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contribute to the supporting of .that Govern
ment, which has supported, protested, and
secured them r That Support they pretend they
will not refufe, when desired, but will not be
obliged to it; which it is easy to fee will termi
nate in refufing any contribution at all. Fur
. such a contribution, it is plain, nothing but
their danger would hrve extorted from them.
And how readily do they now fay, that they
cannot afford it?—Net afford it! when we
have raised them to such a pitch of prosperity
as to think thenifelves a match for, and bid de
fiance to, the whole power of Great-Britain ?
But let us suppose them to have arrived,
through the most horrid feenes of distress and
bioodihed, to that state of independence, which
they appear to have been aiming at, since the
ccnqueli of Canada : Will they be happier than
they have been ? Or will the Canadians, whom
they refclve to conquer, and at whose toleration
they so loudly exclaim, think themselves fafe
under the defpocic government of rigid Calvi
nists ? Or have they never heard of the fate of
poor Seryetus, burnt for an heritic, at the insti
gation of Calvin ? Pudet hue opprobria, &c.
And now, as to political happiness under their
new government ; muff it not be fuppeftted at a
vast expence ? Will not the little finger of the
Republic be heavier than the loins of the British
Monarchy ? Will not the union of so many.pro
vince& extending above 1000 miles, soon prove
L ON D O N.
From the General Evening Post, June I.
To the Editor.
SIR,
I Scarce kn w any word, in the political
dictionary, of so extensive a fignification
as the popular word grcewar.ces ; and yet, by
the Rev. Mr. Horne, (if there is now such a
'perlon in being) it has been, like a grain of
carter Wretched out and divided ad infinitum by
the happy addition of apprehensions, that is, ap
prehensions of future grievances ; and this I
take to be the case of the Colonies. They will
not submit to pay the most trifling tax, under
apprehenfioas that heavier may in future be
demanded. And I pray why may not such be
demanded, when they have ability ? Did they
not claim pretention as our fellow-fubjcdsp'and
as being a part of the British empire? Did they
not infiff on their being such, whenever they
wanted preteaion ? And what ingratitude are
they guilty of in refufing to pay a reasonable
ffiare towards liquidating the heavy debt incur
red on their account? What injustice, not to
— ^is talia fando
Temperet a lacbrymis ? - .
LO! what Spedres yonder rife ?—
Malice keen, and dark Surmise,
Envy paie, and gloomy Hate,
Redden'd Rage her furious Mate,
Buffy Faction spreading far
All the Seeds of noxious War,
Sly Suspicion brooding o'er
Ills, which ntne had seen before,
With her Sifter Treachery,
Fond of Secrets, prone to pry
Where, if Innocence fhouid fray,
She to Error may betray.
'Midft this motley woeful Train
Wild Rebellion vaunts his Reign,
Onward stalks with kifty Strides,
Loyal Peace and Truth derides,
Sets at Nought experienc'd Laus,
Tramples en Religion's Cause,
And engages for Allies,
Riot, Ruin, Threats and L^;
O what Mifchiefs by him hurl'd
Wade this spacious Western World !
Tutor'd by his rueful Sire,
Thron'd in Gulphs of liquid Fire,
Bellowing'forth his wily Tales,
Oe'r the witless he prevails.
Sin and Death, in ghastly Mocd,
The curft Purpose underload,
Prefs'd to join in firmed League,
Drawn by. Pen of dark Intrigue,
And rejeic'd, as Hell can joy,
All their Efforts to employ.
Taft we from the secret Springs
To the fad Effects of Things,
And abide the dismal Sight
Of these Counsels brought to Light.
_ See yon dusky Clouds appear;
d^ark, what horrid Sounds are near!
Trembling, fwift the troubled Air
Utters Woe and deep Despair,
Ami, to waft unnumber'd Cr es,
Swift its downy Pinions plies..
Here, behold the glitt'ring Arms
Spread the Field with fierce Alarms §
There, the thund'ring Ergir.es rsar,
And a fiery Vengeance pour.
See, bn yonder sodden Plain,
Color'd with a crimson Stain,
Hundreds ftretch'd and mangled lie,
Dead, or groaning on to die ;
Others prostrate gasp for Breath,
Wailingja the Jaws of Death,
And fohci: Fee or Friend
To compel their tardy End. . .
Mothers p^rifh'd Sons bemoan ;
Children wail their Father's G ran ;
And 'he Bonds, which Nature knows
For h^r fondeft, burst in Woes.
Juried Djfcord, dark 'and fell,
Plague of Earth and Scourge of Hell ;
Stay thy baleful Feet to roam
In thy dark vnenvied Home.
Wild Rebellion, now retire,
Quench thy raging, brutal Fit
Nor a figure Horror ihed
Ou ray guQuiryl drooping Bead.
Chaffy ye f ul Allies of Sin,
Ccafe your cutft malefic Din ;
Far from Regions of the Day,
Downward take your speedy Way ;
Lee your fcbte Honors bloom
Only in eternal Gloom.
IRENICUS.
” At the Time, Sire, that we look up with
Gratitude .to Your Majesty for the Enjoyment
of such Blessings, permit us to expret our
Abhorrence .of those traitorous Measures which
have been adopted in a distant Part of Your
Dominions to dispossess us of them, by stirring
up a most unnatural Rebellion,-upen Pretences
as vain and abfiird in Speculation, as the Con
dud to which they lead is nefarious and de
ftrutyve in Practice.—Anxious as we naturally
are to prevent the Efifion of the Bipod of eur
fellow Subjects, yet despairing of the Efficacy
of other than compulsive Means to bring back
this deluded People to a Sense of their Duty,
we wJh not that the Sword of Justice be
sheathed till the Constitutional Sovereignty of
this great Empire, over all its inferior Depen
dencies be permanently and effi&'ally fecund.
Let those wicked Persons who, either from
hence fecredy abet, or in America openly
support this a ftiuftive Contest be taught some
Truths, of which it is material that they and
thtir misguided Followers ihould no lunger be
ignorant.
Let them learn, Sire, from the Voice of a
freehand an intelligent People, that real Liberty
is no lels tar removed from the Barbsrifm and
Anarchy of Licentiousness, than is Loyalty to
our Sovereign and that excellent Constitution
of which he is the Guardian and Protestor,
from the mean and servile Compliance of Base
ness and Adulation.
Let them learn, whilst they talk of their
own boasted Rights and Immunities, to refpe&
those of their' Sovereign and of that Country
from whence they derive their Existence, art
wb^ch from the Infancy of their Colonies to
their present vaunted State of Maturity and
Greatness, has foftered, encouraged, and pro
teded them with a Te#dernef# truly affectionate
a n d parental. But if deaf to Maxims perhaps
ill suited to the Temper with which they have
already treated this important Subject, they still
continue to purfae Meafures' apparently tending
to the temporary Distress of one Country, and
the utter and inevitable Deftru&ion of the other.
Let them learn, through such Channels as
these, the most proper in our Opinion for con
veying the real Sense of the rational Majority
of the Inhabitants of Great Britaift, that their
Partizans in this Island are neither so numerous
or so powerful as that misguided People, by the
Arts of feditipus and defining Men, have been
induced to believe ; and that every fenfire and
unprejudiced Man confiders the present Contest
not (as is vainly presented) a Struggle for
Power between Your Majesty's Ministers and
the Colonies, but as it really is, a Contention
between those Colonies for an unjust and an
unconftitutfonal Independence on <h@ Parent
State averting its inherent and indisputable
Rights of Sovereignty over its inferior Members.
Let them learn, that as their S phiftry cannot
deceive, so their Menaces cannot terrify Your
Majesty or Your Mioifters into Compliances
injurious to the general Interests of the Empire ;
or let them feel that the uplifted Arm of Britain
is lIP less powerful to suppress and chastise the
Insolence of Rebels, than they in their happier
Days of Loyalty and Affection to Your Ma
jesty's Government, have experienced it effec
tual for their protection against foreign Enemies.
(mprefled with these Sentiments, we beg
Leave to allure Your Majesty of our waiueft
Support in, all these Measures You shall think
it proper to adopt for the general Honor and
Safety of Your Dominions both at Home and
Abroad :—-May they prove as fuccefsful as we
trull they will be found both wife in Plan and
vigorous in Execution; and may it be Your
Majesty's peculiar Felicity, after fettling the
present unhappy Differences upon the most
equitable and permanent Foundations, neither
relaxing from the Constitutional Rights of
Britain on the one Hand, or infringing those
of America on theother ; to reign with Dignity,
Ease and Happiness, over a free, a loyal, and
united People, is the earned Prayer of,
May it please Your Majesty,
Your Majesty's most faithful and loyal Subjects.
To the King's -most Excellent Majesty.
Most gracious Sovereign,
WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and
loyal Subjects, the Gentlemen, Clergy,
and Freeholders, of the County of Worcester,
beg Leave to assure Your Majesty of our warmest
Fidelity and Attachment ; We are sorry to cb
a rope of find ? Will so many ambitious men
agree in dividing the spoil of all good fubjeds,
and in sharing supreme power amongst them ?
And who will pity them when their diffen
tions terminate (as they naturally will) in a
Cromwell? In that compieat tyranny and slavery
which they so much dread ? Will they trust
power in the hands of a Lee, or any other en
thusiast ? And will he, who has the best interest
in their army, tamely disband them at the de
mand of the Congress ? These apprehensions,
surely, demand attention, being as frightful as
any which some men entertain of a British P—.
God grant that they may confider the things
that belong to their peace before they are hid
from their eyes'.
MODERATOR.
To the King's most Excellent Majesty.
Most gracious Sovereign,
WE your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful
Subjects, the Mayor, Sheriff, Alder
men, Common Councilmen, Burgesses, and
Inhabitants of the Tewn and County of Har
verfordyeft, equally uninfluenced by Motives
of Servility or Faction, but actuated bv a meft
loyal and affectionate Regard, as well for Your
Majesty's sacred Person, as that mild Govern
ment from waich we derive so many and so great
Advantages, humbly beg Leave to address Your
Majesty on the prefect unhappy Situation of
Affairs between Greabßritain and her Colonies
in America.
To the King's most Excellent Majesty.
The humble ADDRESS of the Provost,
Magistrates, and Town-Council of the
City of Stirling.
-Most gracious Sovereign,
Ar a Time when a great Part of your
Majesty's deluded Subjects in America
have presumed openly to take up Arms against
your Majesty's (Government, we your Ma
jesty s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the
Provost, Magistrates, and Town-Council, of
your ancient City of Stirling, humbly beg
Leave to repeat our Attachment to your Ma
jesty's ficred Person, Family, and "Govern
ment, and to express our Abhorrence and
Detestation of such illegal, unconstitutional
and rebellious Proceedings.
We reflect with the highest Sentiments of
Gratitude on your Majesty's paternal Care
for the Welfare of your Subjects, in efta
bbfhing a Peace equally conducive to the
Glory and to the Commerce of all your Ma
j,:y's Dominions; and we sincerely regret,
that such a Peace fhouid ever have been dis
turbed by a Part of our infatuated Fellow-
Subje&s. At the fame Time we beg Leave
,to assure your Majesty, that we will chcar
fully contribute our utmost Efforts in De
fence of your Majesty's sacred Person and
IGovernment.
I Confiding in your Majesty's Prudence and
-Cemeney, and in the Candu& and Abilities
;of your Majesty's Ministers and Officers,
we trust that a speedy and honourable Jffue
will be put to these Difturbanees upon a solid
Foundation; and that your Majesty's Colo
nies will return to their Duty and Allegiance,
and to that Happiness which they have for
feited by their Rebellion against the best of
Princes.
We fervently implore Heaven to bless your
Majesty's Arms and Councils with Success,
and that y@u may transmit the Imperial
Crown es these Realms, and the Dominions
thereto belonging, in the most flourishing
Condition, t® your Majesty's remotest Po
sterity.
Signed by our Prcefes, in our Name, and
by our Appointment, in the Council
Chamber of the said City of Stirling,
the thirtieth Day September, 1775.
, St. James's, June 11. The King has been
pleased to constitute and appoint Christopher
D'Oyly, Esq; to be Commissary General and
Chief Muster Matter of all his Majesty's forces.
His Majesty has been pleased to appoint
Francis James Buchanan, Esq; to be Lieutenant-
Governor of Kinfale and Charles Fort in the
kingdem of Ireland, in the room cf Nicholas
Price, Esq; deceased.
STEPHEN REEVES,
GOLD and SILVER SMITH,
Living near the corner, of Burling's Slip, in ^ueen-
Street, opposite Mr. Benjamin Gefield's, Bree
cbes-maker, Neva-York:
CT-'AKES this method to inform his friends
and customers, and the public in general,
that he now carries on his buunefs as usual, such
as making and mending all kinds of gold and
silver ware, mounting and mending swords, and
making all forts of jeweller's work, &c. &c.
He returns his sincere thanks for all past fa
vours, and hopes for a continuance of the fame,
as he flatters himfelf of giving general fatis
fadion to all who may be pleased to employ
him,
N. B. Ready money given for old gold and
silver.
THOMAS BROWNEJOHN;
DRUGGIST and APOTHECARY,
HAS opened his medicinal store at the corner of
Hanover-Square, next door to Mr. Hugh Gaine's,
Printer; where gentlemen of the army and navy can be
supplied at the Ihorteft notice, with all kinds of medi
cines, on the m'oft reasonable terms.
*, WASTE PAPER by the
Quire or Ream, to be fold at the
Printing-Office in Hanover-Square.
serve, that the present Season is a Crisis, which
demands an open and explicit Avowal of these
Sentiments from every loyal and faithful Sub
ject: That Spirit of Riot and Disorder, which
has so longwp revailed amongst many of Your
Majesty's Subjects in America, has at Length
terminated in Rebellion; and we are alarmed
lead our Silence, at such a Jun&ure, Should, by
a misguided and infatuated People, be consi
dered as an Approbation of their Proceedings.
We have beheld their Conduct with Indignation
and Abhorrence, convinced that it is founded
upon the werft of Motives, an hostile and de
termined Opposition to the Legislative Autho
rity of their Parent and protesting Country.
The Supremacy of Great-Britain over all its
depending Parts is a necessary and essential
DoCtrine of the Constitution of this great Em
pire; and as the executive Power of the Crown
can never be so duly and properly employed as
in the Defence of the Laws and Constitution,
We trust and humbly hope, that your Majesty
will now effectually exert that Power in the
Support and Vindication of the Legislative
Rights of this Country.
We assure Yeuf Majesty, that in the Profecfl
tion of this just and necessary Measure, We
shall be ready to afford Our best Assistance, with
Chearfulnefs and Alacrity ; convinced, that by
so doing, We shall fuppert the true and most
valuable Interests of Commerce, and contribute
to the permanent Prosperity of Your Majesty
and this Country.
The good quality of said D EANE's liquors, has for
several years pall been so well experienced, maftly
throughout this Continent, that they need no other re
commendation.
And still he is determined, if poflible, to make better.
*#* Being fully convinced by long experience, that the
fureftmeans to acquire a speedy sale of the above articles,
is to make them of full quality, at a moderate charge;
as he is determined to fell on as reasonable terms as any
one else ; and good attendance, which with every other
endeavour to give general fatisfaeion, will be the con
ftaut study of The Public's very obliged,
And very humble servant,
R. DEANE.
TO BE SOLD
By PHILIP KISS IC K,
VINTNER and DISTILLER,
At the upper End of Great Queen's-Street, opposite
Benjamin Blague's, Esq; and near John Wood's, Esq;
at the Corner of VanDewater's-Strefl:'
RYE will be taken in Payment for any of the above
Articles. \
To be SOLD,
A SLOOP of about 4s tons burthen, with her fails,
furniture, and apparel, built last April; is excel
lent well found, and ? .prime fii!sr@ Esquire of the
printer,
Madeira Wine,
Teneriffe Ditto,
Jamaica - Spirits,
Weft-India Rum,
Homespun Brandy and Gin,
very little inferior to French 1
Brandy or Holland Gin,
Cherry Brandy and Rum,
Cordialsof all Sorts,<
A quantity of neat brandy,
Raiberry brandy,
Cherry brandy,
Cherry rura,
Shrub of the best quality,
Geneva,
Spirits of Wine,
Jamaica Spirits,
Royal Ufquebaugh,
Red ratifie,
RICHARD DEANE,
DISTILLE R,
TAKES this method to return his sincere thanks
to all his Friends and Customers for their past fa
vours ; and to acquaiptthem that he still continues to
make, and has now ready for sale, at his diftiliery, be
tween the College and the North-River, in Alurray-greet,
near Vaux-Hall,
A PARCEL of Anchors, Bar Iron, Pig
Metal, Potash Kettles ; made a( Stirling
Iron Works. Also a Parcel of Salt Petre
Hams : For Particulars Enquire of WILLIAM
HAWXHURST or of Mr. JACOB WAT
SON, Merchant.
At Mr. Bogart's Store, near Lupton's Wharf:
IRISH linens by the box or pidft, BtitiA oznaburns by
„ the bale or bolt, tape, fine scarlet and white c)ctha
with trimmings, cambricks apd DUES thread,' cotton an#
checked handkerchiefs, Russia drilling, milled plaiding,
and worsted mitts, thread, wafted and yarn flocking:,
mens fees,, claret in battles, Iherry and port wine &
quarter rafts, old Jamaica rum in h^jhevu, cardie
ffiip bread, hith butter, do. beef in barrel?, de. porkin d/
% A Merchant Brokers Office,
AND
Auction or public Vendue Room,
IS OPEN'D BY
WILLIAM TONGUE,
(Who arriv'd lately with his Majesty's fleet from
England, and has been a refideht in this province
16 years, in the character es a merchant,)
Atthc house where Henry Wilmot lately liv'd, nearly
opposite Mr. Gaine's, printer, in Hanover-Square,
and next door but one to Wall-street, near the Cuffee-
House, New-York.
WHERE all kinds of business will be nfaded
on camnxfitoa, either in buying, ding, or
bartering European, Weft-India, or American merchan
dize; also, slaves, vessels, or any other articles ; fold in
the brokerage way in the manner pra&ifed in London.
Masters of vcffels may immediately be inform'd the
Rate of the market, and enabled to fell their cargoes to
advantage.
The conductor has had such experience in London and
America, as to have acquir'd a general knowledge of
mercantile affairs, and from those advantages hopes to
render this office of public utility ; to accomplish which,
the ftrideft attention will be given to the interest of
those concern'd, and the utmost punctuality obferv'd.
Convenient ftqres are provided when vessels may re
quire immediate dispatch, or when their cargoes may, in
all probability, advance in price ; and be will dispose of
any articles at public vendue, when it is agreeable or ad
vantageous to the proprietors, „
Charter parties and other contrasts, or inftru-nents in
writing, accurately drawn, and all disputed and compli
cated accounts stated and adjusted on reafcnable terms,
and with the utmost c^editioo.
The said William Tongue, having the fupyly of
the officers of his'Majefty's guards, and the Heffiauc/i.
cers, he begs Iqave to assure the other gentlemen of the
army and navy, that they will be accommodated by the
quantity, with die best of wines, Jamaica foirits, brandy,
&c. or any other article that is now, or Shall hereafter
arrive in this city.
Just imported from London, by
DAVID KENNY,
And to be fold at his store in Wall-street, opposite the
Coffee-House, the following articles, viz.
CIEESE, hams, porter in barrels and hoglheads,
mu^ard, Florence oyl, capers, pliv^ and ancho
vies, cordage, junk, oakum, flops, furtaets, Stockings,
caps and mitts, hats, knives and forks, carving knives
,r.d fmdry other h*awxre, which he is determined o
1:11 on the |oweft terms. Sept. z 3, 1776.
W ANTED,
By JOHN M c KENNEY, Taylor,
In ^road-Street,
TOURNEYMEN TAYLORS, who are capable of
J their bufinels, to whori good encouragement will be
given ;---ard as he is Strongly recommended to favr the
gentlemen of the army and navy, he will mrke it hia
Study to Serve them well, aad or reasonable terms.
, To be SOLD by
WILLIAM THOMSON,
At bis store in the house of P f ter Bogut, Dock-street,
BARBADOS RUM and spirits, Mufcovado Sugar,
claret and ftrqng beer, tobacco in hogsheads, Ger
mau ozeabfet, Kendal cottons, linens, threads, check/,
thread flockings, mens Shoes, hats, check handkerchiefs,
Russia linen and drilling, tamarinds and Sweetmeats.
To be SOL 15, by
THOMAS QRR,
For SAL E,
®innamcn water,
Clove ditto,
Orange ditto,
Annifeed ditto,
All-fours,
Oo&or Stevens,
Weft-India and New-York
rum,
Madeira and Teneriffe wines,
&c. &c.
LikEWIS E,
A Quantity ot choice Lon
don Porter, by the Barrel,
Groce, Qozct, or left
Quantity,
Choice bottled Cyder, by
the Groce or less Quan
tity,
Carolina Orange Juice,
Long Pipes.