The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-06-30 00:00:00, page 1

Y^ROK^ out of the stable of Roger Buckley of
H Colcheter on the iff of June, inst. a Slackhorfe
%h an d s gndQhi^ick, Wfterffll
take up said ho/fe, and return htm Bnlkley
v, Nehemiah Hubbar, Efrt Hartford ffidl
have a handfeme reward, and necessary charges
paid, by me „ O^^ Basham.
Hartford, June.l9. T 77,, ~
y N.Said horse purchased for the u.e of ne
Continental Service f —
ATdficrnn^eby given to the folders
for eigbtand nine ninths to fill up the Con
fol Army, belonging ft Co^y of H^
shire in the State of the Mffrchnfetto at
have not as yet marched that they meet at Landed
Fowlers in Weftfield in said county ori Thursday
tie second day of July next, at one of the m
the afternoon, in order to march for tb ^
and those ofcthem that negle& to appear at the time
and place afo^id, will betted as defers
Noah Goodman oupernrendent #
South Hadley, June ^JjtfL- - -
ITT awEy from the f^fcriber th^^h of Juje
instant, a Negro man named DICK ; had on
a hght coloured woolen coat vetted breeches,
of blue grey dockings a feh hat 3, or 3
inches high Whoever will
takeup faid'NegrO and return him to the ^r^r
mail have twenty dollars reward and all necetT y
charges paid, by AAEON —
Middletown, June 21 177 8 -_ __
Fos"TElold iTEn^ld, a hundred rods forth
1 of the Meeting House qd. Bd. 2fld rod.
Nails, for Caln or Produce, by Terry.
June 24, 1778. .
LL persons that are indebted 10
A J^h Humphry fate of Windsor decft d ,
are desired to make ipeedy payment ; also a ' -
have any demands ba fiid^a^ ve de a ,< to bring
in there Accounts for a fqttlemenf or havp any
writings of any consequence of laid llupp,r'/p are
desired to lend them to E ? !h* Grahamor
or to Lauchlan M'Lean cf Windsor, adminftrato^
upon said estate.
Winder. Junez3, ,7/ 8 ; ,
FOO be fold at public vendue to the highed bid_
I der a farm'of land containing about 108
acres of mowing, pairing, and plowing p it 1
wood and timber (efficient for said farm ,^ e
orchard andalarge dwelling house ^ek .inlaid,
aadabarn. Said farm is lituate in lod&id near
the meeting house, formerly occupied by Captan
Timothy Delano lace ofTolland deceas d: ado to
be fold at the fame time, 1 trad of l^ d co naming
acres and a half nine of which is extraordinary
good mowing, the other 4 and an half acres is good
plowing, said trafl lies about haifa mil^'aft of the
above farm, the vendue^s to be on the second tuef
day of auguftnext on the premises where an indilpn
table tiife will be given, by Calvin OrlXko.
™^*_J une 2 °** —— —
h^AKENbip a drift on ConneAicut river between
Rockyhill and Middk? own, on the iith
day of June instant a bever hat part worne. The
Owner may have it again by diferibing the. hat,
and paying charges, apply to. Gurdin Goodrich at
Rockyhill in Wethersfield.
June 24 -
gfRAVED' out of rhe padnreof the Dhforiber in
Farmington, the beginin? of Jun-infant, a
brown maie four years old last fyring trots and pa
ces. with a small star in her forehead, shod before
Whoever fhail take up said mare and fend me word
Or bring her to me,fhall have a fatisfa&ory reward,
and aeceffary charges paid by
Solomon Whitman ju.n.
Farmington, fe2£— —27^^ ~
INDIGO, of the best kind, to
be fold by Josiah Blakeley, underthe Printing-
Office, Hartford.
TUESDAY, JUNE go, i„i' tk^ 77 •, '^ : ^^s. 70^
CONNECTICUT COURANT,
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COPY ^^ EARL of ABINGDON'S
SPEECH and PRO TEST on Monda, lafl
M'V L@RDS, ~ .
IHAVE given no obftru&ion to these
bills, in their progress through the
hotrfc, because whatever bears the name
of conciliation with America, though it
be a fnadow, I am ready to catch at ; and
for the fame realons (meaning that they
should pals) it is not now m^ intention to
divide the house upon thefii ; but, tny
lords, as I am firmly persuaded that chefe
bills are no more than a continuation of
that deludon which has brought this coun
try to iis ptefent brink of min, and so
far from obtaining tle end proposed by
them that they are deftru&ive wf it, [ rife
to put my simple negative upon hem and
will place my reasons tor doing fd upon
thejournais of the house. And, my lords,
having said this, I have only to add my
congratulations to y^ur lordships on the
late mi: aculous .conyrfion of parliament
to the true faith. Khiggifm triumphant
over toryifm. Wh'4 meafurea ingrafted
on tory principles.
Humane edpiti ceri'-em ,^cr eq%am
Jurgere ii ve!it : ryum totalis am^i ?
But, my lords, however pleased I may
be with this centaur not fabulous., I star
the motives t l at have produced it are not
of the most honest kinds I fear, my lords,
that it is a temporary lacrifice only of
principles to places, and rhat when the
golden age is over, the iron age will return
in its room. This good, however, my
lords, it must produce, American liberties
are hereby confirmed, and put out of the
reach of tory disturbances sot the time ' to
come.
PROTES T.
Difentit.
Because the terms now offered by the
above bills to America, whilst tufficient to
fliew the very humiliating (bate to which
the dignity and boasted Supremacy of par
liament are reduced, are insufficient to the
great end of conciliation proposed by
them ; and for the following regions :
First, Brcaufe (as to the firft bill) a de
claration not to impose taxation on Ame
rica, is in the very suspension of the exer
cise, a confirmati()n ot right ; for without
the right the declaration is void ; whereas
America denies the right, and, upon that
ground, refills the exercise. It the right
then be referved} the object of refinance
remains ; and so remaining, may be ex
ercised whenever any future Qu xfc>re mi
niffry, in example of their predecessors,
dull be led to convert history into ro
mance. But it is objected^ " that aright
cannot be surrendered :" io neither, if it
be a constitutional right, car l theexerede
of it be dispensed with : for wtat rebels
the former; muff dually 'counteract the
: latter. But th^ is nocbnftitutional right ;
on the contrary, thetonftiburion reprobates
and disavows it. For taxation arid re,re
fentation arte conftitutiohally preparable,
and America is not reprefcrited ; of cduil^
America cannot be taxed - - Whilst Ame
rica therefore will hot accept that by cc Ur
tefy of p&liafrnehjt, which Jke holds id
right of the constitution, and forthe good
reason, thm an act of parliament is revo
kable ; and the.copftiturion irrevocable ;
itVollows, that a renunciation of the right,
not the mere fufpenfioh of the ekercife,
Was the proper object of this bill.
..Secomfy; fc&ufe (as to the fecorid bill)
thcsppQin@en| of conjmiffioners o teat
with.any person or perlons, other than,
the, Cong/refs, is so glaring a mahifeftation
,of the, intention of Tuch.udAty, ~as must
rieccirarily occasion a circo!rifpe<fbon hi
the Cojigrefs that may not be much to the
cafe,of the commissioners thcrofelyes.
I'bir&y, Because although cornrmffioner^
and tye Copgrefs be agreed, fiich agree
ment is of 6.0 e&ff till cor&mtdty par
li^e^t ; wnichjf giving fcch advantage
top^rimpeph by'knewhfg what Ceng,cfs
will do, and is of foch clifaclvantage to"
Copgrefs, by not knowing what, parlia
ment will confirm, that the very inequality
of the conditions will put a flop co accom--
modation.
FeurtWy, tecautyas the withdrawing
of the troq^ would be the laying of the
army, (not to mention the policy of the
measure upon other grounds), so the ceas
ing of hostilities there, will, by fatal ex
perience, 'prove to be the lots of ic The.
remains of General Burgoyne's army are
now constituting a part of the great yeo
manry of America.
Fifth!), Because the prohibitory a& is
to be luipynded under exceptions and re
ftriaiuns (and whilst Great-Britain is un
der neither) intending restraint upon the
fupplies # of America, are neither liberal in
propofah nor probable in acceptance. &
Sixthly, Because among the many things
to.be done, the one thing neydjul is to be
left undone. The Quebec atl is tg re
main without fufpenflon. The power gi
ven to the commissioners is, "to fufpehd
the operation and effect of any aft or a{ts
of padiament, which have passed since
the loth day^Feb, 1,6 g, and which relate
to any of his Majefy's laid colonies, pro
vinces, or plantations, in North, Ameri
ca" ; but Canada is not one of the Gid
colonies, provinces, and plantations re
ferred to in the bill, and therefore the
Comnyffioneis haVe no power ro lufpend
the operation and (debt of any a& or ads
of parliament that relate to Canada. This
then will create a Tumbling block, infur
mountabit :at the very threshold of nego
ciatijm for, beliefs the eltablifhment