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(Left out ofour last for want of room.)
Wednesday March 8, I/7,.
In the House y Representatives, of Connecticut,
assembled at New-Haven.
WHEREAS our brethren of Boston, have
long fuffered, and are yet fuffering under
the hand of oppreffiori, grievous and unparallelled
hardihips and di&reffes in consequence of their refo
lutiom to support the great principles of confrituti
onal liberty; and having endured, and yet en
during those fufferings in the common cause of A
merica, with the most exemplary fortitude and
magnanimity. The principles of humanity and
justice to ourselves and them, require that they
Should not be left to fink under the weight of bur
thens, which without alEitance may become abso
lutely insupportable.
And although many donations have been made
them, by this and the other colonies, yet upon au
thentic intelligence, it appears they are inadequate
to the real distresses which thousands of their inno
cent and virtuous inhabitants are involved in by
means as aforefaid.
/'I" HIS HOUSE taking the matters aforefaid m
to their serious consideration, do Refolwe.
That it be and is hereby earnestly recommended to
the inhabitants of the several towns in this colony,
to continue cheerfully and liberally to contribute to
the relief of their fuffering brethren in said town,
according to the several abilities, which divine Pro
vidence has given them; esteeming it an incumbent
duty, and an acceptable service in the fight of God,
and their country.
By order of the House,
Willimm Williams, Speaker.
£ true Extraß from the Journals,
Test. Rich'd Law, Clerk.
Extrad of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, dated
Jan. 7, 1775.,
This is the important Crisis which will determine
the fate of America. The Petition tothe King has
been presented, & is tho't a moderate one, but the
new claims dated in the Bill of Rights, and the
points foreign to the one immediately in quellion,
infilled on, will much injure the Cause. The bold
Resolves of your Congress have puffied matters to
an extremity, and rendered a complete Decision of
the dispute inevitable. Whether America Ihall be
independent of or subordinate to Parliament, is now
the Question. I with the Profpea: was clearer of
an amicable Settlement. The Leaders of Govern
ment were heartily disposed to fall in with any Pro
posals of Accommodation, which might have secur
ed your Liberties and preserved that Sovereignty in
the British Legislature which is essential to the
Welfare of the Empire; but hot Men among you
have extended your Claims so far as to make it im
poflible for Parliament to comply, without relin
quilhing every shadow ofits authority. The Mer
chants have met on the Subjed: They are to peti
tion Parliament, for Redress; but are neither to
find Fault with the late Measures, nor to propose
any Mode for your Relief, but submit it entirely
to Parliament. This Intelligence is from two re
fpeclable Merchants who are of the Committee.
What particular measures will be adopted by
Parliament, on its ensuing meeting, no one can pre
cisely determine; but this may be depended on,
that there will be no Relaxation with refpe£ lto
Boston.
Containing the Freshest ADVICES
The ftrongeff Hope which we have yet left, is,
that the Assembly of New-York will firmly and du
tifully state their grievances, unembarrafled with
points foreign to the fubjed, and free from an un
diftinguifhing approbation of the measures of others.
---Such a petition will assuredly be honourably re
ceived, and in all probability, open the way for a
lading accommodation of the present differences.
How little do they seem sensibly of the uncertainty
and miseries of a civil war, who would plunge
headlong into violence rather than facrifice a punc
tilio 1
MONDA Y,^ March 27, 17,5.
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
Open to All PARTIES not under the influence of ANY.
OUR countrymen and kinsmen of New-England,
for such I am proud to call them, are like
herbs and trees, which encreafe in beauty and vigour
by being transplanted: they almost shame the foil
of their ancestors by their stately growth. The peo
ple of New England considered the relation in which
they flood to both Old and New-England ; they
therefore wifely concerted measures for the mutual
advantage of both, and honestly communicated them
to the ministry of their antient parent; where the
worthy and noble lord, who presides at the board
of admiralty is known to have promoted their scheme
in an earnest and vigorous manner. After our coun
trymen of New-England had obtained the concur
rence of the ministry here, they bravely put in exe
cution the scheme, which they had before wifely
concerted: they took Cape Breton, but As commo
dore Barren merits a Ihare of the honour, he should
not go without a ihare of our pfaife.. When I re
flect on the sagacity and bravery of Mr. PepperreH,
and of the New-Englife engineer, and the intrepidity
of the rest of the New-Englifmen ir this expedition,
when I confider the coolness and bravery with which
they marched to a&irtn, and their return from victo
ry to their several occupations I take into my mind
the great image of the ancient Romans leaving the
plow for the field of battle, and retiring after their
conquests to the plow again.
But while I contemplate the virtues of the New-
Englishmen, I grieve and blulh at the reproach of the
Old, and I cannot conclude this paper without cb
ferving that if * neglect of public justice prevails
much longer in this land, we may poffibiy have rea
son to think this country no fafe abode, and may find
it necessary to feck a refuge in New England, where
justice and indtfry fam to ha^e taken their residence.
"1 he perions whose names I sent you, were cer
tainly on the lift of those who were supposed to be
men of influence among you, and that have been or
were intended to be tempted by bribes, places and
petitions,or emoluments of some kind or other,ei
ther present or in expectancy tc betray your interests
and fide with the miniilry in ckablilhing an arbitra
ry government in America :--• I have good reason to
belive, that all those men I mentioned to you, and
more whom l intend to mention in my next, have
been or will be applied to, either immediately or by
the agency of others ; it will g ve me great pleasure
to hear that the virtue of your countrymen is proof
^gainft the temptations contrived to destroy it.---- If
the minftry succeed in eftabli^ug the right of taxa
tion, they will at their pleasure multiply places of
profit, to be raised out of your properties, to support
their dependants, in being ye ir talk mailers, and
rivetting upon you the chains of flayery. I earnest
ly warn you, to be extremely watchful of the men
among yourselves, who may h:ve power to do you
mifehief. These are the men. that will be tempted
to betray you, Contraflows anc agents for military
stores, provisions and several other articles which the
ministry have in contemplation ; will be powerfully
tempted, by very lucrative em/loyments to promote
their <le£gns.---feut hold fah h^r integrity,and all
will be well.—Your conduft has gained you im
mortal honour.—The wisdom, moderation and firm
nefs of yourContinentalCongrefs, are the admiration
of the greatest and best men in England, and in all
the world ; and the terror of the ministry and all their
emikaries and adherents ; the earthquake at Lis
bon did not occasion more confufion than this has
among them.---You have only to persevere, and you
will preserve your own liberties and England's too.
The following is extracted from the Gentleman's
Magazine for the Year 1745, to show what an
Opinion the People of England had of the Mili
tary Prowess of New-England.
NEW-YORK,
Extras of a Letter from London, dated 20th December
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The TORIES CREED.
I. T BELIEVE in my heart, and confefs with m,
1 mouth, that every Monarch from Nimrod,
king of Babylon, to Lewis XVI of France, (by
whatever means he gained the crown) immediately
upon obtaining the sovereignty commenced the /
matter, and unlimited controller, of every perfo^ I
residing within his domain ; and that in any wife to
refill such their authority, would be woife than
witchcraft theft, or perjury.
11. I unfeignedly think that eppofition of state
ministers, is the unpardonable fin.
111. I most firmly believe, and willingly fubferibe
all the arguments and positions, that the Jesuits
(those enlightened advocates for passive obedience)
have ever maintained or published.
IV. J fully acquiesce in the Eastern mode^of ad^
ministration, and am confident, that the Ottoman
and Persian courts, are perfect parterns of govern
ment.
V. I am seriously of opinion, that the fubjeds of
the King of France, and Danes, since thr'fiu render
of their Liberties, and the Farmers within the
Patrimony of St. Peter, are the happiest people upon
earth..
VI. I think it evident to a demonftration,that the
inhabitants ofGreat-Britain andNorth-America, are
miserable, only because they are free.
VII. I am clear, that in nothing the inconsider
ateness and biindnefs of weak mortals, is more con^
fpicuons, than in the opposition the Americans make
to British taxation ; since it is evident, from the
foregoing proportions, that the more abject their
state, and fixed their dependence, the more firmly
true happiness, and every social gratification is in
sured to them.
Arid lastly, I pledge myfelf to my betters, to
live in the firm belief of the above-recited
articles ; and on no confederation whatever to relax
in the least iota ;---thatl will argue, write, and lie
for this best of causes in which lam embarked ; —
that I will quench every spark of charity for all and
every person that refufes to think exadly as I do ;---
arid that my moil fervent endear ours shall be exerted,
to banish that baneful harpy, Liberty, from tire face
of the earth forever.