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& BSERVATION S onthe Quebec Bill, and
on Standing Armies in America. Addrefed
tothe People of America.
f fc '^''^ ')HE iniquity of the late a6ls of
ty *C% Parliament refpecling the province
g v y >, of Massachusetts-Bay, and their
^- % melancholy afped upon the liber
{ ties of America, are too familiar
to require an y further discussion.
I shall confine myfelf only to those evils which
impend our country from the operation of the
Quebec bill, and from the establishment of Land
ing armies in America.
By the Quebec bill aflemblies, trials by Juries
and the Habeas Corpus a& are abolished. The
inhabitants of that extensive province are, there
fore, as much saves as the inhabitants of France or
Turkey. We have every thing to fear from liv
ing in such a neighbourhood. The experience of
all ages Ihows that liberty cannot long exist in any
country when it ceases to circulate through all its
parts. Men who have surrendered themselves,
or fettled in a country upon the faith of promises
that they should enjoy all the fiveets of Britifi li
berty, will, at firft, mow a becoming refeotment,
but this resentment will soon subside into a base
ness of foul which will lead them to concur in eve
ry measure that can be contrived to reduce their
fellow citizens to a level with themselves.
By the Quebec bill the Roman Catholic reli
gion is eftablihed bylaw. This was by no means
intended to secure the afFedbons of the Canadians,
as their religion is deprived, by that aft, of a part
which is essential to it, viz. the supremacy of the
Pope. This supremacy is now transferred to the
King of Britain. It was surely an ad of mercy,
in the supreme Being, to conceal in the Christian
prophecies, that the Head of the Reformed Pro
testant Church of England and of the Church of
Rome fliould be united in the person of our Sove
reign. Such a prediction would have destroyed
the credibility of the whole Christian Revelation.
Posterity will never believe that a Prince who
holds a crown upon no other tenure than his being
a Protestant, fliould establish the Roman Catho
lic religion over three-fourths of his empire.
The Colonies would have little to fear from the
eftabliihment of the Roman Catholic religion in
Canada, had a connexion been preserved between
Us by means of commerce —But this is entirely
prevented by the heavy duties imposed upon the
only articles exported to Canada from the other
Colonies.
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O R,
GENERAL
MONDA Y,
1 would not suppose with some that this bill is
to prepare the way for the Pretender's coming to
the throne. I believe arbitrary power to be alike
agreeable to the Tory fa&ion whether exercised
by King James or King George. Much less do I
believe our King or his court to be infected with
the principles of the Roman Church, except luch
of them as are friendly to tyranny. Ihe only de
sign of the bill, I believe, was to keep the Colonies
in fubjedion, and to prepare the way for univer
sal delpotifm in the British empire. Ihe Conclave
never hatched such a monster. The revocation of
the ediff of Nantz, and the Irifli massacre were acts
of piety compared with the late Popilh aft of tne
British Parliament. King James afted agreeable
to his conference when he attempted to edabiilh tne
Roman Catholic religion, in England; but this
violation of the constitution cost him his throne.
King George ettabliflies the fame religion, altho'
opposed to it from education, in a much greater part
of his empire—But instead of being dethroned
for this treason against his people, we find his Par
liament fan&ifies the aft—his judges defend it—
his armies enforce it—and his Protestant Bilhops,
(two excepted) pray for its success.
Should this bill answer the purposes for which
it w&s designed, it is highly probable the fame ex
pedient will be used to secure the obedience of the
other colonies. We may live to fee our churches
converted into mass houses, and our lands plun
dered of tythes for the support of a Popifh clergy.
The Inquisition may ereft her Randard in Penn
sylvania, and the city of Philadelphia may yet ex
perience the carnage of a St. Bartholomew s day.
These hellish proceedings will be urged and de
fended like the Quebec and Boston bills, upon the
principles of political neceflity. They will be ab
solutely necessary to crulh the remains of faction
in America, and his Majesty's ministers will prove
that they are founded on the " cleared principles
of justice and humanity."
I come now to fay a few words upon the unlaw
fulnefs and danger of Handing armies in America.
They are unlawful, as they have never received
the fanftion of our American Parliaments. Soldiers
are a Handing body of slaves, and therefore dan
gerous in times of peace in every free community.
They are entirely in the power of the crown, and
therefore must always aft againH the voice of the
people. They are, from the indolence of their
lives, more vicious than the industrious parts of
mankind, and are therefore dangerous to the mo
rals of a^c people. Every body has remarked
For th Pennsylvania Packet.
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the progress of the American colonies in politeness
andin thearts o' genteel life since theßritifh troops
came amongst us—but the sober patriot only has
pointed out and lamented, that we are indebted to
the fame troops for most of those fashionable vices
which have of late overspread many parts of this
country. In a word, the liberties of America Will
always hang by a thread while Handing armies are
allowed a footingamong us.—The warlike prepara
tions, and the ftridnels of military discipline now
exercised by the British troops in Boston, amount
to a plain declaration of war against the colonies.
Should the liberties of America be established
by the prefect interruption of our trade with
Great-Britain, we shall be favoured by Provi
dence in a manner unknown by any country upon
the face of the Earth. But suppose this should
not be the case. The fame folly and madness
which precipitated the late a&s of Parliament,
may drive the ministry to such measures as shall
J u J^fj refinance and reprisal. The principle
which operates at court is active in its nature, and
Lifting in its effects. It is not ambition; this is
the vice of great minds ; —lt is an effeminate Spi
rit of revenge which will probably prevail, not on
ly over the didates of policy, justice, and huma
nity,—but over the complaints of two millions
of British manufacturers, —the only part of the
whole nation whom we can hope to interest in our
favour.—The principal objed of the prefect ad
ministration is an important one:—it is no less
than the subjugation of Britain itfelf. They look
to America through the fame telescope with the
remains of British worthies, as the only ground on
which the British constitution can be detended or
saved. They have been made to believe that it
will be easy to reduce us to slavery—but if their
arms fliould fail, they are ftili secure in their prin
cipal scheme of delpotifm. The only vital parts
of Britifli liberty flourifh in America.—When
these are cut off, the old branches must decay.
A tyrant would sooner reign over one million of
slaves, than execute the laws of twelve millions of
freemen.
But further, a lust for power has infested
the Kings, and liberty has breathed its last in all
the states of Europe. Our most gracious King
enjoys no security from the general infection.
I he air of his court is already contaminated.
The Bishop of St. Afaph has told us, that liber
ty, in Britain, wears a sickly countenance. It
requires but little ftili in prognofticks, to pro
nounce, that flie labours undera mortal distemper.
It appears then, that we are contending for all
THE LIBERTY THAT REMAINS TO MANKIND.
1 he liberties of most countries have been de
fended, or expired upon the point of the Iword.
— 1 he Americans are the firft people in the world
who have contended for liberty without arms, or
military Hores. Military knowledge is as essen
tial to the existence of a Hate, as agriculture, com
merce, or laws.—Houses and clothes are not
more necessary to guard us againH natural evils,
than warlike instruments are to defend us against
the effects of the corrupt passions of mankind. In
the present state of the world wars are unavoida
ble; —and we must suspend our belief in the wis
dom of the Deity, if we do not add—that they
are likewise necessary. The Spartans reclined
upon their arms when they deliberated upon the
affairs of their state, in the time of peace ; they
were always prepared for battle, and were always
invincible.—A familiarity with the instruments of
death, generally takes away the fear of death.
If the supreme Being is partial to any of the
human race, it must be to those advocates for li
berty who are called upon by the trumpet of war,
to expire on a bed of honour, in an a& of the high
est benevolence to society; and if sentence of re
probation is puffed upon any part of the human
race, it must be on those officers and soldiers who
have hired themfe ves out io defence of tyranny.
They are public malefactors; commissions and
muster rolls are to them warrants of condemnati
on, and a day of battle is the day of their execu
tion.—
Treason and rebellion are words which have
swallowed up the liberties of many countries. The
three branches of the British legislature have
broken the most sacred compacts with the colo
nies. 1 hey have difolved ail obligations of obe
dience from us. It is impossible to commit treason
agamlt King, Lords, or Commons in America.'
WANTED to PURCHASE,
A SMALL Plantation or traft of Land, con
" taining from twenty to fifty acres, situate any
where between fix and twelve miles from Philadel
phia, or between fix and twenty if near Delaware,
Enquire of the Printer.
1 leave to each colony to confider of the best
methods of railing, and training a body of troops,
with proper military ftoresfufficient for any emer
gency. If our elder lifter cannot be refeued from
feduttion, let America, like a vestal Virgin, hold
her virtue at the price of her blood.
D U NL A P's
I ^sagp^Sassswsg 1
CARACTACUS.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
by public vendue, on Tuesday, the Sth day
or November next, at 3 o'clock in t he afternoon, at
the Louie ofArchibhld Ihompfon, in Nerriton to vn
thip, a certain meffuage or tenement, and tradt or
piece of land, tituate in the township of New- Pro
vidence, containing 253 and an half acres ; bounded
by lands of Edward Ri hardfon, Noah Dubois, and
others ; late the eftute of Rynear Vanderflice ; seized
and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
by public vendue, on Wednesday, the 9th
day of November next, at the London Coffee-Houle,
at 7 o'clock in the evening, a certain mefluage or
tenement, and lot or piece of ground, lituate on
the south tide of Mack-horse alley and east file of
Second-drett, between Market and Chefnut-ftreets;
now in the tenure of Mr. Charles Risk; containing
in front, on Second street aforefaid, 16 and an half
feet, and in depth 114 feet; bounded by ground
of James Glen, and others ; late the estate ofßich
ard Robinson, deceased; seized and taken in exe
cution by WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
I) Y virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
5 by public vendue, on Thursday, the icth day
ot November next, at the house of Sacheveral Wood,
in Market-direct, near Strawberry-alley, a certain
meffuage or tenement, and lot or piece of ground
thereunto belonging, lituate on the weft fide of
Strawberry-alley containing in front — feet, and
in depth — leet; bounded by ground of Robert
I a gg ar L and others ; labje& to a ground-rent of
455. currency, per annum ; late the edate of Samuel
Pencock ; seized and taken in execution by
N. B. They H:I1 have for sale, a large and gene
ral affoi tment of Groceries, where inn-keepers and
others may depend on the bed of liquors, and at
the lowest prices.
in the evening, the following, b.ing part of the
estate of Samuel Neave, deceased,
AT HREE liory House and Lot, with a three
story Kitchen and Bake-houle, situate on the
east fide of Second-Street, a little north of Arch
ftreet, in tenure of Do&or Sullivan, 14. feet font
and 82 feet deep, with the liberty of a 10 feet alley
on the north fide; it rents for 551. per annum, and
is fu Jc& to a ground-rent of ill. per annum. Che
third ot the purchase money to be paid down, one
third in fix months, and the other third in twelve
months, with interett.
Alio a ground-rent of 101. per annum, issuing
out of a lot near Walnut-street, in tenure of Tho
mas Wharton and others, bounded by Water-Hreet
and the River Delaware.
REESE MEREDITH, 1
HUGH ROBERTS.
LUKE MORRIS, (Executors.
JACOB HARMAN, J
WILL commence on Wednesday evening,
the 4th of November 1774, and continue
for eight or ten evenings fucceflively, at Robert
Bell's Auction Room, next door to St. Paul's
Church in Third-Street —-In this collection aie
a great variety in ar% Sciences, voyages, travels,
hiilory, divinity, biography, novels and entertain
ment. Printed catalogues will be delivered at the
tune and place of sale— Those who choose to take
the chance of the public prices by au&ion are re
queued to lend their books to Aid Bell, that they
may be printed in the next catalogue.
ISAAC AND BENJAMIN CATHRALL,
Have for fak, at their Hore at Williiam Cooper's
ferry opposite Philadelphia, which they have just
opened,
AVERY large and general affortnient of Linen
Drapery, which they are determined to fell
at a moderate profit.
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be f< Id
by publ c vendue, on Monday, the 7th day of
November next, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
at the house of Isaac Hancock, in Providence tou n
fhip, a certain meffuage or tenement, and tradf or
piece o'land, lituate in the townfllip of Limerick,
in the county of Philadelphia, containing about 1 14
acres ; bounded by lan Is of Herman Umited, and
otheis; late the eitate of David Ryuear, deceased;
Lized a id taken in execution by
WILLIAM DbWEES, Sheriff.
By Public Vendue, at the London Coffee-houle, on
Fourth day the 2d of next month, at fix o'clock
Philadelphia, ORober 20, 1774,
TH E Contributors to the scheme for
promoting the culture of SIL K, are desired
to attend at the house of Benjamin Davids, at the
corner of Arch and Second-Streets, on the firft day
of November next, at three o'clock in the after
noon, to ebufe twelve managers and a Treasurer
for the then ensuing year.
Philadelphia, October 26, 1774.
FcrNEWBERN, (North-Carolina)
*^=_ T— — 4 The SHIP
f^,.JOHN and SALLY,
/N^'^ - BENJAMIN GREENAWAY,
Master;
F^ ft YY7ILL fail in three weeks,
ffv {Q^Q,';^ VV has good accommoda
* ' tions for Passengers. For freight
4 or passage apply to Assheton
and Batchelor, or laid Blatter on board at Tun
alley wharf#
AUCTION of BOOKS,
Philadelphia, October 18, 1774.
TO BE SO L 1),
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
T HE
ADVERTISER.
O C T O BE R gift, 1774.
WILLIAM TRICKET,
Stationer and Bookbinder, in Frobt-ftreet, near
Market-street, Philadelphia,
HA S imported by the Charming Molly, Capt.
Gill, a large assortment of gentlemen and la
dies etwee cases mounted with silver, pierced 2nd
eni raved locks, Morocco and Spanish cases with
plain lo ks and claps, Morocco and Spanish aties
ikin pocket books, Morocco and Spanish vallets hr
paper money, ladies needle cases stitched with silver,
Entick's spelling dictionary, fargeand small quarto
bibles with cuts or without, pewter ink Hands of
the newest fafhipn, Superfine Scaling wax, and India
ink, wafers of difl went forts, large 2nd fniall slates
and pencils, mefih^e cards plain and engraved,
choice mclfitinto prints and landikips done by the
belt hands, childrens prints and emblems painted
and plain, with a variety of history books for chil
dren. He makes all forts of merchant account
books, bound in 1 father and vellum with or without
Russia ban Is, and ruled to any pattern, pocket
Almanacks of all forts for the year 1775, with
blank paper between each month, bound in white,
blue and green vellhin with clasps and a pocket 011
each fide, with all forts of stationary ware; also a
variety of paper hangings.—Rooms neatly paper
ed on the fhoitell notice.
hurtingten, October 25, 1774.
TH E general Proprietors of the western division
of New-Jertey, are desired to meet at the house
of Joseph Haight in Burlington, on Thursday the
loth of November, at 10 o'clock. Such as are in
terelied as Proprietors, are requeued to attend, as
matters of considerable importance are then to be
laid before them. A, older of the President,
DANIEL ELLIS, Cle.-k.
Pblide'fbia, October 25, 1774.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RANA WAY from the fubferiber, living ii
Pennfbury tow dhip, Chester county; an frith
Levant lad, named JOHN MAHAFFEY,
nineteen years of age, about five feet seven inches
high, long visage, Ihoit Hraight dark brown hair:
Had on u hen he went away, a check shirt, the col
lar tied with tape or a 1 ring; new coat, jacket and
breeches ofa London brown cloth without lining,
with a turn-down collar to his coat, new felt hat
with a narrow brim, new shoes with buckles. Be
arrived at Newcastle the 2©th inflant, in the flrip
Prosperity, Captain M'Cullongh. Whoever ap
prehends and Secures til? laid servant, so that bis
mailer may have him ajuin, shall have the above
reward, paid by
JAMES BENNET.
Baltimore-Teun, October zzd, 1774
WH EREAS the butrnrihip ofHARRis
and DonNaldsoK dillolves on the hot day
of January next, by mutu Content, anu William
Harris is determined to quit the DRY GOODS
bufmeE; they will fell thJr dock in trade on tn#
molt reasonable terms for etfh only. Their pools
on hand confix of a i:rge and general affortmeit of
European and Ealt-India itanufadures, a great
part of which are yet 111 packages, being just ani
ved from London, Liverpoolaud GLigow. 7 hey
have onhand a considerable qifantity of thole ai titles
which have lately arose to an unreasonable dearth,
a Small part of Such, to prevent monopolizing, they
will fell to their friends and Udtomers who deal
with them for other goods at the most reasonable
prices#
N. B. They earnestly requeftall persons indebted
to them to make speedy payment, to enable them
to discharge accounts with their creditors, and re
mit to their friends witbthat put Duality which they
have always endeavoured to ob^ve.
TWENTYDOLLARSREWARD.
ST OLE N out of the pasture of the fubferi ber
livingin,M 11-CreekHundred, Mwcaftle coun ~
on the 20th ot this inst. O6t. at night; a dark bay
mare, between 14 and 15 hands high, paces at d
trots, about 15 years old, has no particular mai k
but Saddle mark. Whoever takes up Aid mare and
thief, So that the owner may have her agarn, and
the thief brought to justice, fnall ha < the above
reward, or FOUR DOLLARS lor the mate ml),
paid by me JOHN W AFT.
N. B. The mare is fmal lboned and Straight
limbed, but well made in the body, ano lie isiu>-
posed to be with foal.
T O-M O R R O W,|
At ONE o'clock in the afternoon, at
J O II N H A R T's
V ENDUE - STORE,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will bcgin the SALE,of a neat assortment of
merchandiz e.
L O S T,
By the fnbfcriber, on the 25th of this inst. OTobcr,
in the city of Philadelphia,
A SINGLE worked POCKET BOOK,
1.1 with about Forty Poundsin New-Jerh.y Tint 3
pound bills, and Some Smaller bills, Some p inted
blank notes, a New-Haven News Paper, long ie
cei,ts and other papers. Whoever Shall find said
pocket book, and deliver it with :(#.contents to the
Printer hereof, Shall receive THREE SHILLINGS
on the POUND for all the money returned, and
no questions asked.
/ ROGER SHERMAN.
NUMB. 158.