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season making fieri ^n Wferritin± ^mott im
practicable to be carried into execution. It is
then a glorious couqueft, to those who may
enrich themtelves by that new expence, but a
calamity to those who are to be taxed for that
new extravagance.
Or do we wish to be in pofleffion of the most
beautiful town in America only to set tire to it ?
Are the Bri bit legions gone forth merely to
warm themselves by the burning of towns on
the coaB? Can Bishops persuade us, their
smoke (bill rife to an approving God, or an
earth celebrate the dignity, the wealth, the
honour, the humanity of the British nation.
But Ministers arc brave to-day, they are
ready to leal with their blood th # mifehief of
their councils; and whiltt they are io loudly
funported by a majority of Parliament, that
language founds well. But 1 mod beg leave to
remind them of a dory which is related of a
certain General and Statesman, who drew all
his former friends about the Court, with the
heads of birds and beads upon their Shoulders.
He drew his miltrefs with tlie head of a Iwal
low, and he wrote this motto underneath. je
Juis ie wauvais temps, alluding to her having for-
Taken him in his misfortunes. Let Ministers
beware, led the fwallow's head and that mot
to fhmld belt frit the mod strenuous and fer^
ward of their present advocates.
For, Sir, had I an hundred tongues, and
all the eloquence of much abler men than my^
fell who freak within theft walls, i could nor
fufficiemly express ail die horrors, all the mif
chief, all the ruin of,this savage war; but this
1 will fav, that whilfl such defyeraie, unfeeling
Ministers advise his Majedy, with such an ex
pensive war to carry on, without an object of
advantage in return, writ Tech a cause to diT
gi act the British arms, and spill the bed blood
of this country ; what man in his fenies can be
finished with the times, or can agree to vote
for a perseverance in measures, which have
already produced such dreadful disgrace and
calamity, that Great -Britain is Paook to its
foundation.
Mr. B^rke, in a forech of vehement decla
mation, reproached Lord G. Germain for tris
mifeondutr and foolish credulity. He fait! he
was udoniihed at him. In the beginning of
lad year, the noble Lord, lie find, informed
them, that the enemy were cowardly, and our
muv so wrir" number. On vh.it did he
ground this information ? On report, mere idle
report, to which the noble Lord was always
an implicit have. He laid that the informa
tion on which Ministers confided, fbould be
precise, and cer ain: that mis-inforrnation
was no palliation for their errors, and he did
not fupnofe that the House would admit it as
such. ' He said, the intended measure was a
conjunction between Howe and Burgoyne, but
that it was to be produced in the dranged
manner he had ever heard of. The armies
were to meet yes; Howe was travelling
Southwards, and Burgoyne in the very fame
direction! The advocates for Administration,
he said, had delighted in representing Ameri
ca in an abject duration, as being without salt,
Ames and dockings, &c. If they had applied
to him in the beginning of the war, he could
have told them of many more wants than all
th fe together under which the Americans la
boured, but be would also have informed the
House, that men fighting for Liberty were not
influenced by such particulars ; that these only
affected the body, but that the fouls of the A
niericans were unreduced.
He concluded by throwing a few drafts at
Nr. Solicitor General, whom he called the
council to the noble Lord. Upon this
Mr. Solicitor General arose, and in a very
manly and maderly manner described his own
political character : his opinions, he said, were
genuine ; they were his own ; and he never
spoke rhe sentiments of any man, but those
only which his own reason had suggested ; nor
dil he ever in that House plead the cause of
anv man.
The insinuation which his words carried,
made Mr. Burke laugh so much, that he paid
but little attention to Mr. Solicitor, who took
fire at the flight put upon him, and inftan ly
charged Mr. Burke with want of manners. He
said, he would teach him how to behave ; and
hoped that as he had spirit enough, so he
Ihould ever have strength fufficient to procure
himfelf reipeCt. He had been invariable in
his opinion as well on one fide of the House
as on the other ; and not seldom differed from
both. The calamity he could not but deny,
wae great';but cohkl not infer from •* that
our condition was desperate. We often
received checks; but the spirit of the nutiou
had always made us rife faperior to our dif
tredes : An exertion of that spirit would, on
the present occahon, infallibly refeue us from,
danger: Britons ever shewed magnanimity in
distress ; and certain victory was the fare con
fecuence of that spirit; he wished therefore
that the Gentlemen would not be calf down;
that before now as great misfortunes had hap
pened to us, from which v e reaped fubitanti ri
advantages: At Bribuega General Stanhope
was forced to lay down tris aims and surrender
hinifelfand his army prisoners of war; and
that disgrace only served to raise an enthusi
astic ardour in the people, which soon effaced
the stigma.
Mr. A. Town'oenl ironically applauded the
learned Gentleman for finding out precedents
for our misfortunes; ex filming bitterly a
gainst the cruelty of employing forages; re
joiced that the expedition conduced by his
friend Colonel Sc. Leger haa mifearried, as
blood and desolation would have marked the
foollteps of the Indians, if they had been able
to march to Albany. He was anxious to wear
out the impression that Mr. tolicitoi's speech,
on the spirit of Britons, had visibly made on
the country gentlemen; and for that purpose
he drew the conduct of the savages ih the most
odious colours.
Mr. Char es Fox expressed his happiness at be
ing prevented from fpeaLing immediately af
tei the fatal tidings of our disgrace had been
communicated to the House: Rage and indig
naion so Iwayed his bread at that time ; that
if he had attempted to speak, his words must
have been unintelligible. An army of 10,000
men destroyed through the ignorance, t e eb-
Binate, wilful ignorance, and incapacity ofrhe
noble Lord, called loudly for vengeance; and
if no one else would take upon him the talk of
moving directly for an enquiry into the affair,
he ^b^// would do it. A gallant General lent
like a victim to be Slaughtered, w here his own
drill and pe: fonal bravery, would have e rued
him laurels, if he had not been under the di
region of a blunderer, whicli circumstance
alone was the cause of his disgrace, was too
Crocking a fight for humanity to bear unmoved.
The General and the House had been imposed
on and deceived : Burgoyne's orders we r e to
make his way to Allan), there to wait the or
ders of Sir William Howe, and to, co operate
witli him ; but General Howe knew nothing of
the matter, fr he was gone to a different
country, and left the unhappy Burgoyne arid
his troops ro make t e best terms for them
selves, in a country that was by nature 10 de
fended, that Strong holds were to be met at al
most every mile ; and every hour's inarch pre
sented almost infarmountable obstacles to his
progress. He inveighed most bitterly against
Lord George Germain ; looked upon him as
solely responsible in the firft degree ; and next
exprefled his opinion, that all those who had
concurred in the measures of the war, by giv
ing their vole in support of it, were likewise
criminal, tho' in an inferior degree, He con
cluded by pronouncing the panegyric of Mr.
Burke, in order to refeue him from the oblo
quy of Mr. Solicitor General's insinuations.
Mr. So 'icitor General gave a little explanation
of one of his expressions, and far down.
Mr. Rigby, as one of the many who had voted
for the war, thought it neceflary to fay some
thing in his own vindication; and proved, that
for upwards of 13 years, he had been invaria
bly confident; he had been convinced, that
Great-Biitain was supreme over all her domi
nions; it was declared so, early in the reign of
George the Second, who taxed the Colonies,
and acknowledged by them when they submit
ted to be taxed : from a tax imposed and sub
mitted to, he inferred a right to tax ; and from
that conviction he had a&od when he voted
for the war; and he was Bill of opinion, that
every nerve ihould be Drained to prosecute it
with vigour.
Lord North arose, and expressed his sorrow
at the present unhappy news. That 110 man
from the beginning, more firmly wished for
peace than lie had ; and that no man would do
more to obtain it now ; if the laying down his
place and honours would accomplrih it, he
would gladly resign them all. He owned he
had been dragged to his place against his will.
A place which, while in ponelhou, however
disagreeable, he would support to the bell of
his power. As to the noble Lord in the Ame-
rican department, he ffufted he had aGed oW
the so undeft principle's Of candour arid delibe^
ration. He could hot ppffibly make any objec
tion to the enquiry into that noble Lord's con
duct, as he made no dotibt but he w^uld acquit
himleli before that House. As to an honoura
ble Gentleman's obfervarion of a petition's hav
ing been given for bad information, he Should
only fay this, that he never recollected the
Gentleman alluded to, had given bad informal
tion. , He acknowledged iris having interceded
with the King fora reward for his fidelity : A
man who lived in America, who was universal
ly beloved there, till this unhappy dispute; a
man, continues he, who refilled figningtheir re
folurions, and who, on that account, was obliged
to quit the country, was, in his opinion, a man
worthy reward: Was he to fcarve here, fays
he? The obtaining such a man a comfortable,
pittance, was not, I trust, a blameabte action.
He concluded with defending the general fub
je& of the American war, by observing, that
he thought it entirely neceflary that every part
of the British empire should contribute to the
defraying the common neceftary expences. He
said the Ministers were nnjudly accused, when
they were reproached with their want of in
formation, for that they had always given the
best they could procure, and that he was ready
when the general voice of the House Ihould
call for it, to explain bis own conduct ; and
that whether ve were for peace or war, the
present supply was absolutely necessary, as the
men must be, supposing a reflation of arms,
conducted home.
Oil the quellion being put, it was agreed to
Without a division.,
( Proceedings in the House of Cowmens ivill be
continued in @ur next.)
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T O BE S O I. I),
By the fuhferiber in King-street, a little above the
Gaol, and ne rlv opposite th'e sign of the Brushes,
A QUANTITY of Copperas, of the best quality,
by the pound, hundred or barrel. Likewise Su
gar, Tea, Pepper, Alfpice, Rosin, Salt, and fundiy
other articles too tedious to menrion.
Lancaster, Feb 23. GEORGE STREYLEY.
Wefl-Nantmid Tozunft,, Chefler County, Feb. 17.
AL L persons who are indebted to the eftafe
of Michael Graham, Senior, deceased, are
desired to make speedy payment to the executors : And
all persons having any just demands againtt the said
title, are defireo to produce their accounts property
proved, against the licit of April next, that they may
De paid by us, JASON CLOUD,
MICHAEL GRAHAM, ( Executors.
JOHN GRAHAM, >
B E SO L D,~
At PRIVATE SALE,
AV ALUABLE Plantation, containing upwards
of two hundred acres of land, situate in Charles-
Town Township, Chester County, adjoining the river
Schuylkill, the sign of the Bull tavern, and near to
M)o Hall : There is on laid plantation a very good
two ftcry stone dwelling-houle, 24. feet by 36, two
rooms on a floor, with an excellent cellar under the
whole, a very good well of water near the house, a log
bam, ftaulcs, and a large new shed that will hold five
teams and horles, with many necessaries for keeping a
public house of entertainment, for which it is well fuu
ated and now under licence; about half cleared, the
ether hslf well timbered with black and white oak and
hickory, about ten acres of good meadow cleared, and
several acres more may be made with little expence ;
about one hundred young bearing apple-trees which
bring excellent fruit. Any person inclining to pur
chase may, on application to the owner living on the
premises, fee the land and know the terms.
WILLIAM GRAHAM.
T O B E SOL D,
By PRIVATE SALE,
TWO hundred acres of good LAN D, situate i<
Drirnmore Towndtip, Lancaster County, fixt,
acres of zhich are cleared, a imall house ^nd barn,
thereon, a young bearing orchard, some meadow made,
and a large quantity more may be made and watered.
The title indisputable, and clear of quit-rents. Terms
of sale will be made known by Andrew or John
Caldwell, living near the premises.
JOHN MARSHAL.
'T O BE O E
B the fubferiber, living in Lancaster,
TH E following tra&s of Land, vz. 123 acres of
land, by warrant of 1751, in Upper Paxtang
Township, County of Lancaster. 525 acres of patent
ed land, between Filhing Creek and Mahony, in Tur
but Township, and County of Northumberland ; pa
tented 3:5 and zoo acres adjoining. 1155 ac es of
located land, surveyed on the Shawnee Caoin Creek,
C uitv of Bedford. 266 acres o' land, situate on both
files of the great road leading to Foit Pitt, adjoining
lanes 0: Mr. William Elliott, Cumberland County^
For & ums of sale ap°ly to
LEVY ANDREW LEVY.