The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-03 00:00:00, page 3

19; wguncn; m tncm that eonlsi'ct sicss-o
rough the manual csisssi-si—n'siz, or 'A! he.-L'c
.ey pershrmcd lcmoll xsisirzr'sielxcsisil)". l'si is
;ewisc szdd, that when, ::."'siertl1en'_glmi
Ls and rapid conquzss—lt ().si'ssslsinsiLinicu, they
:sircjo'medb the lprucc reginz-sisints from
lrope, sue was their uncouth appear
me that they were scarcc honuurccl with
e title of soldicrs by these Gentlemen.
yon the whole, it is most certain that
en may be smartly dressed, keep their
ssmsbright, be callcdrcgulars, be expert
'all the anticks of:: rcvicw, and yet be
'l'y nnfit for real action. It is equally
ruin, that :! militia, by cdnfining them
ves to essentials, by & simplisicatiun of
: necessary manoeuvres, may become,
sia very few months, a most t'ormidablc
'antry . The yeomanry ok'America have,
, sides, infinite advanpagcs over the pea—
ktry of other countries ; they are acculsi
ned. from their infzmcv, to fire arms ;
?. assrc expert in the ssusc of them :_
gereas the lower and middle people of
land are, by the tyranny of csiertuin
s, almost as ignorant in the use of a
like: as they-arc the imcwnt cata—
lta. The Amcricai'is are likevnsc, _to &
m, skilful "in the management of the
id'lisflcnts necessary for all military works;
shss'asspadsies, piekaxes, hatchets, .ctc.
'king, therefore, all circumstances into
osidei'ation, there will be no rashness in
armin , that'this continent may have
hued or action, in three or four months,
d,ooo insantr :. for as to the asscrtion of
e friendl a 'ss'iser, that no more t/LHZ
5000 or: at? to advantage, I consess Iss
G notsi understand it, nor (! 11}leer—
lye, understand it himsf-Wsssinziss'rfi-si .m's
X; 6o,ooo men cannu ue ranged'si'in a
ca' able of containsssizyg only 4o,ooo,
? shalfall agree with Lsim ; but now, in
t': Operation of & war, upon 1 vast conti—
rit, double this number (honlclsipe a dis
a'santage, I cfm have nouconceptio'n;
fet-one simple general plan be adopted
fathe formatiOn' and sulfiivision of your
bzlalions ; le_t_ them be i "ucted only in
sojnissehssof tlsslgjssnmnlzl exeuuisi: as ts nre
Vss confizsidn, siarct-s ,.ceisidesin'ts in losiading
?" firing ; lct'them be taught to form,
fP treat, to advance, to change their
(? , to rally by their colours; let them
He tuvht to reduce themselves from a.
lfneifssre to a line of impression, that is,
. fI'OIjlitsiwo deep .to four, lix, or eight.
Tlnsggllsiso easy, and simple, that it may
be aqctmrecl in three months. Let some
Phnftlflssisort be adopted, I say, and
ther-en ,nogoubt but that, in the time I
have rest: ed, you may have an army
on fo_tos75, 80, or too,ooo men, equal
to 'all'the snfvi'cesssof war.
" phculd tlis be admitted, it will be still
objected tlut you have no able officers to
Cbnduict XOZIN ' ! do not know that you
ha've'i but is it certain that those sent to
dragctoor} ymsshme better? I have taken
ome pains si) inform mysesssivssvhat methods
these Gontlcucn, said to be'bred to arms,
take to qualfy themselves in a superiour
degree for the prose-{lion. What is their
rotme ofinstrutsition? Do they rczid much?
I am assured that they dossnot. Frozn
books alone the thecrvssos war can be ac
ssl'sim'cd, and the English service in tictncs
Qspczlcc ;lssords thenr no prsiussticul lessons;
for mountmg gourd once or twice 11 week,
or the preparation for thy l'L'VlC\V of 4
sffisisizc rc-gnncnt, can never be cstecnlttl as
suchf] .
S _1t is much to be lamented that the
Gentlemen of the army do not qsstzplv more of
the many lei/izre how-..- thcy hawupon their
hand.: ty reading. The majurity as them
are of a general-!: di/positiwzpwhich, did
t/ujy czct-lz'ivute, lgy conver/ct'sizt 3- with the great
lli/lnrictm: am! ()l'cltb'm' asunt'."q.ss*1."fy, and the
mer ' liberal ly,-[it 'tal 'zz'ritrrx of our 01; ;:
cts/ll'i.'li:)', ass/lu:;sil."-.'_sissr amgv'zuozct'si'silbq inns-thing
lsi/sr un a/{jL-cr' oj'jxssffslmg/siv to all virtupm uiti
:c'ssm. ll'c miss/it ;er/m/U/Z-s them. instead
s_-_l l-ct ings elsilUth/l'si'J aml parts/In}: rgf'tlw pre
sent ct v/ini/hjv, .! us.. c/e upon their wiclfedillsct
! um inclined to i/ctnh t/zat jL-w, ussr none: s
Another drcumfl'zncc, Amtsiriccms, msiay
Lend-led for, you comfort. It has been
ailonx ed, by some ufssthc most czmdid of
the regularssi themselves, that dtfring the
l-siuk wan" upon this continent your country
men, the provincizsil field officers, were
in general more under-standing and capable
shctsim their own of the same ::nk. But
the history of the civil war in the year
1641 fumiflecs us with the sh'onffiest in
stances that excellent officers may e soon
formed from country, Gentlemen, citi
zens, lawyers, and (farmers. > The Par-ss'
liament's army (or, as ousr priestly writer
would call them, the rebeliious republi
sans) were chiefiy composed of this class
ssof men. In the be ' ning of this war,
. they Were treated wit the same affected
contempt, and almost in the same oppre
bioustcrms , asyousi , the )eople osAmeriea,
are by your friendly ctan ctdeccnt adviser.
VVhoever would insei' from the tenour
ofthcse papers that the writer is_deliron_s
osprecipitating, or could looksi with mdn
serence upon the calamitles of a eivil _wa1*,
does him great injustice. He conhders
them with all the horrour natural to a-feel
ing man and honest citizen. He'cxecrates
the memory of those men to whom they
may justly 'be attributecl, sibut he is er
suaded that they never orimnated (at east
in states of any eonliderab e extent) in the
turbulent dispositions osthe people, nor in
the arts osdemagogues, butin the oppres
iion of their rulers, in the wantonness,
folly, pride, or avarice osKinws, Blinis-_
ters., or Govemours. The arL'lers of
S'—\'itct2.erlatid, the Granvels of'Holland, the
Lauds and Stratfords of'England, were the
1 'tdoubted authors of the tragedies acted
in their respective countries; and if this
cont'n' ent should be stained with the blood
ok'a ll gle citizen, it can never be charged
to 1! r: unreasonable pretenlions of the
peo}: '..-, but to the Barnards, Hutchinsons,
arc! some other traitors of a similar stam .
4 Le is convinced, that being preparedctfisiir
r.: nail waris the surefi: means of preventing
'1 : that to keep the swords of your ene—
uies in-their scabbards, you must whet
your own. ' He is convinced , that remon—
sh-ances, petitions, prayers, and suppli
nations, will make noimpresiions on our
callous Court and abandoned Parliament.
England, lreland, America, even Guem—
sey, jersey, and Minorca,_ are "witnesses
of their ineflicacy. He isssconvinced, that
fear alone can operate; ;-there 'are symp
toms that it ah'eady be ins to operate.
The monster tyranny asieady beginssto'
pant; press her now with ardoiu', and she
is down. All-end the Minish-y have ex—
pressed in their sirtters an inclination to
make some concesiions, to meet you half
Way; which I suppose ma be construed
thus, ." sithat as they find t ley have it not
" in their power to establish, by force, the
" despotisin which they aimcd at, the
" shall be very well satisfied if you willjusi
" ccde so much of your lights and privi
" leges as will enable them, by extending.
" their pecuniary influence, and sapping
" your virtue, to take away the rest at
their leisure . "
((
There now remains, people osAmerica,
one consideration, which (however it may
the qfficers, have eanzssde/eended to in arm
themselves of the merite:/sithe prcj/Zwtcontcst.
Let me conjure them, for once, to read
coolly and candz'zlly the whole prove/If, aster—
wanls to lay their hand: upon their heart:,
and an/iuer, whether the [people offlmerica
in general, and of Bq/ton in particular,
are mare_/in:.':-.l again/t or,/inning?
Now I am "son the slJ'sje 't of the officer:
of the army, I false the onrtn-nity of me -
tiuniug, with the rej/pect due to him, one
Gentleman of high rank among them. His
general conduct while in cmmnand was sh
liberal , on.-! his letters. quoted in the Hosi'L/e
of' C'mmnom, were so flusir', (and-"al, and
ji'iend'v tu the confine/it, that he is entitled
to the thanks q/si flh'zfl'lc'tl. He is indeed of
(! countljv that oww not onh' it: ]n-flver'ity,
hrss't it.: exfss'lss'm'e, to t/z-si' ]: me Friars/Je:
which actual-: (si/"Kit'li'sl.
lz", i.,};cn) I think it my. duty to ossc-r.
liilssicctr} tci'ss 11:- tliat the li'ce statesossircss. te, '
'l'hchss; sct, Sparta, Athens, and Sjct'sisscu-sslss
were all, in their turns, subjuguted by the
sorce or art of tyrants. Thev almost all,
inthcirturns, recovered theirliberty, and
(F.-Also) ed their tyrants. The first act,
upon the recovery of their liberty", was to
dunoliih those badgcs of'flavery, citadels,
strong holds, and military tcnements ; the
tiwitzcrs did the same; the people of Eng
land (lost in corruption and lethargysi as
thev are) could never bcsiss prevailed Upon
to suffer barracks amongst them; even the
courtly Blackstone is studied at the ideafisi
No separate camps, no barmekefno in
land sortresses, says he, shotkld be allowed;
in sacsit, wherever barracksssarc,' fi'eedom '
cannot be said to exist,"or she M&
lamely as scarcely to deserve thes'ndmeqsssisisssisict
It is worth your considcfasstidnsictictwsist
cans, whether these had es should fellaw-"
or no. I shall now conc ude, brave titi—
zens, with invoking- the Almighty God,
from whom-all virtues flow, tossoo'minssue
you in that spin't ok'unanimity and vi our
which must ensure your success, an im—
mortalize you, throw?]! all ages, &! the
a
ehampions and pan-ons of the human raec.
P EsiT E R S B U R. G, Octobar 28.
learn from Moscow, that they are
in hourly expectation of the arrival
of Pugatchew, at that ancient W
He keeps a profbund silence,: wife!-law si
be in a defpairing state. He is Td'psc
]
watched, to prevent his destroyinglimsdz
,
and is fastened down to the bottom-of his
cage. He se-r some time refused allfoodct,
but was at length made to take some
nourishment against his will. For several
days before he was seized he was in earnest "
deplorable situation, and was so dishefl'edz
for subsistence that he lived on such roou
as he found in the country, and Was oblig— -
ed to kill his own horsz. - si . ;siss- -
HAGUE,ss November 18" A ship is said
to have sailed 'a (dev'days ago, fijom the
Texel, with arms and annnunitign for
Boston. The troops defflnedctfor w
are embctdrlced.
L o N 1); .0 N, Nwctnbsiessriissi _
ETS were laid on satdssrdaysi night siat,
B a cosseehuuse in the neighbontf ocsil of
St. jdmes's,"of three to two, that the o
Amer-ican acts will be totally l'e'fpealcd by
New Year's day next. si -_
Insh-uctions were sent, a few days since,
to our Ambassadour at Paris, to;-equal]:
the French Minish-y to take proper xne-ct ctct
thods for preventing the ships And Vessels
of that nation carryshg on- a contraband
trade in an of the ports osAmeriea. "
The Cnbmet has not been sh completely
emban'asscd, for these twenty years, as at
present; for if the American bills of last
seflion should be repealcd, the Adssministra—
tion must not on] come to pieces, but it
will likewise invo ve in it the min'of that -
power which thirteen years unre'mitting
endeavours have been employed to esta
blish.
A correspondent , who pretends to spcak
from the best authoritv, assures tis that
measures of" the most lenient And concili
atiug nature, relative to our disputes with
Amex ica, are already determined on, and
that consequently "all the views of a des—
pairing vanquished faction will be totally
defeated.
Nov. 17. By*the fail] of the Dutcsshess
of Douglas, she ]efl: lo,,obol. to_' Duke
Hamilton, and 7sioo6l. a year to ybung
Mr. Dou rlas. ' & sict
At the hue, by auction, of the late Duke
ofKing-ston'slire stock, three of his Grace's
favourite pointing dogs were fold for I]:
gumeas.
Nov. 19. Circular letters have already
lzccn sent ton grcat number dsmcmbcrscsilss'
Purlizmunt to give their early attcn'dzusscc
i-t Psnsslinmcm, which um mia-(1 the :9r'n
inshxnt, snr shv (Fc'i'putch.vi'l—ssufY'u-sis.
'o'c ;ch mid that oiisscrs of:". \ cry unex
prcicd nzxturc hzn c hc'cn made, in the:
course us the shrmm-r, to .! LL'l tsizsim cele
lzrsiucd Irilh orsiuor.