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teramph. One broken leg is betterfhsnrwA, but Kill itis
net joy ; and let the appearance of affairs in the Bast-Indies
be ever so favourable, they are nevertheless worse than at
firft, without a propped of their ever being betters But the
mournful story of Cornwallis was yet to be told, and it was
necessary to give it the fofteft introduction poflible.
“ Butin the course of this year," continues the speech
" my assiduous endeavours to guard the extensive dominions
of my crown, have not been attended with success equal to
the justice and uprightness of my views." —Whatjuftice
and upiightnefs there was in beginning a war with America
the world will juuge of, and the unequalled barbarity with
which it has been conduced is not to be worn from the
ineinorv by the cantos fnivelliug hypocrisy.
“ And it is with great concern that I inform you that the
events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in
Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that pro
vince," ' And our greatconcern is that they are not all
Served in the fame manner.
'<No endeavours have been wanting on my part, fays
the Speech, ' 6 to extinguish that Spirit of rebellion
« which our enemies have found means to foment and
& maintain in the colonics ; and to restore to my deluded
<' fubje&s in America that happy andprofperous condition
a< which they formerly derived from a due obedience to the
'' laws.
The expression of deludedfubje&s is become so hacknicd
□nd contemptable, and the more so when we fee them mak
ing prisoners of whole armies ata time, that the pride of
not being laughed at would induce a man of common sense
to leave it off. But the most otfenfive falshood in the para
graph is the attributing the prosperity of America to a
wrong eaufe. It was the unremitted industry of the fettlert
and their defendants, the hand of labour and toil of perfe
ve-ing fortitude that were the true causes df the prosperity
of America. The former tyranny of England Served to
people it, and the virtue of the adventurers to improve it.
Ask the man who with hi, axe hath cleared a way in the wil
derness and now possesses an estate, what made him rich,
and he will tell you the labour ofhis hands, the ffreat of his
brow, and the blessing of heaven. Let Britain but leave
America to herfelf and she asks no more. She has riien in
to greatness without the knowledge and against the will of
England, and has a right to the unmolested enjoy ment of her
own created wealth.
<< I will order" faysthe Speech " the estimates of the en
'' fuingyear tobe laid before you. I rely on your wisdom
<< and public Spirit for Such Supplies as the circumstances of
“ our affairs shall be found to require. Among the many
<< ill cohfequences which attend the continuation of the pre
'< Sent war;l most sincerely regret the additional burthens
« which it must unavoidably bring upon my faithful fub
^rarige! That a nation must run thro' Such a labyrinth of
trouble, and expend such a mass of wealth to gain the wis
dom which an hour's reflexion might have taught, the
final Superiority of America over every attempt which an
island might make to conquer her, was as naturally marked
in the constitution of things, as theability of a giant over a
dwarf is delineated in his features while an infant. How
far Providence, to accomplish purposes, which no human
Wisdom could forefee, permitted such extraordinary errors,
will be believed by Some and doubted by others, and still a
Secret in the womb of time, must rest till futurity shall give
"In the profeoution of this great and important contest,"
fays the Speech, “ in which we are engaged, I retain a firm
^confidence in the prote&ion of Divine Providence, and
<6 a perfed convi&ion in the justice of my cause, and Ihave
« no doubt, but, that by the concurrence and Support of my
< 6parliament, by the valour of my fleets and armies, and by
« a vigorous, animated, and united exertion of the faculties
<• and resources of my people. Ishall be enabled to restore
« the blessings of a Safe and honorable peace to all my do
" mintons." A .
The king of England is one of the readiest believers in the
world. In the beginning of the contest he passed an a&to
put America out of the protection of the crown of Eng
land and though Providence, for Seven years together hath
put him out of her protedion, still the man hath no doubt.
Like Pharoah on the edge of the Red sea, he lees not the
plunge he is making, and precipitately drives across the flood
that is elofing over his head. . ..
I think it is a reasonable supposition, that this part of the
fpecch was composed before the arrival of the news of the
capture of Cornwallis; for it certainly has no relation to
their condition at the time it was Spoken. But, be this as it
may, it is nothing to us. Our line is fixt. Our lot is cast.
And America, the child of fate, is arrived at maturity. We
have nothing to do but by a Spirited and quick exertion, to
stand prepared for war or peace. Too great co yield, and too
noble to insult! Superior to misfortune, and generous in suc
cess let us untaincedly preserve the charader we have gain
ed and show to future ages, an example of unequalled mag
ma'nimity. There is something in the cause and consequence
of America that has drawn on her the attention of all man
kind. The world has Seen her brave. Her love of liberty ;
her ardour in supporting it; the justice of her claims, and the
constancy ofher fortitude has won her the esteem of Europe,
and attached to her interest the firft power of that country.
Her filiation now is such, that to whatever point, past,
present or to come she cast her eyes, new matter rises to con
vince her she is right. In her condud towards her enemy,
no reproachful fenbiment lurks in secret. No sense of injus
tice is left upon the mind. Untainted with ambition and a
Granger to revenge, her progress hath been marked by pro
vidence, and she, in every stage of the conflid has blelt her
* But'letnot America wrap herfelf up in delusive hope and
suppose the business done. The leaftremifsnefs in preparati
onthe lead relax in execution, will only serve to prolong the
war and increase expences. If our enemies can draw conso
lation from misfortune, and exert themselves upon drfpair,
how much more ought we, who arc to win a continent by the
conquest and have already an earnest of success.
To be concluded to a future paper. _
Cath given for Bills on France,
By DANIEL JONES,
In HARTFORD.
LONDON, December 2^
Debates in the House of Lords on his Majesty's
Speech.
LORD Southampton lamented the loss we
had lately sustained in the capture of Lord
Cornwallis and his army, and complimented
that noble and gallant commander in terms of
u arm panegeric, as well for his general bravery
spirit and good conduct, as for his having sur
rendered on capitulation, in a moment of great
exigency, and thereby prevented his army from
becoming a facrifice to the sword, which must
have been the inevitable consequence of his
standing out any longer against , a force every
way so much his superior in point of numbers
and advantage, as to situation, artillery, &c.
After difeanting for some short time on this me
lancholly circumstance, he took occasion to ob
serve, that it ought not to make too deep an im
pression on the minds of their Lordihips, be
cause that their example would naturally be
looked up to by the rest of the kingdom, and the
moment of calamity and the pressure of misfor
tune, was by no means the moment for a great
people to give way to despondency. His Lord
ihip then called the attention of the House to the
pfefent state of our affairs in India, and argued
that if our arms had been less fuccelsful in Ame
rica, than the justice of our cause was intitled
to, it was some consolation to find that the case
was different in another quarter of the globe.
His Lordship summed up his speech by earnestly
exhorting the house to recollect that the eyes of
all the world were turned upon their LoYdfhips,
and that it depended on the proceedings of that
day to (hew mankind in general, that the people
of England would not tamely submit to the dis
memberment of their empire, but like their
prince, possessing true magnanimity of mind,
derived frelh ardour from affliction,and that en
creafe of danger and difficulty„only added to the
energy of their exertions. His Lordihip con
cluded with moving an Address to the King,
which he read to tnehoufe.
Lord Walfingham, in a very elegant speech,
seconded the motion, and added frelh arguments
to prove the impolicy of relinquishing the pursuit
of the American War. Heftated the fatal con
sequences that would unavoidably follow such a
meafure,exclufive of the extreme imprudence of
adopting it in a moment when we had sustained
so great a calamity as the loss of fix thousand
gallant troops and their noble commander,whofe
zeal arid activity, exemplified in a variety of
striking. instances, made both the capture of
him and his veteran troops, a matter of deqp re
gret and unfeigned sorrow. To resolve just now
to abandon the war, would not only be , clearly
owning to all Europe (what he hoped this coun
try would never finditfelf either willing or obli
ged to avow) that the was unequal to the preser
vation of her dearest and most essential rights,
but by giving up your trans Atlantic market, the
best of all we had to resort to ; giving up our
fifheries, which were not merely important asan
object of commerce, but on a variety of other
material and weighty considerations, and giving
up to our natural enemies a country which a
bounded in naval Stores of every description.
Having dwelt for some time on these events,
which it must be obvious to every thinking
mind, would be the result of our relinquishing
the pursuit of the war, his Lordship warmly
prefled the house to Shew itfelf unanimous in
their resolutions to assist his Majesty, and fur
ther, as their Lordships could, the royal deter
mination to pursue the war with unabated vigor,
and renewed exertion. His Lordfllip before he
fat down took a view of the alarming state in
which our territorial acquisitions were but last
year, and contrasted it with the mod pleasing
accounts that have lately arrived. He Shewed,
that by the Strange neglect of the persons in
powerin India, Hyder Alley had been fuffered
to march his army to thefgates of Conjeverom,
but that such had been the exertions of Sir Eyre
Coote, that he had been obliged to retire and a
bandoa his conquests with as much precipitation
as he advanced. His Lordship spoke allo of the
flourishing state of the province of Bengal, and
added some frefli arguments on the necessity of
continuing the war with animation and energy,
and concluded with declaring the Address, as
moved by the noble Lord, had his hearty assent.
Lord Shelburne opposed the address, and
moved the amendment. His Lord Ship & was
followed by his grace of Richmond, who wished
to change the system of the war, to carry it on
defenfively notoffenSivdfr Tly: great error was
we had a&ed on the offenfive, without the pow
er to do so to any effect; by changing it to a
defensive war we might recover,and bye and bye
be able to a& on the offenfive ; and his Grace
begged the house to underhand, that by a dc
fenfive war, he meant to advise a war by sea, to
Strengthen our navy, the national security of
the kingdom, and to lessen the army. He de
clared that it was the middle ofa war, he made
no scruple to recommend it most strenuously to
government immediately to set about diminish
ing th'e army, and that as much as possible.
There was the greatest probability that a recon
ciliation might in time be effected with the colo
nies, if the Americans were left to themselves,
and that they would bye and bye fee to us and
solicit our proteaion of them from the oppressi
ons of the French, their present unnatural allies.
His Grace added, that if the motion was unfuc
cefsful, he Should not tire the house, with the
farce of debates this feffions,and concluded with
moving, that the second paragraph of the ad
dress as originally moved, be omitted, and that
it ftandvnly the firft paragraph, and then the
Earl of Shelburn's amendment.
EPIGRAM.
Occasioned by the title of Rivington's Royal
Gazette being Scarcely legible.
SAYS Satan to Jemmy, I hold you a bet.
That you mean to abandon ourßoyalGazette
Or, between you and me, you wou'd manage
things better,
Than the title to print on so damned a letter.
Now being c®nne&ed so long in the art,
It would not be prudent at prefentto part ;
And people perhaps would be frighten'd, & fret.
If the Devil alone carry'd on the Gazette.
Says Jemmy to Satan (by way of a wipe)
Who gives me the matter Should furniSh the type;
And why you find fault I can scarcely divine,
For the types like the printer, are certainly thine.
'Tis yours te deceive with the semblance of truth,
Thou ffiend of my age, and thou guide of my
youth,
But to profper,pray fend me some further supplies
A set of new types, and a set of new lies.
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HE.SE are to detire the COMMITTEES in the Several
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on said business, agreeable to a resolve of the General
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insert the above.
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the Hon. Court of Probate, for the diftri& of Simf
bury, to receive and examine the claims of the several cre
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