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t^^ hot ^ l^ok fur, and left than that H'aw^n has
n^ yen: fuff red us towage He that would fell his
Birthright for a littlefalt, is as wcrthlefs a# he who
fold it fo> porridge* ithout fait. And hethat would part
wrn. itf^ a gay coat, or aplaits c^r, ought for ever
to be a ihv* in buff Wait are fait, lagar and finery
to the maft®able blcffiags of" Libmy arid Safety?"
O n ^ are the inconveniences of a few months to
th^ tJhu ary bondage of ages ? The mraneft peasant
i« An eric?., Hefi'd with theft sentiments, is & happy
man compared with a New Yp^k Tory ; he can eat
his morfai without repining, and when he has done,
c^ fwr^te^ it with a repatt of wholesome air; he can
tftke his child by the hand and bless it. without fuel
ing a caTcious flume cf negbaing a rrtent'a duty.
fi aub.&ixg these remarks 1 have fewvral object in
view. On your part they are, to exp.G the folly cf
your- preuaded authority as a Commiffiouer; the
wickedads of your c:ufe in general § ^/. the iinpefli
bilky of your conquering us at any rate. On the pa*t
of ihe public my meaning is, to show them their true
aad solid inte est; to encourage them rd their trim
good, to remove the fears and fadings which bsd men
had spread and weak men encouraged ; and to excise
in all men a Jove far union, and a che&fulnefi far
duty.£
I Ihall fibmit one more case to you ref eating your
conqusflof this country, and then precred ao new
obfervatio^s :
Suppose our armies in every p:tof the Cenji-ent
were immediately to disperse, every man to hi? home,
or where else he might be Lfi, „riengege :o re-as
semble again on a certain future dar; iti# c^arthat
you would then have no army to contend, whir, jet
you wpuld be ar much at a left in the case as you
are now ; you would be afraid to fend yeur iroopsin
parties over the Continent, either to diftrm, or pre
vent u, fram assembling, left they fhon!d not retu r ;
and while you kapt them together, having no amy
of ours todifyute with, you could not call it con
quest ; you might furnish out a pern cuspage iffh^
London Gzrtte or the Naw Yoik paper, hr %hcn
we returned at the appointed time, you wculd have
the firn# wotk to do ycu had it fird.
It ha: b am the so ly of Britzi, o suppose herfelf
more powerful than flie real y is, and by thtt minus
have arrogated to hetfdf & rank in the woJ^ ftte is not
entitled <,; for more than this century past flic has
mot peen nble to cary cm a w^r without foreign H
fidwee. Iq Marlborough's campaigns, arid f omtl at
day to this, t^e number <.f German troops and cffi.es
afli.+rg h*r have been equal with her own ; ten tho^-
f <r. Hi ffios were finite England L,R ^a. to proud
he: fam ... French invafi;n; and she would have cut
bn ,t poor, ti p, lire in h^r Csnadiyn and Weft Indian
txt edition ;.d no: America been Izvifh both of her
m^ y Sudden io relphur along. The only infringe
id ;vhici ihe w^s ^^g g§d finely, that I can r<c&L &,
v? 5 ^griaß th# lebehron in Scotland in fifty, five at d
f„ & .y fix. aidia h ^ out cl three battles, she was
trice b*. h:n, rill by thus reducing tieir numbers, (as
*ve Ihal! year. ) and taking a supply ihip that wa § com
ing tiSx^L^d with cleatl% arms and money ( swe
hive often don:.) fh^ was a? left enabled tu defeat
them. England was never famous by lard ; het of
ficers h'v^ ^^.ady been frfpt&ed of cowardice, hrive
more cf Ox air of a da^cirg-msfler than a foxier,
and by the simple we haerkse prif^^s w# hgia
to give the preference to ^ drives. Ker fhength of
late hits laid b^r in extravagance ; but a her finances
a d hertredit arenew low, her brews in that ' : .~t be
gin to fail fill As a nat'oa sh ri. the pocreft in Eu
rope ; for w^re the who's ki^gd* m, and all that is in
it, to ^ putto^lel kr thee^dte of^b?.r.kiupt.it would
notfech as much as she owes : yet this thoug^tl-fs
wr,e'ri mud go to wL,,aad wnh the avowed defi^n
too of making us beads of burthen, to support be i 1
riot end debauchery, and to assist h?r af^r^^rdf i dif
tiffing these variaas who are now ..our b h’ firdr.
This ingratitude may full a Tory, r the unchrifiian
previfluufs of s fallen Quaker, but none eric.
'ri^UK Uchappy temper of the Eagiilh to be pkif
cd with any war, tight or wrong, be it but success
ful ; but they focn grow difeefrented wi^h ill fortune,
and it i^ an even chance that they ar as clamorous for
p^rcenext summer, as the kirga dhis mirifters were
for war Kft ^i^ter. la this 'natural view of things,
your Lordship Bands in a very ugly criticri fituatiur :
Your whole character Raked upon your laurels ; if
they witres y< u wither with them ; if they flcunfh,
you cannot live long to bok&t them ; and at ^riy rate,
the black account hereafter is not far off. VKaat late
ly appeared to us mirfrrtaaes, were only bUffiegt in
dif^uift ; and the seeming advantages cm your fide
have turned out to cur profit. Even our Jess of this
city, as fr as we can fee, might be a principal gain
to us: The mere furface you spread over, the thinner
you wil be, and the easier wiped aw&y ; and our
co^fola ion under that apparent difafer wculd be,
that the eftr^s cf the Tories would become fecuritifs
for ther^pafs. Io (hart, there is no old ground we
can riril upon, but for: a new foundation rifts again
to fuppot v. " Webaue ,ut Sir, our bazds to the
fouo'o, a^d turfed be be that looketb back."
Your kite i^ his f each 'o parliament last spring,
declared t^ them,“ That be badr.o doubt but the great
force the, bad enabled bi^ to fendto America, 'would tfedu
all, reduce the rebellious Colonies." It has not, neither
can it ; butit has done just enough to lay the founda
tioa of it's cc rext year's ruin. You are ienfible
that you lef; England in a divided diftrafted flats of
politics, a^d, by th^ command you had here, you be
came a principal prop in the court party ; thrir fer
mes rest on youra; by a single express you can fix
didr value with the public, aad th: degree to sick
thrir spirits fii4.ll rife or f. 11 ; they are in your hands
Ms ft^ck, and ycu Louche f.cret of the ally vri'h you.
Thus hruated and conae&cd, you become the unia
%entioad mech^ical i^fbumvnt of r ur c ^ * r ^ their
overthrow. The king and his minift rs put conq rift
out of doubt, and the credit cf both depended on the
proof. To support them ia th^ interim,it was necef
iary you mould make the most cf ivej thing ; and we
can tell by Hugh Grime's N:w York payer what the
complexion of the London Gazette is. Wi.h such a
lift of vineries the nation cannot expert you will fr lk
new supplies; ana to conf&fs your want cf them,
would give the lie to your triumphs, and impeach the
kiag and his minifteis cf t/eafonalria deception. If
you mrke the neciffary demand at he me, your party
firiks ; if you tn ^ke it not, ycu fink yourfelf ; to ilk
it wow is too.late, arid to aik it before was too soon,
and unit's it arrive quick y will be cf no use. In
short, the part you have to *&, cannot be afied ; and I
hui fully persuaded that ail you hay* tc Lust to, is to
do the belt you can wih wh^t force ycu have got, or
little more. Though we greatly excelled ycu in point
of generality and bravery cf mcn,^ yt<, is a people,
w* h^ve no: titered into the fall fedl of enterpr z„.
for I, who know England inti the oifpifi ion of the
people wsT, am confident that it is eafitr for as to ef
fect a revolution there, than you a conquest here : A
few th ufaad men landed i^ England with the declar
ed design o^ deputing lu prefect kiig, bringing his
nuniders to trial, and fttbg up theduk^ of Gitcefter
in has dead, would iff<n i <dly c&ry their point, while
you we'c graveling h^c ignorant cf the matter. ° As I
ie^d ali inf p- # .er d to England, this like Common
Sense, will find its way th. te ; and though it might
put vae party on their gund, it will it® m the other
and the anti a i g^r.eralrfrur&fign to help them.
Thus far, Sh, 1 hvr ^md^vomed to give you a
piaure of prefect rffis:Yu may draw from it what
coneJufiom you plcaE, , I wifhar well to the prosperi
ty of England as you can, but I confider ludefeeudence
as America's natural Right and htertf, a^d never could
fee^ry real ciffervice it rc^d bx to Britain. If an
Ehgaih merchant receives ar order and is paid for it,
i lignifies net ri^g tobirn who governs the country-.-
This is my cread of politics. II I have an, ' .ercex
preffri myfelf cvbrwarraly, bis from c fixed immov^
aoiehqted I have, and ever ha/, to cruel men and
cruel mrafurss. I hav2 lik^wif an avvrfion to mo.
naichy, as bti^g tco debafirg to th: dignity of man ;
but I^ver troubled ethers wi h my notions till very
te^y,nr ever publilhed a fyllabfe in England in my
life. What I write is pure nature, and my pen and
fuul have ever gore together. Mywri iag 1 have al-'
ways given owa;, icfeving tn', the expence of
printing and paper, ard fem^riam not even that.
I never courted i h^ fame or inte est, and my manner
of Jif, tc th fs who know it, will jollify whatl fay.
My fludy L t« be ufful, ^nd. if your Lordship loves
m& kind as wak is Id, you would, feeing you
cannot conquer nt, cait abnt a d lend a hand to
woe's a:coui,lifhinp a p^c?. Ou- Independence,
^itu God's bluffing, ^ will mriotain against all the
w rid ; but a w wilh to avoid evil cu felve's, we
^uh not to infl a.tt'Gn oth^s. I am never ever-in
q<ifi ive into the f crets of the Cabinet, but I have
fme nation, th 4if you teghd,he p^f rrtopportu
ni:y, th^t it will not be, iacur power to make a fe
pt:B3 ge^ce <ri;h you afterwards ; for whs ?ver treaties
or ulri^nm w^ form we (hel.l most fiihfu'ly abide
by ; w e^efare y % u my be deceived if you think ycu
can make it wb4 u ,\, any tin® A lifting indepen
dent peace is mi-with eada # d aim ; and to accomplilh
ch^t " Iprav God the" Americans", may never be de
fated, and I trust while they b^w good officers, and are
well commanded,' add wurirg o be coma^nded, " that
the, NEVER WILL."
COMMON SENSE.
Philadelphia, January 13. 1777.
St. JOHN'S, ( ; n ANIIGUA) Dec. 18 1776.
Extr^a of a letter from St Euftafius, dated Nov. 25.
•' On the 21st inst a brig, belonging to Liverpool,
from Dominica for this idaud, with beef, butter, pork,
and fl>ur, was taken by a sloop under American col
our, fitted out at thi ) place, with 6 guns and 16 men.
They landed the super cargo and people, except the
captain and cabbinboy, here, end proceeded with
them and the brig for America. It will new be dan
gerous fj Englilh viffels to trade from your island to
this"
Another letter from St. Euftatius mentions, that
the abovementioned armed sloop, (called by f m^amgry
Engriffi tools the Dutch pirate) returned thither on the
firft of December, and the captain has face made oath
before the Governor that he to& k the Liverpool brig
betwixt Brimstone hill and Sandy Print, S. Kitts.
Extraa of a letter from a gentleman in Tortola, to bis friend
in Antigua, dated Dec. 2, 1776.
" Dear Sir,
" Since writing you last night, when I was half a
fl e% we are this day greatly alarmed by four Ameri
can armed vessels, off Joesvan Dykes. Mr. Hi- h--
ton informs me the Chip is the Isaac. which belonged
to this island, tek:n by the provincials, a^d fitted out
as a privateer from Rhone Iflimd; he fiys he will take
his oath it is bar. He was in a boat coming from Sr.
John's, when Ihe fired a gun and brought too a coble
fom Joes van Dykes, and pressed rhe men to carry
them to St. Thomas's. On this he waited updn the
commander, and upon his return just now, he tells me
weare to have an alarmfired to-morrow morning. Mr.
G- b-s was in the boat along withhim, who fays there
was a brig and a schooner joined theftlip, &lfo a Hoop
B A L TI,MO R E, Jan. 22.
Advice bath been received by Cengrfs that uptu the ene s
ms s evacuation of Elizabeth. Town, in N^Jerfa, Gene
ral Maxell fell upon their rear, made 70 fenjonin, and
took feme baggage.
Lately deed in Newferfy, Colonel FORD jun ts Mor
ris Count). This gentlemen gallantly kept & field a t the
bead cj a body oj ^ditea, and ^as an a&roeparsi^ in bis
country'/ cause, &%itlkt ^w borne a^n lyfx&Q erdfa
tigue --and hi z^lJer the freedom and 0a,,m0 cj the
United States was manffed ' i% the roening hour of de
parsing life.''
A numfor rs afofae prices bavUg fog„ inserted in the
Carablaw Cazette, parted at St. Kitt's, rtf &^g cn the
govtrftor andptofe tj St. Eflafeus. on atcouat ofthrirfup-
fefed partiality for th# Amencan States, now ergeydtn the
cauje of all mankind, the printer, agenius liti'eDJwn in the
UF'gfpbical world, having 00 af on to take a tri, to that
funa, on bis landing there was immediate) feinted, and
hauntedf % hard, at to be obliged to trip buck again, in
the utwfl f,eed u ndcorses nation. Our Dutchf^x^sfauld
not bavs declared war egainf the peer printer; as be is only
afervanite the mfrable Englifo Car^Farj, who ought to
be indulgedsn the liberty picu.u.ryEnglfwm.,^grumb
ling when sbeir belli, are empty. If thepricier is able to
fill bis, at Juch Times as thJe, be is as lu.kly atmey of the
Eratanttj. The /oilowng is an extrc,fem cne f hi,
Gazettes, by way of jpetim/n of the temper , oar oldflends
the Caraibs
Ihentbe Renegade Engli/b Robinfen, in the Andrew
D/ria, /abated the Dutch pert at St. Eufatius &,;d t , pirati
cal colours, the officers of the fort font to icwve bis honour's
orders, who after mature dAKrarien, COTmazdd tbe falwe
to be returned. This, no doubt, at fr/lfght, «,,€&„ ", fa
Juch a* infringement cf that rfperi which the States Gene
ral owe to Britain and such a glaring infelt to the latter,
that ts proper repefentatsen be made cf it to the Fiague, by
the court oj^itatnene wou/a be apt to venture a wag,r that
the governor who commanded, or even permitted it would be
dif,laced before twed months arg at an end. But when we
consider bis bon@ '> acknowledged codnej' sand dferetion and
that the affair wes done Alib ratel), and the Jams cempfc
meat repeated at tffflirg cf the pirate, we ought to jaf
pend our opinion tillh bus been propel, called sy n to give
bis riafens, 0, wears told, is intends to be Are.
" When Rebinfen waited upon Um tc infe+m b^m of his
errand, and particularly told him of bis wanting to purcbofe
powder, beplainl, answered him, be could fffer none to be
exported till after the 2^b of November, on" which day the
prohibition expired. After that dip be was at liberty to
buy as much as be plcafd. Rokinjon brought a wry con£-
aerable jum if money to la, cut in St. Eufaius for powder,
and other warlike floret ; and Us far^ur, wifang to faur'c
such a chapman for bis people, was public J,srited ^gb to
go cut of the course of bis ordinary arconom,, to wah befpit
able entertainmentsjor the,irate and bis agents tc make bis
timepafs agreeably away till the da, came, in which st was
Jafs to open afros trade with him. Here, therefore, was
much punaualit, ref,eßtng Great Britain, ana gnat care
and attention, to the good 0/ bis ownpeople "
BA Lll MORE, Jaguar, 2^J, 1777.
Extrema if a letter from General Waffiingfon to C^grsfj,
dated January 22d, 1777.
“ My left was on the 20th i^ftov; since that, I have
the pleafart to inform ycu, that General Dickirrfot
with about four hundred miritiri, hard-Tested aio^g!
% party ° f the enemy of an rq^l number, x & d so
taken forty waggons, and upward o f.n hundred heifer,
most of them of the Eigliih draff breed, and a iu^b^r
of ih#ep and cattle which they had colkaed.
The enemy repeated wi b f& much pferipit&ti^,
that Gene al Dickrifun had only an opfrnun/y < f
making nine prisoners ; they wexcol frvtd 10 cs >y <ff
a good many d^d and wounded in light waggon.
This naion kippered near So^er^t Court Ikufe,
ou Millstone river. G*n,rel D.^kinfod behaviour
r^as the highlit honour upon him, so ithough his
troops were all raw, ha lead them through the river,
middle deep, and gave the enemy so severe & ch^ge,
that although fupyorud by three field piecis, they ^^
way and left their convoy.
Publiihed by order of Cor^ref#.
CHARLES THOMSON, Ssc.
£ few hours sfterwards. fsm just inferred au&l^
to be difetched to Admiral Yiuc^.
" December 3d, 1 now write you, after flandirg
in the fun four hours, under aims,' and mud continue
for feme time. D,n such an unlucky wa± !
Paragraphfrom a correfeondent at St. Kittn.
An American agent arrived here a few days ago,
vith 20001. in dollars, to buy wcolcfe£rff &c. to
fend to America this winter. Our merchant:, who,
to a man, are all, by proftffienj cpiniated in favour
cf government, finiied at the fight cf the dollars;
which for a while, fufperdirg their loyalty, they sup
plied the American agent with every thing hewanted.
Seine days after the a^ent had fafaly landed his cargo
at bt. Euft^tia, information was given to the comman
der in chief, who ifiued a proclamation, prehiniting
tht exportation cf woolen fluff... Prey, whether the
policy of the council, or the loyally cf the merchants^
most visible?
A certain divine, who has lately a? fwered Dr.
Pecs's celebrated p^mph et, (^nd having been a ftre
nu< us advocate for parliamentary prreceoirfr)intende
petitioning fw ^c firft bi ftmprick in Americ;, as ficn
as tae troubles in that diftra&dc^u^ry are at in end.
From this pious regard to the feu's tfhis American
brethren, great care is to, be ttk n in the cßrbh'lh
ment cf era ec^ refi^ftical court ; a^d we have the most
p.-uaiing prof;e&, from h.s well known principles,
that theft people wid soon be brought to the humblest
ard most fervilw fJj&icA, as far as bis abi itiis can
influence.