The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-31 00:00:00, page 3

09er for numfnflofing (tle have been enacd. nd proved finaesikusix
"a many qu- of it ue_ expefind. and have mind in the neighbour..
ing Snus. wvisiom al gvuy kznd abound among us. From om
plemeom states Great ann hath heretosore supplied her necessuies.
though [he now must waitonly lnd_ ungnrcfully abusn the kind hand
which hlrh nioiaend to her usiuon, lad dlevined her Must. An lo
clothing, the rapid increase of our mnnufaauru. lad she suppliu we
obtain h'om abroad. quiet IN funupon du: subject. By the moR nu
rhcntic intelligence from Euro we lsG informed, the the people of
France are ripe for : vnr mrh rinin, and will not omit lhe present op
portunity os extending rheir commune, and humbling their nival. Every
State in Europe beheld wnh : jealous eye lhe growing power of the
British empirc, and the :aditiona] Rrength she dlily received from this
moniug continenn F r they could not but perceive rluc their own se
curity wu diminished in proporuvn :] her power to injure them increased.
Whence in it then thar some pen- as pretend to lssuse you th: France,
8 sin, and the olhts European Scam, in no: disposed to fuour you ?
he wise and unuous of all nation; have pronounced our cause to be
just, end approved the manner in Much our rtsiflancq hath been cob
d
Whoever, therefore. eonsidert the natural strength and advanvnget of
thie country, ti-e distance it is removed from Britain, the obvious policy
of many European powere, the great su pliet of arms and ammunition
eheerfully afforded ul bssss the French ansssizaniards, and the feeble and
desiitute condition ofB'ntain; that sheit drained of men and of money,
obliged to hire fonign memories for the execution of hu- wicked pur
queg, in amart to her troopl for a twdve month's pa , ,whieh the ean-_
not, orwil] not, dischar e; her credit sunk, hert : ruioed, her in
habitantl divided, her lZin unwpnlor, and her Minisiert execrated;
that she is overwhelmed wi_ : simonflrotu debt, gutosi' from the red re
ventie heretosore qbtaioedpy tue: on Amerie'anproduce, her Wefl In
dia iflandt in altarv' condition, her ship: taken, her merehantt in
volved in benkruptp, ydesigm againftuass wicked, qnjuh, cruel, con
trary to the law: o ,Goo and tpan, pursued wi implaeable, unrelent
ing ven nee, and in a manner barbarous, and up ed to the usage of
eivilize natsstomz Whoevercqnsnden that we have umbly sou ht peace,
and been refused; that we him. been deniedeven a hearing,_ lour pe
tition: rejected, all our remon'shsianca diftegarded; that we sight'not for
eqnquefi, but only for security; that our cause is the cause of Son, of
]! man nature and poflerity: . Whoever, we say, serioufiy considen
Jese thin , mui entertain very improper idea: of the Divine justice. to
{rhiehye ve appealed, and be very little acquainted'with the course of
hsiymen affairct, ty barbour the smallell doubt of our being suceestlu]. _
sikemsiembes the big and glorio-a stmsifle of the United Netherlandl_
qainst tlsite pqwer dct'ssspain; to which they d om been s ubjected'.si Their
except ma small, their country poor, their people far from numerous,
usinaccufinmed {o army, and in the neighbourhood of their enemies.
Spain, at that time the most powerful kingdom in Eur ., her fleet sor
mid-ble, her amiet great. inured to war, and led by ! e best General:
of the age, and her treasury overflowin with the wealth os Mexico and
Peru. endeavoured to enflnve them. T y dutisully remonstrated against
the designz their petitions were trelted with contempt, and fire and
sword were carried mto their country to compel so'bmiflion. They nohly
teshived to be free; they declared themselvet Indegendent Stmcs, and,
after an obfiinate struggle, srustrated the wicked intehtiom of Spain.
Switzerland presents us with another inflanee of magnanimity. That
country wu oppressed by cruel tyrants, but the people refused to continue
in bondlge; with arm. in their hande they expelled those tyrants, and
Ht to their deseendente the portion of freedom.
Eve England, whose enim now blushes for the degeneracy of her
sent. th alordednampfee ofo s-tionsito tym-my which are worthy
to be imitated by all natiom. His acred Majetty Charles ]. lost his head
and he crown by ltempting to endure hie-subjeaa ; and his sacred Ma
jetty James ". was for the sinne reason expelled the kingdom with his
whole family, and the Prince of Orange chosen King in his Read. The
Emtizh nere too wife tubeh'eve that the Was. any tyrant could be sa
cred, and never suffered anynun to wear the crown who attem )ted to ex
mise the pavement royalty to the Mind of the people tom whom
tide porter: were Much Thilsijuflice tend only consistent with hu
men leden. but perfectly :!!!me [he will and pract-ce of Gon hnm<
self: You knowsithat the ].tn were under hit peculiar direction, anl
ytnt need nqt be informed of the qanv intlzmces in which he took the
cmw- from such of their nga n tefused to govern according to the
laye of thejewe. _
lf then GOD hat given ut freedom. ate we not res nsihlc to him for
th", as well at other talenta * [sit be our birth nz t, let us not fell it
for a muse of pouage, not suffer it to be torn from us by the hand of
v'nlence! If the utmost! defence an in our power. and we do not
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ll-I- un ., . . .!ssinl ;J ,...) a A.!Y . . ...t s---'l
ss mak'e us: of them, ivyhat excuse shall we make to our childien and our
Creattr? fles- atsie queffiom-uf the deeptfl concern to us all ; these
are uefliom which materially affect our happinelssr, not only in his _
word, but in the world to come: And surely, " is eve: a telt to the -
" trial of spirit! can be necessary, it in now. lf ever lhus': of hbtny
" and faction ought to be distinguished (tom chh other, it it now. ls
" ner it is incumbent on the people to know tmth, and to fotlow it, it
" is now." ,
Rouse, therefore, brave citizens! do your duty like men! and le
Elfiiaded that Divine Providence will not permit this weflet'n world to
invoked in the horrora ossiavery. Consider! that from the earl-rst agn
of the world, religion, liberty, and empire. have been bending theii course
toward the setting sun. The holy gospel! m yet to be pt'eached to those
weltt-m region, and 's-e have the highest reason to beheve that the Al
mi ty Wlll not suffer flavery and the gospel to go hand in hand. lt
: ! it will not lie' . '
But ifthere be any among us, dead to all sense of honour and love of
their country; if, deas to all the calle of liberty, virtue, and religion;
if, forgetful of the magnanimity of theit'ssancefiore. and the happiuel's'os
their children ; if neither the examples and success of other nationi, the
dishtea of reason and of nature, or the great dutiet they owe to their
Goo, themselves, and their poflerity, have any effcct upon them; is
neither the injuries they have received, the prize they are contending for,
the future blessing: or cursed of their children,, the applatzsc cr reproach osct
all unkind, the approbation or displeasure of their gieatzjudge, or the
haypinese or misery consequent uyol their conduft, in this. and a future,
state, can move them; then let them be assured that they deserve tp be,
one:, and areentitled to nothing hutssngqifi and nibulation. Let them
banilh from their remembnnee, tlle teputation. xhefrqedom, agd happy;
nest which they have inhen'ud from their foresashql _ Let them forget
every duty human anddivine. rember not doat they aye Chstdfin, and ,
beware how they all to mind the iuflice of the Supreme Being- Let
them go im ea t'uity like the idolatrouzdnd disobpssdtent )uu," and be ::
reproach and ah zwcrd amon the mue. . __
But we think sine!" thinge Jyou We beliefe, and are persuatledss
that you will do your dutyssliksse men, and cheerfully refer 'our causectwct
the Great asind Righteoua judge. " succesr qoun {nqss : am. all the
blefflngs ofsreedom will be our reward. ctlsyon sal in he contest, )o
will behappy with God an liberty in Heaven. - —' -- - .
' By the nnanimous order of the Conventioass - !
ABRAHAM TEN BROECK'. President"
BALTIMORE, jctmctasizsiy 14.
si Extrafi: qf : lcm-rfiwl :: Gmul Je" in the mt'utdclstnriu, M
.: Tnmton, Jmuy 9. .
REGlMENT of Br'nish troopc it Sp'nkton, fix mile: bdoct Elii
ubeth town, was lmcked on Sunday by : party of ]nfeyvnihtii.
The cncounter continued nbout two hoon. Tm mgimenn marched up
from Woodbridge and Amboy w ninfosce the emmysi' which ! sum
has saved them. The nmaim ofehe "th, um, and-ysthn :mwg'
which had been engaged at Princctm, and now nued on to no
men, are ac Bonamfon. ' ' ss
" Lord wae lie- ill, and the Helfim General kmehed am one ha'f
of his hair on hearing she news from Tcmony-si-eFifty Hefflutm
taken prisoners and carried the other day to Merffl m; '- 'si' - ' ,
" General Mcmr it looked upon ;: wtdid'lnger. We lW
good officer, Capnin Fumuc of the ȝd W—hmlm. - *
ten yards ot'fhe enemy he called to Hymen, " _Gcsimkncn, drels bush
you make study T' The British troops black ground o-r-pioysvsi, i'aud
damned them, " theywouid dnlk them." and gate the sink fire. Ourss
simcn placed :lm'r sue so well, that the enemy smeamctkd as is many 4?
had got hold of them. They were encouraged by ,their _'
advanced with their bayoncn, but were foure! on: of th: " si); , ct
hmvcr Americnm." ct _, T,. ss' .ct, ,ssct
thmct (Je lcllrrfrm al fires of disdain iu Philsiulelplgin, ! ._ up
" By : G-nu'cman al thunder, " luri-cd [won; asi- ss
that Geucrzi Maxwesil znd General Doupll on, hfondayli-alsg _
: lum)— of the enemy a Elizabcth m, cook about lzo W
hagsssisiagc unggons, and deflwyed all the host- fhcnss, dip, _ ss' Msi
prsisc thil Jz) f-om had quarters, ssive lum tlm Gffipsiul alsgn - '
sulsi- the Ne! th mer, with a way cousidench Hips,,pyd ghhlosss}!
wallis had sent : flag w Gmml Wsiashinpon, prqgoiugctsizjmgsi .
:u'mo for thy winzerscsi-son. which has begun njeflfed. _ ct'ss . __sict' {sits
Thc Uenufl Assembly of- ths Stale is to men 01 fimsisisixcth
(x.-, she zgth ofshll Z'nflad. _ si H., sictsi "act" , sin,, .
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