The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1783-05-27 00:00:00, page 2

From t%e Nezu-rork Packet, printed at Fifo-Kill,
°To the Friends of Freedom arts Independence, in
the State of New-Kork. ,
" fellow Citizens and Fellow Sufferers,
IMPELLED by the most sincere and unfeigned attachment
to the just figlts and lib r.tiesof mankind in general, and
to those of the United States dn particular, I congratulate
jpu^nrhe acknowledgment oFtbeir Sovereignty and Inde
penrduce,:bv oaflite haughty, infolentand merci less enemies,
,he King ar,d Parlia meat of Greac-Britain, who have exerted
every, me;ns in th ir power, from bribery and corruption of
fervarits and fiv^gei, to flawing in a dungeon, either to de,
prive us of cur natural and inestimable rights, or extirpate
us from the face ofkbe earth—-But thanks be to a just and
evter-ruling Providence, who has been most graciously
pleased to defeat the wicked designs of those " omnipotent''
tyrants, as veil as die machinations of their abje& and
implacable adherents, the Tories. Andtho" truly joyous ^
^g^^g payers exhib'ted the precarious tenufre'on which
c^ cs have been held in ci.?cs past. Any, however high in
office, may in time to come be eje&ed, in like violation
o's decorum ahd natural justice. Neither the Prefident^Pro
feffors nor Tutors hold their offices by any certain tenure,
how well soever chef may coflduft therein. Do the learned
profeffions wish that such a government may be continued
at College ? Who would go up ftaifs§ to be shoved^ down
at pleaf.re I Better is he ^ho is net called up. Turpus eji
eitur, quam non admittitur tiofpes. 4
The churches will not think their rights secure, if their
pallors may be removed without their consent, or any pre
tence of breach ofcontr^, and without the voice of lifter
churches. ^ ' 4* ‘'
Those who would be>at the expehce ofa public education
for their children, will think itlm umbent on them to in-
Bereft themselves in the proposed change or enlargement of
the government. Hereby their children, designed for dif
ferent profelfions and departments, may be ' furnished in the
heft manner to serve their generation, when they shall come'
Forward on the stage of ad on.
To those gentlemen who have foris at College, the address
Q^nj^for this matter belgngeth uutoyou. Juftjee to your
felYes and your children, and regard to the public good, call
Upon you to assert your natural rights, and claim redreffi.
„You venerate, you confide in the General Amenably. While
you refpe&the clergy, you also honor other learned men,
and wish that these as well as those may be concerned in di
reding the education of your foris. You do not think it
equal, that the expence of etching buildings, for the use of
other men's foris a century to come, should be set to your ac- ,
count, tou know how much money is extorted from you
/ for other purposes than the education of your own foris.
Shouldthe Corporation proceed fear years in laying taxes as
they have done, a fufficient fummay be saved to build anew
College as large and elegantas that they now have. You
may we 1 be surprised, that while college taxes raise five
hundred pounds annually more than the salaries of the Presi
dent and Tu ors, and necessary incident charges, the Corpo
ration have not appointed more inftru&ors---particularly :
khat they have so long been without a Profeffor of natural Phi- 1
lofcphy and Mathematics. Mr. Strong's fifft Address shews
ahe importanceof this office. ,You would doubtless chufe
such a number of Tutors and Profeffors as your money would:
support. One of the present Tutors has the inftru&ion of{
more than far, students. Eitherthe taxes on your sons should
be .effened, or the number of inftrudors increased.
" The friends of learning, liberty and religion," whose
66 free andgencrous contribution" the Corporation “ ask
towards building ano her College-edifice," will perceive,
that if the Reverend Board pursue .their present plan, they I
will soon raise money enough for the purpose by taxes. They|
may lay the foundation of the edifice with .monies already!
saved in this way. The more "liberal sentiments" gentle
men possess, the less inclined will they be to favor the con
trafyd fl.n of the Corporation. This would not be, upon
the whole, ^ to promote the interest of religion, liberty and
learning," but of superstition, slavery and ignorance. I
heart.ly join with the Reverend President and Fellows of
Yale-College in their prayer, that '' God would raise up
benefactors to" it; nor can I conceive of any so probable
and reasonable means of obtaining benefactions, as an up
plication of the present Trustees to the honorable General ;
Affcmbly, to make such regulations in the College govern
ment as the charter, together with the circumstances of the
College and State, admit and require.
It behoves Parnassus, before he takes leave of his readers,
to ask their pardon for detaining them longer than was pro
posed ; and to express his apprehensions that so good a cause
and so weighty : a fubje% as he has-appeared in, may not
have been treated with perfect justice. He wisheth the.
writers, who may appear,againft him, all the merit and in
fuenpe, which the bed judges will allow to their perfor
mances.
While .the Reverend Corporation claim the exclusive go
vernment of the College, the press ps open to others.
Pirnaffus hath jm, roved this privilege, and may again on a
proper call. .Hisefteem of the Reverend Board permits him
not to foppofe that their call can be improper. Nor shall he
think Hmfelf excused from paying attention to any gentle
man, who may enter into the argument, and fairly debate
the general principles now held up to the view of the public.
Parnaflus thanks the Public for their candor. He thanks
the Printers in particular, that they have given his numbers
4 place in their free paper.
May ;, 1783.
PARNASSUS having exempted the^ged Layman from any
„imadverfions, out of deference to his year's, recommends
Aim rothe care of a worthy physician near the sea ; who is
desired o observe the fymrtoms of " his other infirmities,"
rind adininiffer accordingly.
The public may reasonably expe&, that Pax and Veritas
exhibit the whole of the letter he refers to, with the author's
name fubfcr ; bed-~As the “ short extracts" are published
" without” he writer's “ knowledge," juftite cannot be
done to his dignified charader batby laying the whole letter
before the public.
* ¥ * In Parnaffs No. XI, col. 1. 1. 4. bottom, readprofef
^OT Line 2. read Cuibbet.
t I use this word, because I cannot think, of a better to ex
profs the " polite'' treatment referred.to.
" Resolved, That the States of America which compose
the Union, being Sovereign aud independent, the laws re
ipe&vely pilT^d by them; for their internal government,
and the punishment of their offending citizens, cannot be
fubmitced^o tbedifculliun of any foreign power, much less
of an enemy."
The happy cffe&s of the gracious provision made for the
Tories, in the aferefaid articles, will, if not immediately
attended to, be molt Severely felt in this State, and that for
Several reasons --Full, Wchive hadfioma variety of causes
too obvious to require mentioning, a greater proportion of
Tories than any other of the Thirteen, and many of those of
the most dangerous class, i. e. wealthy, and formerly in
office, besides being connected with others in fimilarcircura-
Rances, at this time with us, and consequently not without a
large circle of quondam acquaintance,whofe aidattachm ents
may, by address and application offome part or the plunder
or spoil of the good people of this State, which many of
these principal Tories have found means to share with the
lowest class of Banditti, over and above the fruits of their
treasonable, commcicial connexions, be cafily revived.
Besides, there can be no doubt when such very extraordi
nary terms have been obtainedfor the most atrocious vio
lators .of all laws, human divine, but that every means will
be used so render them as serviceable as poffiblc to the views
and futur e designs of their patrons and employers---Nay,the
present poffc flions and wealth of numbers in the city, on the
islands, &c. enable them to do what their partners And ac
complices.in Charlcttawn have already done, that is, to cn
grufs, forellal and monopolize all the principal fubje&s of
commerce, both foreign and domestic, to the utter exclusion
of the fuffering Whigs, many of whom have been stripped
of their most valuable cff<&>, imprisoned, intuited and
transported beyond sea, to the great distress and deftruftiuh
of fume of the tendered connexions in life ; for a more par
ticular account of the conduft of the former, fee a men ori
al of the citizens of Charlestown, to the Legislature of South
Carolina, dated the 27th of January last—Yes the very fame
set, if permitted to remain among ns, that were lately incor
porated by Sir Henry Clinton, as a Board of Dire&ms, with
Governor Franklin at their head, for the perpetration of
every species of villany and cruelty, which the depravity of
human nature, in its molt degenerate Rate, could suggest
and execute, may immediately by fearer and illegal combi
nations, form such commercialconne&ions, as to baffle the
utiqoft vigilance of a free government, and finally by bri
bery and corruption, with the property of the widow and
fatbcrlefs, obtain their justly forfeited effaces, and a total
ditfolution of all political restraints—and, when that is
once effe&ed, are they not as eligible to choose, or be cho
len, to any of the offices of trust, profit or honor in the State,
as any of you? If so, may they not make laws to bind you
arid yours '' in.all cases whatsoever," and fit Judge and Jury
on the lives and properties of thole they have combined to
destroy, and whom it istheir political and pecuniary, interest
to ruin ? I mean not to cloud your profpeßsby any exagge
rations or falfe colourings—l wish only to rouse you to a
just sense of ybur impending danger, before it is too late —
I am really forty to fay it, but truth and necessity require
the cohfeflion. We have too many nominal Whigs among
us, both in and out of office, who wish to renew their for
mer connexions with thole gentry —Nay, some of whom
are conheded, by every tie of nature and sentiment, unless it
be that of not daring openly to avow their disposition, and
wish to fee the supporters of the revolution run into some
inconsistency or other, that may finally turh/to the advantage
of their Tory Friends. These creatures, my fellow citizens,
at least several of them, are to my knowledge, specious and
insinuating, They will become every thing tg all men, in
order to gain some of their infidions purposes. They will
with a very solemn phiz,tell you much of thtabfolute neces
sity there is for adhering molt religioufly ,to the fetter and
spirit of the provisional, as well as of the tremendous danger
that must attend the violation oLan iota of it, to the pre
judice of the 'loyalift? as they very atfe&ionately call them.
Much will also be said by these political trimmers, on the
Impossibility of legally oufling any of their quondam
friends, whole preservation is the primary objeX of all their
fophiftiy.
Not a word will you hear from them, on the fuffering of
youffelves, families or connexions, by a firm, manly and
Ready adherence to your country in all its vicissitudes or
stages to freedom, whilß oppressed by a relendefs foreign
enemy, aided And abetted by her natural sons, the tories,
!ft° f"'' as '''" '"' ' u "" '" "' '' °' ° u ' deepest
Some of these pretended whigs will likewise, and that
with great Deeming concern, hold up the danger there is of
depopulating the State, on depriving it of many of its most
ufeful members, should you urge the banishment of the rich
tories, who, fay they, are fblicited to fettle in Connecticut,
or some of the other States ; which is mere illusion, as the
fuppprters ofthe revolution inthat State, as well as in the
other eastern States, are at this very time banishing from
amongst them those mifereants that have dared co return
from joining the enemy, and, resenting the admission of one
suspicious character at the last fellion, have dropped or left
out of their tickets at the late dt&H, alt those that were
tbisckterted cenceffijn of Independence, must make every
honelt Whig, on rhe approach of a general peace, yet are
Tome of the terms on which it is granted, a great allay to
the fumre'tr? nquility and happinels of most of the States in
the Union, but more especially of this---I mean the terms
mentioned in the sth and 6:) articles of the provisional Treaty
so styled, and not veif improperly, consequences considered
— as those articles contain the feeds of inexhaustible feuds
and animosities, between Whigs and Torres, and that as
long as the Friends of Freedom and Independence are dis
tinguished from the execrable mifereanrs and\abettors of
power and oppre flion. With what propriety then the Com
mifroneis of the United States could consent that no more
prefecutions should be commenced againit the Tories by
the States, Separately or individually, as mentioned an the
6th article of the provisional Treaty, you will be the best
judges, when you reflect on the following Resolve of Con.
gt<l% “ By the United States in Congress agambled, August
12, 1782.
" Relolved, That Congress approve the condu& of Gen,
Washington in refusing to enter into any difculiion with
Geri. Carleton, on the fubjedof the treason laws pallid by
the Several States :
But should any of the capital or principal offenders, be
fuffcred to remain in the State, even for a twelve month or
less, you may rely, that much favor will be shewn them, by
such as I have already described, at leaff in proportion tu
their money and influence.
And should a repeal of the attainder or confifcation law
take place in consequence of such influence or any other,
you will plpafe to remember,th?, your taxes will be increafr
edin proportion, and the principal burden of the war rest
on the virtuous citizens and their Poßerity $ who, for eight
l° n g Tears, have been the fufferers by, and fapporteis of it.
If their patrons, the King and Parliament of Great Britain,
had notexpe&d whatl now suggest to you, they wouldnoc
have ftipuiated for the opportunity of their making the ex
periment ;---but many years experience has taught them
the irresistible effect of riches, when properly applied. Be-
Riles, what greater punishment or mortification, can be in-
Aided on a true whig or defender of burglarious revolution,
than to be obliged to associate with those vilest of thievee
and murderers, who have deluged the cohnny with blood,
or even to become an inhabitant es the fame society with
the destroyers of his nearest and dearest relations, and
whom Mr. Pitt, in a parliamentary debate, justly describes
as an " impure corrupted nest of vipers and traitors; as
" the most abandoned and flagitious scoundrels in the uni
" verse, who by treachery to America, and constant deceit
“ to this nation, have well nigh brought down deßruXion
66 on both countries" If so, hew must every idea revolt at
the bare possibility of any of you, or yours becoming depen
dent on the unnatural enemies of you and your country,
who h^ve been the firft and principal cause of all your Of
ferings, and who, frequently, when the Britons would have
treated you with kfs severity, have used their utmoil influ
ence to procure you the vilest ofuage given by the most sa
vage nations to their prisoners!
There is no alternative, either the whigs or tories most
be expelled,and it ultimately rells with you, my fclloWci
tizens, to determine which. Neither is there any thing
wanting, but firmnefs and affociatioris, in every part ofthe
State, to effe& this salutary and indispensable business. The
eyes of the ncigbouring States are fixed on you. New-Jer
sey has given you a call. Conne&icut and Massachusetts,
fee you the example. Once more my dear countrymen,
join or die !---Remember that it was your political union
which carried you so triumphantly through all your former
struggles, and irmuft be that, that will finally set you down
in peace and happiness. Ve have waded through a sea of
blood, to establish die freedom and independence of these
States. Let us then make one; virtuous struggle more, to
secure ard perpetuate the blessing and happiness of them to
ourselves and poftetity ; by banishing from amongst us, at
the risk oflife arid all that is valuable in it, the principal
tories. Those traitors andvillians who have Drained ever,
nerve to destroy the liberty of the United States. No time
should be loft in entering into these affiliations, onwhich
so much depends. As the tories are alreadyrinduftrioufly
reviving their old connexions and former new ones-—their
gold, li(e .the arrow that fljeth by.night, kills the virtuous re
sentment as silently as the other does the body—therefore
the earlier you unite, the fewer obstacles will you have to
encounter. Shall those who have dared to draw theirfyords
against &reat-Britain; and defended this country in oppo
sition to her and her savage allies, and that in the meridian
of all her military pride and glory, shall they now basely
Roop to herd with flares and parricides, and tarnish al! their
former luftre ? Forbid it honor ! Forbid it justice ! ! For
bid it heaven 1!!
.known promoters of that obr,qxi,cus.mcafure; and equal!,
chimerical is the dagger of depopulating t^c State, of cha
ra&ers who are incapabllof ever becoming by any means,
miracles excepted, good citizens, for fuchl hold every per
son who voluntarily joined the edCT,; abd promoted their
diabolical fchem<s in any manner whatever ; but of this
yohwin be as well able to judge g ^e,; And perhaps bet
ter, (as you are not influenced by similar motives) wheat
you refleX either on the timidity of some of these wretches
who joined the enemies ,of this country from motives of
fears or the implacability of others, whole lust of power
and domination, made them spurn at a republican govern
ment, which, no doubt they have taught their posterity to
do also ; and have by every means thefcould advise, been
constantly encouraging the enemy to p&fift in the reduXion
of thelZnited States. And, on the firft apprehenfiops of a
peace, petitioned their King to prolongs the war ; oi if the
ciicun^tnces of the nation wouki not admit of this, prayed
that they might b? permitted to Solicit aid from any power
who they could influence to give them affiftapce ;---for
this purpose, Governor Franklin was appointed, and under
took to be their agent to the court of Great-Britaip.
Can the dastardly spirits of the former, ever organize A
manly free citizenof these States, the general principles of
which, require the mess liberal sentiments of just govern
ment ?—Or, can it.be even imagined, for a moment, that
theinfolent, imperious aud blood-thiift, spirits of the lat
ter, who have been bred and basking in the sunshine of
'uf&pation and pbwer, will ever cordial], brook and em
brace a government founded on the generous principles of
equal liberty ? —No, they will one and all, rich and poor,
become the abject tools of the party who favours and pro
cures them a pardon ; or remain the fame implacable^ fe
cretcncmies, they have always been, to the fightsof this
country—brooding and waiting in fallen silence, for a fa
vorable opportunity to avow their machinations,---In sup
port of which, let us only take an attentive retrofpc,& of the
coudud of Pendergrafs's adherents this State, the 'regulators
of North Carolina, the Scots in North Britain and the Jaco
bites in South; from all which, fufficient will appear to
convince every candid mind, of the truth of m, assertions.
But, there may be feme of the herd, whose ignorance and
circumstances, may not render them obje&S of rigid seve
rity, or of darger---tho', as I befoie asserted, they can qe~
ver become good citizens of free States in the full sense of the
phrase.
Re, emberthat these Statesare sovereign and independent ;
that is, each ofthem yas so acknowledged bv the Confede
ration, and they have each finer, repeatedly asserted the fame,
on a variety of emergencies, which Congress, as I have
shown, have again, on a case in point, very fully, clearlp
and solemnly confirmed.
Iconfefs, thatwhen the alien law which passed the fall
session, is carried into effeft, in operations will be produftive
of the most equitable aud fglutary Gonfcqu6Ufy=—the Tc#