The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-10-23 00:00:00, page 2

PHILADELPHIA,
" The North - American, No. I.
(Concluded from our hfl)
ON feme parts of the continent the war has
prefled fdrely and partially — her /bloody
scourge has delolated the Rate of New York each
successive year, and what has elcaped the depredati
ons of the enemy, has been wreued from her citi
zens by a rigorous military impress.— To whom
shall they apply for payment ? Shall their own Date
pay them ?- Would not unfeeling injustice her
lelf blush to lead New York just emerging from
such complicated dißrels, with an Unequal ihafe of
the general debt.
I fear it has already became unpopular to mention
that there was an American army, during the 4ate
War—that they have claims on the gratitude of their
fellow-citizens, and tha justice of the continent,
which are equally unpaid.—Unplealing as the theme
may be—1et once more, oh ye Americans ! ye shall
Ihlen to their tale—to Shield and.nroted you and
,ours, ; their youths Eave passed away in rigorous
campaigns,- amidst hunger and amidif nakednefs,—
expoied to bleak colds of the North, without tents
and without cloaths— the eye of him whole hand
now writes these lines, has often traced their route,
on the^coldlnow, with the blood of their bare 'feet,
thence unffieltered have they marched through the
burning lands of Carolina and each date throughout
this long extended continent has been Rained with
thrir belt blood.-They have gone home unpaid, many
of them to contemplate the lad remnants, the ruined
rehes of once fpjcndid fortunes. - bhall it be to
wear away their eld age in poverty, until they find
in the all healing grave, the only cure for wounds
which ingratitude infli&s on (he fueling mind ?—-
shall it be to rot ? to,perifh in your foils? Or fl:ali
the different hates pay their respective dines all their
/demands? Some cf them have a&ed generouflv,
they have afled nobly, and of them there can be no
•PF^henfions, —But are there not grounds to fear,
that a very principal demand will never be paid by the
arorhern dates if referred to them ? Admitting that
those Rates who have failed in the heat and bur
then of the day, are.now to efeape their properricki
by this unequal and unfair diftribu ion, and to be
retarded tor their remiiTnefs and delinquencies
Still to Whom fluil that part ofthe continental army
apply, whom no Rate will now a<kno Hedge. -They
are a body of men not contemptible for their num
ber or ferric s, should they become so for their
poverty or their wretchedness.
Here let it be remembered that there ire many of
„the Rates, who have back lands, no western wil Is,
where they may seclude in filitude their war
worn veterans, from the falti^ons eye of wealth
and 1 xury.- —ThefeAthings should be considered in
time, and we should recohed, that fhofe who have
been reared by the iron hand of rutnleis war, have
in no age or cl me, been marked for a tame paffioa
.of evil or iijußice.
It is a ma im that has flood the test oftime, and
is now farcified by experience, thet government
ft old be founded in jußice and gopd faith—aad
that the institution which shall be proven incapable
of dispensing the one and preferring the other can
not be long refpeded, and will never be supported.
— Let the government of the United States submit
to this ignominy, and be exposed to this danger,
and the contrasts which th p y have formed, depend
for their execution on others, and that faith which
they have plighted be interpreted broken or preferr
ed according to the caprice, avarice or resentment
of the ignorant, interested or defingning.—rLet it
be admitted that each Rate shall in all cases pay its
own citizens of all claiTes, and let us view the pro
bable confluence which will result from the mea
sure independent of those which muR flow from the
total departure from and violation of a confedera
tion, which seems to have been created only to be
the derision of the peop'e, and the embarraffinent of
those whom they depute to rule.—What now ex
cites clamour would then produce commotion. The
unavailing complaints of individuals, rend the hearts
of the honed man, the man of feeling and fenti
mer.t—but they touch not the callous multitude,
who a e secured from the,eßeas of their resentment,
by their imbecility.—But when a Rare, by paying
its citizens becomes possessed of their claims, the
style will be instantly changed—lt will be then do
Us justice, or we will pay ourselves.—The language,
of Massachusetts, when flie became possessed of an
over proportion of the paper currency, was but a
feeble throb of a pulse, which would then beat with
a convuifive ttrength..— Ihe northern and middle
Rates, among whom most of the paper money, and
other continental securities now rest, might be tempt
ed by their naval fupenority to pay thcmfelves out
of the rich commerce of the Southern States, who
would ne r effarily seek the protection of foreign na
tions —What a profped does this idea present fcr.
America
Now let upturn bur eyes to the ample Western
territory, which Britain has acknowledged by the
late treaty, to be within<our limit-, and we shall
find it one of the most fertile sources of endless dis
cord and war between the different States. Will
those Spates, who by their chartered boundaries are
excluded from a participation of them, ever con
sent, by the laborious iudußry and toil of their ci
tiz ns,to dig out of the earth their proportion of,the
expences of the war and general debt? When the
States, whotlaim this country as within their char
tered limits, may by the nicer ad of felling lands
aimed bounule^, 'not only wipe out tlieir proporti
on of the general debt, but in addition accumulate
an immehfe public property ? Will they not with
an united voices and the voice of truth allege, that
fnefe lands were wrested from the Crown of Eng
land, for whole emolument, and not for the benefit of
any ci d fs of citizens of these United States would
they have been fold, but for that revolution which
has been effeded by their joint expence of blood and
treasure. On the other hand the States, who claim
.under their charters, meR considerable in number,
and incomparably so in power, will most probably
contend for and defend rights, which they afferred
as early as the confederation was proposed, and
which Item to be eltablifhed by the unanimous con
currence of the States in that act of turion.
This train of reasoning leads to a queflion, which
flrikes home to .he feelings, and will be decisive on
the most essential in ^refts of the different States.
It mart now soon receives most serious agitation,
whether one State will submit to be taxed at the
arbitrary will of another, wlijch will be itfelfexon
erated in proportion to the burthen it imposes on
its neighbour; for this is the direct operation of
iinpohs on trade, laid for tne separate emolument
of the rrfpe&ve States. It is a truth which has
become familiar to minds, even the mod uninform
ed, that 'he consumer ultimately p,y s the tax on
importation: Ihe inhabitants then of those States,
who are not favoured with the natural advantaged
of commodious harbours, must pay their neighbours
in. the commercial States, whatever tax, 'they in
their mercy and discretion may choose to load them
with ; —and forced to make use of their ports, they
may with equal injustice be compelled to pay a tak
(from which they are to derive no benefit,) on every
ounce of produce their industry may rate for eva
poration: A revolution then eff &ed by joint es.
so L, has destroyed the general government, under
which taxes were collected for common benefit and
fubhituted in its.pl ice separate Sovereignties, which
are to exalt one part of the Empire, to the utter
depreffion-ahd impoverhilment of the : oth«r.
The refinements.of fophiftrycannot fuggett a dif
tin&i n between that principle which requires a di
vision of unappropriated Western la ds between the
States, and that which dire&s a fair and equal par
ticipation of the blessings of our unbounded com
merce among those, who setting out originally on
the fime ground, have made equal exertions ; n the
-common cause, and now demand an equal reward ;
and yet so enveloped in the mist of Rate prejudices
hrs Rhode Bland been, that whilß Re contended
with an heated anxiety for the ore, with a deter
mined perseverance Ihe opposed the other.
Let any rational man with this view aft, what
teafonable hopes we can have of voluntarily dif
difeharging our foreign debts; that is a debt which
can never be divided among the different States :
Firß, the terms oh which it has been counteracted,
expressly Ripulate against any fuejh apportionment',
and fecendly the confederal rule for affixing the
quota o' each State has never been applied is de*
{paired of as impracticable, and there remains but
little profpe& of the defect being remedied ;— un
der these circumstances, iu vain (I fear) will nati
onal honour plead the cause of hohefty tnd justice.
Indeed it has already become a faffiionable mark
of independence of sentiment to depreciate the me
rit of France to whom the greater portion of cur
foreign debt is due.—lngratitude and injustice have
ever went hand in hand!
Let vain fpeculatifts, in the sequestered recess of
Rudy and retirement, invnet frigid maxims of po
licy, and lay it down as an invariable rule, that
States aie actuated by felF-intereft alone.—Let
them treat with ridicule all acknowledgement of
national favours ; Rill those who are conversant with
human nature and public affairs, will despise the
fallacious doctrine and illiberal tenet: They well
know that men, whether at the head of governments
or in private Rations, Rill are men, fubjeCted too,
to the domination, and afting under the influence
of human passions and prejudices; and that in
Monarchies niore especially, the measures of State
receive their tone from the virtues or vices of the
Prince. Impressed with this unalterable truth, all
true Whigs—friends to the freedom, independence,
and honour of America, will forever feel a glow of
gratitude to that Monarch and that nation, who
firß espoused our hopeless cause with an enthusiastic
favor, and then with persevering assistance and
magnanimous exertion protested our infant fortunes.
They will feel the blush of indignant shame if France,
or even Holland, should he compelled to have re
epurfe to our commerce (as their laR refoui fe) for
repayment A measure ever in the r power,
which must be the result of disappointment in a re
gular and pacific mode— and which (ifever adopt
ed) will record our infamy as well as our impotence.
ANECDOT E.
( /fyficabie to feme at this prefect time)
In the Scottish rebellion, in 174^ as the royal
army was marching through a county in England
on their way to Scotland, 'a c- untry gen lemar of
fortune and eflate was particularly ft:uck with the
spirit and patriotic behaviour of a soldier belong eg
to one of the regiments, who at the fame time had
a wife and three children da ogling after him.--" Ab,
my good fellow, cried the squir e , Low heartily 1
efleern you! what thanks does not your country
owe you. You, are one of the pillars of the nation !
I would ahuoft pie to save you, when you rettin
from Scotland, come and (tay at my mansion, (point
ing to where it Rood a week a month, a year, as
long as you please; bring your family aifo—they
shall be heartily welcome to th- best v : dud and
lodgings my house affords."—The soldier thanked
'' ie gentleman for his goodness, and promised him,
if he escaped death in trie North, and fheul. return,
he would do himfelf the pleasure to writ oh him -
Accordingly upon his return the poor soldier
thought fit to accept the offer. —At his knocking
at the squire s door, the 'quire himfelf ^reared,
but seemed scarcely to know the man—The'foldier
'was now necessitated to call the invitation to his
huff's remembrance, and meet oned in particular
his having called him a pillar of the nation—-"
lar of the nation, ^h cried the squire—did JRy
so faith !—Let me die, if ' am net wearied - nt
-with feeing these idle drones of difeharged fold? -is,
running about, catching vp honest peoples victuals,
and railing the taxes of the nation— ayefffr
•did Itfay ?-—No, faith, it was Cater feu ars—ym
tnißook me friend, and so let me never fee or h^af
you or your brats knocking at my door for the
future.''
To be SOL D,
J' OR State Indents or gooo Bonds, an fn'rfr&,
gang of NEGROES, am ng whm is a
Cooper, and between 20 and 30 Voitin^ Hands.
Enquire at my office No. 11, Qe^ ft-ert,
JOHN WALTERS GIBBS.
NEGROES for Private Sale.
A flout young Muatto fellow ~
About 20 yea^s of age, just cut fhi apprentice.
Ihip with a carpenter, remaik^b) G.deJy, sober
acd induftricus.
A Black fellow
Nearly the fame age with the above—he is also &
carpenter and just out of bis time.
A Young fellow
About 18 years of age, is a very complete fhoct
and boot maker.
A young Indian wench,
Is a good waffier and irorer. Several sawyers.
Boatmen, waiting boys, field haves, &c. The
general tenor of the behaviour of these negroes,
has been such as entitles them to a choice of their
master : nor will the present Proprietor be temped
to dispose of them on ary other score, nctwithltand
ing he has been offered very considerably more for
several of them than the fbpulated price. The
purchasers may be indulged with any credit they
please, on giving such security as may be require
ed, and paying the interest punfiua ly. For fur
ther particulars enquire st mv office No. It,
Queen-street. JOHN WALTERS GIBBS.
For SAL E,
A Capital Plantation containing about
ico acres of land, and tituated in as agree
able a neighbourhood as any in the country, on
the Congar^e-rivet—nothing more need be laid in
its recommendation, than its having la ely been
fold to as good ajudge of land as ary in the State,-
who was unfortunately killed tear IF reheller in
his way up to take possession. Amy pe fcn put
chafing, may, if agreeable, be accomodated with
a few regroes, cattle 2nd stock with it. Any
credit that is required will be given, the purchas
er giving the required security, and paying the
interest annually. Enquire at my office No 11,
Quecn-tet. JOHN WALTERS GIBBS,