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when he was plundering the people by
^be molt oppreffwe and unjust taxes, and
Wickedly spilling their bloodkin dhe m>ft
wanton manner, toanfwer tire purpose;
of his ambition, revenge, and cr^ity, and
to deflroy the eflablifhe^ law's and coaßi\
tution cf the emp re--- You 'was ^fo bound'
by ^very tie of honour, jufl.de and huma
nity, to have prevented that horrid, un
fuft, ard bloody war now carried on in
America, which will forever mark this
©gn with an indexable stain of infamy,
and disgrace the name of Briton to the
last ages of time, whil'ft otir removed pof
terity will execrate the present tyrant and
his miniflers as the authors, and you as
ttyediabolieal absttor^ and fopporiersof it.
Thus, inflead of being the true and
faithful leprefentati /es of the people, you
have been the base betrayersof their lives,
the plunderers of their property, the de
stroyers of their peace, and the horrid in
flruments cf their ruin ; the mere tools
^d creatures cf a most cruel and unre
lenting tyrant, who to gratify his lust of
power, and satiate his revenge dgainft
thole who oppose it, would without the
Jeaft remorse or compun&ion, deluge the
land in BLOOD. Your names and
memories will be forever execrated, and
it will be the bufinqfs, as it ii,the duty cf
the SCOURGE, and indeed of every
lioneft man; to hold you up to the public
scorn and detestation not only of our
fellow-fubjects, but of the world. You
are a set of sordid mercenary wretches, a
desperate b^nd of court fyeophants, and
public traitors, purcbafed by the crown
with the people's money , and united wit!)
an infernal nuniitry in a black and secret
conspiracy, to overturn the frae confuta
tion of the British empire, and to rivet
tile chains of your countrymen. Your
names, as well as your treason and your
villainy, shall be made full, known, that
you may be guarded against and shunned
by every true Englishman, at the next
GENERAL ELECTION, with as
much care as they would guard against
and shun a plague, peffiilence, or famine.
The people are at length determined to
redeem themselves from your worse than
Egyptian bondage. They feel most sensi
bly the lot's of trade, the loss of liberty,
and the wicked and wanton wade which
has been made cf the treasure and the
blobd of the nation. They fee the pre
carious tenure by which they hold their
property, that is at the will and. pleafare
cf the crown, for they can have no other
security, whilst you remain the venal
slaves and prostituted tools of a corrupt
and arbitrary court, who rob and plunder
them, for the viieft and most infamous
purposes, just as their caprice and hu
mour dire&s ; not in support of the laws
and legal goverr^nent, but to maintain a
horrid system of tyranny and delpotifm.
My Lords, and Gentlemen, the people
now begin to fee the fatal error they have
been led into, they know your treason,
and they bhifh at the thoughts of having
nursed such vipers in the before cf the
slate. The juflice of an injured nation
will not deep much longer, eternal infa
my and disgrace will attend you, even in
your lafl moments, and yeur memories
will kink in the noftriis cf posterity. The
difeovery they waited for is made, redress
i$ not to be obtained even in the smallest
degree by any peaceable means. Ttotime
f>r moderation is over, the extremity of
the case calls for severity. Your powe
and your villainy is near at an end ;
Lords North, Sandwich, Germaine, /
rough, and the whole herd of yo
to tremble as the thoughts r'
fpirir of the people, and the
free parliament, trikes terror 1,
fouls, ^d there is no fma^l season.
your heads are forfeited, vengeance
pursue you, arid if the laws live, you mu.
perish..
That g r eat and abH Aate fmhn,theLord
Treafarer Burleigh, used frequently to fay
that England would' never be ruined, u 4
less it was by a. PARLIAMENf ; he
cmfequently forefaw, that other oppreC
fions wrought by violence, wou'd be at
once refilled and by violence shaken off
again. This maxim those notorious ene
mies to the peiceand freedom of mankind
Lord Bule and Mansfield, inftilied into the
mind of the king, and he with a narrow
ness of foul, peculiar to himfelf, and to
every tyrant upon earth, fucked in the
poison ; and Lord North the contemptible
puppet of the court faction, was singled
out as a proper tool to carry into execu
tion the grand design of public mifehief
and public ruin ; and this was not to be
done but by the almighty power of cor
ruption, and the people have been robbed
of MILLIONS to procure aid bribe, a
majorfry of right honorable and honorable
villains in tbe House of Commons, to be
tray the'r country, and enclave the nation.
You, my Lords and Gentlemen, were
the only instruments that could be found
to execute tbe hellish work, and your de
termination seems to be to do your busi
ness effectually. The petitions of thousands
of the firft freeholders and men of pro
perty in the kingdom, against the violation
of their rights and the (hateful waste of
the public money, are to be rejected or
treated with contempt ; and yet the pro
left of a few court fyeophants, pensioners
placemen, and place hunters, without ei
ther fortune or con sequence, and who
have been purposely employed by bribes,
to procure them, are refpedfully received
and blazoned forth to the world as of equal
weight and importance, in order to bliad
the multitude, and deceive the nation.
This will not do, the disguise is too thin
not to be seen thro', the villainy too bare
faced to pass unnoticed or unpunished,
and it will meet with that contempt aad
detestation it merits.
The prayer of the petitionsmufl.be com
plied with ; the people will not submit to
be governed by a majority of five hundred
and fifty-eight tyrants, and pilfered of their
property by the very men, whom they
have elefted to preserve it. They never
told you, that you might do what you
pleased with them, or that their efiates
were your goods and chatties to dispose
of at your pleasure. They never th f
that you had a supreme power over
r or that your rapaciousness was not
checked, or your authority not to beq
The people are bound to resist
and usurpers, in whatever shape they %
pear, and to oppose all those who attempt
to undermine the constitution, whether
King, Lords, or Commons, or all united ;
and the eyes of the whole world are at
this moment upon them, it is in their pow
er to pie a speedy end to all their tro&
bles, and to all the state craft at St.James's
^ d Downing street. The d^d will be
us,and transmit their names to po£.
ith reaped and veneration.- where
Englishman to be found who
dß<b''''" " e ' a " drop of his blood
oble a cause. It is agreed
-'all the nations on earth
Governors, Magifte& s and
1 or betraythe trull
the people's If.
''' eir property,
<on, or impose
f ^^ ^ .keson them may
and atw cd, and thp people,
blyall law dad . human, may take
up arms aga, .neir oppressors ; and no
man can produce one tingle inflate in the
history of this country, when it was more
necessary than at this time, in order to res
cue the nation from Slavery and bondage,
if not from de4ru&ion. To fay that t°he
people are bound to submit to, laws made
contrary to their welfare and the public
good, is an absurdity ; or to fay that the
people having delegated the power of doing
l'' '^ e y have no power to save themselves
from ruin, ,it is an insult upon the com
mon under landing of mankind, designed
only to mifiead and deceive the ignorant.
The nation u now brought by draft traitore
^£° k ofrtii "> hnd e ^y ^d fhm^ mail i^d
h^httd to save it . ^ fa,. Q be g oe quickly
aid vigorccily, d% will prove ^W. Can ar,
L/1% by mere ridicokas, than to Hand npoo ce&
mony, in a case ©me Ufa imp ©4: to, be too tarty
01 too ztalcwi. T,m aright to have kea donets.
fare :yaoDy had taken to det, a no; w the reif
chants were armed with %. power ( $ th&fod;
©ferity ft fuff?r were as ufy tp.be fogefeerr
and prevented, at they axe now to be' Wk ; and
are only to look back, to rake a p< ^a yew ofoor
future wfeey, if we remain lame and qhjet ; so
pan and smooth ^ the, told whish lead# to ger
ctfhnaioo ; and yet we feera nor to be waiting
with a ctimmll patience, afif we wanted father te
know whose Foots and SLAVES we &ou;d b*
next, than to Lt (uch NO LONGER.
That this grpt work,if redemption from temporal'
m^y, my be effftaaliy done, the people flioald
ne careful to obtain a free parliament, and cleft
no man who would apt iJimniy pen OATH cn
g%e not to grant any fopplies till their piavanco
ate redrtHta fhat;they.wd| impeach and bring to
public and condign, punishment the m,fcreacti w,c r
hav< brought the nation into i a prefyldepfogable
tuition, ana afterwards confifeate their elates for the
fcood of their country; a$ a haul! atonement f r the
injuries flic has received, aad the innocent bleed
fre, have wantonly fp 1.,
^KlE^^^^&i^ri^
STRA YEDfrom the fabferib^ a Sorrel Mare
COLT, 2 years old, lacely d%kt. ifouß tirip
of white in h^r tor/icid, no brand, one wall eye,
with a fwin^ poke on when fh^ went sw#y. Ai(o &
a cheft^ut coloured HORSE, about ro yew old,
ire's, 13 hands high, no brand, a poke on when be.
wyntamy. Whoever will inform the oqnn where
laid &iyi may be found shall have a gengraus ofc
ward aad charges paid, by
THEODORE LEE.
Canaan. May 16, 1780.
F O R S"'
FIRST White SUGAR by the Hud, or Barrel ;
Brora %tp. New England RUM end b:&
ROCK SALT exchanged. 04 the lowe# tenpin for
?0: Wheat, if applied for soon, by JOHN
LD W ELL, oppefite the Court House.
artfoad, Sept. 4 1780.
'HOSE perfour who have any demandsa^am^
the Army cf France, for Forages Prevtfioua,
©vice done, whu e,xpea payment from thefob
iber. are H^uelted to apply at my Office fo-HirE
feed in tea days from this date, after which none
will he paid, by J. WADSWORTH.
Hartfords Sept 5, 1730.
CASH given so; Linen RAGS,
At the PRINTING-OFFICE,