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b a most unreasonable insult, and, if indulged in
other similar cases, must fuperftde all possible bene
fit of mutual compact among mankind.
8. The objection here made is “ that the cornmif
fioners may treat with private individuals." An
objection that surely does not merit a serious answer.
Thus have the Congress given you their reasons
for looking upon these ads of Parliament to be only
meant to deceive and ensnare you ; and upon this
ground of pretended jealousy and distrust they have
resolved that, instead of listening to any terms of
reconciliation, you mail without the least delay make
the molt vigorous exertions in preparing to carry on
the war.A
And now, good people, what is jour opinion ?
That I must not expe& you to tell me. You, who
were till very lately the happiest people upon earth,
ate how among the most distressed! You seldom dare
even to whisper your real sentiments to one another!
You will wonder perhaps that I mould address you
upon this occafmn. Tha' my duty, dictated by ho
nest principle, makes me and my brethren enemies of
,oui revolt, yet we are not your personal enemies.
We know that your scribblers have been lavish of
their scurrilous abuse, in loading us with every im
putation of inhumanity and cruelty; imputations
equally falfe and fcaiidalou*, and as much the obje&s
of our scorn and disdain as are the persons of those
who make them. Calamity and horror are inf para
ble and unavoidable companions of a civil war.
We wiffi it were possible to prevent them. That it
it not, you may be convinced by what thousands of
you have fuffered from your own troops, whom you
ve taught to confider as your pcote&ors and defend
ed. Your leaders charge the war with all its cala
mities to our account, becau^ they wifo ^ inflame
1. " Because our Prine? Hth heretofore rejeaed
," the petitions and representations of America."---
Several petitions were presented, whith were defigh
e4v drawn up in such terms as to render them ina^
miffible in Parliament; yet the essential thing petiti
oned for was repeatedly offered to the colonies, as I
have already ihewn. If therefore “ war has been
“ waged" against the revolted fubje&s of Britain, it
was because n® fafe and reasonable concessions were
Sufficient to recall them to their allegiance. It is not
true “ that the fame Prince now grants to the arms
“of America what he refufed to her prayers." He
invites them, for the last time, to lay down their
zuns and return to their duty, by Solemnly confirm
ing beforehand the offer of such terms as he has been
uniformly ready to grant.
^. " Beeaufe we have laboured to conquer this
“ continent, reje&ing every idea of accommodation,
“ from a cpnfidencein our own ltrength."--We have
carried the sword in one hand and the olive-branch
in the other from the beginning. Every idea of
accommodation has been indeed rejected, not by us,
to whom it never was offered, but by your leaders.
They are mistaken if they think we have qot still a
full " confidence in our ftrength"---which you have
reason to wish may no longer be put to the proof.
4. 6< Because we have hitherto constantly declared
46 it was incompatible with the national dignity to
« treat with the Americans, while they had arms
<< in their hands, notwithstanding which an offer is
" now to be made for treaty."---It is very extraor
dinary that an uniform endeavour to promote an
amicable termination of our disputes fliould be con
sidered as an argument of weakness !
The next step in this curious report is to offer
sundry considerations, to show our wickedness and
insincerity in this business.
1. They begin with a repitition, refpe&ing the ces
sion of a part of our former claim. I must there
fore repeat it, that this cession has been repeatedly
offered before, and repeatedly rejected under the pre
tyice that it was made in doubtful terms, with a view
to exa& unconditional submission. And, though every
Shadow of that pretence is now intirely removed, yet
this open declaration of our purposes, is construed
into a proof that we mean “ to deceive America into
46 terms, to which neither argument before the war,
' l nor force since, could procure her assent." That
America has been and is .yet deceived we well know,
but not by us !
2. “ The firft of theft bills declares that Parlia
" ment will not in future exercise the rib(of taxa
" tion. To treat, therefore, under this bill would
" be to acknowledge that right, &c."---The imme
diate purpole of this bill is that you should be fully
andabfolutely exempted from :A\parliamentary taxa
tion, and therefore this objection can be no more
than a difingenious quibble.
3. “ But if such pretended right should be acqui
" ef.rd in, it may be hereafter exercised, whenever
" the British Parliament shall find themselves in a
" different temper and diftofaion : Since it must de
" pend upohthofe and such like contingencies, how
'' far men will aft according to their former intenti
" ons."---This objection may possibly come with a
peculiar grace from the Congress, after their own ex
traordinary change of “ temper, disposition and pro
" sassed intention" with regard to the convention
made at Saratoga : hut surely with reafonabie men
it can have no weight. The King and Parliament
of-Great-Britain have proposed to bind themselves
by a most solemn statute of the realm, in which it is
to be “ declared.and enabled that after the passing of
« this a&, they will not impose any duty, tax or as
" feffment whatsoever payable within any of his Ma
" jefty's colonies in America, &c." The conditions
of our future conne&ion being the object of the pre
sent overtures, the terms of the compact, fettled to
mutual fatisfaffion, must secure our future peace.
4. In this article there is nothing but a repetition,
-other terms, of what was before suggested in the
. ft and third articles ; both which I have answered.
5. In the fifth place, the Congress obje& that the
treaty proposed “ may be set aside by Parliament."
It is true that, after having, in the firft bill, irre
vocably fixed and confirmed your exemption from
parliamentary taxation, they provide, in the second,
that some other matters proposed to be fettled by
treaty shall not be finally ratified till they “ (hall
" have been approved by Parliament." But so far
from being a reafonabie ground of jeaboufy or dis
trust, this provision in the afl, on the contrary, plainly
nows that Parliament not only desire to give you
peace, but that every thing which may require now
to be fettled and agreed on between the two countries
may beclearlv and fully ascertained by a conftituti
>nal establishment, under the authority of law, in
rder that this settlement may be as authentic as your
exemption from taxation, already thus ratified and
confirmed.
6. The next obje&ion is, that "this bill holds
" forth a tender of pardon.”---Without such a ten
der the government could not be restored with fafety
tb the perfo,ns or property of those who make this
obje&ion : And yet, rather than have it said that
they were pardoned, you must not be fuffered to enjoy
the benefits proposed by this offer of negociation !
7. Here ^again'is a repetition of the fame distrust
which has twice been taken notice of already.---
66 Any agreement entered into with fubjefts may
“ at any future time be repealed."---Such a distrust
Formerly of London, but late of Lofton,
HAS just opened a fliop in Broad-street, two
doors above the Poff-Office, where he has a
very good assortment of upper and sole leather, fit
for either summer or winter, and as good and neat
work as any in the city, would be glad to serve his
old customers, or others as they formerly were.
^TThWp^BLTc:
MALT BEER, at the customary price, and the
very best of SPRUCE BEER that is made
in this city, at Ten Shillings per barrel, by
MEDCEF EDEN,
Brewer, on Golden-Hill ; .where Captains of vessels,
Merchants, and others, may be supplied on the
Ihorteft notice.
T~O BE SOLD, by
John Varick, or Rem Rapalje,
On Golden Hill,
Fresh Ship Bread,
By the hundred weight, or Ton.
To" LETT,
PIRT of a house about 50 yards from the Coffee-
House Bridge, confining of a dining room and bed
chamber, or two if necessary, and the use of a kitchen,
unfurnished. Any person who this may suit, will hear
of further particulars bv applying to the printer hereof.
To COVER,
At WILLIAM CREED'S, one mile weft of Jamaica, in
Queen's County, Long-Ifand,
A BEAUTIFUL full-blooded HORSE, more than
fifteen hands high, found, and without blemish,
rifiag five, got by the noted horse Bulley-Rock. This
horse's grand-dam beat every thing she ever started against,
and his dam was got by a Barb.
The price for each mare is FIVE DOLLARS the sea
son, the ca/h to be paid at the stable door ; and excellent
pasturage will be provided for mares, and the greatest care
taken pf them, by
WILLJAM CREED,
Taken away by the Rebels,
From Mark Langdon,
you, by every possible means, with such fentimenfs
as may prompt you to persevere in facrificing your
peace and fafety to support their usurpation.
They tell you that your affairs are “ now, by the
“ bluffing of divine providence, drawing near to a
" favourable iffue."---Yet are they doing every thing
in their power to prevent the only favourable issue
which, in your case, is possible, namely, an honour
able reconciliation. As real friends in general to
the happiness of mankind, and in particular to the
peace and prosperity of the whole British empire, we
wish it were possible for you to know the real truth.
---If you are made to fufpe& that the present offers
of peace, on the part of Britain, are dilated by
insincerity, your groundless jealousy will continue to
be the source of your misfortunes ; if you fondly
imagine these offers proceed from a sense of our
weakness, you must ere long be convinced, by expe
rience, of your fatal mistake ; if you promise your
selves any real advantages from a conne&ion with
France, you are deceived into a treacherous hope that
will lead you to certain disappointment and bitter
repentance.
Judge for yourselves! Confider your former hap
py situation, to which you may now, with fafety,
return. Compare it with your present diftra&ed and
distressed condition---Consult your dispassionate rea
son, even on the supposition of our giving you up
at last, (which, I presume, we certainly shall not)
a prey to the phantom of independency I See the
blessings of unassailable frielom, peace and plenty
on one hand, and the wild disorders of an unsettled
and precarious government, among contending and
irreconcilable interests, on the other !---0n this fide,
you are invited to a fafe constitutional re-union with
your Mother Country, to whom the ties of kindred,
religion, languageand laws, ought to bind you for
ever;---on the other fide, the Congress would draw
you into a league with France and Spain, the natu
ral, restless and enterprizing enemies of all civil and
religious freedom, and who wish you to renounce
any kind of accommodation with Britain, only with
a view of making you the convenient dupes of their
unbounded ambition !---Judge for yourselves ; and,
whatever may be the wishes of Congress, you cannot
be at a loss on which fide to fix your choice.
A BRITISH OFFICER.
JOHN YOUNG,
In Water-ftreat, between the Coffee-Houfe Bridge, and
Fly-Market, has for sale on the most reafonabie terms,
the following articles,
SUPERFINE hyfon, foufhong, and bohea teas, loaf
and mufeovado sugar, very best green coffee, rice,
chocolate by the box, dozen or pound, Durham mustard
in pound and quarter pound bottles, basket salt, Florence
oil, black pepper ground or unground, ground and un
ground ginger, mace, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmegs,
currants by the calk or pound, indigo, Poland and com
mon starch, Chambers's London cut tobacco, fpermaceti
candles, corks, playing cards by the quantity or single
pack, Jamaica spirits fix years old, ketchup and soy, pack
and pound pins by the quantity, 2 few check shirts on
hand. Also, an elegant assortment of metal buttons,
among which are, navy and plain regimental.
N. B. Thrown out of a window by a child on Sunday
the 24th ult. a Silver Etwee, marked on the bottom
AMW, a Silver Salt Shovel, marked AJY, a ring with
three large and five small Keys. Whoever has picked
them up, and will be so obliging to return them as above,
or the printer hereof, shall be thankfully rewarded for
their trouble.
ON the 12th and 20th days of May, at Smith-
Town, in Suffolk-County, Long-Island, a
large quantity of DRY GOODS and CASH, to
the amount of Ooe Thousand Pounds. A reward
of FORTY POUNDS will be given for the whole,
or in proportion for a part of the goods and cafli.
TAKEN up a few days since, in the Bowery, a
MARE. Whoever has loft the fame, may have
her again, proving their property, and paying charges, by
applying to LAWRENCE LOWE, in the Bowery.
TO LET;
ACOMPLEAT dry good STORE, with /helves
and counter, and a small R OOM on the fame
floor, with a fire place. Also, the very best WI NE
STORE in the city, under the fame roof. They will be
let together or single. Enquire of
NATHANIEL MARSTON,
LO S T,
ON the road between New-York and Kingfbridge,
a COMMISSION, in General De Lancey's
brigade. Whoever will bring it to Samuel Fal
kenan, at Kingfbridge, or the printer, shall be re
warded for their trouble._
WILLIAM STEPHENSON,
GENUINE old Madeira
wine, by the pipe,
quarter-calk, or dozen,
Lilbon wine by the pipe,
quarter-calk or dozen,
Sherry wine by the quarter
calk or dozen,
Sweet wines in bottlg,
Old hock in ditto,
London arid Bordeaux claret
by the case or dozen,
Port, wine by the calk or
dozen,
Shone's London bottled por
ter by the hoglhead or
dozen,
Kenton's ditto, per ditto,
Taunton ale, do. do.
Scotch ale, do. do.
Bristol beer, do. do.
Best Coniac brandy in kegs
or by the gallon,
Holland geneva by the case,
Old spirits by the hoglhead,
or iefs quantity,
Weft-India rum by the hogs
head or barrel,
Best hyfon,7
Congo, and > TEAS.
Bohea l
N. B. London particular Madeira WINE, 12 years
old, at 41. 4s. per dozen.
[^^m^nmi
Some excellent
g| Frejb Orange Juice,^
ft^ Fit for making Punch, ^fy
^ And about Fifty Pipes of
&GW Vinegar, &c. &c.+3
To be Sold by
RICHARD DEANE,
DISTILLER,p
g" Atthe North-River, New-York.
&=^^^ O'OOOM
LONG and short handle frying pans, single and dou
ble sheet iron, tongs and shovels, brass scales and
beams, cart, waggon and chair boxes, iron pots and ket
tles, a large assortment of padlocks, brass and iron wire,
fad irons, table, chest and other hinges ; cupboard, chest
and portmantua locks; plated stock locks, Having glas
ses and razor strops, a great variety of shoe and knee
buckles, coat and vest buttons, cutteaux and penknives,
knives and forks, tea kettles and wa m^ng pans, steel of
all kinds, saws, best London pewter, iron dogs and pye
pans, spades and shovels, with almost every other species of
JOHN DAVAN,
No. 207, Queen-street, near the Fly- Market,
HAS FOR SALE.
To be LETT,
AVERY convenient store, with a large dry cellar un
der it, suitable either for dry goods or groceries,
and is as good a stand as any in the city. For further
particulars enquire at Mr. Reid's, No. 972, Water-street,
opposite Beekman's S'lip.
To all Officers, Soldiers, and other Inhabitants
in North- America, now in Arms against the
Parent State.
THE Period has now arrived, which, after a
Train of humberlefs Evils consequent upon
Civil War, must be welcome to every honest Heart,
as promising a speedy Bnd to Bloodshed ard Confu
fion, and a happy Return of the Blessings of good
Order, Peace, and Liberty, upon the most solid Foun
dations. The Parent State lamenting th^ Interrup
tion of that Union which formerly subsisted between
her and these Colonies, is now desirous to recall them
to their wonted Duty, and to effe& it by the most
powerful Motives that can operate on Minds not to
tally abandoned to Ambition, or the wild Schemes
of factious and felf-interefted Men. All Ground of
Complaint and Jealousy is now entirely removed, and
every Man must determine, whether it is. most for
his Interest to live under a GOVERNMENT THE
BEST AND FREEST IN THE WORLD, or
have a Prolongation of the Miseries of War, and
become, or remain a Subje& of new-fangled Consti
tutions, which, however specious of Liberty in The
ory, must soon fail in the proper Checks to reftrain'
those who administer them, from the most wanton
Abuse of the Powers delegated to their Trust.
Should the proferred Terms be reje&ed, it must be
evident to all Men, that the Contest has not been
for the Liberties of America, but for the AG
GRANDIZMENT OF INDIVIDUALS UPON
THE RUINS OF THEIR COUNTRY. It is
now,become the Duty of every true Friend of Ame
rica, to step forth and avow his Sentiments for a Re
newal of the Union with the Mother Country, and
if Necessity shall render it expedient, by Force of
Arms to compel the Refra&ory to submit. This is
not only a Measure di&ated by Duty, but consonant
to the soundest Policy, and juftihable upon the most
righteous Principles.
A CORPS IS NOW RAISING FOR THE
ABOVE PURPOSE, IN THIS CITY, the Com
mand whereof his Excellency the Commander in
Chief has been pleased to commit to me; in which
every Officer and Soldier who is actuated by just
Principles, and desirous of restoring Peace, and true
Liberty to this once happy Country, shall meet with
all fooffible Encouragement.
Being personally known to many of you, and ap
prised of your Detestation of a Separation from the
Mother Country, I take the Liberty to invite you to
embrace the present Opportunity of shewing to the
World, that you are willing and ready, at the Hazard
of your Lives, to contribute your Aid to the Re
storation of true constitutional Liberty. Such of
you as are inclined to enter into said Corps, will
apply to me in the City of New-York, where you
will be cordially received.
Rudolphus Ritzema, Lt. Col. Com.
Royal American Reformees.
New-York, May r, 1778.
LOST, a silver watch, maker's name J.
Williams, No. 3035. The printer will
give five dollars reward for it.
No. 190, Queen-Street.
Who have also for sale, bohea and hyfon tea by the
chest, single and double refined loaf sugar per hogshead,
port wine in bottles, and sherry in calks, callicoes and
chintzes in trunks, checks and Iri/h linens, &c. &c.
Ironmongery and Cutlery,
Are just imported and to be fold on the most reasonable
terms, by
Two grnfeel FURNISHED ROOMS, so be
let, at No. 1077, in Water-street, near the
Fly-Market. The gentleman whom this may an
swer, may have breakfaft with the family if they
chufe.
Edward and William Laight,
Balket-falt, isinglass,
, Arnold's bottled fnuff,
Coffee, chocolate, mustard
and failed oil,
Mace, cloves, and cinnamon
Nutmegs, whole and ground
ginger,
Raisins and currants,
Chamber's London cut to
bacco,
Double and single refined
sugar,
Mufeovado sugar by the
barrel,
Cheshire and Gloucester
cheese,
Spmermaceti candles by the
box,
Mould and dipt tallow ditto'
by ditto,
Caftile, and London made
white and turpentine soap
by the box,
Playing cards of all forts,
Short and long pipes by the
box,
Corks by the gross,
Wrapping paper bythe ream.
Madeira, jj
Red port, (
Sherry, and
MalagaJ
Hyfon,l
Green, ( _
Sufhong and ( °
Bohea J
Single and double refined
sugar,
ro wn and mufeovado fugar,<
Sun and jar raisins,
Prunes, currants, almonds, 1
Preferv'd ginger, citron and
limes,1
Jelly, green citron,
Tamarinds,l
White wine vinegar, 1
Pepper and allspice,
Ground ginger,
Florence oil,l
India soy, 1
Ketchup, anchovies,1
A Good assortment of,
common and fine
glass, China, Queen's ware,
&c.
Gold, silver, and metal
watches, glasses and watch
materials,
Best Cheshire and Glouceffer
chefe,
Bacon and mutton hams,
Oat meal and barley,
Portable soup, and sugar
candy,
Maccarona, and vermacelli,
Citron and best raisins,
Nutmegs, cinnamon, mace,
and cloves,
Pepper, and Durham mus
tard,
Florence oil and vinegar,
Pickles in cases, ditto in
single bottles,
Hyfon, foufhong, congo,
singleton and bohea teas,
Excellent Mufcovado" sugars,^
nuine old Sherry WINE, to be fold by WIL
LIAM M'Adam, in Hanover-Square,
And sundry other articles too tedious to mention.
TO BE SOLDTY
DAVID MITCHELSON,
Corner of Water-street to the Fly-Market,
VERY fine old Mrdeira
wine by the pipe,
quarter calk or dozen,
Ditto Sherry,
Ditto Lifbon,'
Ditto Teneriffe,
Ditto red port,
Claret by the dozen,„
London porter by the hogs
head or dozen,
Taunton ale by the dozen,
English cyder by ditto,
Old Jamaica spirits by the
hogshead or less quantity,
Ditto cane fpirits,l
Ditto Weft-India rum,
Holland geneva, ]
French brandy, Shrub,<
A neat assortment of home-,
spun Gin and Brandy,']
very little inferior to Hol-1
land or French, |(
All forts of the best of Cos-,
dials, I
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Ofuperior Efficacy and peculiar Mildness, in
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The Public ma y be affured,that this ex- X
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Foulness and Impurities of the Blood, having 0
performed many astonishing Cures (in tbir and @
@ the neighbouring Colonies) in Scorbutic Erup
g tions,Leprofies,WhiteSwellings, Stiff Joints,
G ° ut > and Rheumatie Disorders, &c.
W A late Supply, g
I Of the above Pills,g
p HUGH GAINE, @
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ty Who has in his Hands a Letter from the
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X her own Hand, of their Genuineness; which
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To the PUBLIC.
Tobe fold, by the Inventor's Appointment at the
Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, and no
where else in America.
The Salutary CO NSERV E,
BEING an approved and infallible P reventIvB
from aCertainDisease.
The Auther of this Medicine is a Gentleman very
well known, both in the Navy and Army, for his fuc
cefsful Pra&ice in Physic and Surgery, he has had re
peated and inconteftible Proofs of the good Effeds of his
Medicine, which he was prevailed on to give the Public
some Years ago, in Europe, at the earnest Sollicitations
of some of his intimate Friends.—The Application of it
js simple and easy, as will appear by the printed directions
given with each Phial.
To be SOLD by
WILLIAM BURTON,
In Water-street, between the Coffee-houfe and Old-flip
bridge, the following articles, viz.
PHILIP KISICK,
Vintner .and Distiller,
At the upper end of Queen-street, has lor sale at his
house, N0.D25,
THOMAS GORDON,
Watchmaker, in Hanover-Square,
HAS removed his shop to the oppufitt fide of the
way, No. 519, direaly facing his former situa
tion ; where he continues to perform all kinds of work
in the various branches of his business in the best man
ner as usual.
;Howe's acid for ^unch,
Onions, walnuts, ancho
vies, capers, red cabbage
arid beans,
Mufcovado, single and dou
ble refined sugar,
Ca°ile and common soap,
Best mould candles by the
box,
Smoaking and pigtail tobac
co,
Womens leather and fluff
shoes,
Childrens black and Moroc
co ffioes,
Best London porter,
Madeira, Port and Teneriff
wines,
Rum by the hogshead or
small quantity,
Coniack brandy,
Playing cards,
Window glass by the box.
Molasses,
single and double refined
loaf sugar,
Mufcovado sugar by the bar
rel or less quantity,
Best hyfon and bohea tea,
Best chefhire and Gloucester
cheese,
Best caftile soap by the box,
or less quantity,
Common ditto,
Candles by the box or less
quantity,
Scotch barley,
Spermaceti candles by the
box,
Mens beaver hats,
Ozenbrigs,
[Corks,
Long pipes, pepper,
Allspice, cinnamon,
Cloves,
Mace,
Nutmegs,
Spaniffi and French olives,
Pickles of various kinds,
Mustard, cheese,
Pearl and common barley,
Rice, soap, starch,
Hair powder,
Powder and fig blue,
Spermaceti and tallow can*
dies,
Rappee,
Scotch fnuff in bladders and
bottles,
Pigtail and faffron tobacco,
Basket salt,
Cinnamon,
Nutmegs, mace, cloves,
Sago, sugar candy,
Chocolate,
Black ball and /hoc brushes,
Yorkshire hams,
Split peafe,
Porter and strong beer,
Corks, &c. &c.