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&r of ah i^pirti il public, who will hardly fail to remark
the inveterate m <1 jmty *hicn ch iraderizes hisLordfhip's
opponents, s well as tneir aftomihing effrontery in urg
ing this charge.
The most virtuous minifler may be obliged by an un
law ird conjunaion of events to change his political mea
sures, without deserting his principles ; and it is undeni
ably the part of a wife one to adapt nis conduct to the pre
sent crisis. Those who decry his Lordlhip's proceeding
in this instance, might with equal propriety maintain, that
because the revolted provinces of the Netherlands had once
been fubjeft to%e Grown of Spain, she ought to have
waged eternal war until they returned to their allegiance,
and to have commenced hoftilittes against every state tuat
dared to a knowledge their independence, as if the injustice
of kingdoms and their rulers were control aple, like the
offences of individuals, and that a process agrinft them
could i>e enforced with the fame certainty of effect that a
court of law takes cognizance of the criminalty of private
''with reTped to the attacks that have been made upon
his Lordship with so much iadecent personal rancour con
cerning the expenditure ofthe public m mey, until it fnall
pie de the Supreme Being to turn the hearts of mankind,
and to correct that spirit of rapacity and extravagance
which marks the iharader of the prefect age ; all that ctn
be expected from the most upri tit minister, is to guard
a^ainft peculation as much as poffib'e in the firft inst nee,
and to expose, discard and punilh the guilty party when
ever it can be detected ; but tnefe immaculate reformers,
with all their prud nee and integrity, know well enough
that it is impossible, with the utmost vigilance, to attend
so minutely to the vast detail of national disbursements as to
put a stop to those impositions, which have furnished a
fubjed of complaint in all ages and nations; and not&ri us
as toey have been, have hitherto eluded t^e utmost caution
of tie belt regulated governments, wholly to obviate or
redress them. ,
Thelaft and ihftant resort of these detestable wretches is
offo diabolical a nature, that as Shakefp^r fays, "No
bulk of words can cover the monstrous size of their vil
lainy," therefore 4 the tads fliall go n ke, that Men
may fee them the better".
After having contributed as much as lay in their power,
by t^eir underhand baneful.machinations, to defeat every
measure adopted by government to maintain the conttitiv
tional authority of Great Brinin over her colonies ; these
men witi superlative impudence arethe firft and loudefi in
arraigning their GQnduft for want of success!
While "they are pathetically declaring against the in
crease of the national debt and affecting to lament with
so mu h fympitsy the fufferiigs and c ifhefs treir poor
fellow fubjefts I ibour under, from the insupportable weight
ot the ,resent taxes.
While they are exaggerating, and exposing the weak
ness of their country, and hypocritically deploring the
miserable state of her trade and finances, not forgetting at
the fame time to proclaim to the world tne weakness of her
resources.
In tne midst I fay of such abominable cant apo dih.mu
lation, this execrable crew are labouring by every pofhble
artifie, nd by all the inflammatory suggestions th.y can
devise, to plunge taenation in a frefh war; which befijes
the vaf leffufion of blood it mart occasion, will inevit.oly
according to their own computation, add one hundred
million to th it debt ; which, it mutt be granted; is alrea
dy weighty enough, to furnilh a plaufiole topic of com
plaint.
It would b? hardly possible to onceive any cir umftance
th^t couldaggravate the at:ro ions wickedness of this cop
dud, if they had taken the leaf )trouble to ditgurfe their
forts and expectation, tnat feme disastrous event might
happen in me course of the war ; which fliould excite so
run h aifcontetf among th< people, as might force the
Kin upon the necessity of truftiog the government in
their hands. * A A .
Do the retainers to these antimin'fterial factions flatter
themselves that th p events of war will ^e so much in our
power, under their leaders, as (notwithstanding the una
voidable diminution of our rorce in America , to insure
fuccefsa ainft the colonists, when supported by two of the
greareft powers in Europe, which we have not been able
to atchieve while they were only partially assisted by ene
those powers. . , r
Do this contemptible herd, who have with so litt Ie scru
ple or remorse abandoned all regard to patriotifr., and prin
ciple, presume to imagine t ey can delude their country
men with the insidious and chimerical pretence of national
honour, when it is so manifestly the last hackneyed effort
their rrifehievous invention can fugged, to uphold t e
drooping cause of their felfifh ambition.
As the approbation of the public has hitherto supported
Lord North against the obloquy and malice of his adyer
faries, it is to be hoped he will not faint t tne latter end
of the day, nor ingloriously ficritice her menace to the
age and clamour of these mock patriot The cause of
this country is in his hands ; and therefore it behoves his
Lordihip to reflect before he engages in a new war, that
the nation will confi er him as retponfible for having in
volved her in so ruinous and bloody an undertaking ; and
that without the most solid, unavoid ble provocation, to
gether with a rational, obvious prolped of an adequate
computation to the kingdom, for the extreme distress it
must occasion ; a compliance with the seditious requisitions
of desperate disappointed people will prove but a slender
judifiediGn of so haz rdous a measure, and utterly un
worthy she fortitude he hath manifefted upon so many for
mer o^afions, in similar instances. ,
There is one circumstance during his Lordship s poli
tical warfare, that well deserves the public noti e; which
is, that the keenest and most bitter of his adversaries have
not been able upon some occasions, to withhold the ap
pliufe due to his character and abilities; which is a tribute
that virtue never fails to extort at one time or otner, evert
from the most profligate andabandoned i And alth®' the
removal of .is Lordfllip was the point to which their re
fpedive aims were directed; yet it was evident from the
difonance and disunion of their sentiments, in every other
indane; that their opposition did not proceed from a
bad opinion, either of bis capacity or integrity, but mere
ly from considering him as the grand obft cle to their inif
chievous am ation; neither was there one of theft rival
candidates who would have befitated (abfiraaing tne pos
session of present power) to acknowledge Lord North's in
feriority, in preference to any otner competitor.
I foil close what I have to add, concerning his Lor^
All, and his antagonists, with a story of a celebrated hatei
min, from ancient history, which ftrike r me; as an apt
illumration of their refpe&ive pretentions to the govern
ment of the commonwealth.
" Upon a dispute among the great men of these times,
concerning their several merits and abilities to serve the
republic ; every one, with equal modesty and f&lf denial,
decreed the firft p ft to himfelf; but at the fame time, they
were unanimous in their choice of the fame person to fill
the second, whicn was on-all hands allowed to be a clear
though tacit confeffion of that perlon's superiority."
Ot this story Heave the public to make the application,
concluding with the following reflexion : That we may
pronounce the affairs @f the nation to be truly defperate,<
when the is reduced to look up to those motley, discor
dant and disjointed factions, for her preservation, who
have rendered tnemfelves so jufl'y odious and despicable,
under the aggregate term of oppofrion.
FIDUS & PROBUS.
PHI LADE'L PHI A.
To His Excellency JOSEPH REED, Efauire,
President of the Honorable the Supreme Executive
Council of the Common -Wealth of fennfy vania.
The ADDRESS of the Minister, Elders and Deacens
of t r Scots Presbyterian Church in the city of Phita~
delphia.
May ts ,^'tfe your Excellency,
CT" HOUGH addresses to persons of high rank, tod
1 oftn ar the fruit of flattering lips, our address to
y u on the prelent occasion is of a different kind being
dialed by real adfeaiori, arid containing only the undis
guised fentiniti is of our hearts.
The ußwe ried p ins which have been taken to involve
thisS de in amanny, the methods pursued to pave the
way for ; e British yoke of bondage being wreathed again
about our necks, together with the torrent of abuse winch
has been poured on your charader, merely on account ofc
your pi Herring the publie good of Pennsylvania to your
bwn profit and bale, luggefted to us the propriety of this
address,
Without entering into the dispute about me perfection
or deft Cfs of our frame of government, we cannot help de
claria;; that we esteem it a singular bieffing that our .date
has an enlightened Patriot, a gallant Soldier and a virtu
ous Citizen for the President of our Executive Council;
and we do adore that Providence that raised you up Jor
feck 4 time as this.
The diligence, vigour and care with which you, the
Vice President and others the members of the Supreme
Executive Council, have managed public btf nefs since you
were eloathed with your important; but envied office, af
ford us happy presages of important services you will yet
render Pennsylvania in the present critical conjuncture of
affairs.
Permit us to assure your Excellency, that it is our ear
nest desire that your virtuous endeavours fdr the public
good may be crowned with success ; that in our refpeßive
Rations, we may strengthen your hands in the discharge
of the duties of your nigh office, and that we hope no
thorns of unease to you will ever spring up among us, or
the people under our infpe&ion
We Elicit te you on being raised to the Prefidentfhip,
and our prayers to Almighty God shall be that your heart '
may be anim ted, your hands strengthened in holding
te rcis of government, and 'that you and the good peo
ple of Pennsylvania may continue to have mutual com-'
for in echot er.,
Si ned in our own name and in behalf ot the Scots Pref
byteri i Church in P iladelphia, on the Seventh day
• of April, 1? 9, by us
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Minister.
GEORGE KENNEDY, U
P-TER JAN ARY, fydera
JOHN PURDON, Miners.
ROBERT AITKEN, J
WILI f M RICHARDS,)
FRAZER KINSLEY,
His Excellency was pleased to give the following Answer;
Gn r ernen,
J THANK you for the kind and obliging sentiments
you have expreffedon this oc afion : And as this proof
of your r „ard is equally unexpected and unsought, it
cannot fail of leaving a due and grateful impression. If I
have in any instance approved myfelf to my country, the
generous returns of favor and affeftion that have been
made, have amply rewarded such services as mime : And
Should any sentiments different from yours have mingled
witlour public tranfaftions, they Should be coafidered as
the overflowings of freedom, which time and better-know
ledge will correct; and which we cannot too soon forget.
The privilege of difeuffing public chaialters and measures,
is too invaluable in a free country to be relinquished or
difeouraged but by those who dread a Scrutiny. Let truth
and candor govern the enquiry, and a good man has no
thing to fear from a sensible and enlightened people.
As neither interest nor ambition, but the general voice
and favor of my country, led me to the chair of govern
ment, I fliall endeavour to difeharge its duties with fideli
ty and honor, in full aSSurance that while I thus aft I Shall
not only enjoy your confidence and Support, but that of
every other friend to the peace, liberty and happiness of
Pennsylvania.
May your Society and you individually soon taste these
blessings, and may they be perpetual
.JOSEPH REED.
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A WHITE Loaf of fine flour to weigh One Pound
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One Loaf of ditto to weigh Two Pounds, for Seven
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BENJAMIN PASCHAL,
ISAAC HOWELL,
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WILLIAM M'MULLAN,
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Philadelphia, April at.
• To be S OLI) by the Subscriber,
A N English Sorrel M,A RE, fourteen hands and
one inch high, of a good carriage, beautifully
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OI RAVED or S DOLEN from off the Commons
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neither brand nor ear nark, fix years old this Spring,
fiddle marked on several places, a fear on each hip,
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the above regard, or rw-XTY Dollars for the horse
only.. WILLIAM BROWN, CD pt. Artillery.
N B. Sai" horse may be ^ft at Francis Pictor's li
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Philadelphia, April 16.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
ON Friday the ninth instant, as Captain
Trapp was on his way from Bolton to this city,
between fix and seven in the evening he was met by two
men in the road from Ney-Windfer to Morriffown, in
the Clove, when one of them with a musket ftopp d him,
and fwoie if he did not immediately dismount he would
blow his brains cut. Capt. Trapp afk.d by what au
thority ? He replied if he did not get off he would thou
him. By, this time the oth^r one came a'd took the
horse bv the bridle, and took a pistol out of his pocket.
Capt. Trapp (hen alighted, and they took him and his
h®rfe cu of the main road, where they tied the horse
and took off the fadule-bagty in which were upwards cf
Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds, lawful money,
, and all his cloatss, and ordered him up the mountain,
where they flopped and demanded the key ; he told
them he had loft it; when they with a knife cut them
open. One of them then guarded him almost to the top
o the mountain, when feting an opportunity he ran and
m de his escape from them, and cime to the firft house
from the place, wher^ he found some riflemen, who
went in purluit of them, found his horse where they left
him the next morning, and found hi# whip, but could
find nothing of the rubbers. The night before they
bioke open and robbed a House ne r the fame place.
One Cole and one Straw, who belonged to the fame
party, were executed the fame day at Hackenfack.—
There have thirteen of them been seen, and iris flip
pofed there are between forty and fifty now on the
mountains near the fame place.
Whoever takes up the robbers and secures them in
any gaol on the Continent, so that they may be brought
to jultice and the money be recovered, faall be entitled
to the above reward.
• tape-May County, Ne^.yfifty, March e%
'H E Public is hereby informed, That
JL a p^titio, will be bid before the Legflature of
this State, at their next fitting, praying that a law may
be puffed to authorise the petitioners to build a Bridge
by Subscription (and to be maintained by the fub
fefibers) over Turkehoe River, from the faft land or
wharf of James Willet's,' Jun. to the land of Jufeph
Ingolf on ; of which all concerned are defined to t^ke
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
JAMES WILLETS.
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