The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-07-29 00:00:00, page 3

dom coming to bend the hrig; on whidh he siartpd a uzmtity of pow.
det'in the cabin, and so pound: in the main sail, in the olds'df which he
put fire, and then quilted her. The mtn of'vt-ar'i beats (some t'ziy am);
some three) boarded' the brig and took ssesfion ot'her with three clreeis;
shon—isnsier'ihezflretgok thcdesired effegj and blew !hi: pimtcs 40 or 50
yards into the air, and much shnttered one of their beats undersih-sir fiern.
Eieven deud bodies have come on shore, with two gold laced hatssi', ;tnd
: leg with agam'r. From the great number of !imhs floating and drove
ishore, it is suppqsid 30 crcto of them were dt'sh'o) ed'hy the explotion.
A numhecof people from on board our shipt of waip and a luxmi'cr of
ffie'inhahimm of 0: May, mounted a'gnn un shone, afflhwhich they
kept tt'p air: at the urged, which the men of war, &C. returned, and
killed Mr.W-ekl, third Lieutenant of the eontinemal ship Rq-risal, and
Wounded : borin' the thigh.
' ct The night before last Mnjor Rogers made his escape from this city.
]! the hfl pa'ngraph of the extnct of a letter from sssrenton is an unjusi
reflection upon the conduct ofthe riflemen ;ssfor they who were taken upc'n
Staten island, h the ministerial army, when they fnst landed, were nhm
in the honourlb e service of their countrssx , and not ignominioufly quitting
ate camp. The prime.: it obliged to the officer who reaificd the mistake.
The Gentleman who wrote that letter was greatly imposed upon) 'nssssit
m evident to every person. '
ANNAPOLLS,7ybp6.
A DECLARATlON J lb: DELEGATES qf MARYLAND.
O be excepted ft-om yarlinmenmy- mation, and to regulate their
internal government and polit , the people ofthie colony have ever ss
considered as their inherent and one ienablq right.: Without the former,
the can have no propenty; without the-Jatter, no security for their lives
' ct- Khefliel.
The Parliament of Great Britein he of late elaimed an nneontrotl
able right of binding theie edoniee in all easee whatsoeve'r: To enfotce
u-pneonditional submiffion to this cllim, the legiflative end executive
se of the: state have invnriab pursued, for these ten yenn past, a
Bodied'syitem of opprefl'mn, by pa tng many impolitic, sevcre, and'cntcl
.cti, fot- raising : revenue from the colomflu by depriving them, in
matty cases, of the ttsi'tal by jury. by alteringl'be chlttered constitutiqtt of
one colosiny and the entire Roppfl e of the trafde of in eapital; by fllfllpg
offall intercourse between the co unite) by reflrnining them flumjishihctg
on their ownsicoash; by extendin the limits of, and eteaing an tu bitt'ary
* verpmeht in, the ptjm-inee of Stace; by cohfil'enting the ropen' of
e colonish token on the sees, : compelling the crew. os nisi;- ve rls,
usinder the pain of death, to 18 againsi their native country and dezssnst
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friends, by declaring all seizures, detention, or dzsiructnon of the sit
sifom; m" property of the cnlonifls, to be leghi and just.
' A wax u'niustly commenced hath been prosecutcd against the United
Colonieswithcrueicy, outrageous violence, and perfidy; [T.xvz-s, snvpget,
End fore'tgn mercenm'ien have been meanly hired to um :: perpct- sit their
" ny, libeniel, and lives; a people guilty of no (ther ctimc- zl:ct.n
ct ecnsing the lah of no estimztion without tl-e l'ect-te et-jc-)mrt t of the
former: Their'humhle and dutiful pflitionfi for pence, hlsscmn am!
safety have been rejected with scorn; ('t-cure of and rclying ( h snrz-isin
aid. ba on his nafibn-trsoscee', the unrclentirgz monarth nt Btimin 'n silh
at length avowed by his answer to the city of London, lus dctunnmd
and inexorzhie resoiution oissreducing thete colonies to ahjcct shvu'y
Com tested by dire neceslity, either to surrendet uur pmpcltics, likes.
t'm an lives, into the h:n_d_e of : British King: an'! Parliament, or to use
such n'team as wi" most probably seeme to us and our puttet'ity thotsi- in
vzluable bleffittge, .. _ .
We, the DELEGATES quARYLAND, ln Cunvcntton assem
bled. do declare, that the King of Gren Britain has violated his com
act with (hie people, and that they owe no allegiance to him : We have
More thought it jufl'end necessary to impt-wcr our dcpulies in Con
(; to join with : majority of the United Colonics in declaring them
and ind ndent states, in sramihg'shch farther consideration hct-ct-esin
[him, in me ing fot'siign alliances, and in adoptin such other mtaturcs
:; shall be judged necessary for the prelhrvztton o their liberties; pt'o
vided the sole and exclustve rights of tcguhling the interml polity and
vernment of this colony be reservcd to the pcoplc thereof. We hate
also thought Proper to call a new Convcntion, (for the purpose of esta
blishing : government in this coiony.---Nn amhittuusctvicwl, no dcsuc ot'
inde ' ndence, induced the people of Mat'j'hndm tum an uniun with
the other coioniee ----- To procure an exemption hom parliamcnmy tax
ation. and to continue to the lcgishlures ot theie colonics th': sole nn-i
exclustve right of rogulating their internal pultty, was our uriginn] and
only motive. To maintzi-t inviol-site our ixlwt-tics_, and to trnmmit tht-m
unimpaired to posterity, was our duty and sink wzsh; our next, to con
tinue connected with, and dependen! In Grut British LFC (helm!!!
of these asscstions, we : pen] to that Almighty Being who uemph-uuuy
fi-yied the Surcher of can;, ay! fmm whose omniscienee nothilz it ;
eonxaled, Relying on his Divine'protefl'on and afliflanee, zed !: si !] .:7,
to the justite of our cause, we exhort un coniure every virtu un du: ct' \
to join coidi tlly in diseheeqf 'our' common light!, iqd in liabtemz -
(( the freedom of this and her sister coloniesil. ' ss' * '- 5.
Thi: Cnn'wulicn, taling into consideration lb: RESOLVES s ill COI
vz N'I'lQN ofVlRGlNlA, qfl-"rilqy tbe 31; 19- ef—Mn] hflr "w, ,
to lb: pi-otndiug: oftbi: Cowutt'ou i-Md}. n/pecthgw (QJG'W , ,
_ _M" EDEN, am: to thefollowing nfelutimn _ :— z-ctissr zctzc-L'? ct
Resol—veel, that this Conventitm cannot but becfopiniznj-Kffltsi. .ct , .
nsotutiqne of theConvmtion of Virginia were not only hall" zed-mode}
withqut'a due and pro er reflection, but betra sin difimitinnsilsibfinteffirsie !
in the affairs of this coissony, and that these res utiom might have proved
highly injurious to the general interest oi'America, by insusing gmundleslsi
jealousies, and tffecting fatal divisiom. - si. - - ,.
. That'this Convent on never intermeddlcd, ndr wa- disposepl to inter
fere, with the affairc of Virginius hnt hath it all times shewn : due and
Kroper respect to the Com-emion of that_colony, end on all oeensionl must
axe evinced thtir'sincere and tender reglrd tctor-the people thereof; And
this Coovention cannbt be of opinion that the meentitm of Virginia
could believe, that this Convention promoted Gwenor Eden'e pesnge - ,
"] todzsfist in their destruction, under apreunee of his sedriltg to El- _.
g an ."
That thit Convention, and the Couneil of Sasety for the time beiflg.
were the only proper and adequztte judges of the prept'iety lnd-ex pediency
pf suffering Gnvcmor Eden to depart out of this provinee, and have pro
ceeded in that matter upon evidence which was satiesactory to themsizlvetf
lnd to which the Com-ention ot Virginin wete stungen.
That had the Cbnvention otsi Virginin been in poffellion of the evidence
upon which the .Counci] of Safety and this Convemiun Procceded, they
could not it we been at a Iuss tn account for the Counctl of Snsety their
declining to Ii-izc Govemot' Eden, or fgr the Confection having promoted
11?! Passnge (not as is tmjuffly insintu-ted in the resolutionlofthe Virginia
(?onventiun, to :cssisi int then destruction, but really) to En land, whi
- ther this Convexziion had the belt ground: to heliet-ehe wot: (I go by the
first opportunity. Nor can the address alluded to in the said resolutions'
of the Conventton of Virginis, in'the opinion of thin Cpnvcntivnz be
considered " enabling, nor was it meant to enable, Govemot Etlcn to
Lsi'ume the character of" a public agent; nor can thi: Conventiqn dirC-J'LX'
- ho-v' the said Govcrnm' would thriehy'be enal-hdx-w promote division:
and disunicn nmongst the goionien; but the fame was presented as a testi
mony due to the Govcmor," of the sense this.:Conv 'on entertaimd of
his fair and impartial- representation of the thcip es, motives, am!
tiews, of the people of this colony, so far at t e same had come to thcit
knowledge.
That although thieConvemion wne sensible ! it! ' "efdfthe '
Gmemor, the government in its eld form wot: devsi Octe-ioh sitheLPtestsi
dint of the Comtcil of State, siend nithoughctsuch Ptesident should be under ,
eflull ohligatiom with the Governor to rfmm the ministeriai mandatn,
yet wal the Com-ention full satisfied nt'it mld nodbe equnll-f, is at
ail, sh the power of the Pr ident to erform such mandntes; and there
s si rc thin Convemion cannot but con der the imputiug-their proceeding
" to some undue influence of Govetttur Eden, under the maflt rf friend
sh' p to Americz, and of the pt'optietnry interest in Mnt') land," at ground
lets and :.njuli; not is this Convention able to discover how their vote
for thsi- deziarttue of Governor Eden from this ptsiotince could have any
evil tendency to the common cause, or to Virgin'u in particular. si
That as lhc (Tonvention ot' Vitginia hath, by their said resohttion,
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peaicd to the good people of this pmvince against thu't' Convention, and
hytheir publ mtion of the said rctsiolve hath endeavourcd to injure this
Conventitmin the good opinion ofthe Unitcd Colcn'iet ut large, it became
the inditpentLbTe duty of this Comention, though they are anxionfly dc
siroua to eultimtc uninn and hmmony with their sister enlonice, thus to
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vindicate their proceeding: and those of the Couneii of Ssifetv, which this
Convemion did approve of, against the groundlelsis and unjusi impututit m
cont'inej in the said resolution of the Convention of Virginh, mtd,
conlsscious of the uprightness of their own intentions, and the teflitude us
the measures thvctv adop-e-i, do wholly deny, and can cheetsttlly join it.
the a pen] tt their cunttituents, and to all men :thtmjnttd with the nffsits
of .N arvlnncl, actcss tinst the charge of pl'opl'ietary influence.
Ordrred, that the declamtic-n of this Comsientinn of this day, and the
reshluti-ms in answct to the t-t-sulve of the Virginia Conventiun, be pu
blished in the Mat'yland Gazette.
Extracts from the minutcl,
G. DUVALL. c!t*rk._