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The Whole Proceedings of the
Continental Congress,
Begun at Philadelphia the sth of September last,
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" Would not have the reader imagine, I mean
I to juftify every tartihg arid feathering rioter
I at Bottom, and all disorderly proceedings in
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commonalty of that country mult have had a portion
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before been found in the world, had all their expres
sions of resentment for ill usage, been confined within
the bounds of moderation. When governors become
tyrants shall we wonder, that an injured and insulted
people become riotous and unruly I Have ambitious
and encroaching rulers ever yet thought of rendering
fatifaffion, of making reparation, for the cruelleft
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injuries they have so constantly committed ; and have
they not always thought themselves wonderfully gra
cious and &)ndefcending, when they have merely
ceased to oppress ? but if a free people, finding their
humble petitions, and most dutiful remonstrances
scattered to the winds with contempt, being stung
with a sense of accumulated wrongs, and feeling an
indignation at being treated like slaves and villains,
do but assault the meanest mifereant in the train of
power ; 'tis rebellion ! felony! treason! Gaols
and gibbits, ball and bayonet, must here be the cor
re&ives. Is this human polity ! Are these the pro
ceedings of men, of fellow-creatures, of fellow
chriftians ? When merely ceasing to oppress, is all the
reparation required for a long train of injuries and
insults ; shall authority, with whom wisdom ought
ever to reside, become deaf to that voice which called
her into being, and think it meritorious to persist in
doing wrong ?
So universally have I heard the Bostonians con
demned for destroying the tea, and the a&ion pro
nounced illegal and rebellious, that I have taken
some pains to examine all the particulars of that
affair. Now, to my agreeable disappointment, and
to the best of my judgment, instead of an a& of
rebellion, I find it one reflecting honour, and damp
ing the character of good fubje&s, on those who
performed it ; instead of being illegal, it appears to
me to be warranted by the law of nature, the great
original of all human laws, when just. Those who
would wish to think justly, and to speak honestly of
this matter, will do well to examine for themselves.
When they shall have so done, with care and can
dour, and admitting on my part, for the fake of taking
no advantage in the argument, the Bostonian character
to be as black as malignantly repreferited, I Should
be glad to propose to them this plain question : “ What
“ was poSlible for the most wife and virtuous persons on
“ earth, in the place of the Bostonians, to have done,
“ in order to have performed their duty to the utmost
" towards God and their country ?"---To have Shewn
a passive obedience to an unjust aft of parliament, in
a case of such moment, and of so critical a nature,
would have been treason to their country, and there
fore not acceptable, I imagine, to God. I have in
troduced in various conversations, with sensible men,
the fame question I here propose, but never yet, I
can aver with the.Slri&eft veracity, have I met with
a Solution of it, which did not confirm me in an
opinion, that as wife and virtuous men, as good citi
zens, and true patriots, they could not possibly have
aEted othervuife than as they did. They had only this
one alternative; they were driven to this dilemma by
their magistrates, either to fuffer an insidious attempt
againfl their sacred rights and liberties to take effect, or
to destroy tbe bated inflrument. Having had no other
choice, they must necessarily have either done this,
orfaffered that. Whicli ought to have been chosen
by every brave and honest man, I,leave the reader to
determine. 'Tis vifioriary, even to. childishness, to
fay, they might have permitted the tea to have been
landed, and yet have defeated the tax, by unanimously
refufing to have purchased it. The conductors of that
noble action must have been patriots indeed, and most
wonderfully wife, to have left their country, by
going this way to work, at the diferetibn and mercy
of the most ignorant and vicious of its inhabitants,
to have relied upon the prudence arid felf denial of
every tea drinker in America! Belites that the wisdom
of each well-meaning individual was not to be
depended on for forefeeing all the ill consequences of
purchasing a pound of tea, nor their resolution in
preventing them ; I fear there might have been some
traitors to the public cause, some tools of government
or the India Company, or some fufpeaed persons at
least, in whom to have confided, for not letting the
example, and using all their cunning to seduce others,
would not have argued any extraordinary degree of
prudence. What teacher of morals or politics, ever,
was lunatic enough to build all his hopes of ferv'ing
his country, on an expectation of bringing eatery in
dividual of it to be of one mind, and as unanimously
to a& up to the fame rigid principles of virtue ? arid
which.or us would care to rifle the Safety of the city
of London from some dreadful calamity, on a con
fidence that every female, from the fine lady tc the
washer-woman, every man, from the minister of state
down to the blackguard, might be prevailed upon
totally to abstain from the use of tea, porter, or gin,
except the temptation anas removed out of their way.
To all my readers, except those unhappy ones,
who have learned the fatal art of occasionally elofing
the mental eye, so as to admit just so milch, and no
more of the light of truth as their passions and pre
judices will bear ; I muff needs think, it would be
reflecting upon their understandings arid their ingeni
ousness, to attempt any farther proof of my proposition,
that the Bostonians did what was StriCtly consonant to
right and justice in destroying the tea ; but, in order
to open the felf-cldfed, winking eyes of the prejudiced,
I will propose one more comparison, which, I appre
hend, will be admitted as a fairone, since it is agreed
on all hands, except by the calm advancers of direct
falfhoods and lies, and the bold denyers %f demon
stration, that with regard to taxation, the colonists,
as legitimate Shoots from a parent Stock of freedom,
have at least an equal right to be their own tax-makers
as the people of Ireland, which was a conquered,
and every one knows, a very rebellious kingdom for
many ages. Let then the reader only Substitute Ireland
and Dublin, for Massachusetts-Bay and Boston, and
try the cattle over again in his own mind. If he
pleases, we will fit ppofe, that instead of a duty on
tea, we fliould attempt to touch the pockets of the
Irish, by a duty on certain damped papers, being
publications of gross immoralities and blasphemies,
tending to debauch the minds of the people, and fit
them for Slavery ; and that an association of honest
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Thursday, 12 Min. after 12
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
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citizens of Dublin, more mindful of their duty to 1
God and their Country, than of obedience to an
ordinance they held to be subversive of' their liberties,
Should find this precious cargo, precisely in a Similar
Situation with the tea at Boston ; that the Lord Mayor,
the magistrates, and revenue myrmidons, like the
Boston governor and officers of customs, Should all
absolutely refufe their permission and clearances for
its departure from the port, and the Ship Should be
well imprisoned by surrounding batteries; then, what
is to be done? what course is to be pursued ? Shall
those who ought to be the guides and guardians of the
city, admit these pernicious compositions within their
walls, patiently behold them displayed in the Shops,
hawked about the Streets, and dispersed through the
country, with every art of invitation to those inclined
to purchase ? Is the city to be deluged with these
impieties, and its manners, morals, and liberties
undermined, rather than an united company of mer
chants trading in mifebief Should lose their property ?
a property not only detrimental in itfelf, but in this
case made a venture,"with a dire& intention of betray
ing a brave and generous nation into obedience to a
despotic ordinance, containing in it the feeds of a
more complete tyranny, and used as the most tempting
bait to lure the filly multitude into the political moule
trap ; and therefore, on the principles of felf preser
vation, and agreeable to the spirit of the law of nature
and nations, fubjeft to be destroyed, if not removed
upon fair warning. Are thecity guardians, I fay, to
observe all this, and content themselves all the while
with a patriotic resolve, not to buy or to read a Single
paper, and with preaching to the unliftening people
to follow their example? If this, in the enlightened
and virtuous city of Dublin, would be an experiment,
that even a driveller would hardly dream of making.;
how much less Safe would it have been for the Ameri
can patriots to have hazarded their all, on the universal
good sense, on the piety and public spirit of the people,
in the flupid, the hypocritical, the impious, the un
grateful, and rebellious town of Boston ! What then,
I once more ask, ought the patriots of Dublin or of
Boston to have done ? What ! but with indignation
to have cast the hated instrument of tyranny into the
sea! whither its proprietors deserved also to have
followed it headlong. Is it for this wife, brave and
generous a&ion, that not only the a&ors of it, but
the whole people of Boston, are now Smarting under
the heavift vengeance of Great-Britain ! of a people
who have hitherto justly prided themselves in being
the undaunted resisters of tyrants! Fie, boasters, fie!
. Britannia bluflies for your degeneracy; flie disowns ye for
her sons. When a pawn-broker knowingly puts arms
into the hands of a highwayman or ruffian, does any law
insure to him payment for the fame, at the hands of any
one who, being assaulted, seized and destroyed them ? Are
not all deadly weapons, all Shares, traps, and poisons,
made use of in violation to the laws of civil society, for
injuring any man in life, limb, or property, a lawful
Spoil to the injured party ? When the mifereant, pick
pocket Jew, in the Service of iniquity, was once driving a
trade amongst tbe Westminster School boys, with a parcel
of TEA, out of the green cannister of the celebrated Mrs.
Phillips, who, that had a spark of virtuous indignation,
but applauded the illegal proceedings of the Spirited master,
when, disregarding the laws of property, he threw into
the fire all of this tea he could lay his hands on ; and,
as little considering the penalties for an assault, horsed the
vile fa&or, and Scourged him to the quick ?
I must therefore repeat, that the deftroyer^ of the tea
at Boston were, in my opinion, a bend of virtuous patriots,
whose names, when once made public, will doubtless be
held in eternal veneration by their countrymen; and that
the glorious illegality (if every statute, yubetber just or
übijuft, be properly comprehended in tbe word law) they
atchieved; was dn a& of absolute moral and political
receffity, arid therefore exempt froin even good laws ; of
Singular wisdom, of Aria justice, and remarkable temper
and forbearance, considering, their provocations, since it
was done in felf-defince, with the greatest good order and
decency, and unaccompanied with incivility to any one,
or the finalleft damage to any thing in the Ships besides the
treacherous tea. I must likewise repeat, that this tea,
for the reasons I have given, and agreeable to tbe spirit of
tbe law of nature and nations, was jufliy forfeited to the
injured Americans; and that the East-India Company are
not entitled to any fatisfaaion or payment for the fame."
For BELFAST,
The Ship
Jane and Isabella,
l OHN Moore, Master;
^^Wte«3st^w=Will fail about fbe zotb January. For
Freight or Passage, apply to Greg, Cunningham, and Co. or
said Master, lying at Ballet's Wharf.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
RUN-AWAY on Sunday the iSth of December,
from on board the brig Julian, Capt. Burke, an
indented Irish servant named Patrick Coleman, a taylor
by trade, very Lender made, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches
high : Had on a blue frock coat, with a red cape, red
waistcoat, and a grtey frize pair of breeches ; he had with
him a ffnail fpbtted red and white handkerchief ; he is
full of pimples about his chin ; speaks bad English, with
a long accent, and when talking to a person looks fright
en'd or fcear'd: He has short black hair. Whoever ap
prehends the said servant, so that he may be had again,
shall have the above reward, from
Greg, Cunningham, and Co.
&^^ For Londonderry,
The Ship JUPITER,
ALEXANDER EWING, Master,
Now laying at Manton's Wharff.
WILL fail with all convenient speed ; having the
greatest part of her cargo engaged. For freight
or passage apply to Patrick M'Davitt, or the master on
board.
Wheat per Bufliel, 7s. od.
Flour, 19s. 6d.
Brown Bread, 15s. od.
Weft-India Rum, 3s. 4d.
New-England, do. 2s. 6d.
PRICE-CURRENT, in NEW-YORK.
Mufcovado Sugar, 645. od.
Single refin'd ditto, is. id.
Molasses, is. od.
Beef per Barrel, 50s. od.
Pork, 655. od.
AS For S L I G O,
The BRIGANTINE
D I A N A,
CHARLES YOUNG, Master;
WILL positively fail in a few days having three
fourths of her cargo engaged. For freight or
passage apply to Greg, Cunningham, and Co. or said
Master, at Walton's wharf.
T^thTTußirrc:-
The New STAGE COACHES,
rr^HAT constantly ply between New-York and Phi
ladelphia, the one sets out from Powles-Htok
Ferry, opposite New-York, and the other from Mr.
Little's, in Fourth-Street, between Market and Chefnut-
Streets, at the Sign of the Indian Queen, in Philadel
phia, every Tuesday and Friday Morning, at or before
Sunrise, and meet at Princetown the fame Nights, where
they exchange Paflengers, and return the next Day to
Powles-Hook Ferry and Philadelphia, so as to perform
the Journey in two Days from New-York to Philadel
phia. The Price for each Passenger in the Coach, is
Thirty Shillings, and out Paflengers Twenty Shillings.
Proc. Each Passenger allowed to take 141 b. Baggage, and
above that to pay Two Pence per pound.
The Flying Machine
Still continues, and sets out every Monday and Thurs
day Mornings from Powles-Hook Ferry, opposite New-
York, and from the Sign of the Cross-Keys in Philadel
phia, at the Corner of Third and Chefnut-Streets, and
meet at Princeton the fame Nights, exchange. Ballengers,
and return the next Day to Powles-Hook Ferry, and
Philadelphia, so as to perform the Journey in two Days.
The Price for each Passenger Twenty-one Shillings, and
Goods as usual, only each Passenger allowed 141 b. The
Paffengets are desired to cross over the Ferry to Powles-
Hook the Evening before, as the Stages set off early.
It is hoped that this very expensive Undertaking will
meet with Encouragement from all Ladies and Gentle
men, as they may depend upon punctual Peformance, by
The Public's most obliged Servant,
John Merce^eau.
A quantity of neat brandy,
Rafberry brandy,
Cherry brandy,
Cherry rum,
Brandy ffirub,
Shrub of Jamaica spirits,
Geneva,
Spirits ofwine,
Jamaica spirits,
Royal ufquebaugh,
The good quality of said Deane's liquors, has for seve
ral years past been well experienced ; but in a more par
ticular manner this last year;-—as the demands for them
have exceeded his expedtationsten-fold.
And hill he is determin'd, if possible, to make better.
Being fully convinc'd by longexperier.ee,thatthe surest
means to acquire a speedy file of the above articles, is
to make them of full quality, at a moderate charge, (as
he is determin'd to fell on as reasonable terms as any
one else) and good attendance; which with every other
endeavour to give general fatisfa&ion, willbethe constant
study of the
Publick's very oblig'd, and very humblefervant,
RICHARD DEANE.
RICHARD DEAN E,
D IS TIL L E R,
TAKES this method to return his sincere thanks
to all his friends and customers for their past fa
vours; and to acquaint them, he has now ready for
Sale at his DISTILLERY between the College and the
North River, in Murray's-Street, near Vaux-Hall;
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
CAMBRIDGE, December 8.
AS the happiness of particular families strifes, in a
gr^at degree, from their being more or.lefs depen
dant upon others ; and as the less occasion they have for
any article belonging to others, the more independant, and
consequently the happier they are ; so, the happiness of
every political body of men upon earth, is to be estimated
in a great measure upon their greater or le's dependence
upon any other political bodies ; and from hence- arises a
forcible argument, why every state ought to regulate their
internal policy, in such a manner as to furnifh themselves,
within their own body, with every necessary article for
fubfiflahce and defence : otherwise their political exigence
will depend upon others, who may take advantage of such
weakness, and reduce them to the lowert state of vassalage
and slavery. For preventing so great an evil, more to be
dreaded than death itfelf, it must be the wisdom of this
colony, at all times, more especially at this time, when
the hard of power is laihing us with the scorpions of des
potism, to encourage agriculture, manufactures, and eco
nomy, so as to render this state as independent of every
other ft ate as the nature ofour country will admit : from the
consideration thereof, and trusting that the virtue of the
people of this colony is such, that the following Resolu
tions of this Congress, which must be productive of the
greatest good, will by them be effectually carried into exe
cution. And it is therefore
Refolded, Firfi, that we do recommend to the people
the improvement of the breed of ffieep, and the greatest
possible increase of the fame ; and also the preferable use
of our own woolen manufactures, that the manufacturers
ask only reasonable prices for their goods ; and especially
a very careful sorting of the wool, so that it may be
manufactured to the greatest advantage, and as much as
may be into the best goods.
zj. We do also recommend to the people, the raising of
hemp and flax ; and as large quantities of flax feed, more
than may be wanted for sowing, may be produced, we
would also farther recommend the manufacturing the fame
into oil.
3d. We do likewise recommend the making of nails ;
which we apprehend must meet with the strongest encou
ragement from the public, and be of larting benefit both to
the manufacturer and the public.
4th. The making of Steel, and the preferable use of
the fame, we do also recommend to the inhabitants of
this colony.
Fine Salt, 3s. 3d.
Coarse Salt, 3s. od.
Bohea Tea, 4s. 6d.
Indian Cornperßu. 3s. ^d.
Red ratifie,
Cinnamon-water,
Clove ditto,
Orange ditto,
Annifeed ditto,
Allfours,
Doctor Stevens,
Weft-India and N.Yorkrum
Madeira and Teneriffe
wines, &c. &c.