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Annotations upon bis most gracious Majesty ofmof
gracious Great-Britain's most gracious Speech.
ITis a great fatisfaßion to me that lean have recourse
' to the wisdom and support of in, parliament in this
conjuncture —
No doubt it is a fatisfa&ion to yohr Majesty, to be
able to apply for each, to those who must support
you in measures in which themselves are accomplices ;
and who are too dependent upon you to refufe any
of your requisitions. The more money they give
you, Sir, the more offices you give them ; and this
old trick of one good turn's deferring another, has
more than half ruined the nation already.
When the rebellion in North-America demands our
TnoJl serious attention.
How wonderful, that bis Majesty begins to think
the reduction of America a serious matter! Had he
and his parliament considered at all, they would have
thought it a serious matter when they firft began it.
But they wanted, it seems, at least three years, to
discover that the enslaving three millions of people
was a serious undertaking. Notable geniuffes to go
vern three kingdoms and the western world into the
bargain, who require three years of blood and
daughter, desolation and havoc, to make them
serious !
The powers which you have intruded me with, I have
faithfully exerted —
What powers his Majesty was intruded with I
know not. But the powers he has exerted, have
been the powers of breaking his oath, and violating
all laws, divine and human ; and if he undertook to
suppress the revolt, he has not executed his trust,
for that he has not done.
But I am persuaded that ,ou will fee the necessity of
preparing for such farther operations as the contingencies
of the war, and the obJlinac, of the rebels, may ren
der expedient —
What, Sir, a necessity for farther preparations,
when General Gage was to have done the business
with four regiments ? Why don't you order the in
vincible Grant to strike a terror thro' the whole Con
tinent with a file of mufqueteers ?
And if I fbould have occaJion to encreafe them, by
contrasting new engagements —
Worse and worse ! What, increase your troops to
beat an undisciplined militia, after having imported
thirty-five thousand already ! And increase them you
certainly must, or quit your purpose with infamy.
But whence to procure the augmentation ? aye, that's
the question—The Prince of Hesse will tell you, bye
der donder, icb bebber nix meer.
I have received repeated assurances from foreign
powers of tbeir pacific difpoftions.
And does your Majesty believe those assurances ?
Out of your own mouth I will prove that you do
hot —For,
But at the time when the armaments in the ports of
France and Spain continue —to confirm, I suppose, the
assurances of their pacific difeojition. What, all the
powers of Europe pacific, and France and Spain con
tinuing their hostile preparations! For shame, Sir,
baftile your speech-maker, for not putting his con
tradictions at a greater distance than that of two
sentences.
I will always be a faithful guardian of the honour
of the crown of Great-Britain.
A very proper keeper of what has been loft ever
since the 25th of October 1760, the very day that
your Majesty ascended the throne !
The various services I have mentioned to you will
unavoidably require large supplies.
As true a word as ever was spoken; and larger
supplies than your parliament can furnifh. Have
you heard, Sir, that your troops have already been
obliged to take Pennsylvania currency; and that
when they cannot rob, you cannot pay?
I will steadily pursue the measures in which we are
engaged for the re-eJlabliJhment of that subordinati
on, &c.
How long your Majesty intends to pursue, is belt
known to yourfelf—But I am confident you must run
much falter than you have ever yet done, or you will
not over-take it. By your confitutional subordination
we understand a most tyrannical domination, which
we have long since bequeathed to your loyal fubjeds
of Great-Britain, whom you had previously prepar
ed to relish that kind of legacy.
But I Jhall ever be watchful for an opportunity of
putting a flop to the effufton of the blood of my subjects,
and the calamities which are inseparable from a fate
of war.
Ring the bells! Ring the bells backward! To
church, all hands to church ; for Nero is to give us
a sermon against murder, and Jonathan Wild an ex
hortation to abstain from robbery !
And I fill hope that the deluded and unhappy multi
tude will return to tbeir allegiance—
And when the iky falls we Shall catch larks.—And
so, the late infgnifcant faction is now multiplied to a
multitude. Indeed, did you but know, Sir, what a
multitude it is, you would as soon think of levelling
Mount /Etna, as of conquering America. But they
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That the remembrance of what they once enjoyed, the
regret of what they have loft, and the feelings of what
they now fuffer under the tyranny of tbeir leaders, will
rekindle in tbeir hearts a spirit of loyalty to tbeir fove^
reign, and of tbeir attachment to tbeir mother, countryi
If you will be pleased, Sir, to allow yourfelf a
moment's reflection, you will find they have loft no
thing that was worth keeping. They have loft no
thing but the pleasure of being oppressed under co
lour of law ; and of enriching myriads of harpies of
your appointment, and appointed for the express
purpose of fleecing them, and of lavishing the fruits
of their toil and labour in British luxury and riot.—
Is this a loss to be regretted ? If it is, I know who
Will regret it. Their feelings indeed are very great,
and for them you must answer at that awful bar,
where your royalty will but aggravate your condem
nation. As to the tyranny of their leaders, it is in
deed so gross and thread-bare an absurdity, that I
would advise your Majesty to drop it for the future
for the mere fake of its vulgarity. In this contest,
the people in reality had no leaders. They fled,
spontaneously and felf-led, to extinguish the common
fire ; and for conducting with the greater regularity,
the measures which you compel them to adopt, they
afterwards appointed the proper officers. Those of
ficers, (which to serve your purpofc, you call lead
ers) cannot tyrannize over them, because they are
constituted by the people, and by them removeable.
Nor will any confederation rekindle in their hearts a
spirit of loyalty to tbeir former sovereign. That flame,
Sir, and an ardent one it was, and more ardent than
that of your fubjeCts in Britain, you have extinguish
ed, totally extinguished, with torrents of blood, not
leaving a single spark to light up the antient blaze.
And as for their mother country —America, Sir, is
our mother country, and Great-Britain, making the
most of the figure, could never claim to be more
than our grand mother, and that She has been a most
unnatural one is written in such characters of blood
as none of your flimfy coaxings will ever obliterate.
And that they will enable me with the concurrence
and support of m, parliament to accomplish, &c.
And so we are to assist the parliament, it seems, in
effecting our own bondage. Pray, Sir, do not flatter
yourfelf with so vain an imagination. We have too
great a reverence for the instructions of our mother,
to follow the insidious advice of our grand-mother,
so evidently calculated for our destruction.
are not deluded, Sir. They knew that you had pro
jected their slavery; and they will not be enslaved.
If there be any delusion in the case, it is the British
nation that is deluded, and it is deluded by you,
and yourfelf are deluded by a set of villains, who
expected to have divided our estates upon the success
of your arms. Allegiance we owe you none. Then,
Sir, did we ihow our allegiance when we lay pro
strate at your throne, Supplicating for the continua
tion of those liberties, which God and nature and
the law had given us; and when you spurned us
from it.
Mountbolly, Jan. 8, 1778.
WILLIAM CHE W,
At the house formerly occupied by the Rev. Mr.
Brainard, near the Friends new meeting-house, in
Mountholly, hath now for sale on reasonable terms,
AL ARGE assortment of white threads by the
pound, quarter, ounce, or Skein ; sewing silks of
all colours ; black silk Stockings and breeches pieces;
men's and women's white cotton and silk Stockings ;
silk ferrets and ribbons ; werfted and silk knee gar
ters of all colours; mohair, silk and hair, and scars
twist ; silk Stay-laces; silk Damascus and Loretto's ;
black hat-band crape; India nankeens; white cord
ed dimitty; men's Stamped jacket Shapes; child
ren's thread and worsted hose ; men's and parsons
gloves; a few fine sewing needles; Shagreen tea-
Spoon cases ; gold hat buttons and looping ; likewise
tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, pepper, cinnamon, al
fpice, &c. &c. 4w*
January 28, 1778.
TO BE SOLD,
A HOUSE and LOT in Bordentown; also a
house and lot of nine acres of land and meadow
near Richard Wain's mills, in Upper Freehold: And
also a plantation of 200 acres of land and meadow,
with a house, barn, and orchard thereon, near Al
- in Middlesex county. For further par
ticulars enquire of the fubferiber in Bordentown.
4w, SAMUEL ROGERS.
December 26, 1777*
TO BE SOLD,
By JOSEPH CARSON, at Bordentown,
AF EW hogsheads of tobacco, sugar in barrels,
loaf sugar ditto, green tea in bottles, Weft-In
dia rum in hogsheads, ivory combs, needles, and a
few dozen of pfalters, fix half pieces fuperfine cloth,
and eighteen pieces of striped fhamoys. 4W*
HORTENT lUS.
Cumberland County, IVejt New-Jerjey, Jan. 21.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, on the 20th of
August last, an indented MULATTO BOY
named Levi, eighteen years of age ; he has a down
look, Slim and Straight built: Had on and took with
him five Shirts, two of them Striped flannel ; three pair
of trowfers, one pair of them striped; three vests,
one a light colour, the other a pale red ; one pair of
light coloured cloth breeches ; a cloth coloured great
coat. He passes for a free negro, fays he has work
ed about Cohanfey Bridge. Any person Securing said
Servant, so that his matter may get him again, Shall
have the above reward paid by
6w* ABIJAH HOLMES.
January 26, 1778.
RAN AWAY the firft of this month a mulatto
negro man named JACK, about five feet five
inches high ; pretty well set ; and exceedingly fear'd
in the face, especially about the eyes, having been
burnt when young; which of itfelf may distinguish
him. Had on, when he went off, a home made
bearlkin coat, white flannel Shirt and twill'd linen
breeches. Whoever will secure him so that his mat
ter Thomas Forman in Arney's-Town, Burlington
county, may have him again, Shall receive FIVE
POUN D S reward, and be paid reasonable charges.
Waterford, Gloucefler County, Jan. 24, 1778.
THE present precariousness and Situation of pub
lic as well as private affairs, oblige the fubferi
bers, executors of the last will and testament of
Richard Matlack, late of Gloucester county, deceas
ed, earnestly to call upon those who are indebted to
said estate, to make payment by the 20th of next
month, or they will be under the necessity of put
ting their bonds, accounts, &c. in the hands of an
attorney for prosecution. And those who have any
demands against the fame, to exhibit them for set
tlement.
ABRAHAM MATLACK,)
,„ JOSEPH MATLACK, $ executors.
Philadelphia County, Jan. 26, 1778.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS STOLEN from the fubferiber's stable, in
the Manor of Moreland, on Friday night the
16th instant, a GREY HORSE, about thirteen and
a half hands high, has a thick neck, a Short dock and
switch tail, and a lump on the off fide of his belly ;
paces, trots, and canters well, the mane cut off
where the collar is worn; he is about eight years
eld. Whoever returns the said horse to the fubferi
ber, Shall have the above reward and all reasonable
expences, paid by
_3w^ PAUL RUS T.
January 28, 1778.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from the camp, near the Valley Forge,
the 12th day of this inst. (January) a BLAC K
MARE, faddie, and bridle. The mare is about
fifteen hands high, about ten years old, her mane
hangs on the near fide, a small Star in her forehead,
one hind foot white, a small white spot on her but
tock, a feather mark on the off fide of her neck, and
Shod before. Whoever secures the mare, saddle and
bridle, and brings them to John Dowdney, Innkeep
er, in Bristol, or to the owner, in Lower Makefield
township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Shall receive
the above reward.
3 w* JAMES MO ON, Junior.
Bristol, January 22, 1778.
LOST or STOLEN,
OUT of the house of WILLIAM WALTON,
in the township of Bristol, Sometime about the
twelfth day of this inst. (January) a sum of money,
consisting of old Pennsylvania currency and Maryland
money to the amount of Twenty-four Hundred
Pounds. Any person who will give the said William
Walton such intelligence of the laid money, so as to
enable him to recover the fame, Shall receive from
him a reward of One Hundred Pounds in either of
the said currencies, or Continental money, or Six
Half Joes in hard money. As the said loss will bring
the greatest distress on a numerous and young family,
it is hoped that every humane person will be careful
in informing the said Walton of the name of every
person unlikely to keep any sum of money, that ma,
offer such in payment of debt, or purchases that the,
may make. 3W,
day night last,
A DARK brown HORSE, fourteen hands high,
near five years old, has a Star in his forehead,
with white on his heels, long switch tail, natural
pacer, and has a small blaze from the Star across be
low his left eye. Whoever takes up the said horse
and returns him to Henry Drake, in Trenton,
John Bullion, near Bafken-Ridge, Somerset county,
Tavernkeepers, or to William Templeton, owner,
in Morristown, Shall receive TWELVE DOLLARS,
and all reasonable expences paid. 3 w*
STRAYED or STOLEN,
From Jacob Benjamin's door, in Trenton, on Tues-