The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-08 00:00:00, page 6

.- Gem Monk. Your sriends-si(as you ,call
shent) are toosifexv, too divided, and too
interested, ztd 'sihelp you; and as-im' your
enemies, they have done their worst. They
have called uponzkulfiqm, nanoycrians,
Hqsslans , Cmndisstm, savqgeg, and-negrocs ,
,sito eililt themin burning; your towns, deso
si_ lating our country, and in butcheriiig
{our wives And children . You havenothiug
,, arther to Fear from themss Go, then, and
, zwaken tthongress to cta sense of their
.si_tmportance; you have no time to lose.
France wait: for nothing but a declarzttion
eqfiyqur inde endence to revenge the inju
, ries they sul a'med from Britaiu in the last
war. .But ! forbear to reason an farther
- with you. The decree is finasi'y gone
forth: Britainpand Amenicn are now dis
__ tinct empirqs. Your country teems Will]
_.si atriots, heroes,.and legiflntors, who are
siJmpatient to burst forth into light and in:—
portance. Hetjeastei', your atchievme s
sishall no meate swell the page of Brittsh
si.,history. God (,in not excite the attention
ctoffall Europe,si of {be whole world., nay of
angels themselves, to the Present contro
' versy, .Tor nothing. The inhabitants of
heaven long to see the at]: finished imwhsiich
'ssall the liberty and true religion of the
_ world are to be deposited. The day in
which the eolosinies declare their indepen
dence will he ctajobiiesiesito Hampden, Sid
_. dey, Russeil, Warren, Gardiner, Muc
_ hersqn, and the other heroes who have
offeredthefpselves as sacrifice: upon the
, siititar (zsliberty'. It was no small mortifi
__'cacion.to me, when I fell upon the plains
, ofhbrahym, to reflect. that l did not ex
. pire like the brave general W else, in the
'arms .os victory.. But I now no longer
envy. him his glory. ] would rather die
' in attemsibtinz to obtain permanent freedom
sifsixr acthmdmi of people than survive a con
_siqsitest,which would serve only to extend
the empire ofdespotjsm . A bsimd of heroes
now beckon. to me. lean only add, that
si Amersitca is the theatre where human na—
_,ture will saoctn reeeive its greatest military,
sicivil, and literary hqnoups.
s Extract from 4. ct-zpprb/zshctd in the Penn—
sylvania Pipckssct, addrcflcd To all parcnts
in the 13 siUnhcd Culouielsis.
_ 00}; to is:: year 1763, that happy
' psiflpd, as lpufiy so somlly call it, and
see- what safety there is to Americain such
'a situation. Lord North has said, " if
'that is all they want, we are agreec];"
and the sa ing pleases many of you. His ss
'lordship, hke others who have learned wis
'd0m by experience, wishes to have all to
'-begin again, believing that he could more
* easizy effect his purpose by other means_than
tho c he is at present pursuing. Swallow
'thc bait, and yOu are undune' for ever.
Can a'ny man in his scnses believe that
'he who has so long and so invnriably pur
sued his puint,' against the sense: of the
ibcst men m the nation, will finally desert
lz'cts maite'r'smost favourite schcme su easily?
'Ihs he uttered a single silldble thutsican
"make [flc molt creuutous Deneve ["as He
is con vi-iced of the injustice of his conduct?
He cohf'esses he was deceived, but wherein
'luctv the deccption ? ln belie ving that sewer
trodps would effect a submiflion than he is
now convinced must be employed. Here
lay the dc-ception h'e complains us, and he
is therefore determined to send his terms
-with such an armed force as he expects
Zwill frighten you into a compliance.
siDocs this look like the conduct of one
'who designs to reiinquish' his claims?
{Were he ,or his master sensible of the in—
'justice of their proceedings, and the
fwrongs they have done us, they would
jbotlsii speak a very different language.
siWhy (locks he call you rebels ? _VVhy call
"in soreigh troops to his aid ? Why does
lshis master lament so pathetically that the
.ssextensive operations of the war he means
Lo carry on against you will exhaust his
(
fimds, and increasc'ctthc public]; debts,
while he has not a single tear to shcd, not
& groan, . nor as much un sigh , but- all the
[flood he has already spilt, and yet means
_to spill, ifhe wishes to allow you security
to your privileges? Oh! George, the
siday thou utteredlt that sentiment, in the
face ot'th'e sim, thou gavefinp all title to
cthsiumunity: " Among themany unavoid
si*'* 'ablc ill consequence: usth'ts yebelliun,
" none aflctccts me more fenhbly (says
" the king) than the extraordinary busir
** then it must create to my faithful sub
jects." Most humaoe pxince ! molt pious
sslbvcreign! molt affoctiomtte father osthy
people! An addition to the British sub
jects burtheus, tussobtain & most unrigh—
teous purpose of thy own, aficcts thee,
in order to. reconcile them to the bearinr
ofit; but to spill the blood ofthy opprel
se_d siAmcric_un ,subjedts diiiurbs no thy
gsiuiltlcsis -coni_cielce! Let ,me te] hee,
() king, that. there is a God who ctsccs
through the veil that covers thy deceit,
and who hears the cry of the needy, ,alid
regards the prayer at the distressed, who
will recompense vengeance on the wicked,
though supported by the power of Great
ritain. Uur weakncss is sufficient, _in
his hands, for the purpose. ]t' thine and
thy ministersimentiom are not evil against
us,ct why didst thou not hearken to the re
peatcd prayers of thy dist'ressed subjects in
Anterica? Why dost thou not recall thy
troops, repeal the acts, indemnify us for
what we have suffered, and offer any far.—
ther security to our rights which we may
think neceflsiarv ? Thou belxannestthe at—
tack, and this is thy duty. 'Bcsidcs, thou
hast an obedient parliament, which dis
putes not thy will; and all this is in, thy
power, and in no one's else. Had the
l—siing made & speech to the House recom
memling these things, he quld have
given unequivocal proosos his honest in
tentions, and it might justly be termed
gracious; but who can trust a prince who,
while he speaks the language of peace
and hnmanity with his lips, has nothing
but cruelty and war in his conduct? The
man who does may have the innocence of
the dove, but he cannot be possessed ofthe
wisdom of the sersient. ! conclude, by
entreating you, that as you love your
children, and their happiness, *you never
desert your present opposition, until you
obtain such a plan of consiitutional vigour
as shall put it at all times in your power to
sccure yourselves, and your descendents,
from tyraunica] eneroaclzments. This
you never had, ndr riever can have on the
plan osyour former dependence . Remem
ber, I call the deity to witnesu that I
hzrvc warned you against destroying your
offspring, and praying you to be on your
guard against the snares of the. inlidious.
May he who acts from a principle of hu—
manity and benevolence to mankind final
]y' meet with success, and may the schemes
of hypocrites be blasted.
—-—-—-—l——-————-—
At a committee held for King William coun
ty, the zbth day osFcb. 1776.
APTAIN Benjam'in Templesihaving
informed this committee, that a re
Purt hat been propagatcd much to his pre
judicc, respecting his conduct as to the
raising of men in this county for the minute
service:
Ordercd, at the instance of said Temple,
that it is the pnanimous opinion of this
committee, that he hath used every effort
and endeavour in his power, as far as they
know or believe, towards the promotion
of said service, and are suily convinccd
that every such report is without a just
soundation.
Ordcred, that a copy of the abov: reso
lution be transhiitted to the publick prin
tcr of this colony; who is requestcd to put
the same in the Virginia Gazettc.
'- jozm WATKINS, clerk.
SunnY county, Fupr/mry ;, 177f-.
T :! meeting utsithc fru-lmldcra of the
said cuunty , at the courlhuusc, agree
able to an ordinance of the last Convemion,
tbc shlluwinggcntlcmen were choscn'to
serve as a committec for the said chumssy:
lVillzssum Hart.
Allcn (lacke.
.ll/illiam Brown.
£Villiam Cliuc/z.
N. Faulepn, jun.
Lthelsilredsi Gray.
Church si7mikuu. .
joly: Cocke, jun.
Fnlm Watkim, jun.
john-H. (lacke.
William -.Simm0n: .
In COM Ml'l'T-siEE, February 6, 1776.
L L E N C OC K. E, gent. was unuui
moufly. chosen clmirmau Qf'tlxc said
committcc , and Yolm liscffan clerk thereof.
Resblved, that the clerk ofthis. commit- -
tcc do transmitsia copy hereof to the pub
.lic_k4pr'mr_cr, m be published in his Guzette .
]OHN \\ ESSON, clerk.
I:
At a committee held jor duny cqunty, at
mr; Francia Morc-la'nd's, un Monday
the 19th 0] Fcbruary, 1776.
RDERED, that no person, 'or per
sons, remove, from any ]anding in
thus county, any commoclity,, of'msiy kind
,whatsocver, without first obtaifung a
permit sighed by three ofthe mgmbsiers of
ihis committec for removing the same;
and that the clerk of this ,commiuee (lb.
transmil a copy of this order to mr. Pus"
die, to be published in his paper.
' jOHN WESSON, clerk,
1
IN COMMITTLE,
Heldfi/rCharlottccountysijanuury30, 1776.
HE rcv. 'l'homctis johnlion pretented
Jthe followinu conccsiions to this to 11
mittee, cxPrcsiing his contlition for hil
former behaviour; which were approv -,d
and ordered to be published to the Virgi—
nia Gazettc, viz.
GENTLEMEN,
Y having drank success to the British
arms, in company with mrs. 'l ani
keruy and mr. Edmund Read, as well as
having continued to deal with mr. MsiLon—
nico, & then violator of the assoc'mtion,
which gave offence to the good people of
this country in general, and to you to par
ticular, gives me real concern. How ever,
lsolemnly declatc lt was done inadvei'tent
Ly. All my deupendence, my nearest and
earest connexiom, are in this country;
and ! expect to share with the Amcricans
in the present unhappy contest, whether
the event pt ovcs good or bad. If the most
unieigned ibrrow for having made use of
an 'unguardcd exprcllion, joined to the
most determined tesolution of promoting
the interest, happiness, and pro sferity ot
America (according to the be! of my
pow Cl and capacity) can obtain your for—
ivenesa, ] shall then think myself extreme
iss happy m being re- -established m the good
gxaces of my country.
'I HOMAS JOHNSTONA
Asr. ALEX: PURDIE, ,
8 1 R,
LEASE to insert the above m your
paper, at the request of the commit
tee of Chatlottc.
By order of the committee,
WlLLlAM Imxsizsox, clerk.
Mr. PURDll-L,
E. have a hard alternative, either to
bcstaves, or tofight/br independence.
But who czm hesitate in the choice? \Vhy
should we shuclder at the thoughts of a
perpetual independmce ? Hav :: the Dutch re—
pentcd , orthe Swi/sisic, that theystssvoo/e offtlze
yoke ofthet'rtyrants? lsevcn mctvfather, after
my dutijul deprecatiom, should still refblve
to erg/lzwc me, I would think that he had
broken an original contract, and had ubdi
cared his patcrnal authorzty. ,
PHlL-ADHIRXCUS.
Dffl/jafltlfl fame].
Fame: Kce.
ffohh Cocke.
:},o/m Wat/cim.
Willis lI/iI/rsim.
William hamlin.
Henry Howard.
ll/illzam Nz-Z/bn.
Lemuel, Cods.
Rev. B . Blagrove.