The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-03-23 00:00:00, page 4

ITtE are now come within fight of land. One letter more
W will bring me to the end of my epistolary voyage.—ln
deed peace is the haven for which Jam fleering, and to which
I with to arrive, and to lay up my little bark. Nor can men
an oWed be unacceptable to you, if you Jre the fame person,
as undoubtedly you arc, who recommended that excellent
maxim to yofrQeign; * ^ That no fort rs conquers, and
“ no kind of alliances do contribute to the real welfare and
- *' grandeur of a state, so much as a conftint and judicious at
o terßion to agriculture, manufactures, and toe arts oi peace.
In'this therefore, as we arc both agreed, let us endeavour to
lehd a helping hand to each other in this good woik.
Perhaps indeed the obfeurivy of the agent may be some pre
judice against likening to proposals coming fromlinen a quar
ter. Beit so; but nevertheless it ought not totally to ddeou
rage well-meant endeavours. For I remember to have read,
that when the artists at Rome found their tackling for lining a
vail antient column, to be too long by an meh or two, and
were at a loft how to proceed, they likened to a boy Minong
the crowd of fpedators, who cried out, wet the ropes ami they
will ihiiuk. By following his advice, they effected tuen un
dertaking; and the pßrir was placed on ds base, and hands
upright tothis dav. Yet I never heard test tnefe artists
enured, orthat"they deft rved cerfure, on that account. Be-,
tides all the powersnow at warare become mod hemtry tier
cf Pair prefect military feenes; among which number 1 will
venture to include the Dutch and Spafttwds, as wed as tne
To ch, English, and American. : For their cases are exa^y
paradel.' Indeed all fifes are, at last, most tboicughly convin
ced that thev have been lighting tor a Shadow ; oiratner,
fwhat' is touch w.oife than alb adow, a fobfrarce of a very
fcruicicus, and delhi^c quality. Neverthf pnoe, na
-1 mal pride, is Of filch a natme as to prevent them torn
ing this frank confeffion. The labours theretote of <Ol 11 divi
dual, however obfetire; may not be entirely thrown away 111
filch a case: He may fugged fomenting, which Inis not occurred
to wiser heads, or,he may be the means or bringing all litres
the nearer to each other, without either party feeding to yield,
or to make the fird advances.—But be that as it may; and.it
his labours iheuhl be again difrcgaiclcJ, ^ they have often
been, the very desire of doing good, and the vans co^Jc:are^t
are in themselves no.fma.il confutation# -A macnia\cLiau poli
tician is not to be envied.
. Scheme for a general ratification, ^ith remark thereupon.
I. Let all the countries and places, which, have been taken
during the war, be mutual!, restored; and as nearly as poflible
in the fame condition that tiiey were in,/ befoie the wa ibegan,
fhb rule fhoulcTexFend to every part of the globe; unless to
such places, as shall be otherwise disposed ofin, or by the fol
lowing treaty. ' . _ ,
IT. Let the countries between the rivers Penobfcot and
Connecticut, containing almost all the provinces of New-
Hampshire, M^fachufets, Rhode-Bland,, .and Connecticut, be
ceded to the American republicans in full right.
111. Let the American loyalists enjoy the diftrid from the
river Connecticut to Hudson's river, together with Long-
Island, and Staten-Island.
IV. Let all the countries from Hudson's river to the north
ern boundary of North-Carolina, -containing part of the pro
vince of New-York, all the Jerseys, all Pemifylvania, all the
three lower counties, and all Maryland and Virginia, be ceded
for ever to the republican Americans. By this partition or
division, they wi 1 be put in immediate possession of nine pro
vinces out ofthirteen, for which they contended. Tn these
they will,be independent of Great-Britain, and Qreat-Britain
independent of Them.
V. Let the loyalists retain the three remaining provinces,
namely, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia.
VI. As the provinces of New-York, North, and South-
Carolina, and Georgia, will thus become afyhnns, and places
of fafety, for the loyal refugees to retire to,—let the fame regal,
and mixt government be restored to each, as obtained hereto\
fore. But let? be ftipv.Tated, that this government shall con
tinue no longer than for ten years from the date of the treaty:
At the expiration of which term, let the assembly of each pro
vince be at full liberty to chufe any form they dial! think proper.
VIL Let the Fa^ern Florida be ceded to Spain, together
with the fortrefs of Gibraltar, provided his Catholicl: Majesty
will give the island of Porto-Rico in exchange : A place of as
kittle use to them, as Gibraltar is to England.
VIII. Let the Island of Minorca be ceded to the House of
Anftria, as an intermediate depository between the ports of
Trieste, in Dalmatia, and Oftend, in Flanders, But let the
whole island, with all the ports and fortrefles thereunto be
longing, be considered as one general free port, or common
magazine, wherein no duties are to be paid either on expor
tation, or importation : And where also the fliips of all na
tions, military as well as mercantile, fliall be fafe and free to
go in and out, to load and unload, to careen and refit at
pleasure, without molestation of any kind ; —only paying the
ueceffary charges to the refpe&ive tradesmen, (hip-carpenters,
&c. &c.
IX. Let the Emperor of Germany invite the powers at
war to fend deputies to meet at Brussels, or at any other con
venient city in Anftrian Flanders, there to treat on the means
of procuring a general pacification: And if peace can be ob
tained on the aboveterms, or on any othermore acceptable to the
, contending parties,—let the great powers of Germany, the
Empiefs of Russia, and the Kings of Sweden and Denmark,
solemnly guarantee the fame.
remarks.
Remark I. The above plan for a general pacification is not
offered as the very best in the nature of things, but only as
the most feasible, and the likeliest to be adopted by the oppo
site contending parties. For when there arc so many differs nt
prejudices to be encountered, the man who hopes to succeed
in any degree, must deer such a middle course, as that all may
be gratified in feme refpeds, though not to the full extent of
their extravagant wishes.
The very best system would have been. To have thrown up
nil foreign dominions at once ;—and to have trusted solely to
the goodness and cheapnefs-of our manfifaftures, and to the
long credit we can give, for procuring them a vent in these go
vernments, as well as in other countries.—ln the next place to
have relied on the strength of cur great capitals, and on the
. commanding influence of good price, and good pay, for pur
chasing all forts of goods and ' commodities from every nation
under Heaven : —And in the third place, to have kept ohr
strength both by land and sea, well concentred on our own
coasts, not dissipated by foreign expeditions, always ready at
hand for onr defence against invaders. This, I fay, would
have been the best, and the wisest scheme, —nay more, this
is the only scheme, to which we ourfelyes must have recoutfe
in times of the greatest difficulties, and dangers. A plain
proof, that there is no need at any time to recur to any other
LITERARY ARTICLE.
further Extract from Dean Tucker $ PA^IPIIWI, entitled
Cui Bono?
LETTER VII.
To Mons. NECKAR.
* The words are here a little paraphrased, but the sense is ftrikt
'ly reserved. See the Covflc ll^du page 68, and the translation,
page 71.
mehfure! Nevertheless, when mankind have been long keptin
darkness, 01 after they have wilfully blind-folded themselves
for ages pad, they mult be treated according to the nature of
their case. For their eyes are too weak to bear the full glare
of day at once : Light therefore must be let in upon them by
degrees. And as tlSis consideration isof weight, permit me to
use it as an apology for not offering a better tyftem than the
foregoing.
Remark IL Were Minorca to be put into the hands, of the
house of Austria, as proposed in the foregoing plan, and to be
made a common magazine, and a general free port for all na
tions, much good ought redound thereby to the whole politi
cal and commercial worlds; and it is hard to lay, what great
evil could result from such a measure. For, in the fid! place,
as his Imperial Majesty wants such a port, to be a kind ofin
termediate depository between Flanders and Dalmatia, —-a hint
of this nature properly suggested, might be a powerful in
ducement with him to offer his mediation for composing the
present differences, and to propose one of his towns in I landers
for aircmbiing a Congress.
In the fecund place, no power, or potentate, or even indivi
dual, could be hurt by the opening offuch a general mart for
all nations to resort to. For as all would have equal liberty
both of ingrtfs, and egress, all would, be benefited in one de
gree or other, some more, or some lets ;--but none could be
lu:rt: : —Certainly the Ih;,lifa could pot be injured; because
they would enjoy the fame liberty, which they have at present,
with great additional advantages, without a thi Ing expence,—
and, what is Rill more, without exciting the fears and jealou
fics of other powers. The Ruffian empire would be benefited,
because such an intermediate depository between the extremi
ties of that vast empire would answer much the fame end to
her, as it would to the House of Auftrim And as to Trance,
Spain, Italy, and every fide of the Mediterranean, nyt to men
tion Hie north of Europe—it is obvious to the mcft'common
apprehension, that all these countries would derive confidera
bic advantages from such an- institution; and that Trance in
particular would be benefited above the rest; because she
would have the most goods and merchandise to be exposed to
file < t this emporium, and the feweft wants to be fupphed;
consequently the lets to purchase ; and the greater would be
the balance in her favour.
jdb. The possession offuch a spot as Minorca, by the House
of Austria, could give no just umbrage to any naval power.
For though the head of that house were ever so defirpus of Bai-,
sing a naval force, it would be impoflible for him to accom
pliih his withes, with only three such ports as Oftend; Mahon,
and Trieste, and those ahnoft one thousand miles distant from
each other. Therefore peace and commerce must always be
his only views, as far as Minorca would be concerned, what
ever military.fehemes might be formed in other reflects.
gthly. Trade therefore being the only object capable of being
puftiled ill this case, his Imperial Majesty might maintain a
Sufficient ganifon at a very Small expence, —perhaps', incited,
at none at all. For as this general emporium would attract to
it the a&ive and industrious from every country, Such numbers
would fettle on the Island, as would render it populous like
an hive of bees. Therefore a very moderate excise, or inland
duty on the home consumption of the inhabitants, Would fully
defray the charges of the civil government and probably main
tain a garrison of 2500 men befidcs: I mean after the manner
that the Austrian troops are eloathed, fed, and paid,—not ac
cording to the expences of English troops, and garrifoi&
- S+htyh Whatever benefits other countries would obtain by
opening the Communication here proposed, —the benefits to
the kingdom of Hungary will Bill he greater. '1 his fin^ coun
try is allowed by all to be one of the most fertile upon earth;
yet it has hitherto laboured under two such difficulties, as,bhve
rendered it in a manner a Terra incognita to the commercial
world. The one is, the feudal fyfcm, which flill reigns there,
and in the neighbouring provinces, to a greater degree than in
any other parts of Europe, Poland excepted. Now, Sir, a
feudal Baron, with his hundred vaflfals on his create doth not
use and cenfume as many of the neceffarie; and conveniences,
much lets the elegancies of life as a French nobleman with 25
tenants, or an English gentleman with 15. And as his Impe
rial Majesty is abolishing all these flavifli tenures, as faft as he
can, and as the nature of the case will permit ; —this will in
.time open new fourcts of commerce and riches much mope
beneficial than the difeevery of new distant countries, or the
colonization of remote deserts. The second inconvenience;
which Hungary laboured uhder, was the want of fame com
munication with the rest of Europe, by means of a commodi
ous port. This evil will be remedied to a great degree by the.
measure here proposed ; for tire establishment of an emporium
at Minorca, where the produce and manufadurts of all coun
tries might be deposited and exchanged, will operate nearly the!
fame, as if Hungary was moved out of its place, and brought
mere contiguous to these countries, or that thole countries!
were placed nearer to Hungary :—I fay, the commercial effe&s;
would be much the fame. And then the riches of Hungary, 1
by means of a regular, well-dhedled circulation of induJE y and :
labour; would become the riches of such countries;--more.
Specially ofthe great commercial countries of France and Eng-i
land:—And the riches of France and England, for the very;
fame reason, would become the riches of Hungary: —That is;
in plain English, one nation would become so much the better
cußomer to tire other, by being so much the richer.
This mutual circulation of labour and industry, is that~grand
fundamental truth in the science of politicks and commerce,
which never can be too much inculcated. OF what oceans of
blood would it have laved in every age, had it been duly at
tended to!
Remark 111. The only affair in the revolt of the colonies,
in which the honour of England is truly concerned, is to ic
cure some place of retreat and fafety to the loyal Americans,
from the rage of their blood-thirty republican persecutors.
The foregoing plan has, I hope, fufliciently provided for their
fecurity.—lndeed, as their only crime was the doing their duty,
and being faithful to those engagements which they owed to
the mildest government upon earth ; —the time will come, when
even their perfeeutors will look upon these loyalists u ith diffi r
ent eyes: They will confider them, as having been their most
faithful monitors, who would have laved their finking country,
had good sense and found policy—not to mention a word about
good faith, honour, and confcienee,—been fuffered to prevail.
Permit me likewise to add, that when the hand of time has
laid low the author of these papers, already pretfed with years
and infirmities perhaps Mont. Neck-ar himfelf may voucli
fafe to fay:“ What a pity, that the Dean of Gloctßer's ad
“ vice had not been more attended to! His obhrvations were
“ just; that the war in which we all engaged so deeply, and
“ which we cherished with such unthinking zeal, has been
" productive of great and lasting evils to all; to France in par
“ ticular; and of no good to any." _ 1
But as it will be immaterial to myfelf whether you will-con
defeend to take notice of my writings or not," 1 enjoy a prelent
fatisfaction, when I confider you as my fellow labourer in the
good work of peace. Many passages in your book evidently.
Bespeak you to have a generous concern for the whole human
race, and to be patriotic* in the belt sense of that word, a friend
tomaukind.
Ever ambitious of being related in affection tp all of that
charadei, I have the honour to fubferibe myfelt, with foe
grQteft pfeafure, Sir, your most refpedfeJ, and most obedient
humble I'ervant, J. TUCKER.
At No. 3, Tradd-Street, opposite to Bedon's-Alley,
HAVE FOR SALE,
The following ARTICLES;
Which they trill difeofe of on the most reajm^le Terms, for ready Money,
Bills of Exchange or Produce ;
OLD Madeira Wine of the frit quality, by the quartered
or dozen
Old red Port ditto, bottled by Ramsay and Marshall
Old Sherry ditto in bottles
Shonc's best bottled Porter
Single refined Loaf Sugar in fnja.il loaves
Mufeovado and clayed Sugars by the barrel or smaller quantity
High proof Jamaica and Windward-Bland Rum by the ho,fr
head or the gallon
Real Hollandfe Geneva by the case or,gallon
Old French Brandy by ditto
Black Pepper, Mustard, Saltpetre, Raisins, and several other
articles in the grocery way
Hyfon, Souchong and Bohea Teas ..
Cordage, Canvai's, Paints and Oil, and several other articles
in the fhipchundlery way
Glass and Earthen Ware
.Soap and Candles
Low priced Irish Linens and Brjtifh Ofnaburghs by the piece.
N. B. A quantity of empty BO(TLES wanted, for which a ga
ncrous price will be given. |
COLLINS.& HAYE S,
No. 12, Brohd-ftreet,
Have imported in tke Admiral Barrington, Capt. Pafsmore,
and other Ships from London,
The following ARTICLES,
Which they trill fell on the most recfomdle Terms, viz.
-[) ED port, 'Mairira, Lisbon,
aN. ffieriy and Malmfey wines,
in pipes, hogsheads and quarter
calks
Wines in bottles, London portu
in ditto
Scarlet, blue, green, white, black,
grey, and other fashionable co
loured. broad-cloths, with thab
loons and trimmings of all
forts
Scarlet, buff, white and muserry
kerfeytnires
Buff, olive, white and black vel
verets and corduroys
Spotted vclvcrets, jeans, dimities,
Marfcilles Quilting; Dutch,
Fr< rich and Queen's cords
Imperial and royal ribs, cotton
counterpanes, nwree patchetfot
gowns, and other Manchegry
Black Princes fluff; inifl;ncts,,alo
peens, luftres, crapes, poplins,
silk cords, ruffyis, derants and
callimancocs
A variety of ladles Elks ,
Black andwhrie Barcelona hand
kerchiefs,''
fath, 7-8 and yard wide Irish
linens'''
Engliih and India Chintz
Bordered dawn handkerchiefs
Table Clbths of different sizes
Plain and striped la vns
Plain, striped, checked and sprig
ged muslins
Narrow gold and silver lace, gold
and silver fringe and bullions
for making epaulets
A number of flrong
j A ME S RULE & Co.
Ne. 29, Broad-Street,
HAVE O PE N'E D
A Lar^e and General
ASSORTMENT of GOODS,
Suitable to the Seafon,'
Which they propose felling by the D iece or ptbertvife, on ©ery reafonabh
Terms.
Government Bilfe, or produce of .any kind, will be taken in
payment; and the bridled attention 'will be given to all orders
which they may have the honour of receiving from their friends.|
GEGRGE THOMSON,
At his Store on Greenwood's Wharf, near the I^ower-Market,
- Has on Sale, very reasonable, , 4
RUM, Brandy, Wine and Geneva
Queyh,s Ware Plates and Diffies.
Tureen .and all forts of Crockery neatly aborted
Mess I>cc and Pork in barrels
Exceeding good Lewis's Philadelphia Flour
Best Pearl Barley of Scotland
Venison Tongues
Negro-Cloth, Ofnaburgs, Sugar, Tea, &c.
• A L S 0,
A large assortment of TIN and GLASS WARE.
N. B. Storage for goods.
BROWN & MICHIE,
No. 27, Church-Street,
HAVE FORSA L E,
ENGLISH bottled Claret, of superior quality
Old Madeira )
£° rt > Wines
Sherry(
Lisbon )
Shrub and Brandy
Old Jamaica Spirits
Cask arid bottled Porter
Hyion and Bohea Teas,
Loaf and Mufcovado Sugars,
Soap, Candles, Mallard, Oil and Pickles.
With sundry other Articles in the Grocery way.
D RUGS, MEDICINES,
AND SUNDRY
FAMILY MEDICINES, &c. &E
ARE NOW SELLING OFF,
1 At No. 9, in Orange-Street,
3y-.RF.TAIL, much lower than they are fold in Charleftown, the Su
scriber intending for England, with the sos Cbnvoy,
The ASSORTMENT, consisting of every ufeful article, all
good and'receutly imported, will be fold at prime cost and charges,
to any person taking the whole, or to the amount of not le's ' 32
twenty pounds?. SAMUEL CARNE.
Cbarlfotun, February IT, 1,82. ^
MASTERS of veirels, and inhabitants of- the town, may
be supplied with BEER, at a reasonable price, at J 1
Brewery of Charleflowa. Xfem,
ANTHONY ROXBURGH, & Co.
Mens and womens silk, cotton
and thread hose
Ladies best London made callfo.
manco ihocs
Mens fine hats and ladies riding
ditto
Gohl and silver bands apd toffels
Ditto buttons and loop's
Sword knots, and bed Balladine
fill: faihes
Gilt'and plated gorgets
Best gilt and plated plain buttons
A great variety 'of fancy ditto
India China bowls and bafchs
Long tea and breakfast setts com
pleat
Compleat neat fide-bbard setts of
cut glass, and a variety of other
girl's wave
Starch, hair-powder, Windsor
soap pomatum,wafh balls, rose,
lavendar and Hungary waters,
offence of burgamot and other
perfumes
Blacking balls, paints, oil, brim
stone, lamp and ivory black
Neffs of hair trunks, with brass
furniture.
Gilt red leather and large travel
ling trunks
A cornpleat travelling kitchen,
in a hrongtrunk, fit for a Ge
neral or Field Officer
Very compleat camp trunks, and
camp canteens
Military Ibirts, ruffled and plaia
Ditto worked and yarn hose
Long and short tobacco pipes
White and brown soap, &c.
; Iron-bound Calks.