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rOUGH~K EEP STE, November 30.
By our left advices, liis Excellency Gen. Wash
ington was at F,fh Kill on Saturday last, with part
of the main army under his command, the rest had
crofted the river, and he with these, was expected
soon to follow. It was reported he intended to fix
his head quarters, in New Jersey somewhere near
Bound Brook.
A gentleman from Fish-Kill, fays it is reported
there, that the last fleet of the enemy's Ships that
failed from New York, are returned again and land
ed on Long-Inland, where they are building huts &c.
By his Excellency
GEORGE CLINTO N, Esq;
Governor of the State of New York, General and
Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Ad
miral of the Navy of the fame,
PROCLAMATIO N.
L S {^7 HEREAS the Senate and Affem
° ° vV bly of this State, did by concurrent
resolutions, puffed the 21st day of February last pro
pjfe certain overtures with refpe& to the controvert
ed lands, in the north eastern parts of the county of
Albany, and certain parts of the counties of Cum
berland, Charlotte and Gloucester, in order to quiet
the disorders prevailing in that part of the State :
And whereas 'he said resolutions have been mis
represented by force, a^d n^funderflood by others,
and are deemed not to apply to the cases of many
persons en+itlea to relief; by reason whereof appre
herifions Bill remain on the minds of many of the in
habitants in that part of the State, and they have not
in consequence thereof, returned to their allegiance
to this State, within the time, for that purpose in
the said resolutions, limited And whereas the
Senate and Assembly, in order more effectually to
remove such apprehensions, and more fully to ex
plain the said resolutions, and manifeft the equitable
intentions of the Leg fixture, have by concurrent re
solutions puffed this present session,
Resolved, That with refpe& to all such lands,
Which have heretofore been granted by the govern^
ments of New-Hampfbireor Massachusetts Bay, and
have net been fiuce granted by the Government of
New York - that all such grants, under New-Hamp
shire or Matfachufeits Bay, Shall be confirmed and
declared good, valid and effectual, to ail intents and
purposes, as if the fame had been made by the Go
vernment @f New York; and Snall not be deemed
null or void, by reason cf the non performance of
any condition contained in the fame.
And whereas tt is impossible to eflablifh any ge
neral principle for the determination of all disputes,
that may arise between persons claiming under New-
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Hampfh re or Massachusetts-Bay on the one, and
New Vork on the other part, but each case mud be
determined according t® its particular merits.
Resolved therefore, That in all cases of drf
putes, arising between persons claiming under New-
Hampfhhe or Massachusetts-Bay on the one, and
New-York on the other part, for the fame lands (be
sides confirming such possessions as were made under
New-Hampshire or Massachusetts-Bay, prior to any
grants for the fame under New York) the Legislature
will Submit the determination -thereof, to such per
sons as ths Congress of the United States, Shall ele&
or appoint for that purpose, to be determined accord
ing to equity and justice, without adhering to the
ftri& rules of law : Provided always. That no
thing in these overtures contained, Shall deprive any
persons actually pdffeffing lands under New York, of
the lands so by them Severally aAually possessed; but
such persons Shall be confirmed in their refpe&ive
poffeffiont.
Resolved, That nothing contained, either in
the above mentioned or these resolutions, Shall be
construed to aifea any disputes, that may arise be
tween any person independent of a cl¥ ra under
New Hampshire or Mall^chufetts-Bay, on the one,
and New York on the other part.
Resolved, That all persons Shall be entitled to
the benefit of the abovementioned, and these resolu
tions, notwithstanding they may have withheld their
allegiance from, and been in opposition to the go
vernment of this State since the firfl day of May lad;
Provided, That no person Shall be entitled to such
benefit, who Shall have committed treason againit
the S ate, by adhering to the ting of Great Britain.
And whereas the said Senate and ASTembly ot
this State, by their concurrent resolution, paSTed
also in this present session of the Legislature, have
requested me to issue my proclamation containing
the substance of their concurrent resolutions aforefaid;
and have thereby also authorifed me in such procla
mation, to pledge the faith of the Legislature of this
State, for the faithful performance of the Severalmat
ters contained in their said concurrent resolutions ;
NOW THEREFORE Ido by these Pre
sents publish and proclatm the concurrent re
solutions of the Senate and Assembly aforefaid, a
bove particularly recited,hereby pledging the faith cf
the Legislature of this State, for the faithful perfor
mance of the Several matters therein contained and
I do hereby require all persons concerned, to take
notice thereof, 'and govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my Hand and the Privy Seal of the
said Sta e, at Poughkeepsie, on the Thirty
First Day of October, in the Third Year of
the Independence of the said State, and in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hund
red and Seventy Eight.
GEO. CLINTON.
By his Excellency's Command,
Stephen Lush, P. Sec'ry.
GOD save the PEOPLE.
The C R I S I S. No. VII.
To the PEOPLE of ENGLAND.
THERE are stages in the business of serious life
in which to amuse is cruel, but to deceive is
to destroy ; and it is of little consequence, in the
conclufton, whether men deceive themfeives or Sub
mit; by a kind of mutual consent, to the impositions
of each other. That England has been long under
the influence of delation or mifiake, needs no other
proof than the unexpected' and wretched situation
She is now involved in : And so powerful has been
^influence, that no provision was ever rude or
thought of against the misfortune, because the pof
fibility of its happening was never conceived.
The general and fuccefsful refinance of America,
the conquest of Burgoyne, and a war with France,
were treated in Parliament as the dream's of a discon
tented opposition, or a diftemper^d imagination.
They were beheld as objects unworthy of a serious
thought, and the bare intimation of them afforded the
Minify a triumph of laughter Shoa triumph in
deed ! For every thing wh ch has been predicted
has happened, and all that Was promised have failed.
A long Series of politics so remarkably distinguish
ed by a succession of misfortunes, without one alle
viating turn, must certainly have something in it
fyflematically wrong. It is fufficient to awaken the
most credulous into Lfpic on, and the most obflinate
into thought. Either the means in your power are
inefficient, or the measures ill planned ; either the
execution has been bad, or the thing attempted im
praCicable; or to Speak more emphatically, either
you arc not able, or Heaven is not willing. For,
why is it that you have not conquered us ? Who,
or what has prevented you ? You have had every
opportunity you could desire, and facceeded 10 your
utmost wish in every preparatory means. Your fleets
and armies have arrived in America without an ac
cident. No uncommon misfortune hath,intervened.
No foreign nation hath interfered until the timeyou
had allotted for victory was pass. The opposition
either in or out of Parliament neither .difcoecerted.
your measures retarded or diminished your force.
They only foretold your fate. Every miniPcrjal
Scheme was carried with as high a hand as if the
whole nation had been unanimous. Every thing
wanted was alked for, and every thing aiked for
was granted. A greater force was not within the
compass of your abilities to fend, and the time you
Sept it was of all others the msft favourable. You
were then at rest with the whole world beside.. You
had the range of every court in Europe uncontra
dialed by us. You amufid us with a tale of Com
missioners of Peace, and under that disguise coileft
ed a numerous army and came almost enexpefledly
upon us. The force was much greater than we
looked for; and that which we had to oppose it
with, was unequal in numbers, badly armed, and
poorly disciplined ; beside which, it was embodied
only for a short time, and expired within a few
months after ycur arrival. We had governments to,,
form ; measures to concert ; an army to raise and
train, and every necessary article to import or to
create, Our non importation Scheme had exhausted
our stores and your command by fca intercepted
our supplies, We were a people unknown and an
connected with th£ political world, and Grangers to
the disposition of foreign powers. Could you possi
bly w Sh for a more favourable conjun&ion of tif
c. mflances ? Yet all these have happened and pas
sed away, and as it were left you with a laugh,'
They a^e Ekewife events of such an original nativity
as can never happen again, unless a new world
Should arise from the ocean.
If any thing tan be a leflon to presumption, finely
the circumflances of this war will have their eff:&.
Had Britain been defeated by any European power,
her pride would have drawn consolation from the
importance of her conquerors; but in the present
case, She is excelled by those She affefled to despise,
and her own opinions retorting on herfelf, become
an aggravation of her disgrace. Misfortune and ex
perience are loft upon mankind when they produce
neither reflection nor reformation. Evils, like pci
fans, have their uses, and there are diseases which
no other remedy can reach It has been the crime
and folly of England to suppose herfelf invincible,
and that, without acknowledging or perceiving that
a full third of her Strength was drawn from the coun
try She is now at war with. The arm of Britain has
been spoken of as the arm cf the Almighty, and She
has lived of late as if She thought the whole world
created for her diversion. Her politics, instead of
civilizing, has tended to brutalize mankind, and
under the vain unmeaning title of " Defender of
the Faith," She has made war like an Indian against
the religion of humanity. Her cruelties in the East-
Lid.es will never, never be forgotten; and it is
Somewhat remarkable that the produce of that ruined
country, transported to America, mould there kin
dle up a war to punish the destroyer. The chain is
continued, though with a kind of myflerious uni
formity, both in the crime and the punishment,
The latter runs parallel with the former ; and time
and fate will give it a p^fta ihu.harox