The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-10 00:00:00, page 2

! once felt All the! kind of an r, Which I man ought to'feel, agnink
the me m princiylct that are hsi d by the 'I'oriee._ 'A noted one, who
kc t 1 tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door)" with :! pretty : child
in is hznd, about eight or nine years old, a mist ! ever saw, and after
speaking his lflind as lrcely as he thought was prudent, finished with thin
unsathesly exwtsston. " Well! giw me pace in my day." Not :: man
liws on the continem but fully believes that : sepmtion must some time
or ,,Jm finally mke place, and : generous parenfwdld lmvesaid, " !ftbere
must be trouble, let it be in ny du), that a ebildna) bove peace;" and
th-s single lrsitctinll, well azplied. it su cient to lmken every man to
duty. Ne: .. place upon cant might be so happy n Ameriia. Her sim
ation is remote from all the wrangling world, anI she has nothing to do
but tradc with them. A man may easily disiin lh in himself between
temper and pn'nciplc, and I zm at consident It s thlt Gon goverpe
the world, that Amenca will never be happy tillfl'ne ' I clear ot fonigu
dmniniun. Ware , without ceasing. _will break out til ther period anivee,
and the eontinem must in the end he conquererz br though the flame as
liberty may sometimes eeale to shine, the coal ney! can expire.
- Ameriea did not, nor doeenot, want force; btsittsi wanted : pro -.
nppljcation of that force. Wisdom is not the pure of a day, en if
it no wonder the: we should err at first setting of." si tom en excese of
tenderness we were unwillin to raise an army, and" Red our cause to
, the uWary defence of : we ] meaning militie. A ss mer'e experience
hnnow taught no better; et with those trooPe, they werccol
lected, we teen pble to set hounds tothe ro rese the enemy, and,
think GODZ-ss they are again assemblins. : weyicteonsidered : militia
as the best troop- in the world for : fud en exertion, But they will notdo
fa- .jong mpai n. Howe, it it probable will titqctke an attempt on thin
city; 'should he ail on thin side the Dehtware, he Wind; if he suc
ceed-, our eluse it not ruined. He [takes nll on Ht'side against : put
on ount ldmiuin he succeeds, the conlequenee will be, that mniet
fmm both ends of St: continent will much to nfflst this. uffen'n friends
in the middle Scam; for he cnnot go every where, it impo lblc. I
ssqontidee. Rome :: the greatest enem the Toriee have;" _ i: brin in :!
'wzu- into their country, which, h it not been for him;" part y for
es, they hsitd been cient of. Should he he now ed, I wish,
m til the depsiotjon of a chritlinn, that the namet of ss ' and Tory
si ,m nen: wote he mentioned; but should the Toriet ' '
. to conne, nrlsstitance if he come, I at sincevel _
Him nay expel them ffcm th': eontinem, andt , sisi _
pine theirpol'esi'tons to the reliefos those who heve sufgd m well dom . '
A single successful helde next year will settle the whole. 'ssssAmeriea &ou d
any on : two years war by the eonfiscation of the pro ffisaffccted
, peesom, and he made in y'by their expulfion. Say not.- _ tthu Is re
venge, cell it rather the ft resentment of : suffering peoplsse,_who having
," M in view but the good of ill, hnve Rnked thus eg- cll upon a
- asledn ly doubtful nent, Yet it is folly to ergue ngdnk determined
"bard ; eloquence may strike the ear, and the luntisilqe of sorrow dnw
forth the tell- of compassion, but nothing can I'CiCh hurt that it flecked
with yniodice. _ - ;si
Much; the dost of men I turn wnh the werm ardour osif: friend to
nose qho hue nohly stood, and are yet determined to had the matter
out. ] can not upon a few, but upon an; not on tbi: Stmgtbal State,
but on envy Sun; up lnd help un; ley your shoulden i- lhe wheel;
bone: puted much force than too little, when so great an object is ac
siblu- 14: St bewld to the fiuure world, that in the depth of winter
when nothing bm hope and virtue could survive, that the sky and the
. sioount , llumed at one common danger, came fonh to meet d repulse
a ,"u. si ,. not, the: thousando m gone, turn out your lene ofsiSon-sanda;
si)" IWQFM the hunhen of the day upon Providence, but "sijbawyxr
." "ly,." works," that Goo may blesn you. !! matter- not where
10." hue, or whzt rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing wiil
\md\ you all. The sir and (he near, the home eoumie: md the back,
' rich end the poor, [halk suffer or rejoice alike. The hint that feele
mnow, i: dead: The blood of his children (hall curse hie Wice,
do shc'mko back at I time when a little might have saved the M, end
mile tho- happy. ! love the man that can ("mule in trouble, that can
Men from diliresi, and grow brave by reflection. It it the
es! of lmle minde to Drink; but he whose hurt it firm, and whofi
conscience ayprovel hi: conduct, will pursue his principle. unto death.
M own line of reasoning is to myself n (Knight and clear as a say of
,8 !. Not all the treasure: of che world, so far u ] believe, could have
at! me to suppqrt In offl nsive war, for ] think it murder; but if :
" breaks imo mysiboule, burn- and destroye my property, and endu
vouncto in" me, a- d-osc du: m in it, and to " bind me in all cas"
Myfim," to hie lbsolm will, no I to suffer it? What signified it
to me, whether he who don it it: Kin ore common man, my coun—
:! man of not my countrymnn! Whet er it is done by an individual
" " , uuu-yohhemi flmmsonwmmotofchinpm shall
find no difference; neither ctn [ny jot cture be assigned lshy we shctmm
ptmifit in the one czjg. and pardon in the other. Let them call me ltbci,
and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but ! should suffer the misery
of devi's wan: ] to make a whole of my son 'by swearing aileginnce to
one, whose character is that of a soiish, flupid, stubborn, warthlest,
bltitiih msitn. ] conceive likewise : horrid idea in receiving mercy from
: bring, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rock! and mountain.
to cm-es lum, - and fleeingmith tet'sor iron: the orphzn, the widow and
the iictin of Amet'icl
'7 lucre are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is (me,
Thue ate persons too who see not the full extent of the evii that threaten.
dun; they solace themselvet with bopea that the enemy, if the - (ilcceed,
wilt he nmciku]. it it the madnest of folly to expect mercy tom those
who have refused to do justice; lnd evea mercy, when eanqdek int.
ohjssct, is. only : trick ot' erz The cunning of the let is " thurderctu
us the violence of the wolfe; and we ought to guard equally nant! both.
Hnwc's tirit object it pertly by thmu andctpartly'hy promisn, ssto tenify
or scduce the people to deliver up their arm: and meive me . The
Minish'y teconmended the same plan to 6: , and this "what the
Tunica call malti their peace " . pnm 10 'A: "jub a Mrstcxd
" ing" izdml! 'I peace vhic would be the immediate sorerunm-r of;
wotle ruin than any we hue yet thought of. Ye men of Pennfflunin,
do reason upon those thinge! Were the back countiet to give up their,
arms. they would fall in e- prey to the lndiansse, who eke I" armed.
Thin perhaps in what some cried would not be son'y for. Were the
home countiee to defiver up their arm., they would be exposed to_th.
resentmensit of the heek countiet, who would then have it in their pow
to chaaise their defeaion it me. And yer- any one Snve to gin :
up in amu, that Stale no} pnlfoned by)" Howessc may of Ilium
lnd Heffians to pt-esem itfrotn the enger 'of the let. Mutual fear it ;
Csiacipll link, in the chain of mutual love, end woe he to that Sute th
reaks the compaa. Have is mercifully inviting u tq bubakonda.
flruction, and then mufl be either regnes or fool: t at will not see it. (
dwell not upon the va un of ' 'mtion; [bring reason to yourean;
end, in la age ac aid I'sAB hold a tenth to {our eyea.
I thank od that feet not. I see no re clufe for ear. ] know out- ,
situetion well, and can see the ny out of it. While our army wn eol- '
lected, Howe dared not silk : battle, end it it no credit to him that he
decam (] fro): the White Plains, and waited nmenn opportunity to n- .
vagc t defencelescsjerseyu but it it greet eredit to on, that, with an
handful ofmen, we usteined an orderly retren for near en hundred mile:,
brought of!" our ammunition, all our field—piecet, the greatest put dieux
fiores, and hnd four rivers to past.' None czn say that our reueac wu
pmipitate, for we were near three weeks_ in performin it, ther the
country might have time to cqme in. Tmee we nerche back to meet
the enemy and remained out t!" dark. The sign dint- wet not seen in
our camp, and had not some of the cowardly and &ed inhahitlnu
s read false nium: through the country, the ]etsiet [: Ever been mue:
nce more we m [gain collected and colleamgt our new army ;: ].
end; of the eontinem it recruiting sat. and we shall be able to open the
next campaign with sixty thousand men, yellnrmed and clothed. This
il our situation, and who will mly knovss lt. By-pelseM-tance'lnd foni
tude we have the prospect of :: gloriotn tfl'ue; by eomdtce end submis
sion, the sad choice of a variety of evtlt-il ranged conntry—g dePoPu'h
lated city—hzbitetions without safety, end leve without hupe—otn
home: turned into bunch: ond heudy-housee for Cffilnl, end a fvtun
race to provide for whose father! we shall douht of. Look on thin pie
ture, and weep over itQ—md if there yet remains one thoughtlestmh
who beiievea it not, let him shfser it unlemented.
CHARLEEFFOWN (so.) Nov. 21. _ 31
eeNTLEMAu who arrived smoe our un from the Wee lndiet. 'a
inform. us, thet he few Sir Petei Parker'e account of the nction I .
Sulliven'l ishnd on ]une 28, in to English nevn—plper, end that, murd
ing to it, the lose on board the fleet ecnsidmhle exceed- eny account: nsi
had. Sir Peter mentione, that several of thefpm'sen den hunged up .
during the action; an officer who an in the on the! day mounts for
thin; some of the soldiere took of their clothee and lhrewthem on th
merlom on eccount of the heat, some of which we driven by the enemy't
cannot: ball: among the tree:, and to : petson et : distance might have
the a penance of a suspended culprit.
Ansvicee from the back country inform ue. thee Col. Williemson he] 1
set out to meet th Cherokee deputiee, in order to tmt about a peace. ,'
We con tulate our country friends on the abundance of the necessary
article of alt, which can now be purchased at thirty five shillingech
bushel, aml perhapl cheaper by the quantity.
Decemlm' 5. A pilot boat arrived et Sevannah lest week from th
West indite with leden). of ;unpovdu', nd a huge quudty of jud