefenre, and the mighty cataracts flop
ped their tremendous carter and were sus
pended in awe atthy approach. Judge then,
oh ireff.,k>G^e.rnor of Fort, William in
Not th Brain, what must have been the ter
ror, dismay and difpair that uveifpread this
f.M B
Bott
Both FOREIGN rind DOMESTIC.
paltry continent ofAmerica and us its wretch
ed inhabitants. Dark and dreary indeed waS
the proTpe& before us, till, like the fun in
the horizon, your most gracious, sublime
and irrefiftable proclamation opened the
doors of mercy, rind snatched us, as it were;
from the jaws of annihilation.
We -foolilhly thought, blind as ^ were;
that your gracious matter's fleets and armies
were come to destroy us and our liberties 5
but we are happy in hearing from you, and -
yrho can dodbt what you assert? that the,
were called forth for the foie pu-pafe of re
storing the rights of the constitution to^
ffoward and stubborn generation
And is it for this, oh sublime Lieutenant:
General, that you have given yourfelf the
trouble to cross the wide Atlantic, and with
incredible fatigue travel fe uncultivated wilds
and we ungratefully * retufe the proffered
/ blessing > To reftor^ die rights of the consti
tution, you have called together an amiable
heft of savages and turned them loose to fcalpi
our women and children, and lay our coun
try waste—this they have performed with
their usual skill and clemency, and we yet re
main insensible of the benefit and Unthank
ful for so much goodness,
Our Cgngrefs have declared independence;
and oty assemblies, at your Highnefe jufti,
observes, have most wickedly imprisoned the
avowed friends of that power with wh.ch
they are at war, and most profanely com
pelled thole whose conferences will not per
mit them to fight to pay some fmafl part to
wards the expences their country is at in
supporting what is called a necessary defen
five war* If we go on thus in our obstinacy
and ingratitude, what can we expe& but that
you should, in your anger, give a stretch to
the Indian forces under yoyr direction, a
mounting to thousands, to overtake and dif
troy us; or, what is ten times worse, that
you should withdraw yout fleets and armies,
and leave us to our own misery, without
completing the benevolent talk you have
begun, in restoring to us the rights of the
constitution.
We submit, we submit, ^ft puissant
Colonel of theQueen's regiment of light dra
goons,and Governor of Fort William inNortti
Britain. We offer our heads to the fcalpng
knife and our bellies to tht bayonet. Who
can resist the force of your eloquence ; who
can withstand the terror of your arms ? The
invitation y u have made in the ennfeiouf
nefs of chriftianity, your Royal Maker's
clemancy, and the honor of foldicifh'p we
thankfully accept. The blood of the flan,•
the cries of the injured virgins ad innocent
children, and the neverceafing sighs and,
groans of ftaiv ng wretches, now languTang ,
in the goals and prilon-fhips or New-Yok,
call on us in vain whilst your fub'lime procla
mation is founding in uur ears. Forgive us.
oh our country, forgive us, dear posterity,
furgive us all ye foreign powers who are anx
ibuffy watching our condud in this impcr
tant Qruggle, if we yield ^pl^uly to th^
# tjMßli^^
COURANT,
HARTFORD
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