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% Mtfficxrs the Toy-men, Moderate-men, Any-bodies-inem
E^ery-bpdiy-men, No-bodies -wen, the Trimmers,
porizers, ^c. ^c. &c. <wberefoever dispersed through
out theTbirteen United States if America.
Gentlemen,
AS the approaching campaign will, in a few weeks
more, be opened, and probably (if poffitole) renew
ed with redoubled vigour and cruelty by our relentnefs
enemies, permit me from sentiments replete with humani
ty, to submit to your serious attention the following con
siderations before that awful period arrives.
That most of you ar t e really actuated from motives of
principle, I readily confefs ; but, that this principle is no
other than the principle of triereft, yon surely cannot deny.
By playing your different games, you thereby expect
security to your persons and falvatioa to your property.
You, Gentlemen,of the firft denomination, from a
firm persuasion that the British arms will prevail, and that
your "lpyalty will entitle you to proteaion and superiority.
The Moderate men, with their hieroglyphic appen
dages Messieurs the Any-bodies-men, Every -bodies-men,
No-bodies men, the Trimmers, Temporizers, &c.
&<-from the fame delusion fire vainly led to hope, through
their particular conduß and cunning, that they ' also (let
which fide succeeds) will be perfectly secure.
However, Gentlemen, “ be not deceives. —Experi
ence ought to teach you wisdom. Has not one indiscri
minate lot of devaluation and plunder been the common
fate to botii .Whig and Tory, whenever the British banner
has displayed its visionary success? Pray, Gentlemen,
how are those perlons who formerly lived in affiance and
fplend@r among you requited for their lyalty ? ^ ith the
most indifferent negkdl-Aud, after facrifi^g their for
tunes, their happiness, their wives, their children, Ray,
all that is dear to men,—their country 1 —they nevertne
tefs are contained, through dire necessity, to follow even
the menial offices of life for a daily fubflftenc e.
It is true indeed,you will fomctimes fee in toe p Royal
Gazette," that “ the preference will be given to Gentlemen
Refugees of mblemifoedchara^rs." To dowhat ?-- Why,
to become the Scavengers of Greets, the attendants on
wharfs, covks to tranfrorts, or Rewards to privateers.
These affections are fads. I speak not, Gentlemen,
from the *** *, or fay so of any one. I fpeakfrom oc
gutar demon^ration ; and was I to attempt a true repre
sentation of the mineable groups of renegades now starv
ing in New-York, huddled together by fixes and sevens
in the obfeure alleys, " where chariot never rolled, nor
flambeau shot its rays," curing the hour ®f tneir apoftacy
and those that deluded them, I probably Ihould find it no
arduous undertaking.-Pl^thropy, however, urges me
to unfold the curtain of humanity, to-drop the melancholy
fubjea. ~
Let me entreat you, then, by every tenner sentiment of
regard; let meconjure you by those sacred ties of men,
and fellow-countrymen, to avert (whilst it is in your
power) the impending calamity.
The florm is gathering fart; the time is travelling
quickly on, when the great and sovereign command ®f
" felf-preservation" will be rtridly adhered to; and I
have authority to fay, that that lenity which has so long
difiinguifhed these States, cannot, for the falvMion of the
people, be longer adminiftred to their enemies.
Awake then from the " flupefaftion, nor fink from a
voluntary intoxication into a torpid infallibility."
" Be not deaf-to the solemn call of oecafion and Receffi
ty. Rejoice not in the absence of thought, in the con
tempt of forefight." But let us all, since it is our interest,
as well as our duty, be unanimous !
" In a word, Gentlemen, the period is arrived, when
it is no longer a qtieftiori who are to compose a party, cr
.who have been to blatne. Such difeuffions will not pro
bably obtain conviction on either fide. The day is part
.for refleaions on those who have been alledged to have
given confidence to the war, or on those who have been
laid to have provoked it. The main object of our confe
deration is now---the salvation of our country.
April 23d, 1779. BRAMIN.
SATURDAY,}MAY x, i 7„.
Sj^ffi^ FT^~-j t^w^
GENERAL ^CT^ ADVERTISER:
Speculum Britannicum : Or, a fieio of the Miseries'and
Calamities fuccejfruely brought upon Great-Britain P) in
tefline divifans, in the last and prefect centuries.
THE Author, or rather Compiler of the present work,
introduces his view of the calamities, which have in
times past been brought upon this country, by intefline
divisions, with the following account of it:
“ The- entertainment provided for the reader, is fur
nished by Lord Clarendon, and Mr. Hume, Sir John
Dalrymple, and Mr. Macpherfon.
" The works of these writers (fays he) are large and
volumniows ; they come into few hands, comparatively
freaking ; and of those, into whose hands they do come,
few take the pains to read and apply them. A fuccinft
sarraflvehas therefore been extracted, and is given, for
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the most part, in the words es the historians thernfelves ;
by which a reader of very moderate capacity may be en
abled, in two or three mornings, while under the difcipbne
of his Frizeur, to egter fully into the nature and genius of
a party spirit, its intrigues and cabals, with their etfe&s
and confluence,, as they manifefted themselves in this
kingdom, through a space of near fetirfecre years, fn 111
1640 to 1716. And when he Ihalfhave attentively sur
veyed the pidure, he will fay to his f@n, if hit be the fa
ther of one, my son, fear thou the Lord and the King, and
meddle not with them that are given to change "
“ The work is divided into four periods, comprehend
ing, in the whole, a space of near 80 years, viz. from
1648 to 1716. The detail of faffs here brought together,
is merely intended (0 ffiew, from repeated examples, the
mifehievous efreas of the party differences which have
subsisted in this country, within the space above mbntienedj
wit'll, " the miserable fatality attending revolutions of all
kinds." —'' In regard to the consequences," continues the
Loyal writer, “of that most extraordinary, one in 1648 ;
though, after a course of twelve years, a restoration took
place, yet very few years succeeded before rhe convulsions
of the hate broke out afreth ; and, though the revolution
of 1 689 prepared us for a new succession, and an improved
constitution, the times continued alarming and, fluctuat
ing, and the administration divided and betrayed on all
tides ; and even the constitution, so much desired by us,
remained broken and unsettled till the peace of Utrecht
was explained and confirmed in 1716, which has improved
and eltablilhed the constitution by new resolutions, and
guarantied the present Royal Family on the Throne.
Tear).
, To sum up the distresses within the period we
have gone through, we have found that from the civil
war, on its commencement in 1640, to the King's
death in 1648, was one continued feene of coafufion
and diftfefs, for - , _ _ g
" From 1648, to the Restoration in 1660, which
was during the military usurpation, the feene was not
mended, for - '- .
“ From 1660 to the death of Charles IL in 1684,
was a period of anxiety with very short intervals, be
ginning with Venner's infurfeftion in the fame year of
ib6o, and a conspiracy in 1663, and the firfl Dutch
war, which commenced in 1664; the plague in 1665;
and the fire of London in 1666 ; the Dutch expediti
on up the Thames in 1667; the mischiefs, created by
the cabal, begun in 1670 ; the Duke's convarfiga in
1671 ; the second Dutch war, and Cutting up the
Exchequer, in 1672 ; the Popifh plet took date from
1678, which continued to the death of the King in
'6*4 - - - - 24
“ From 1684 to the Revolution in 1688, was one
bigotted Lene of despotism of - _ .
'( From 1688 to the. death of William in i 7 cn, was
full of invasions, treacheries, and difeontents - 14
“ From 17,32, till the Protestant succession was
guarantied by the general peace in 1716, plots and
conspiracies, invasions and treacheries, among the
greatest officers of the State ' -
—
Total years 76
“ Wherein shall we find, within the above-mentioned
seventy-six years, one year of solid fatUfaHion, of perma
nent tranquility, in Church or State? How short-lived
were the joys of the Refteration? How perplexing the
Revolution in 1688? How dangerous the triumphs and
ambition of Marlborough, the intrigues of St. Germain's
and our treachery at home? evpn opr conquests were not
our own, but were delusive in ' regard to our fafety."
In tQe narrative, which is here given of our party dif
fentions, and their unhappy effeds, “ it has not been the
author's design to enter into the causes of revolutions or
the dirtied rights of King o r people ; but (simply) to
shew the dangerous conferences generally attendant on
every change of government. The revolution, (continues
he) or 1688, 1 would not be thought to disapprove of; it
became necessary ; and we l@ o k upon it, at this diftanje
of time; with that fatisfadion which we ought, when we
4 confider that bur present happy ertablifhment has been the
event ; but neither King nor people were fatisfied, while
King William lived ; and I hope I have set forth fufficient
to demonstrate the difficulties and dangers we efcaped.from
during that sera of intelline divisions, to difeountenance
almoin every revolution for the future. It may and ought
to teach us to be extremely cautious, from what has been
felt and feared, how we involve ourselves and our country
in the fame misfortune again, especially as we have not the
Shadow of an excuse for such a conduct.
" It mart be the with of every true Englishman, that
there was no reason, at this time for the above caution.
But so many late publications of speeches, and political
fentimeots, avowed both publicly and privately, plainly
ihow that a Republican Spirit is attempted, by every ar
tifice of florid elocution, and filfe reafonin'g, to be spread
and established among the people."
Friends as we are to the principles es the glorious revo
lution, we are so far of this author's opinion, as to the ex
pence and hazard of such political arrangements, that we
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD;
DAN AWAY on the 24th instant, (April) from
the house of Mr J, mes Hunter, a 'dark
Wench commonly called HETT, late the property of
Dunmn Irwin, and formerly belonged to Mr. Divid
Frank. , supposed to be about twenty years old,' of low
ft . at , re but well made ; the has a remarkable fear on the
.^„° f h t" ne ' k ° An V P erf ° n wh ° wi U deliver
t,fud Wench to the Agents f or fuzing confiscated
estates in Philadelphia, shall receive the above reward.
LO Al Sugir, Bar Iron, Lignum Vite,
coarse Shoes, Sail Needles, Edgings, &c
TO BE SOLD BY °
COXE, FURMAN and COXE,
Who want Bills of Exchange oil any part of Europe.'
FIFTY DOLLARSREWAIID.
RAN AWAY about the fifteenth inff. (April) a
Negro man called SAMUEL, born in the Weft-
Indies, about five feet fix inches high, well made,
(peaks English fluently; He took with him a good ma
ny eloaths, among which was a brown coat turned up
with blue. As he was some time in the service of a
Gentleman at Shreu fbnry, it is supposed be is gone that
way, with a view of getting intoNaw-York. Whoever
freures said Negro so that th? owner may have him again,
shall receive the above reward, paid by Ri&harb
Nickolls, in Wilmington, 01 George Meade and
Co. in Philadelphia.
I6pe never to fee caufs for adding another experient of the
# ame kind, to the black catalogue of misfortunes brought
upon this country by pretended patriots.
Who make us haves, and tell us 'tis our charter."
Otway.
The British Court Papers are filled with such publica
tions as the foregoing.
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The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RA GS,
BY
J 0H N Du N L A P.
To be SOLD by Pub/;c Au&ion,
On Saturday toe xft day of May, at ten o'clock in the
morning, on Mr. Andrew Hodge's wharf,
ONE HUNDRED and eleven logheads and thirty
barrels of WEST.INDIA R U taken in Le
prize TChconer SALLY.
Bj order of the Court of Admirals, '
, MATTHEW CLARkSON, Mar%l.
I he difficulty the Marshal has been put to, in collecting
money for^ods fold by him at auction, renders it ab&
lutely necessary, that tho purchasers make payment as
soon as their bihs are delivered ; those who do not com
ply with this reasonable requisition, must not take it amis
if at future sales their bids are refufed.
V Philadelphia, April zi, 17,9.
R Y virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas,
to me dirtied, will be export'd to file by public
vendue, at the house of John Reading, the sign of the
Blue Bell, dis corner of Front and Almond ftreety, io
Southwark, on Wednesday the fifth day of May next,
at Six o clorx in the afternoon, one moiety or half part
of lundry ground-rent?, amounting in the whole to the
sum of Twen%eight Founds and Sixteen Shillings,
chargeable and issuing out ol fix several lots of ground,
lituate in the dhtrift of Southwark afore/aid, fnbjea to
the dower ofjhe widow of Mr. John Riely, the elder,
deceased ; ieized and taken in execution as the estate
of John Riely, at the fait of Char ! es Meredith, by
_ JAMES CLAYPOOI ,E, Sheriff.
Io be SOL Dat Public Audion,
On the thirteenth day of May, a, Pen o'clock in the
•morning,
A LL the Houfhold Goods late the property of Wil^
ham Anftin, such as feather beds, bed heads, chairs?
tables, cherts of drawers, Icoking-glafa and a great
variety of Kitchen Furniture, &c.
, A ? d ^ 1", ,°, ock ° n the L me day will be fold,
sundry Houfhold Goods, formerly the probity of Hud
son Burr, at his late dwelling-house in Fourth-street bv
WILLIAM WILL, 7 for
ROBERT SMITH, , corfifeated
CHARLES W. PEALE, J Esta&