The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-06-08 00:00:00, page 4

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_th_e xnh'olepril, 1776- ! ." '
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Mr. Spot. ss 1 erct'qu
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T has bffoxded m _ -
ss nto obseer, ! at'thoug tbsieseafqn
us the year rch- "
'.-*\_..simg voy inconvenient, your prince
'ncems, whiclnhufi Ycsssiss
_ _ct .ct-ted greatly by your long and close kpplia
izition in the lu'Con es: _, - "the lffairs of this colony, requirinctg your
_—px'=scnce in the .;ppntsy; ) ss'continuing to prefer the public weal lous.
ad reflirement, you have lum busily engaged in flaming Mimctvsssu
our peculiar cirgunstancuqmderqd it absohndy. decefl'ary to be pnledf
' bisore your adjournmcnt. kffjving. given my nfl'ent m them,"! prcsdB.
Wlhs' 'PW desilous of zmsixsis. - .. siss - - "
' lOn mypart, : mofl bffinsid dath'Jlas been ukenp for dicsifaffltstsisirlct'
Eschew Qf'my dusstyz- 9. putte, pffluu'nfl'unnee hstgisin
ioTubert m'therein They: public Qmp'act bdween-ne shuido mited .
You may rek assure , thzi'l M keep this bath ever in mind; The
conffituticn shut be the invariable rule as my conduct; myssearflhall be'
alwnys o ten to the complaint: os thsinjuredz justice in merey'shzllffieithff
be dcni or delayed; our law: and religion, and the liberties of'America,
shall be maintained and defended to the utmost os_ myctower. ' ! repose
Fthe most petsect considence in your en'g'ngemnf. -
And now, Gentlemen, let me entreat, that ye;! will, in youf-severd
parishee end districta, use your influence and nuthoity to keep peace and
ordey, and ocure strict observance of, and re'idy obedience to me,
If any on therein are still stranger: to the nature lnd merits of _
sithe disputea between Great Britaiu And the coloninj you will explajn it
to them fully, and teach them, if they are to unfortunate not to ZLnOW,
Jheir inherent rights. Prove to them, that the pssrivilege of being 'trttd by
: jury of the vicinctage; acguain'ted with the partiee and witnsi-fiesct; ofonr
lacing taxad only with out- oyn consent, given by their representlatsyet,
freely dhusen by, and sharsiing the hux'then equally with themselves, not
star the azgrandizing- ; rapacicms Minister, and his dependwt favourites,
:bd sur corrupting the people, and suburtingdkeir liberties, but !or such
"e and salutaty, putpuhi's as they themselves approve; and of having
their mtemal pduty regulated, only by laws consented to by competent
judges of whztie best adzpted toti'eir situation and circumhnces, equally
'bouml too by those laws, are l'NESTlMAssBLE, and- derived from that
conssihktion wEich is the birth-right of the puortsi man, and the best
inhe-ritance oftke most wealthy. Relatc to them the various unfusi and —
drucl ltatutcn Which the British Parliament, claiming a n'ght to makela-wc
fil' binding tlv alone.: in an cast; fwbarsoe-ver, have enactcd, and the
Pctjctmany sanguinary measures which have been, and are dzily pursued
""and threatened, to wrest from them those invaiuable benesits, and to
inform such an unlimited and destructive claim. To the most illiterau
it must npp'enr, that no-power on eanh can, of right, deprive them of the
hardly earned fruitsssdf their honest industry, toil, 'and labour: Even to
"them, the Mfltm) to prevent 'many thousands from using the_
means of sab , p: videshfor man by the bounty of his Creator,
and to compel them, by famine, to surrender their rights, wiLLsecm to
call for Divine ven ."-* The endeavours, by deceit and bribery, to
!!lictgnge blt'barout na ' si .ctembme their hands mss'she innocent blood of
'I and the attem e", by fair, but scthsie pro- —
mites, to make ignofaht'domesiieks subservient to the moictt wicked Pur
posee, arc acts at !hich hmnanity must revolt.
Shew youhconfflmentssi, then, the indispensable necessity which there
was for eflablibip some mode of government in this colony; the benefiu
of that, which a us" and free represcnution has cflablishcd; and that the
consent of the people in the origin, and their happiness the end of govern
ment. Remove thc'twrehenfions with which honest and v'vell-mkaning.
ctlmt weak and crcdnloua minds may be alarmed ;"md prevent ill inlpnefflynl ,
by artfnl .nd defigning eneidies. Let this be know'n, than " - nfia —
tution is but tem m-y; fiflanicoommodati'on oFthc uussdaxpy : ndu
between Great ritain and America can be obtained; flsilsi that such an
went is still desired, by man who yet remember former friendship, find
intimate connections; though, 51- desending their person: and proyertiel,
they are stigmatized and treated as rebelt. si. _
Truth, being known, will prevail over artifice and misrepresentatictom -
.
Conviction mustbfollow itl discovery. ] ln such case,. n'o'man. _ _
wthy oflit'e, "best of ro ,.wil , or can, refuset ' in on
Mefcnding them toytheplzx extremity; disdaining nemord' "ye!,
lnd the mean sirsihz consideration of private interest and preseflemdu
ment, when ]: in composition wuh the liberties of millionl; and
.
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sukug um um ;; Me Marm- um assass- im'emflsh'nd Mnsiffims'
sisisid lhc-most object flucry, ora desoncsie knowing membecuiofndon
He will "01 b'ss-me Mut-thc choice. Alflwugb'shpegiolrfor'u my, by
sh' permiffion 9!" Heaven, lny wade our town], and nngcoor country, '
it can never aadieau, on the bled: of framen, those principle: ctwhicb
"? mgsctsictd in their berynanu'e. Such men Will do rheirduty, neither
knowing or regaxdiligconsquences; but, ' ging then, with humble
confidence, to the Qinnisqiyx and omniWAl-biter am] Director of
the sate of cmpir-s; 'ariissjraffing that his A nzigbty Arm, which hat
been so signzliy- flretched on: fin- om' deface, will deliver them in :
lighten: caul' . . . - . ssv -
Them os Europe, nay of the world, me on Amerin. Theeyel
ofcvery other colony an on thin . Ambny'Whose reputation,!" Pe- -
rosity and magmnimixy, is uniyessafly ackmchpd. ! Mgsiflmifi'
it'will not be diminishcd by our fmurc WLM MW" -
civil discord Mse, and that the only sirssosi wssszhnn 1 iu be, wjnss
shalld sssi _ w ' 'uuvdu. mry.
_om'v_ to Wsscsisspndtpsavemwp . TSW si'RU LEDGE.
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L O -N D O N,' Isebruaty 21.
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DM1RAL Gnaveu has been arrived in Lonssdon thesefix days, bin, _.
he is smuggled from common eyes, till heed pmpgly'Prepat-ed W'
be gazed upon. _ '—_ -' ;,_ 'Isi'si'
Upon an average, the ships of war now mypmg'ikr Ammca 11an ?"
not more than six seamen to ninety others in't {opplepqnja ss _ "
The armament carrying on by szfm grown mydey mbn summ
All the nerves of that vast mon'mhy, from Bnreelona tqj Mflwamh,
h'ive been exerted during two years to prepare aforce wluchjlld ctcf
!; is country considers without theleatt degree d'tmxietyz 'A Yetjsu
well known, that by June next the King of Splin Will hcte idle lb sond;
26 saii dlehe line, from 60 to 84. gone, 14 figures; bony to sun:, *
and 4o.oco land shrces to sea., What such a force wousild'be -todo
against Ireland, while all the power of this country is nened, and pr
haps in vain, in North America, mn * be easily imngined.
Februgrjv 22. Lord Howe is inve ed with anlhnited milii'y pomp,
which, ) it is said, he pofitively demanded previoqto hit nnss'th
chief command ofthe King's forces in Amesica. " _
Orders are "given from the ordnance office for immediate] 'taksng
down, and preparing for service, sixsithont'and thod of anon," out the
small armoury in the tower. _ '
Yesterdgy evening a young recruit, who had been enhsted in the
country for a soldier when in liquor, in order to out his ws to
Amcsica, at a-public hoyse near Chelsea, with : arge carving'R nise,
chopped off his left thumb and two sore fingers.
. Anew regiment—ofl'sght inshntry is now raising to be sent tdAmcfica;
: sexsijeant in the said ugiment, in a new uniform, waa'presentedssto his
Majesty on Friday last, and went through the whole ekercit'e'on-ju 're
new plan, bcsiu'c his Majesty and several eneral officers, in the Kjdgfe
riding house, which gave unZvershl satiss lion. "-: *
ln the debate on Tuesday night, in the House of Commonl, oh hit.
Fox'e motion, Col. Barre was extremely severc on a law officer (Ms.
W'egidcsburne) whom he compzrad toct Abbe Polignnc, and described
him as a little, part, affected, poiitical proof. 'I:he comparison Was felt,
and caused a laugh; he said, that it wai'difficult to exp-ese chc'stclil _ *
am] indtgnation of a man ofhonour, flung and irritates! by the gnau 35 '
infects otsi court com-ption. He affirmed, that the troopt, from asixed
averfion to the service, grass!) inj/beboved at Bunker'n hill on the "th .; "
]une. . - - , *
General Burgoyne, -in comndictid', aflowed than usioops gavcmysi
a linleat one time, because shey were flanked by the out of the hwsiosi .
&c. at- Charlesiown, but that they soon tained and-ldvaneedz mind
men on earth ever behaved with more spirit, flrmh'efi, octnd persevcrancg
till they forced tlh enemy out of their cmnnch-Zentq. 'Hesaid, he us;.
in eye-wimesi of the whoie aI'aE-aasid cobfqflnlh, ctll hess e (ma
hie own'knowled'ge, and not by hursay, be vmmudn " with the
Wert} confidence. ' ' _ si '
Alnhe (unspofls thafluve arrived here from Boflon Ire to be docked
md got rendyis soon zs possible, in order to take on board a quancjcy of
rter and other fresh (applies, which are to he sent to the men ofwn'
Xioned at Amefica. , . si ' -
w. A letterfmm tbeHagde, dlted February 16, !: , " !: i: said du!
she Amsterdzmen have not ons continued to ced: : Scotch briglde in
' the DMch service to Gssreu Bnnin, but hue propdfbd to the Sntssefds'
How that it should nevei-simhchio country lay m.". --
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