The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-02-15 00:00:00, page 2

CONNECTICUT.
re fl T ERS,
to infer! tie fc Hewing in yw Papers anil
yvs 'mitt vblrge many of )tur cufiomers.
To the PUBLIC.
f? E tvicfiflicni of the Sufquehecna^
g Company are become a matter retry in
rereftieg io rbeir couGqu-nccc to this
Cslooy.—We hire been repeatedly told the
Colsny fhoold not be pot to any cxpence on
that account—and that they would by no means
be m rant to involve (heGovernmeot in a contro«
«e<y with Me Peoa ; at length it appears, (not
withQaading (hefe repeated assurances) that by
felling rights to fame, and giving to other/, they
have so iccreafed their numbers, that the Gene*
ra! AScmbty cooSd not procure a vote of the
House tn exclude the Members of the Sufque
banuah Company from fitting and voting in that
very case in which they were immediately in
terested, fey which means a vote has been ob«
eaioed for the Government to take upon them
selves the defence of our title to those lands—
and hart accordingly transmitted the fate of the
case to gentlemen learned in the law in Great'’
Britain, for the refoluiion of certain queftioos
by them put, the answers to which queries,
contained in less than twenty fire lines, hasceft
this colony more than £ .100 fierling. — Upon
the receipt of Paid answers, commiffloners hare
been sent to Philadelphia, to treat with the
Governor of that Province relative to those lands
the execution of which ccmmiffion has, by the
Honorable Assembly, been allowed at / 171
16s nd. lawful Money, fioce which, that
Honorable House after long and mature deliber
ation, at the very close of the feffisns, the grea
ter part of the Affcmh y being return’d to their
homes (there being but 60 Members present)
formally incorperated thcSufquchannahPurchafe,
into a township, by the name of Weflmoreland,
and annexed the fame to the county of Litch
fie'd— The cofl and expence of the aejourned
Assembly, which I trust. may be jafily charged
to the account current of the Sofquekanßah
Company, I think cn-y not be computed at a
less sum than £ 600 —Perhaps it may be ’ho’t
that the whole expcnce of the adjourn’d Affcm
bly, may not justly be charged to the Su fque
hanoab Company. But when we confider that
courts of chancery have been erefled, on pur
pose to li Hen ihe business of the General As
sembly, we may fairly conclude, former zflem
blies have been so retarded in hearing and de
bating upon the motions of the company, where
by the usual & Rated business of the assembly I as
been put off, that made it neccffary to adjourn
However, I am told, the greater part of the last
session was spent ou these matters relative to
that purchase.
To appease the present murmurs of the pea
plc, who dread the cxpencc of a litigation, with
Mr. Penn (as they have the remembrance of
the MASON CV E, which laded about 40 or
joyears, (bll freth in their minds) they now
throwout sugar plumbs, and tell us these lands
will fell for immenfc sums —that our treasury
will be greatly enriched- that the colony never
need to pay any more taxes ; by which weak
minds may be deceived. — Whereas the truth is,
she colony have relinquifhcd their right to the
Su'quchannah Purchasers, of an extent of land
120 miles cast and weft,and 60 miles io breadth
or more ; and to Mr Samuel Hazard of Phi
ladelphia, they have ceded all the Itnds weft of
the Sufquehsnnah Purchase, to the river Miffi-
Cppi ; —and the Crown, at the hH treaty of
peace, have ceded to the French all the lands
weft of the MilEfippi — So that this colony, as
such, have not one foot of land weft of New-
York ; and should a litigation with Mr. Penn
be continued, as long as the Maj on Case was,
(and I have no reason to think the principal
vflors in St/quchMinah matters have acy defirc
it (hou ! d terminate sooner, as their political ex
ilience depends upon its being held in fufprnce)
and finally determined in our favour, the Sus
quebvenah Purchasers and ML Hazard's heirs,
and not our colony treasury, will be the gainers.
It is true, this con’roverfy may be carried on
for force years, and the Freemen fcarccly per
ceive any additional burthens, as rhe taxes al
ready laid, to call io the three last emilfions,
which in al! amount to £ 34 000, exceeds the
whole of the three last cmiffivos, more than
X 10,00©. —Wherefore, man; cf the Freemen
of this cilony, are very desirous that the Se est-
Men of the refpeftive towns in this Co ory,
would early warn legal town-mcetiogs, in the
fevers! towns in this colony, in order to eleft
one or two members, in each town, to meet at
Middletown, ©n the last Wednesday es March
next, in order to consult mcafurcs proper to be
pursued. to evade the evils which we appreh'nd
will atte id onr prefect measures- — No Members
to be admit ed, but such ar produce proper cer
tificates from the town c crk> of the refpcfftve
towns that they were duly chofea by the town,
at a town meeting legally warned and convened
to that fervict- And it is expefted that the
capital towns in this colony do lead in this
matter, when the lesser towns will soon follow
the example. This is the request of
MANY.
Upon COLONIZATION.
THE fpnit of calonizstion in our Gover
nours, and the spirit of emigration in
the people, bid fair to ruin and depo
palate this kingdom. Whenever the colonies
of a nation (hall arrive to be greatly fupeiior in
number of people, and conf<quenLy in strength,
to their mother country, that nation will of
course become more drpendaot oh them than
they on it ; cfpecial'iy if inch nation be over
burdened with taxes, overawed by la.gc Handing
armies and weakened by luxury and corruption.
Antient Rome was brought to ruin by the mul
titude and greatoefs of its arqoifi ions abroad,
as well as by its luxury and corruption at heme ;
and so will every Hate that increases its foreign
dominions beyond all proportion to its own in
terna! (Ireogth. Evtry cation, in their pursuit
of foreign atquifitions, (Itou d ever observe a due
proportion to the number of its people at heme ;
for otherwise they will, by the constant incre-fe
of people in such required territories, transfer,
io time, the original power of the Rate to them
Colonics, 4fpecially in a commercial country,
do certainly tend to iocreafe its wca th, and
vugmeot the fl re ng<h and power of its (late ;
but then they should never be extended to that
degree as to bear no proportion to the number
of its pecp'c at home ; bccaufe, whenever they
are so, it will be irnpvfii ole for such country to
keep its colonics in c'uc fdbjeftioo. In what
light feever cur rulers may lock upon the rum
ber cf peop'e at home, or how rcgardlefs feever
theymsybeof them, and of iccreafing their
number, they conftitutc the flrengih and power
of the (late ; if they increase, the power cf the
kingdom docs so ; hut if they decrease, the
flrength of the Hate must of course decry. It
cannot be denied, tut that the co’ooies o( Great-
Britsin are already extended beyend a due pro
portion to their people at home The branches
of the tree are now rather tco Urge for its bo
dy ; and every fecfible per Fan must forfee that
our fellow fubjedh in America will, in less than
fifty years, form a flzte much more numerous
and powerful than their mother country. At
this time, were they inclined to throw off their
dependency, it wou’d be very difficult for this
kingdom to keep them in fubjedtion. Vi hat
then will they be in fifty years time when their
numbers will be more than trebled by natural
propagation only, without the addition of then
sands, who fly every year to that happy ccun
try, where they can live with freedom, and get
their bread with rafe. It certaio’y behoves the
government to shirk in time of such matters,
and to take proper jHcafures far preventing the
emigration of our perp'e to America, and for
increasing the cumber cf them in this nation.
But no (lep whatsoever which the Miniflry can
take will be likely to produce such an hoppy cf
fedt. uulefs the people (hall be (off.red to live in
that liberty they were born to, and (hall be able
to precure, by their labour and induflry, such a
comfortable (übfiftencc as Englishmen have been
accuftomcd to.
A REFLECTOR.
London, )
Nov. 15‘,i773 J
Norfolk Exercise,
May be had at the Printing-Office
A few of the
To the Pecp’e of CONNECTICUT.
HAT-thick you ot ihe times? or are
’’ * you ignorant of the effort of America to
dtlembogue the vermin that are feeding on its
entrails ? Ye hast made vigorous exertions in
times past 4 and given glorious proofs cf zeal
in the canle of liberty. But why such supine-
E?fs freh tot^l fi ence at this important ctifi,/
True, tf\tn r jxioui herb has net been sent among
us, but are not our in-ercPs blended with the
interests cf America? Mod we rot fi> k or
swim with the rest of the coloni’S? snd have
we nothing to do in this (lupendous affair ? Is
it decent for us to lay lolling upon our couclies
when the o’het provinces sre in travail and la
bouring with ccnvu'fife pangs and throws to
get rid of the deadly poifoo ? Shall we hang
by the and be idle (pe&ators, becaufc
our enemies hive not pointed the fwerd es envy
dire&ly at our breads 1 Rouse up my Country
mco s and with man'y freedom assert yout rights.
If we arc in tarneft let us maoifeft it to the
world, and by our public refo'utions exhibit
substantial proofs of patriotism ; and that we
(corn to ba pack bodes and beads of burden to
the tools of ©preffian and arbitrary power. If
we like rhe meafnm of the other colonics let
us adopt them, and thereby make it msnifeft we
are united in frntiment with them. •• United
we Hand, by dividing we fill,” are words of
amazing fignificancy,and ought te be engravenin
capitals on '■very he»rt, for here all our fafety
depends. No power on earth can rob us of
our rights if we are united to defend (hem.
Let this objeft therefore, viz. the union of the
calooies, be conflantly and invariably in view,
aod every attempt to divert our attention from
it be rejected wiE indignation and unutterable
contempt. The mod impsttant feene is now
opening that crcr our eyes beheld ; the day
is hafleniog with double (peed, when the glory
cf America will break forth like the morning,
and (hire with unclouded luftre, cr its fun be
let in total darknefa, daikoefs that may be felt,
and more gloomy than the (hades of death.
MARRIED. Mr. Charles Kel
logg, to Miss Betsey Burr, an a
greeable young Lady.
DIED. ] Mr. Timothy Dodd of ibis
Place^ aged 48,
*** The Subscribers for a public
Library are hereby notified to meet al
the Grammar School liouCe next Thurs
day Evening at 6 o'Qlock^ to make Choice
of a Commit tee, Librarian, &c. and to
come into such ether Measures and Regu
lations as thiy (hall think proper for the
more efeflua.l Execution es their De-
Cgn.
Last Wednesday the Rev. Mr.
Perry was ordamedMinifterof theGof
pel over the Church and Congrega
tion in Harwinton in the Room of
the Rev. Mr. Bartholomew, refign’d.
The following is his Excellency Governer
Wentworth’s answer to a verbal meffige pre
sented to him.(i4 h January) by a commit
tee appointed by rbe affemb'y of the pro
vince of New Hamplhirc.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of
Representatives y
HAVING cos fidcrcd your message of this day
informing ®e, that you and your constituents
had been greatly alarmed by a report prevailing
for fame time past, that complaints had been
preferred to his Majefly of great irjuftice, malc
adminiftration and oppression in my conduct as
governor cf this province ; also requefling to
know if such ccmp'atnts have been preferred,
and the event thereof.
I have in anfwtr to acquaint the house, thst
such complaints were preferred acd urged by
Peter Levins, Esq; and that the Right Honora
ble the Lords cf the committee of the privy
coußcil, to whom his Mijefty was pleated to
refer the final bearing and consideration of the
whole matter, bad reported upon it, on the Bth
HARTFORD, Feb. 22.