The Royal South-Carolina gazette — Charles-Town, S.C., 1780-06-20 00:00:00, page 2

701 the Royal Sou th-Carolina Gazette.
To the PRINTER'S.
Civili teritur bello non amplius ora;
Urbs nee caeca fuis viribus ipfa ruit.
IT is a principal Ingredient in the Happiness of an
BbgUlhman, that he can have free Arrefstc the Press, #
in conveying his Sentiments to the Public, on eveiy in
teresting Occasion ; while the greater Part of Mankind
submit to the Disadvantages resulting from the Want of
this inestimable Privilege, with the most abjeft Servility.
TheT^berty of the Press, which has ever been the Glory
of Britons and E,vy of Foreigners, is considered by the
belt Writers, as the; ftrofogeit Bulwark of the liberty of -
the Subje& ; and although it foihetimes degenerates into •
art inexcusable Licentiousness, yet the Advocates of
Freedom insist, it is better for Individuals to sustain an
inconvenience,? than the Press should be liable to the
Reftri&iori of she Executive Powers: For my own Part,
I have always thought the Liberty of the Press so nicely
interwoven with the Liberty of the Subject, that like
Phidias's Pilule in, Minerva's Shield, the'one cannot
be eradicated without the Deftru&ion of the other. la
the Exercise of this Liberty, the Genius' bf the Bihi/h
Cbnftitutbrprefcribesmofounds, but the Laws,' and a
due Regard toTruth and Decency ; which, in the Course
of our Correfpondcncc, I hope I never (hall tianfgrefs.
rs have been led to these Reflexions, on perusing the
Proclamation of the third inttant ; whereby, I observe,
the People in the Country,' who surrendered themselves
to the Royal Army, or were made Prisoners, and admit
ted to their Paroles, are released from that Military
Obligation; and called upon to take an active-Part,, in
fetltyg and securing his Majesty's Government, and de
livering the < ountry from the Anarchy wherein it is
involved: The Judice and Equity of which Requifftion,
in our present Circumltances, mtft be obvious to every
one who reflets, that he cannot possibly have the' least
Right to avail himfelf of the Protection of a Govern
ment he will not contribute to fuppprt, however conve
nient it may be to him tp feck an Afiylum in Neutrality.
The ObjeX of the preceding Proclamations, is to invite
the People to return to their Alltgidnce; and by Offers
of SUBSTANTIAL LrtEkTY, and Exemption from
Taxation, but by tHeirOWn Legislature, to unite
them in the Protection and Defence of a Government
that will secure to them the Enjoyment of every civil
and political Bleffir.g. But there are Men among us
of Tuch refflefs and malevolent Spirits, that they would ,
Sacrifice their Country to their Pride, Ambition, or, per
haps, some meaner Pabon; a Sacrifice more inhuman
than that of Molech : And, not content with the Gala- '
mities they have brought on their Fellow-Citizens, would
now poison the Mipds of thofe„cver whom they have
extended their pernicious Influence, by pretending that '
th dr Oath to tfe State, and the biattire ofthe Confede
ration, preclude their Acquiescence in those Proclama
tions. Now, although the intelligent Part of the Com
murify mull be fenfire that the Proportion is so absurd,
as to involve in it its own Refutation ; yet, as the Idea
of the sacred Obligation of an Oath may have a Ten
dency to miftead others not well enough informed, to
guard against the Machinations of such Incendiaries, it
may not be improper to contidri this Matter with some
'Attention..
. The Oath imposed on the People, during the Ufurpl
tion, required them to tor true Allegiance to the State
of Sodth-Carolina; and to Report, maintain and defend
the fame, 6%.
A Society if regarded by the most refpe&able Writers
'dr 'Government, as a political Body, wherein Men are
placed in different Stations and Degrees of Elevation,
until the Ascent terminates in feme Head, where the lc
giflative Power i^° degchfed: The Txt utive Authority,
as Guardians of the LaWs, are THE Vital's of the So)
ciety, without which there can be no Circulation bf
-Justice, nor the Society exist ; and from the Legisla
tive, Spirits and Motion are communicated and dittufed
through the whole S^ftem.
On these Principles I will not hesitate to affirm, that
when the Governor, and Part of the Council, bESERT
„D THE TRVST REPOSED IN THEM, the political
^ody being dissolved, the People were reduced to a Si
tuation somewhat similar to that of the People in Eng
land, bn the Abdication of King James the Second ; and
confcquently the Authority exercised by the Lieut. Go
vernor and the Rest of the Council, thus garbled and
mutilated, was an chjuftffia3lc Usurpation. The Con
stitution under which they a&ed, had no Idea of an Im
penum in Imperio; or the Eftabliftiment of two Execu
tive Powers of Government, the one creating, and the
other, perhaps in the fame Instant, annihilating. But
admitting no such Inference is deducible from that Cir
cumstance, it is clear, th,irby the Surrender of the Capi
tal, and the subduing every Appearance of Refiftahce dr
Opposition in the Country, with the delivering up the
Aretrieves, the Government is totally subverted, and the
political Body destroyed; so that no Allegiance can
possibly be due, when the State doth not cxift.. Besides,
bv the Preamble of the Aft whereby the Oath is pre
ibribed, Allegiance and Protection are declared to be
reciprocal and infeparablc Duties : If then it is alledged,
that the Inhabitants of this Country owe any Allegiance
to the State, by the Oath they have taken, let me be
permitted to ask Where are the Executive, Legislative or
judicial Powers to which they can have recourse for
Protection in their Persons or Properties ? Whether they
have followed Aftraea to Heaven; or ate ftilh engaged
in habit!nary Purfaits, dictated by new Schemes of Am-
J^ion or Avarice, is hardly worth enquiry: All that
the People claim, on a Dissolution of the Powers of Go
vernment, is a Freedom of Action, to which they
have an indubitable Right, as well as theifr late Rulers ;
who have tet them the Example, in Violation of a Con
stitution, which they pretended to make the Basis of
their Conduct.
It is the Duty of every Individual to consult his own
'Happinefs; and whether his Acquiescence in the Requi
sition of the Proclamations will mott conduce to that
End, as well as to his Interest and the Public Weal,
nay be best determined by taking a retrospective View of
Things in this Province tor five or fix Years past. Be
fore the Interruption of the regal Government, Plenty,
Affluence, and increasing Profpcrity, seemed to combine
to repder the People happy; while Poverty, Wretch,
ednefs anu kuin, characterize the JEra of democratic
tWre^Gn to such 3 Degree, as to constrain every true
Lover of his dburilry to deplore so humiliate,g a Cone
traft ; and extort a Sigh even from those, in whom a Lull
of Power, or Republican Phrenzy, hath not produced a
Depravity of Soul, that renders tlrem callous to tvcry
tender Sensation. b
But the Confederation is objected as an additional
Argument, to reftfain the Acquiescence of the People.-
Aftortiihing! Can any Man be so absurd as to imagine,
' that the Inhabitants of this Country were Subje&s to
Congress; or that although the State doth not cxift
for the Purposes of Allegiance and,Protection, it ^;an
possibly cxift for the Purpdfe of Confederation. It was
certainly the Stale,, as a political Body, that united with
the other States ; and not Individuals, in their separate ,
Capacities: So tha,t the political Body, with its confti
'tutional Powers ofdoQrnm&t its a Staft,oeiAg destroy
ed, it is clear the Confederation, as far, at least, as it
relates to that political Body, Government or State, is
also destroyed. These are plain simple Propositions;
to give a Sanction to which, the Venerable blame of a
Sidney, or a Locke, is ' altogether unneceffaty, Refutes,
it is well kobwn that the Confederation has not been
acceded to, by all the States: It is averted, indeed, that
the Union is perfect for the ObjeEVof mutual Defence,
in their Coriteft with Great-Britain, although it is not
perpetual. Whether the People of tips province call
nave a Sufficient Reliance on the Rectitude of that Affec
tion, the Faith of Congress, in their pecuniary En-'
' gagements, and the Assistance they lately afforded this
Country, may tend ' to elucidate.
D P. U SUS.
dfe-^ 3E>IB><99a^4» 1 B><99a^4» 'S>@>@ < *'®>'»«^^»e^•
For any Port in Great -Britain, or
Ireland,
The 'Ship TO M,
A remarkable faft Sailer,
JOHN LEE, Master,
Mounts 14 double fortified fix Pounders,
with Men ^nfwerable, will fail in a Month
or fix Weeks. For Freight or I'aflage, ap
ply to Grid Matter, or to
Powell, Hopton, & Co.
Who have for Sale, London Madeira
Wine, four Years old, in Pipes.
RUN-AWAY, two negro men named Titus
and Joe, both natives of Africa: Titus
went off about a week before the town Surrendered.
He is ihott and well set, down look, the whites of
his eyes arc feddifh or blood-shot, about 35 years
old. He may probably alter his name, speaks bad
Ecglifh, and ean (tho'very cjnningand artful) pass
for a fool. lam told he is in town ; I have con-
Phntly offered arherig negroes of his acquaintance',
to forgive him if he returned of his own accord.
Joe, just gone away, having of late been guilty of
repeated thefts, and of beating a valuable elderly
negro woman of mine. He is about 18 years of
age, near § feet 7 Inches high, ill made, flat nose,
thick lips, his bread bones uncommonly hi*h, ve
ry knock-kneed, and femarkabte long feet and
hhels. Used to wait in a house; had oh ah ozna
brig shirt and coarse red breeches. I will give
two guineas to take them, dr a guinea for each
es them.
When the courts of law are opened, I will pro
secute any person, White or black, who harbours
or employs them, and will give five guineas to con
vi& such offenders'.
<CHARLES ATKINS d
Chirle's-Town, June 19, 1780. ts.
Continental Dollars.
A NY person having for sale bills upon Phila
delphi?,\or paper dollars, may hear of a pur
chaser at the Printers. t.f.
A NTIQUAkIAN, /Idas, Imperial, Royal,
Super-Royal, and Demy Paper, thick
and thin Folio and Quarto Post, gilt and plain,
Foolscap, Pott, Marble and Blotting Ditto,
Dutch Wax and Irish Wafers, with all Kinds
of Stationary, may be had of the Printers
hereof
Who have likewise for Sa'e, Quarter Wag
goners, Seaman's Daily Affiftam, Mariner's
Compass, Sea Journals, &c. Romans's Survey
of the Gulph of Florida, four Sheet Maps of
Quebec, Nova Scotia, New-England, New-
York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
North and South Carolina, and Florida.
bOHEA3I
D Hyfon ( Tea
Green >
Sherry, Port, and Lisbon
Wine
Jamaica Spirits
Weft-Indi'a Rum +
Mufeovado and white
Sugar
Coffee and Pepper<
Salt and Barley|
N. B. A Quantity of C ALEMEL, to b'e
fold in Bottles of glb. wt. each.
No. 22, ChurchyStreet,
HAS FOR SAL E,
Wholesale and 'Retail,
Roderick Murchefbrt,
Caftile and cothrtioh
Soap
Check Shirts
Trowfers
Wool Cards
Slates with Pencils
R azors and Hones
Superfine Flour
An Assortment of
Hardware
Brushes of all Sorts
MA'S'kl'R A wine,
London particular
A few casks excellent lhrub
Codec , x •
. Single refined sugar
Mulcovado ditto \ 1 {
Baiter
Po*
Flour
Public Auction.
This Day, at IX o'Clock,
W 11L BE SOL D,
By John Morris,
At his Vendue Store, N 0 upon the BAY ;
k... ■■■Oil , ■■>.■ ■...■%frcrtf it — —i.-=-, .. fore
New Subscription Concert.
THE firll'C mcert will he do Wednesday
Evening her, to begin prccifely,t seven,
and to- be 'continued Weekly. The Managers
will meet % every Saturday at Twelve o'CHck,
to admit ty "Ballot rhofe Gentlemen of the
Town who wifi )to he Members, who will be
p'dafed to fend their Nones in Writing to the
Eli ora of this'Paper. Trie Subfc ; ip i.m ofthe
Town Members wil be received by the f'rea
furer the firft Evening of their AJraiuance, be
fore the. Concert begins, or b: me Printers.
All Officers in Public Departmerrs, and those
belonging tb absent Cmps, who mean to sub
scribe, are refuelled to fenj their Sub/cripnoas
to the Town Major, N > .56, Broad S reer.
While the Mutic is playing, the Gentlemen
are requested not to wale about the Ro >m, and
to preserve the. u m ri Sden^e,
A LS 0,
Coarse edollchs, Kilmurnoch caps, plaiding,
bzhabrigs brown holland, coloured and nuns
threads, men and womens gloves, linen and
printed handkerchiefs, maflins plain and corded,
black 'and white lace, made flirts, fine fiik and
thread Hockings, a fmail assortment df haber
dpfhery, hard ware, cutlery, flatiouar), and jew
ellery. best Alver plated chain fours, filler cap'd
and wired pistols, best common and ground watch
glasses, a fine silver mounted Tword, With belt,
&C. ts.
to BE WLD,
By William Bryce,
No. 8, Church-ftrect,
The following Articles, viz.
PORT wine
Teas
Loaf sugar
Old spirits
Chocolate
Coffee
Hair Powder
Pomatum
Fine plain India
dimothy
Do. corded do. do.
Do. drawboy
Bro ad Cloths,
Caffimers, &c. fn
perSue, and fafhion
able colours, with
trimmings, &c.
Manchester goods,
afforded,
Cambists cambleteehs,
calimapeoes, dd
rants, miffinets,
Superfine jean's,
donets, cc>rderet%
diapers, India dim
othy% Dutch cord,
drawboys, and
Mirfcillcs quilting,
Mantu^s,, plain, gri
ped, and to lind do.
Mode figured and
plain
Satin ditto
Silk handkerchiefs,
lateftrings„ wegligcf,
with Martintyue,fi
gured modena, and
black Barcelona do.
Silk quilting
Rich armozeen gowns
, JUST IMPORTED
4n the S^olv Nancy,
direTly froth Glasgow,
And for Sale, by the Package or Parcel,
By Twitch & Pagan,
Nd. 77, Church-street,
, Lawns, striped and
plain,
b lrifh linear,
Hats,
Shoes, plain and milf
tary,
Sadirry,
'Sail cloth,
;Cordage, with a few
' . cables and haulers,
A few anchors,
Nioulded and dip'd
candles, in boxes,
Brown, soap, do.
Fine Hour in barrels.
Double & tingle refin'd
fa g a ^ .
Iriffi butter', in firkins
arid half firkins.
Pork in Barrels,
Beef in barrels and)
tierces,
Glqucefler&Cbefhire
Cheese,
London Porter in
bottles.
A few firkins of.
; tongues, and
kegs of fine barley
Dut.h cord
Dy<d jeans
Fine white do,
Do. Kilkeen
Do. royal ribb
Do. Lwns
Checks
Do. handkerchiefs
Threads
Oznabrige
Plated bucrih so t
Baßadoes rum
Ditto spirits
Jamaica ditto
A quantity of ozna,
brigs
A parcel of fails, foit^
able for a brig of
184 tons
fChrd^e, and sundry
I other articles,