The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-06-08 00:00:00, page 2

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v-ct-xssk G'I silct siljsif'j-Cisssisssi ssGsi ALZFE-sisssi " si
either 'lse, and
sisik trieimia}. Minger could bra"!!
bended son pxsie
_ ave the bed nith" for evening, (du
stith thesi: impronm ' 4 to the suppfesiion o bomughafssand giv
mg the people an "sin.! ass id'cquate npresencztion, Engkand wooh'l have
temnined a iud o l-imft'j to me latest ages. ' - - -
huge of' cheflissjflss- "("this cunfiitution by the great effects it he plo
duced. Theisi: can. or lids" th-. sinzst of Englishnitn'nid of-sreedomz
the rapid progress -v: 'ln '_ csejr- mule, in me md scimz--she n
lpect they commv .! :' ;,Istssefr flelghboufi, then gaining the mind
ofct'du sea ;sisim al} ; si "?fo z'rfssf- si'si on of the wisdom of that confliwd-d
'ud govemment, whsi.:i. :; ti-si peoPlc of that inmssd to their he de
("=-of mess, Buct. zxpusi'ct. ! nium; tied; ' lmuflmenm
heir sunne;- and thqugh}_ Qu'ctd guard ignhst," am! :: of! find a?
' Pressmn, yet womd lrz-um : ! their wise muinii, find duke Wanuge
rhm their mistake: axulssmisspnunes. The testimony of chewed
Muutesquieu in favour ofssthe English cohstitution irony ss si lids.
" si'I'here it (says he) one union in the world that her for thedwect end
" of its conitixution politiql liberty." Again he sly], " It is no! lly
'* businesssifis exnmiuesswhether the English Mmlly lenjoy this liberty _or
" nor; sufficient it is for my purpose to obserze, ths it is cflapW
' by their hws, and ! i uire no farther." (si. '
This conititution, and ese laws, have also been those oiVirgin'ia,
and let it be remembered, thu under them she flourishedssand was he . ,
' The fame Principles which led the English to grntness animate: us. 37.
that principie our laws, our customs, anctd our mannere, medepted, and
less would be perverting Ill order to oblige us. by ; novel government; "to .
(me up our law;," our eufiomc, and our manners. <
_ However necessary it may be to shake offthe zuthorit ofarbitrary British
dactawrs, we ought," nevertheless, to adoyt and perse ;hec system; which
England has suff'cred to be so mffly abused, find the expencnceofupd
has taught us to venerate. 'Mt, like almost every thing elsc, 5' Ps
ths'siable tnbbseglions, and probably the difflcultv ofadnptingsia lined
monarchy wiu'besihrgcly insifled on. Admft thit objection to have
might, and that we cnnnot in every instance afflmuhte a government to
that. ye: no good Penson can be affigned whv the samepr'mciplc, ,ofspitit, -
may not in a great measun: be preserved); ut, honourable :- thus sPffit
is, we daily see it calumnilred by advocate: for popuXar overnnunn,
and rendered ohnoxions to,all whom their_a'rtifices can in uence orde
lude. The system: recommended to the c'olonies seesh to accord wit.!) the
temper of the times, and are srnugbt— with all the tumult andsseiot um
dent to simple denwcraey; systeml which many think it their 31an to
support, and without donbt will be indusirioufly propagated nmon you.
The best of these systems exit} only in theory, and were never (: med
by the experience, even of those who recommend them. 1 flatter myself,
therefore, : at you will not quit a substance actually enjoyed, for : sha
dow or ph m, by which} inw of being benestted, many have been
mifled and perplexed. - . — ss '
_ Let un examine tl'isi! p'riqci les they assign to their government; ad by
no merits by the unsierriug ndzrd of truth. In a late pamphlct it is
tho: stated: Th' haypinese of man, as well as his dignity, confine in
virtue; ctlstbefl be a form of o-vmmml, tbeu, Who]? principle 'a virtue,
will no! over} fibtr man :: uo—wldg: it better mladaud ta from the
pure] Mfflntfi Jshdct) than my) atberjbrn. Vgnuc in the principle
of ; Npub , therefore : repuhlic is (he best form of govemment..
The author, Mth what design ! know not. seem: to have eautioufly
blended private with public virtue, sin is for the purpofe of eonfounding
the two, and thereby recommendin hi- plan under the amiable :: peer
me of courtin virtue. ]: is welf known that prhm and p vir
tue-m material y difiuent. The happiness and dig-iey of my ledm'c
ednsish in the practice of n'am vimm, me! to thus he in T."! by
the reward: promised to uch conduct. In thin he' can foe hi elf, nd :
stith a view of promoting his own particularwdfuect P-Ni: virtue, d- ,
the other hand. merm- a dismtensied attachment to the public good, er...
elusive and independent of-l'sil private and selfish interest, and cut,:
though sometime: possessed by : few individmls, ne'er chznctefisd the
mass of the cople in any (lace. And this is'shid to be the Principl! of
democrmien governmenn, end to influence every sow of it to purilt
such measures as conduce to the pwsperit of the whom Anln, dwe—
fore, to unlify himself for : member o such : eommonify, '
himself o all interested motfieo, and engage in no purfuiuwhich bid! ;
ultimatcly redounfl to the benefit of seek! . He must not, thro'}! _- ,
tition. desire to begun, bend: it wool destro (hn equnlkyn whel
die secur'a- of the vernment depends; nor ous : he "be neh. lest In
Po tempt to find himself in those lumiu, which. WM
am not expedienf !, lnd n' roeuflo-ssepvsiyznd cmflkm. ws
person deserve the esteemed his fefim eitisizenlss zndw . he
must be neglected, isnot banished, fill hie gro'ntg shMce Qtfiutb the
;qombrium. it is remnrkabie, um neithenhc pen: of Anshdeo. or
the hrhvcry of Thcmtsiociu, eduld die" m fimshisidana o! ?"!
And jealous ; nor ate modern time- 15:th example: of the same kin
To thin yede- os ovemment every'thct ; thctntlookshke ciegzncund
tesinegctmt is inimica , however befelsaiy to the tntsodoshott of nap
fzctum', and the cuitivation of me and science. Hence, m soglse al
cient npubiics. flowed thofi Wlest sumptnsy lq'hss Mil
flraincd men to piainnclc'ud,hihrity "lulled lnlM-dlutsil!
mischiefs which attend Apriw Hsi-fld "flwfl
their idol : nli [) :: did" w '
:: Zg'ffictrsi isschylW-MSLM, and non! of.!hc conveni
ences, of iiiez' but they can never meet with zfavopnbiemeptionsnm
people who inhabit : country-to which Providence has hues} more boun
_ tisiti. They will alway: claim : right of using and Fujctoying the fruit:
of their honet! indush-y, ttnisicflrained b any idealurnnctplet of govern
ment, and will gather estates for themse ws and chi dren Luke?! sezardsi
ing the whimsic-l imprqtriety'cf being riches thar: thetenetghbom.
These are rights which freemen will never consent to silmqmfil, Master
.fighting sol— dplwerance from one sricies'ot ty'umny, it would be note::
__s9uabie to exyect they should tame )! acquiesec under mother. .
The truth in, that men will not be poor from choice or'qmi tom
and these overnmenu'ean nisi only in cotmttiea when- the ct _ "ere '
from nec _ty. In all othet- they have ceased'sizimott :: soon "Maids
ss and in many instances been succeeded by despotism, out the aer
sway of some usurper, who had before perhnps lined the maiden" of
'the people b eulogiumt on libetty, and posse ; no _y ofhii
it:", hy_ tpq disinterefledisiy opposing deptedations on/that hu neigh
un. _ si . - ,;
The most considerable state in which the' shadow of demomq guilt
for it is far from being purely so) is that of the united provtnensiof
. oliaud, &c. Their territories m coctned within narrow lithits, and
the expoi'ts of their own produce very inconsidcnbh.ct ss-Tnde is thd
sisuppon of that people, and," however r.;d to bowlo, will not
aguilt us luxury. With the greatest parsimony and utdupry. they. sin: :
people, ean but barely suppen themselves, although mdtvtduak union;
them may amass efiatcs. l own they have exhibtted to mankind un
example of perseverance and maghanimity that appeared like : prodigy.
By the profits of their trade they maintained ]: maid, and so rted
: navy equal to the first in their dly of 17 m; but their military
strength, as well as the form of their government, hue lo since '
way. Their nnvy hasdwindled intoasew shi osmr, and &! ovem
ment into an arisiocracy, as unhappy and cspotic :: the one which
we com iain. ' ' _ _
The ate of Venice, once a reptthlic, is now governed by one of the
wons} of despotismt. ln short, ! do not mallea- single inflame of:
natiqn who supported this form of government for any length of time,
or with any degree of feathers; which convincec me, n-tt he my
others, that the princip e contended for it idea], nnd : mere cmune of
a 'warm imagination. ['sl': remainder is our next.] si's -.
MLIZ'DlXON U'BUNTBR." , :ss".
Gznnlu'z'n. ' Nnnco furulm," Mq'wg,ssinfi. '
As it it through the channcl of your guene dut'tbose who "4
of crimes inimical to this once happy, show no. Ind: d'
and injured country, ne justly held, up tosi'pub it come,; it 'I
through the (:me dung] that those who ne'sirinoch "If"- cdmiv'ialse
and mniiciou laid m eirebarge, nen it I ' a '- N '
be lezscd, ehgresore, to insert the encloseTnM-d— KOUMMB
of g'rincc Wnlnzm relative to my conduct m your nen game. lad
oblige, Gentlemen, you must obedient (crum, -
' 'mohsims LAWSON.
Puncian-m . ixCOMMlTTEEehstb .f , ma.
' Fougffi nuns, Bfi]; among", My
HOMAS LAWSON, Gentlemm, appearing before this com—
mittee, agreeable to : resolu of the commime of the gd of April
hit, to answer respeaing his conduct in the Me of: pured of lour to l
certain Logln and Gilmour, also relnive to hi- importiag ere from
Maryland into this colony under 'u, lad dsh relative to : vessel
laden withemyhulysciudby ondtbe-deseb. lad