The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-09-29 00:00:00, page 1

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TUESDAY, SipTiMiiß 29, 1,7#. I A
CONNECTICUT COURANT,
ANDT H 1
WEEKLY I NTELLIGENC E R.
To BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
A BOUT 30 acres of excellent good LAND, for
" mowing and pasturing—Said land lyes within
half a mile of Suffield meeting house. The above
fa.d land belongs to Te heirs of Nathaniel Hazard,
Merchant, late of New York, deceased. If any one
inclines to purchase said land apply to Capt. Ephra
im Peafe, at Enfield.
r"r~\llE Subfcr.ber having been long absent in
the army, takes this method to inform the
Pnbhc, that he has now returned and carries on the
builnefs of Weaving and Dyeing, as ufuql.
WILLIAM MITCHELL.
New-Cambridge, Sept. 8 177^ „ „
ID IGTIT and Fourteen Ounce TACKS,
3 d. 4 d. 6d. Bd. and rod. Nails, to be
Sold by Benjamin Cheney.
Hartford, dept. 19. I^7^ _ _
[TRAY ED from meSubferiber on the even
-3 ing of the 15th inst. a small BAY HORSE
COLT, a suckling, abc^t five months old. Who
ever has, or will take up said colt, and return him
to the subscriber, in Well Suffield, shall have a gene
rous reward, and all charges paid by
JOHN HULBURD.
Suffield Sept. 19, 1778: ;
O ST, on the read between Farmington and
Ha^winton meeting House, a BLACK
LEATHER POCKET-BOOK, contain
ing a number of papers (of little value to any but the
owner) about eighty Continental dollars, feventy
five of which were of the oldemiffion; amongst the
former was a memorandum - book, with some ac
counts ; a bundle c. receipts, certificate and per
mit for the exportation of flour out of the state of
New York, and an article of agreement between
Jesse Woodruff of Harwiriton and the fubferiber.
Whoever finds said Pocket-Book, and will be honest
enough to carry and leave it (with the contents as
above-mentioned) at Major Call n's, at Harwinton,
or at Capt. John Skinner's, at Hartford, near the
Great Bridge, shall have Ten Dollars Reward, and
all learnable charges paid by
GILBERT ROBERTS.
Harwin'on. Sept. 16, 1778. _____
Q~T RAYED or STOLEN from the
3 Subscriber, on the night of the 14th instant, a
dark fortel M ARE, with a small star in her fore
head, about 14 hands high, 9 years old, paces and
tiers. Also. one brown HORSE, about 13 hands
high, 8 years old paces and trots, both hind feet
white and a white strip on his no^. Whoever will
take upfaid horses, and secure them, so that the ow
ner may have them again, shall have a good reward
aad necessary charges paid, by
SAMUEL BURR.
Hartford, Sept. 19, 1778.
STRAYED or STOLEN, out of the pas
ture of Mr. Isaac Thrall, of Wintenbury,
a sorrel M ARE, about 14 hands high, paces and
trots, off hind foot white, one large white spot on
the near fide of her weathers. Whoever will take
up said mare, and secure or return her to the fub
feriber, living in Hartford, shall have a reasonable
reward, and charges paid by
MOSES HOPKINS.
UNTED, one or two workmen, that under
hand Forge-Work, either to make refined
or bioomety iron. One or two such perfens may
have conflant employ and good wages, by applying
to Abner Sherman, in Warwick, or Isaac Sher
man in Marlborough, State of Massachusetts Bay.
The workmen must be good and engage immedi
ately. September 12, 1778 _
W7l NTE Das an Apprentice tarhe Print
ing Business, a flout, healthy Lad. Enquire
of the Printers. _
ROKE ino the enclosure of the fubferiber,
fry about the 20<h of June last, twenty SHEEP,
owner or owners, are desired to prove their
property, pay charges, and take them away, apply
to'ENOCH COE.
G:.nvilL, Sept. 16, 1778.
HARTFORD: Printed by WATSON and GOODWIN, near the Great Bridge.
To the Rarl of CARLISLE, Sir HENRY CLIN
TON, Knight of the Bath, and WILLIAM
EDEN, Esquire.
YOUR Excellencies must be sensible, that it does
not comport with the measures of Congress to
make any observations upon your declaration of
the 26th of August. But as it was evidently calcu
lated for the people, Imakeno dotfb+ you will be
glad to know what effect it is likely to produce ;
and that your Excellencies may forp some opinion,
I take the liberty to shew you in what light it is
considered by an individual : Valeat quantum
vatjirs potest. Ido not flatter myfelt that my
observations upon your applications to Congress
are very agreeable to you ; However, I am in no
degree difeouraged from writing a third letter to your
Excellencies,
It feems,the declaration of Congress on the 1 ith
of August. drew forth yours of the 26th. The
florm of military war has loft its violence ; on your
part it has spent itfelf; you now assail us with
words
You are pleased " solemnly to declare," that you
had net any knowledge either directly or indire&ly,
of the letters and conversation alluded to in the de
claration of Congreft, until you saw them made
public in the news papers. This declaration relat
ed to your colleague, George Johnftone Esq; nor
did it charge your Excellencies with a privity to,
or participation in his very exceptionable conduct.
Unfocused, you have thought pfoper to endeavour
to exculpate yourfclves ; a circumflance which
strongly brings to my recollection a rule which
Charles the First rtcornm6..ded to his fivouriteStaf
ford, as one that may serve for a statesman, courtier
or lover —" never to make a defence or apology be
fore you are accused." Without doubt, your Ex
cellencies will not be at a loss to comprehend the
meaning of the royal hint.
That you would publicly have assented to
the conftruAion Congress gave to Governor John
flone's conduit, or that you would intimate a be
lief that any person was authorized to hold the con
verfation stated to have been held with Mr. Read,
" to engage his interest to promote the„ob;e& of
your commission," was not expeded. Neither was
it imagined that there was any obligation upon you
to vindicate Mr. Johnflone's 66 ability and integri
" ty." The firft we never doubted, till we saw
bis declaration of the 26th of August; and I mark
this as an infiance of his prudence : It is laudable
to point out merit wherever it is diflinguifhed. On
the other hand, it is also proper to observe the pub
lic shades of a public character : The Governor ap
pears to have loft the calmness and circumfpeaion
necessary in the profeffion of a statesmen. The de
claration of Congress has precipitated him into abuse,
mistake and contradiction. He censures Congress
for bowing toa French Ambassador ! Did his Britan
nic Ma ; efty never bow to a French Arabaffador ?
The Governor thinks '' many individuals" of
Congress ' now entertain different sentiments" from
those in the declaration of Congress : He is certain
ly mistaken, for I have heard every individual Mem
ber declare, he considered him as no longer an ene
my to corruption. As to his contradidon of him
felf, I need only contrast these two ideas in his de
claration --'• The said George Johnftone for him
felf fays, that he is far from considering the said re
solution of Congress as offenfive to him, that he ra
tker receives it as a mark of diftindion :" However,
" he reserves to himfelf the liberty of publishing,
if he shall judge proper, a juftification of his con
duct against the aspersions thrown on his charac
ter." This unoffended, yet aspersed gentle
man, who confiders a resolution which asperses
His CHARACTER, “ As A MARK 0F DISTINCTI 0 N,"
draughted his declaration ad populum, and with
them 1 will leave it, that I may proceed to Shew a
proper refpe& to your Excellencies performance.
Why do you tell the world you “ were authoriz
ed to restore peace, to preserve the value AND
promote the credit of the paper circulation to
give Satisfaction and Security for ever on the fubjeCt
of military eflabliShments, and to extend every
freedom to trade ?" Your Excellencies sent to the
Congress copies es the instruments by which you
were, and by which only you are authorifed. They
Were published, and the world have not yet forgot,
that they only allow you to treat not to deter
mine upon any ofthofe particulars. Nay, you are
expressly prohibited, and it is declared your pro
ceedings on those points Shall not be of any validity
unless ratified by the British Parliament. Need I
hint, that every word you deliver is accurately
weighed, and critically examined ; and that conse
quential ideas naturally follow ?
And do you really think you have '' offered eve
ry thing that is, or can be proposed by the French
alliance ?" I am apt to fufpe& that your Excellen
cies are inclined to pleasantry. Pardon me if I in
troduce a serious idea ; I will be Short ; nay, I will
use but a Single word. Independence ! This is
proposed by the alliance with Fiance: This is not
to be fouad in your offers.
As you a e aftoniffied at one circumflance, I may
be permitted to express a little furprize at another;
it is at your assertion that France " has EVER Shewn
itfelf an enemy to all civil and religious liberty."
I cannot suppose you are unread in the histories of
France, of Germany, and of the Low Countries,
especially for the eighty years preceding the peace
of Wehphalia ; and it is painful even to remark,
that there is an alternative. Tne civil and religious
liberties of Germany, and of the Seven United Pro
vinces found in the power of France a friend and
a guarantee; and the fame power is now a friend
and a guarantee to the civil and religious liberty of
America. Ofrthe other hand" .the power of Eng
land HAS BEEN and NOW IS AN ENEMY to civil and
religious liberty. Witness your penal laws against
Roman Catholics, and the rejected petitions of Dis
senters. Witness the reigns of Charles the Second
and his successor. Witness the present rei Bin Bri,
tain; the stamp a&, the Quebec bill, the cotempora
ry and subsequent outrages of laws and arms, refold
ing America. Your Excellencies ought to have
looked at home, before you ventured to cast your
eyes and censures abroad.
It is a favourite point with you, and you CON
STANTLY press to have it eflablifhed, that the of
fers of France " were made only in consequence of
the plan of accommodation previously concerted in.
Great Britain" And to prove this, you aver firf 0
“ that public intimation of the concilitary proposi
tions on the part of Great Britain was given to the
British Parliament, and consequently to the whole
world, in the month of November lad" Secondly,
" that the preliminaries of a French treaty, d:d not
bear earlier date than the 16th of December." We
will examine the fubje&. The terms in which the
firft point is couched, give an idea, that tlt intima
tion was pointed and public, descriptive of the pro
portions, and that they were important in their na
ture. I wish your Excellencies had condefeended
to give us the terms in which the intimatioa was
expressed, and the authority expressing them: Be
cause from these lights, we might have seen, whe
ther the propositions were, or if you please, the inti
mation was, of sufficient weight to effect, change
and give a tonto the meafu res of the court of France.
The evidence was in your hands, you have not
thought proper to lay it before us, and no doubt
you have reasons for the suppression. However,
as my objed is truth, I will endeavour to fapply the
evidence that you have withheld.
The late sessions of the British Parliament began oa
the 20th day of November last. On the 21st, your
House of Lords presented their address to your Sove
reign in answer to his speech. In that they fay,
6 we cannot but applaud your Ma'efty's unweari
ed vigilance and wisdom in recommending to us,
to prepare at all events for such further operations
as the contingences of the war, and the obstinacy of
the rebels may render expedient." “ We thank
fully receive your Majesty's declaration of per
severance in the me,fares now pursuing, for the re
establishment of a just and constitutional fuborfinate
on through the several parts of your Majefly's do
minions." On the 22d of November your Hcefe