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Hartford, Jfy 14. 1778. . r .
To the Ea I ofCARLto^, LordV^coynt HOWE
Sir WILLIAM UOWE (or in his ab,fence Sir
HENRY CLINTON) WILLIAM BDEN and
, GEORGB JOHNSTONE.
'{Trusty ano well reloved servants of your
sacked Master, in whom he is well PLEA-
S ED,
AS you are sent to America for the express pur
pose of treating with any body and any thing,
you wll pardon an addr@fs from one. who difdaip3
10 Matter those whom he loves. Should you there
fore deign bo read this addre& your chaste ears will
hot be offended with the language of adulation a
language you despise.
I have seen your moil elegant and mod excellent
letter &$ to his Excellency Henry Lanrenstirt Pre
jident. and other Members of Congress." As that
3ody hath thought your proposition unworthy their
particular regard, it may t>e fomefatisfaaion to your
curiosity and tend to apperfe/thd handed f,irh of
negotiation^ if one ou( of the many ihdiv Lab od
the great Continent Should speak to 5011 the fenti
raents of America, sntiments which your own
good sense hath doubtless suggested ^nd which ar@
repeated only to convince you that, dock Ith^ndiog
tire narrow ground of private information on which
We stand in this distant region %ili a kn&.vLd e of
bur own rights, an attention to our own interests,
and a sacred r«fpe& for the dignity of hum^n hature.
have given as to underhand the true principle which
©ught, and which therefore Shall fwaf our conduct.
You begin with the affable exp^ffions of humani
ty, tie earned deftfe of tranquilly and peace. A
better huroduAion to Americans co^ld not be de
vised. For the fake of the brte< we once laid our
liberties at the feet of your Prince, and even your
armies have not eradicated the former from oar bd
fcms.
You tell its yen have power's unprecedented Ip
the annals of your history. And England unhap
py England will remember with deep contrition,
that these powers have henri rendered of do avail by
a conduß unprecedented in the annals of mankind.
Had your royal nhftef condescended to' hften to
the prayer of million's, h^ bed not thus have f^rit
you. Had moderation swayed what we were pro^d
to call our mother cchiNT^w, " her full blown
iwGNiTY would sot have broken tinder her "
You tell us that ' all parties may draw feme de
gree of corifolatfoq, end even dafpic|ous hopi, from
recollection.'' We wish this moll Sincerely fir the
fake of all parties. America 'ev4n in the moment
of fubjUgatton. Would have been orinfoled by con
feious virtue and her hope was and ¥ in the iv%ce
of her cause- arid the jufti:e of the Almi,y.
These are fourths of hoph and 'of consolation whi^h
neither time nor chance can alter or take away.
You mention " the mutual benefits and consider
ation of evils, that may naturally contribute to de
termine our revolutions." As to the former, you
Brow too well that we could derive ho benefit from
* )union with you nor Wilf I by cUduUno th? r%.
sons to evince fhi^ caftan' Fnfdft upon four Under
{landings As to thelatter, it were to be wiffid'd
you had prhfefved a line of conduct equal to the de
licacy of your feelings. You could not bw know
that men, who fin^ely Sve freedom, disdain th^
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Had not your awn hearts borne testimony to this
truth you might have learnt it from theANNALs of
your history. For in those annals instances of
this kind at lead are not. UNPRECEDENTED. But
mould those instances be insufficient, we pray you
to read the unconquered mind of America. c
Tnat the ads oi Parliament you tranfmittod were
sassed with singular UNANIMITY, we prebend
not to doubt. You will pardon me, gentlemen, for
observing, that the radons of that unanimity are
ftrorigly marked in the report of a Committee of
C n refs, agreed to on the 22d of April lift, and re
seted to in a late letter from CongreG to Lord Vis
count Howe and Sir Henry Clinton, , ~
You tell us you are willing " to canfent to a cef,
fation of hoflilit es, both by La and land," It is
difficult for rude Americans to determine whether you
are serious in this propriition, or whether you mean
to jest with their Simplicity. Upon a supposition,
however, that you have too much magnanimity to
divert yourfelx^s on an ©season of such importance
to America, and perhaps not very trivial in the eyes
of those who sent you, permit me to assure you, on
the sacred word of a gentleman, that if you man
transport your troops <o England, where before long
your Prince vb.ll certainly want their assistance w^
never shall follow them thither, Wa are not so ro
mmricaly fond of fighting, neither have we fnqh
regard for the city ofLondon as to commence a aru
fade for the polfeffton of thatholy land. Thus yen
may be certain thU hciftilities will csafe by land.
It would be doing Angular inyafUce to your national
character, to fuppwfe yob are dclroui cfa like cessa
tion by &. The e^urfe of the war, . and the very
flourishing flaw of vour,commerce notwithstanding
our weak efforts 1 nterrupr it, clearly shew that
you can exclude us from thefea. Tug sea yqur
xiNGDOU.., „.
You offer /' to relora free faterc orirfe to revive
mutual a^aion and renew the eommon^beuefits of
naturalization." Whenever your countrymen fyll
be taught wisdom by experience and learn from pad
misfortunes to pursue their true in.erehs in future,
we [ball readily admit every intercourse which is
rieceffary for the perpofo of commerce red $ fuel
between different nati >ns. To revise mutual @f
fe&ion is utterly impossible. We freely forgive you,
but it is not in nature that you ft mid forgive wa.
Yen have itrnred us too much. Wemight on this
deration, , give you some Lie infhuces of finguhr
barbarity committed as well by, the forces of his
Britannic Ma efiy, Ms by those of his generous and
faithful allies, the Senecas, Onandagai and Tufca
roras. But we will not o^end a couftl, ear by the
recital a those difguftirig fcen^ Befidcs this, it
misgive pain to that hurnmity which hath, as
yob observe, prompted your overtures to dwell upon
the fplen ded v &o if. ,obtained by a licentious soldie
ry over u^afmed men in d^fencelefs villages their
wanton devaluations, their deliberate murders, Qr to
inspect those foenes of car^ge pointed by the wild
&xceiles of Gavage rage, These amiable traits of na
tional conduct cannot but revive ihour bosoms that
partial affection we once felt fomevery thing which
once bere the name as Englishman, As t^the com
mon benefits of nutrirzlization, it !s a matter we
conceive to be of the mod sovereign indifference.
A few, of our wealth, citizen, may hereafter visit
England and R©mf to fee therutns of those augufif
temples, in which the Goddess of Liberty Was once
adored, ri^fe will hardly claim naturalization in
either of those places as a BENEFIT. On the other
hand such of your fubieLs as shall be driven by
the iron hand of oppreUan to feck for refuge among
those whom they now perfeoute, will certainly b^
admitted to the B'ANEFfTf or naturalization.
We hbourL rea'r.anmfylwm for mankind and re
gr#t that HurimfaucfsOTl not permit top, Gen
tlemen to contribute to a 'de^gn so very agreeable t®
your federal tempers and difpo;tloO%
But further, your Excellencies fay '' w^ r"7#,'-
" cur to extend every freedom to trade that our
7 refpeajveinterefts can require," Unforttmatfly
there ?s a little difference In those interests WhicS
you mfcht not liave found it v:ry cafy to reconcile,
had the Congress, been disposed to rrfque their bead^
by likening to terms, which I havethe honour to
alfure you are treated with .ineffable .contempt by
every honed whig in. America. Tho difference A
allude to is, that it is ,our interel to trade with al
the wdrlcL, There is indeed a method of cutting
this gordian knot, which perhaps no flatefman .3
acute enough to un.tie. By referring to the Parlia
ment of Great-Britain the right of determining what
ourrelpeAiye interests requi/b- they might extend
the freedom of trade, or eircumferibe it at their
pleasure, for what they might call our respective
Interest,. But Itruft it would not be to our MU?
tual SATISFACTION., Vc-ur, 6 earnoft desire to
" flop the father effufiou of bleed and the calami
, ties of war," will therefore lead you, on matured
reflection; to reprobate a plan teeming,with difeord,
and which, in the space of twenty.years, would
p pduoe another wild expedition across the Atlantic,
and in afew years more ferne such coinmiffion. as
that '*with which his Majesty hath been pleased t®
" honour you.",
We cannot but admire the generefity of foul.
Which prompts you " toagree that no military force
" ffiall be kept up in the diffident States or N rth>
*' America, without,he eon^nt of the general Con,
". grefs or particular AtTembles." The only grateful
return we can make for this exemplary condeUenfi
on is to a&ire your Excellence, and, on behalf of
my countrymen,. I do tnoft solemnly promise and
allure you,, that no military force fall be kept up in
the different Statue of North America, without the
copfent es the penera?Congrefs ~and that of, the ie
giflature of those States. .You will therefore cause
the forces of your royal maiiei to be removed for 1
can venture to assure yoa that the Congress have not
©onfened. and probably will Rote ednfent. tha4
they be kept up. -,,, . - , ~...,
, You have also made fni nnfelteited offer cf facT
herring yin meofutes calculated to d^charge the
debts of America and to raise the credit and va ue
of the paper cYculatibrc" If your Excellencies
roean by this toapply for Q^ioes in the department
cf our nuances. I am to afhre you (which %do with
' perfect refpea") that it will be necessary to pro
cure very ample recommendations # , For a^ the En
gliffi have net yet pursued meafarc? to difcharg#
their own debt, and raise the erddit and. value of
their own paper cteuta&m, but, on the contrary,-
are in a fij Way to, ©create the one and Rbfolnt&f
defcoy the other, you will intently perceive that'
financiers from that nation would prefect therafelvo#
with ths roeftaukwatd grac# i&uginable.,„ti „.
You promise ue a device 'to perpotdate cull
anioa." It might not be amife .previously to eßay
bhihthis union which maybe donteby your ar cepe
tance of this treaty of peace and commerce tend^re^
to von by Congress. And such treaty I can yen-,
'£, o fay, would continue as Langas your minifera
could prevail upon th^mfe/ves not to violate th® @tjg
of nations.,,
You offer, to'ufe your own htagriag^ the ihaitff,
facy of which, considering importance of the fuh^
jest, is not to be Wondered at, or at least may be ex
dufed, "in Short to establish the power of the ref-,
" pefflve legislatures in tach particular State to
" fe tie its revenue its civil arid mil ary tfabli^i
" 'm^nt, and to exe^cife a perfect freedom, of legiC
" lation and internal government, so that the B»
6 tilh States throughout North A rhaiicaaAing with*
" us, in peactand war, under, one common fete
" r^gn, may have the irrevocable enjoyment ofever^
" privilege that is ffi,rt of a total Separation of in*
" thefts, or confident with &'tunion cf force oil
" which the Safety cf our common religion and li,
b^riy depends.' L^t me affine yen gentlemen, that
the power of the refoiftive let features in each par-'
Ucular State h airway mod fully eflabJiffied and on
the moH foJid foundations, 11! is eflaWifhed. QD th#
pfe^ freedom of legislation, rnd a vigorous ed.m,i
n'.lratton ofinternal gov,rnm£h Aslothe fettfo
m^nt ,fths terlty and thY foil and military oft^