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To the American and English PRINTERS.
Although there is very little Reason to think the following
Letter will ever come to the Hand of the Personage to
•whom it is direfled, unless the Pious Earl of Dart
mouth, or some other real Friend to both Countries,
condescend to think it worthy of an, Notice, nor is that
exgeaed ; yet America would once more bear Teftimo
n, to the World, That foe is not the Aggrefor, in the
ferefent, most serious Controvert between Great-Bri
tain and Her.---You are therefore requeued to puhlifo
the following Address
To THE KI NG.
SI R,
^'^^"STRONG and violent have been the ef
'„ c W f° rts of many ofyour Royal Predecessors,
W ° ^ to establish oppressive and arbitrary Go
^^.^B vernment, over the renowned nation you
govern ; courageous.and irrififtable have been their
Druggies to maintain the rights, wherewith God, &
the British Constitution had made them free. When
nothing else could stop the determined Resolution
of the second Stewart to persevere in violating the
fared Rights ofEnglifhmen ; their Resolution con
vinced Him and the World, that the Rights pf Mil
lions, were of more Importance than His Crown and
Head. Yet his son oneof his successors, unawed by
his father's fate, dared to tread in his steps, but in
consequence was obliged to abdicate his Crown,
wander and die a Fugitive and Beggar jn a foreign
land. Then by the free voice and election oftne,
injured people, the illustrious William and Mary of
blessed and immortal memory, were called from a
distant country, to facceed the banifh’d Tyrant and
rule the nation by Law. In his happy reign the
fame free choice of the people rejected the next
heir, by blood, to the crown, and fixed the succession
in house and line of the illustrious Lady from whom
you are descended. This succession was ellablifhed
not by all the nation, but by influence and efforts of
the friends of liberty, and the protestant religion ;
and was again in great danger of being defeated by
the enemies of your family', toward the close of
Anne's reign: but almighty God was pleased to_
put a period to her mortal life, at a moment favour-,
able to your illiuftrious house, and to the ardent
wishes of all its friends. And by virtue of that,
establishment, your royal progenitor took peaceable
possession of the imperial crown of Great-Britain, to
the inexpressible joy and fatisfadion of every friend
to the British constitution, and who were and alone
can be on any fixed principles friends to your fami-,
ly ; arid to the equal vexation and disappointment
of very many Who were on different principles, and
whose successors and decendants are, and ever will
be, enemies of both. And English America may
with propriety fay to you, Sir, That althb' they had
not an immediate voice in that establishment and
actual fucceffipn, yet every native of it, rejoiced in
it with all his foul, and that they contributed to it in
various ways ; Besides their ceaseless and ardent
prayers to the Moss High. For our fathers did
verily believe(and we their posterity are not asham
ed of their faith) that there was, and is a God who
judgeth in the earth who putteth down one, and
fetteth up another as pleases him ; and giveth the
kingdom to whomsoever he will ; and that the fer
vent prayerof the righteous availeth much. It pleaf
cd him who is higher than the highest, to give the
kingdom to your august progenitor, and majesty,
glory and honor. He reigned in the hearts of all
his American fubjeds, they loved him as a father,
and revered him as a wife, just and righteous King.
When, it pleased the holy Sovereign of theUneverfe,
to tradilate that august Ferionage from a fading, to
an unfading crown and kingdom, his earthly crown
descended to, and long securely rested on the head
of your illustrious grandfather ; he also reigned in
the hearts of all his American people ; not a man a
mong them who would not have chearfully laid
down his life in defence of his sacred person against
alldiis .enemies and oppofers whomever,and in Speci
al ^gainft the attempts of an abjured and accursed
pretender to his Crown, aided by ten choufands of
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Containing the Freshest ADVICES, both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
Open to all PARTIES—-not under the influence of ANY.
his home-born fubje&s. In his days justice equity,
and righteousness prevailed, he loved his ^bjefts
with a truly paternal tenderness—their happineh
and prosperity was dear to him as his own. He
knew himfelf to be exalted to dominion and power,
by the King of kings, not mecrly for his own fake,
but for the good and happiness of his people. Rea
son, justice and law, were the measure of his.admi
niftrations : he was perfectly Satisfied with the now-.
er and prerogative which God Almighty, by the
rules 01 the British constitution, had given him, and
exercised them with equity and moderation ; and
was equally willing that all his fubjefts should enjoy
the liberty and privilege, Which the fame God and
constitution had given them. .Enough for both.
He knew that his American fubjeds were a faithful,
loyal people, and ardent friends to the succession in
his Royal House. He knew that sundry of the co
lonies were purchased, conquered and fettled at the
sole expence of the adventurers, with great difficul
ty, hardship, and expence also of much blood, and
that they were a great addition w; and enlargement
of his dominions and interest, and daily enlarging :
and had a just claim to all the rights, and privileges
of English fubje&s ; which were also confirm'd to,
them by the stipulations, grants and charters of his
Royal Predecessors ; and liked them ne'er the less
for their zealous attachment to them, and never
wilh'd, to wrest them out of their hands, America
had so long enjoyed great tranquillity and these-,
cure poffellionof their important rights,in the aufpi-^
cious reigns of your illustrious ancestors, and had
such experience of their paternal affection and ten
derness, and of the excellent virtues of their royal
minds, as that we thought ourselves well justified in
our original attachment to four family. We be
lieved it Scarcely possible .that a descendant from the
firft or Second GEORGE, the Great and Good,
Should even imbibe principles opposite to those
which introduced his family to the British Crown;
and in that perfuafition it had long been our ardent
wish & daily prayer to the great Disposer of Crowns;
and Kingdoms, that there might never frail one of
your illultrious House to fit on the Throne & sway
the British Scepter. When it pleased Almighty
God to take to himfelf your Royal Grandfather of.
blessed Memory, it was an incxpreffi,ble fitisfadtion
to us, that his Crown descended to, and retted on
your Royal Head, and not one of your American
Subjects, had it been in his power, would have pla
ced it on any other, (a few of your home-born trai
tors among us excepted.) . But, aDs, Sir, we have
reason to believe your expectations were too fan
guine/and that you early adopted^ from the de
scendants of the constitutional enemiesof your fami
ly, principles unkind to your Subjects and unfriend
ly to their Liberties. The more hard and grievous
things your English arid Irish fubje£ts athome fuffer-.
ed in your reign are theirs to complain of, Ihe
more hard and grievous burdens laid upon us,by the
evil influence of Evil Counfellors belong to us, and
of them we do and have complained : but you have
been pleased to shut your eyes, and flop your ears
from hearing the voice of pur complaints,and prac
tically to tell us as theEgyptian monarch did the feed
of Abraham, and with the young king of Ifreal to
his complaining fubje&s, that if we had been chaf
tized with whips, we may expect scorpions in future,
and yet Sir, we have asked you much less than they
did of him ; 'we don't complain that, your father
made our yoke heavy, and afflicted us with grievous
service. We Only aft. that you would govern us
upon th> fame con.ftitutiohal plan, with the fame
justice and moderation that he did, and we will
serve sou forever. And what is the language of
your answer and conduct less than this ? Ye Rebels
and Traitors, be it known to you, if ye don't yield
implicit obedience to all my commands, just or un
just, ye Call be drag'd in chains across the wide
ocean, to answer your insolence, and if a mob arife^
among you to impede my officers in the execution of
my orders, I will punish and involve in ruin whole
cities & colonies, with their ten thousand innocents,
and ye fhai't be heard in your own defence, bn %
Shall be murdered and butchered by my dragoons,
into Silence and fubmiliwn. Ye reptiles! ye are
Scarce intiiled to exiftance any longer or further than
your existence contributes to the grandeur & emolu
ment of my crown and kingdom. Your lives, li
berties and property are all, at the absolute dilpofal
of my parliament, altho' you have not a jingle per
lon there to represent or Speak for you, and I know
it is their interest and inclination to. oppose you.
We believe Sir, that we have commmon lenfe, and
that this is the voice which founds in our ears, and
it founds in accents louder than thunder, and loud
enough to rouze and animate the dead. Is itindeed
So ? that five millions of brave, virtuous and loyal
Americans are in this Situation ? then Sir, we don't
thank you for the exiftance you are willing to allow
us ; and you may with more propriety than the
monarch of the eatt be failed. The .only monarch of the
world, and a great and a might, God on Earth; but.
Sir, there is a greater God in Heaven, and in Him
do we put our trust, and by his help we have Strong
confidence of better things than theie, ^ You well
know, Sir, that the English nation ever hated Slavery,
and have refitted it with success ; we are their Sons,,
and we inherit their Spirit and Virtue ; the fathers
of New-England, efpecjally, fled from Tyranny &
Oppression, not for want of Courage, but from Prin
ciples of Piety and Virtue, chose, with almost in
credible Hazard and Labour, to enjoy t h v AvtQ
Rights of Englishmen, in a I )cw .World, and ii^nf
mit them to fofterity, rather than bear Oppression
from, or refill the Powers at Home. They did ac
complish their .defigri, and have tranfmitfed to us
thole rights and privileges .which we value equally
with our lives ; and it cost them, jn proportion to
their Strength, more treafurc, blood and hardship,
than it,win us to defend them. Those privileges
have been allo solemnly given, granted, confirmed,
ratified and recognized, to us,.by,your royal prede
cessors and their parliaments, for ages pad, by tranf
a&ions at least equally sacred with our oaths of al
legiance, and they certainly had an equal right arid
power to give and grant as your majedy ; and nei
ther they nor ye any to relume and take away:
And what did tiwy give, more than we had a right
to claim, and had alio dearly earned., And if there
is no faith in Kings, there's nenq in fubjeds.
You, Sir, as well as other Kings are exalted by
the People to dignity and honor, . apd it is for their
good, to rule them according to their compa&, con
stitution and the laws ena&ed in conformity thereto;
and it is by & under that God who commands them
to be just, ruling in his Fear. They also will loon be
as low as their fubjeds, and muff answer at the dread
tribunal of Jehovah, for every breach of their sacred
Trull. We beg leave, Sir, with all humility, and.
yet decent firmnefs, to aik, What have we done, to
provoke you and your ministry to wrath ? We be
lieve, and with pleasure acknowledge you to be the
rightful King of Great-Britain, and all the English
colonies. We have more universally, and with
more duty and attention attached to your family,
than ever was Great-Britain or Ireland. We Jiave
ever been peaceable and loyal fubjeas, and never
complained of or opposed any of your measures, not
incontinent with the foundation principles of our
just rights. We have ever been deeply and , affecti
onately interfiled in the welfare and prosperity of
our King and parent country, and in ever, profpef-
Ous and'adverfe jcene which has passed over them,
we have felt with and for them', all they have felt
for themselves ; and to the utmost power have con
tributed to their assistance in war, and looked upon
their friends and enemies, equally ours ; and once
have almolt purchased apeace for Europe at our own.
expence. In the kill war, with what alacrity and
delight did We exert ourselves much beyond our
strength, upon the only requisition of our dear and
blessed Sovereign George the lldi 'tis true some
compensations were made to us by the influence of
the fame good King for our over-exertions, of which
we have a very grateful sense. At the close of the