The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

For the New-Jersey Gazette.
His Majesty's most gracious SPEECH to both
Houses of Parliament attempted in poetry, by
James Helicon, Esq. poet laureat to His Majesty.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
WHEN last we met in Parliament
I plainly told you my intent;
And what my plans of operation,
And what the publick fituatipn;
And that my view, was still my view,
Which was to do, as I would do,
With obltinate determination
T employ the vigour of the nation,
'Gainft all the world that should contest
My claims to empire east or weft,
Or my pretensions to the sea,
Which every drop belongs to me,
As Se ! den proves in Mare Claufam
(Nor could old Grotius come a-cross him)
Still persevering in the matter,
1 o fight them all by land or water;
For io require from all creation
Bly Crown, and th' interest of the nation.
To leave one groat beyond th' atlantic,
Our wants confider'd, would be frantic;
And till they're thoroughly fubjeded,
All terms of peace must be rejected.
But then those curled imps of France
Who firft this squabble did commence,
Tho' long the rebels stood alone
(As oft' I've boasted from the Throne)
Still take my ships and beat my troops,
And join th' insurgents thick as hops;
Prolonging thus this plaguy war
And all my peaceful lyftems mar.
But could I answer what we meant?
Or my own aim, or your intent?
Or free my kingdom from taxation?
Or ease the burden of the nation?
If to my anxious wish of peace,
Or their own temporay ease,
I should give up the golden view,
Of all that trade and revenue
Which we expected from fubjedion? )
No, it would be so queer an a&ion,<
And bring on us so great reflection, )
As would let all the realm on flame
And make a byword of my name.
For North, you know, talk'o strong as mustard
How we could eat the rogues like custard;
And setting thus the mob agig,
It wants some Ikill to flop their jig
Left they become ah over treafon'd
And seize on North to cut his weafand.
You will rejoice and skip like frog
That leap the firft upon King Log,
To hear our triumphs on the main,
(Which others fay the French obtain)
And in the east, each brilliant action,
Muit swell your breads with fatisfadion.
I have not this, 1 own, from Bailey,
Nor in such style fpe^ks Hyder Ally.,
But wherefoe'er my armies go,
Deftrudion must attend the foe,
And Britons always win the day
Or in real fad, or as we fay.
Yet as the frog who strove to be
An ox, by dint of efoufle,
Did blow and swell until he burst on't
Nor till too late, did know the word on't,
So I allur'd by loyal stories
To amplify my territories,
(What adverse fate attends the righteous,
When France and Spain and rebels fight us !)
Did fend Cornwallis to Virginia,
By length of sword, and charm of guinea,
To try rebellion to subdue )
Among the old-dominion crew, C
For that alone's my peaceful view. )
But lack-aday ! my bowels wamble
And you my Lords will quake and tremble
While I recount the dismal dory
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. V.]
WEDNESDA Y, February 27, 1782.
(Alas, alas ! for tory, tory!)
How Washington and Roebambeau
Did give my fav'rite such a blow
(While with his roaring guns de Graffe
Splinter'd my fleet like Ihivering glass)
That maugre all his forts and ditches
He fpoil'd the lining of his breeches;
And to the allied troops furrender'd
With cas'd, oh cas'd! the British flandard.
let I protest before you all
( Ind can on North for witness call)
'I hat I have fpar'd nor thought nor action
To quench this dev'lilh infurreCtion,
Which by the French was firft maintain'd,
After it had for three years reign'd;
Or to convince by argument
1 he whole deluded continent,
1 hat without yielding to our sway
1 hey're gone for ever and for aye;
Devoted to a thousand curses
For not presenting us their purses;
And still I hope to flog them so,
T hat they no longer shall fay no.
But that confounded deadly stroke
Of which, with grief, 1 just now spoke,
Calls very loud for your assistance
To save the next campaign, our distance,
And fruftrate the designs of Louis
Which, on my word, my only view is.
In the last session you were told
How you might make Eaft-lndia gold,
And with great plealure did I fee
Your progress in that chymiftry,
Nor need 1 now each member tell
To take again his crucible,
And melt and smelt, and puff and blow,
Till from the ore the metal flow.
Pray recommence the operation
Of mining for th' impoverish'd nation;
And happ'ly plan how all Indoflan
Or those who can be most impos'd on,
May be persuaded, without battles,
To give us all their goods and chattels;
And that the natives cannot be
Or rich or happy, great or free,
Until each Omra and each Nabob
Remit us, every man, his gay cob;
And, for their own advantage, find us
With all the gold and gems of Indus:
To prove that all those tawny races
( As plain as nose in a man's face is)
May have their chains completely broke
By fixing round their necks our yoke.
'Tis true for all this work, so fine 0!
We want supplies of ready rhino,
And I before the commons lay
7 he bill of fare they'll have to pay.
Which, tho' it seems a mighty fc%e,
You ought to wonder is no more.
All righteous wars such reck'nings bring
(Reck'nings regretted by your King)
But when you take in contemplation "T
The secret service of the nation,C
With my own knack at propagation, )
I'm lure you'll think it scarce enough
And give as free as men give fnuff;
For neither you nor can ourfelf
Pay fleets and armies without pelf;
And he that muff to battle call
Should doubtless have the wherewithal.
As 'tis the mode on like occasion
To mix religion in th' oration,
I do rely on Providence,
But place in you more confidence;
And as my lads are us'd to cubbing,
Tho' oft' they get a dreadful drubbing,
I hope that ev'ry mother s fun
Will to the royal standard run,
('Tis not the standard that's here meant
Which %/hington to Congress sent)
And cuffand bruise, and claw and clatter, )
And fight like punk by land and water<
To finish this confounded matter.\
THE
From Rivingtons Royal Gazette, of the Sixteenth
Infant.
The humble Address of the Right Honourable
the Lords Spiritual and temporal, in Parliament
aflembled.
Die Martis, 27 Nevenibris, 1 781.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,
" TI/E your Majesty's mod dutiful and loyal
VV lubje&s, the Lords fpiritua! and tempo
ral, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to return
your Majesty our humble thanks for your most
gracious speech from the throne.
" It is with equal concern and indignation that
we fee the war prolonged by that restless ambition
which fiift excited your Majesty's enemies to com
mence it, and which still continues to disappoint
your Majesty's earnest desire and diligent exertion
to restore the publick tranquility.
" We acknowledge, with the sincerest and warm
est gratitude, your Majesty's wisdom and constant
attention to the real welfare of your people, equally
conspicuous in your earned desire of peace, and in
your fixed and unalterable refutation never to facri
fice, either to that delire, or to the temporary ease
and relief of your fubjeCts, those essential rights
and permanent interests, upon the maintenance and
preservation of which the future Ibength and se
curity of this country must ever principally depend.
" We feel great fatisfaCtion in the favourable
appearance of our affairs in the Eall-lndies, and
in the fafe and prosperous arrival of the numerous
commercial fleets of these kingdoms; but we re
gret that in the course of this year your Majesty's
alliduous endeavours to guard the extensive domi
nions of your crown have not been attended witli
success equal to the justice and uprightness of your
Majesty's views; and we lament that the events of
war have been so unfortunate to your Majesty's
arms in Virginia.
" We are gratefully sensible of the parental soli
citude your Majesty has shewn for the general hap
piness of your people, in the endeavours your Ma
jesty has used to extinguish that spirit of rebellion
which our enemies have found means to foment
and maintain in the colonies, and to restore to your
deluded iubje&s in America that happy and pros
perous condition which they formerly derived from
a due obedience to the laws ; and we beg leave to
affine your Majesty of our firm concurrence and
assistance to fruftrate the designs of our enemies
equally prejudicial to the real interests of nmeiica,
and to thole of Great-Britain.
" We will, without loss of time, resume the de
liberation upon the Rate and condition of the British
possessions and revenues in the Eaft-lrd;es, will
carry it on with the fame spirit and temper in
which it was begun, and proceed with the fame
attention and anxiety to confider how those remote
provinces may be held and governed with the
greatest security and advantage to this country, and
by what meAns the happiness of the native inhabi
tants may be belt promoted.
" firmly resolved to decline no difficulty or
hazard in the defence of our country, and for the
preservation of its essential rights and im^refts, we
Ihall continue to give our most hearty concurrence
and support in the prosecution of the great and im
portant contest in which we are engaged.
" We rely upon the protection of Divine Pro-
The humble ADDRESS of the Lords and Com
mons in co-partnerlhip assembled.
Most gracious sovereign,
LIKE fawning Haves as ever crawl'd
We echo back what you have bawl'd;
We thank you for your information,
Tho' known before to all the nation; b
We'll do and fay as you require
Most gracious and majeftick fire.
Well stand for ever by the King,
And tax and tax like any thing,
Be always ready at your call
And foi the people—d—n them all.
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