The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1778-10-30 00:00:00, page 1

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FMsi li'siESctsO AND :\1*R')CLAMAT.[ON
TYYsiot -.-11.n.tm of th' bon nsx, t/se Musii-m of-z/Jp'
L' G, lwmbiizs of Law. sitians of t-ct'fstftru
; coiwx ,, piantsi-r{-<--.c, am: provimzs o] . cw
Hamp ' e, Mzflxchuscm Bay, l'xhud: Ifland,
(unn ssisn'lr ss-cw Nurk, hew ]crtey, Peru]
s)l\ct'ania, s/r :lssstrlo-sifr cussmns q! lsiCKss/RTC,
sslj-arylzmd, Virginia, North Law). 'm, 'ouzh
shlffi—njw ' ss. , . siss , si;
i)..'.":.L-itants 0] strejmueoianiu, o chy rash n'ist!
lmomiuutiwz.
if)- lls'! lsi'ctul'l vcts CzARl-ULE, Sir HENRY (.LINTON,
, am] \VXLLL\M me, lisp, uss-ssum'sjjoW/sis 51
pvinfnl by s. s's ,alctjctsssi'cty, in pxr/mmsst as as! us!
of ctParUam-xt mct'u: ma.) ; sign] in ni-e ldzctsiyum
; ofbif Majcjtctsfs ngn. to uctctxsizc (":-15 .:lij} to
si, as-s-smr Comnz-lsfmrs to treat, ;(UJ'MI, auu si-siq-cte
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upon th msinct ]" ssctuctiztss'ug !/.sir (mass ct'cssu msi-"z jub
_ ]s-sting in cmmu j srr vfsisi-onissx, pzctnttatiossct, and
si wrovimrs, i): borth mzsierica. '
' AV lct'Nctssssi amply and rctepeacedly
man:: knuwn to the Liongxcla, and
having also xosilmmcd ;0 the: In
hdbizanu 0 1'— onh Amcnca in
;;cncraL che be:.cvolenc ovc: tux es
si (Lime Bntain cowasdsa se union
- and codicion with her columcs, we do no: think it
sconnltsi-nt vx th the duty we owe to our country,
in with a just regard to the characters we bear, to
perhlt in holding osi-z offers which in our cstima
fabn required only to be known to be most grate
"blly accepted ; and we have accordingly, except—
f'sig only the (sum nander in Chics, who wxll be
"detained ny m.h:ary duues, ressulxed to return to
anland a few vs rcks auer the dasie of him mann
ict- festo and proclamaucn.
! ctkrevious hzsiwcvcr w this deciiiyctste , we are
msissssass-s-ctzssctssasiesszctsi Jzctzqrctffictsssizzfl
'ass, . ,...'- , . \'s "
have been .ufficicn a si _ , mi-sisi si. __
to our venuw isizt was the bieshn 'ss'lvz-Isi we
emgomrzed to cookes, and w m; , _f
conuxZL c.: main 01 cvds to which th _'si: ac
blind) .mu' ubitinatcl exposiqsi' _'
_ To the ?v'chn'herso che (,,ctongrgss :: w ,si_
declare, that we are ready to cunmssin' Ill
tor and just arrangzmmza for sesscuhsing (;
sim chein rei'pezfzive confl'ituennsi'sisi; ss e-establish—
'fnzmof PEACC wicnchc cxcmpzsi '
pofinun of caxca if) the Buhamemss
and the fire . ucablc c-ss-ss)o)m=qt qs " _ fy privieege
consistent with tmt umon or MJJI: : and, iqsirsie
ctsi he satct _ 'of'
on which our mutual pmkperity _ -
our comvn'ctn rchct-un .mu' ui- . < si
again assert, mac me n.; :
.wue noc authonlb-j, 0) t _
to reject our offer: without th ' ' . : corfflcctpm—
sicion and content of the lex; " ' - bliss And
Convemic-ns, the]: cunfi-ivsiucnccts. ' lefe: us to
pretended fvrcigu [featics v. hich y know vsicsie
delusivcly framcu m m: nssi'} mshmcc, and wlsich
have never yet been musicsiz by (& people of Lhis
continent. And we un. e more ranne the Mem
bers of the Congress, that they are responbbie to
their countrymen. to the world and tosiGud. for
the cominuance of this wdr, andsor all the nizsi'ei'ies
wit ' which it must be attended. .ct !
0 sithe General Assemblies and ConventionZ-of .
thgidifferent colonies, plantati- ,esi.) atjsl pctionnces,
: ve-mentioned, we l.0W18}2u*datQ}y ujake thy,
:: which we originally tran'miired 'tq th: (,onsifsi
ress; and we heseby call upon zsind, uigc them to
meet expreffly for the ourpbse oswnfidering whe
ther every morive, political as- well 45 moral,
shou d not 'decide their resolution to embr .ce the
occ ion of cementing : free and fiim coas-tlon
with Great Britain, It has not been, nor is it, out
Wish, to seek the obecta which Wsi' are c-omssniss
tioned to ursue by fomen'in ' pular dssihons
and rti cabals; we._think ussisicopduct would
bci suited to the generous ua'twe'ns the qfscrs
made, and unnecomir- the dignity of me King
and the flare which ma : them. in: it it hath
Ourwish and our durv tu entdurage and sup ort
any men, of bsissssdies of men in their return of oy
alty to 01? sux ereign, and of affection to our sel
low subjects. '
" To all othsscrs, sree inhahitants of this once happy
empire, we alle B'Jdsect'sisiS'Ulflscssi \ 's. Such of them
as are actually in arms, of -_w ctitsocver rank or
description, win do well drewllect, that the
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grievance;. whether real or supfoscd {which led
them into this xcbcll'xou, have \ccns'uljcvc1ct re
moved, and thntchc just occasion is afmcd {or
their returning to the class of peacem" ucizens.
But 1: che honours osa military lu'c axe become. Lhcxr
object, let them leek chew honours Pndcr che
banncrs osthcix rightful iossercign, anp in fig-ct-t
ing the battles oftne united British empue against
out late 1nut.ct.\1 and natural cncmzes. _
sszssflssyct-qux'cvyshuse prnienion kzxctzo si'sssitrciic the ss
slmctions offelfgio'n 01. fixWW-Tfinwv-mi
surcl bc unknown,, that the fomign powc: m-sih
whxsi the Lsiongwib 15 cndcsisinouuug to connect
mcm h-ssxs ever L—ccn m else: [O tf-ucrmun, and inve
terctucly opposed to :hc incch'lb and fiemunwf
tictc plzsics or worship whic'sisi che, ;ewc; and mac
(.vrmt si main, from whom (he:) are to: sin: pzcwnt
sepassvtcsii, must, both {'t-m che prmc-plu (at her
Cumticuusim and of . an-si-llmtihn, be at all umcs
th: b.l'c guusiizm us rehgjnus lzbsifsixcttctv, and must
duct olzsii w prunucu am! exzcud in
0 al! mule who cssm cifimdtcsi. th: bleslssmgs of"
pCdCC, and its mmzznue lss-Vf! figr'ctssznssuze, :ULJsisiss
and cuzmnerce, who sun t-si.*-..3 .; du: much) lus
the edusidsiuctsin and chabluhx'neru o! then silmsiuen, '
or Who c.:u phec a jun vn'me un shsixz.c..zu£ tecu
my, we chmk it sufficlmr. c.: (:Z)l';;ss'.'c, L-usi me]
are made by them li'.d:'d La) w sisimne imulssed ctn
all (he cdsimrsies of war. xss .m- uz ha'ss'xnsi czmer a
jult obje-St to pursue, or 4 iumiltmg gucvsiuce
Whitzn uuy nox nsist sintssly be sc.!refl=d.
hue 1sthe.e be auiss pcsiixsiuz wizu, uivcfled us
mistaken scicucmcnu, simsi. u..u.:laenccd b) lclfsish
interests, realiy thimuimc lL I)" for me bcnensi us
me volumes to z'cpxsiz-ss melnlelves hum press::
Bricam. and that, iepul'sitccti. mey wisii :nsiictsiusi
stituuun muse miid, more tree, and new;: c.;icu
laced tvr their prc-[periry than du: Mu-ssh (ney
herecosuxe enjoyed; .mdmn m w cctsfctempow cred
" !. ten sssmffij'si'rsi vssvuh luch
to be s " clc concradisicctss ?fss'isssszL'si'P-f- HIS???
- they have had; But we chmk ]: ngct : tu lene
: them fully aware of the change which she m-ctm
*taining ut'such ?. position must make in the usioic
nature and future conduct of [his war, more et -:
cially when to this position is added the pze-sicn al
Mance with the Court us i-siran'cb. I he pohuy
1331611 as the benevulcnce 0! (3th Bricsidn hsinc
flms far checked the extremes s when they
tended? to dishsscls a peoph fill Mercd as our
isiflow subjects, and to desolate?! country shortly
to become : gin & source or" mutual advantage.
But wheB fflgactt country prusclses the unnatural ve
sign not only of est..angmg hcz-lectffxom us, but of
mongaging hersclsflud herrcsourcesco ourenemies,
the v. hole comest is changed; and the question 1 ,
huu far LssSdt Britain may , by eve; y meam in her
pwsi er, destroy or mndes uselcl'sauunnexiun cun
tsiscdter her ruin, and for theaggrauducmenc of
France Undesi such circu ' 'es. the laws of
self p.escrv;1tion must dicect conduct of'Gxesin
intsiam and, iissthe sirisiish culonics are to become
an acecsiwn to rranue, will dictlcct hcrsito render
that acceffion of as httle amilsias poihfile to her
enemy. , '
ltct however there or: any who think, that, nor—
withstandmg these seasonmgx the independencc
of the colonies will in the rctuls. be acknowledged
by (jrcat Britain, mvthcm we answer, without
Fine, that we zicithcf pulleffim expect powcrs
or that purpose; and mar if'Gre it Britssmi could
' ever have sunk so low—as w ado ! iuch'a mensu 'c,
We should not him: thought our clves compellahle
to be the instruments in makinga conueffion whi: 'h
would in our opinion be calamitous to the colonics
for whom it is made, and disgraccshl as well as
culamitous to the country from which it is required.
And we think proper to declare, that in this lsipuit
and semiment we have regularly written from this
COlitss-CDt to break Bricgin.
It will, now 'blcome'Lthe colonies in general
to call tQ mind chair ()wn'solcmn appcals m Heaven
'in the beginning of this contest, that they took
arms only for the iedrcss ofgxievances, and thsslt
it would be their wish as well as their interest to ;c
main for ever connected with Great Britain, \Ve
again ask them whc that all their grievaikci,
na} or supposed, have not been amply and fully
redressssed ; And we imist, that the offers we hav:
made leave nothing to be wished. in oim either
of immediate liberty or Winmcnt ccuxicy. ]!
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those msscrs are new rchcted, we withdraw from
the exercise of a comnxiisiz !: with which we, ha o
in vazn 'zecn homure 15 (he, (: me liberalzrv 11
nu lfffsigcisihc (lus m-m (sissflcas {'lntsisiin, nwr c.. it.
either in jushsix; m polic'y I": ( f-zsizsi-fsfz & !! m he].
in fine, .:n-l x'ur she Lsillfn xmni'ez'mnnz: 15 vssssefl
us the di'pozzxi- -n vxc ken; as oftiz—c graciuq find
geucrchs purposes of the cammmvn Wder
whzchmaact, we he;:bx do I.— esi tlut Wn< , - :
sihxs majesty. in pu-(. :si (.C- ( ;.1- 41" m ne am. {: si': J
19 be eightcenth scfliun of V.;hzmmss - cum} A
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et Un- Mffihabsh hibMaj'hEQ/sidx- Lsisssip?_si_y1si-A
mifflox-ers wish suffi- ent posicrs in me
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luk, :de agree upcxntlssc mcms us" -; ming asic ,,
dilbrdcrs now suhnsting m cco—zm < k'si-ss 1 'r : :-. s,
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i.:nmuons and proxin-ctes (( <nY- -\'-= cw ,: '
.u-ing been y-lczscd tn ;:usshsirise am? en ; vc: us
no grssmt :: pardf*-n (sir p rx-si-z: r- n r-ss-zt ss :" . :
deicription ospershxv uizh'r- shesi cc-h " esi H.,zzss-a
tions, and provmcrs ws sins Ha- 45}: e: ). ali x
chnsctts Hfiv. Rhuqe lshnu, & sin-whwss Z-sirct-v
York. New ]ersey. Pennswlvsinm she :?na
silnwessr c-ss-umies on I.)c!aware, Maryland \ ngz- 11,
' erch L.:lrouna doum Laroxmz. anu Lcmma;
and W Hnwsixs the good cff-zcffi; us the saZd au-hu
ruick a'zd powers ,cowards the pessct} Ic- m large
would have long, time tszkcn place is a ( uc use
had been mnssie of our sits: communicnriuns and
vvcztures and ha- e zhusi fctctzr been s'unmtcd uz-ly
ty the precipifarc resoluf inn osthc mcmi :.s of she
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(Tongmss nntsito crew wi-H us and by their de
czlinctmg (0 consulc with thee: cnnsiicucncs, mew w, '
Zn making our appcal to these, cunffituencs and to :
the free inhebit-ms of this continent in general, '
have determined to zi : than what in our upEr-Zv n _
should have been the fist? chief"? of those . !m .:
appeared (" ha e takev 'F-e m.*.nau_ss-mcnc cctf t' -:Z '-ct
intersfl'sss nd zzdopcx-hT-si mode ossin ging :hc! Zssiss
authorivicct ud pnvss'crs irit'siz- eycmtirn : -; "( 11, to -
d/ucsssi'z Hrsie-ctssv I am -r- ! ssim-lainz .; Mr.!" <r smr- _
79, -:r' lo" 'nctf-{all ;;zss-si-,-:.v;:£'f_t_rr'ctctrsss.::s; (: ),.ctisictf 'j/siF-zs} .
;sssctctctss'sictZct-siss-sWv-fksim :sisct . ssffct -sis(- sict ct- ""
' 'ss'. ' - ' " 'le . : .',-f*,,' ,. ; -'si.
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picturctnicsis, or proviuctrs, ss-azssssllnss win],
acsi'ul or zIss-m, -o.. cr Ld'c-rc (le Jaw _j n.; z;:ct.
mjejlo am! lro-"lzmct'ar/ox. _
And we sanher declare and proclzfm, :};21; if
any pczson or peribns, or any numlzer or descrip-si'
t' n of persons, wzthsi'n the hid colnniu: phumsct,
t s, and provinces, nowactuash serving ezthcrsi si
in ;: civil or military capacity in this :ebellion, shall, .
at anzffimeduring che ccncinuancc of this mm ifesto'
apt! proclamation, widdraw himself or them-si
sezvzs h'omi'uch divil or militm servisie, alctd ,; all?
continue thencasorth 'pe ceagly as a good and"
saixhshl subject or subccts to his Majesty to de
mean himself or themselves such perion or per
sons, or such number and description of z-erlcssms,
shall become, and be, fully entitled to, and hereby
abidin, all chcsibenefits of the pardon or shu-c-ns
hereby granted; cxcepcing only from the hid ; ar
don ur patdonscvery perlon and cxer number
or dczcnpcim ospessons, who, after : e date of
.this manifestoshd Proclamation, shall. uns'crzhc
preccxt of ::zssz'chsi-xity, as judges, jurymen, mini
flcrs, and o..-.cers of_ci\sssiil mstice,_!-e mulumcn'tal
"] CXCFUIHLZ; 21?le Puttlflg CD ccatn any O! RlS [Vsil
jesty': mpch'ts w ithiu me said colomeact plancacions,
and prm 'mchz .
. A sid we think proper farther to declare. that -ss
no Weinctcussn ctd is meant, or shall boss.
cuufichgdctss}? anyssperson or pensons,-'
now bemg a prsiluner ners,'15'r who during"
"the cominuaucc ;! this si :llicn shall become :!
prisoner or prihmers. ' _ ..
And We offer to the cownics at large, or sepa
rately, a general or separuw peace, wzth the re
vival os shcir ancient goverzsisiznezzts {pmred against
any future inlsilsis'si'ctgemcnts, asild prutccted sur cxer
from tat—zsixtion by chdt Brixam. And wi respect
to sucnszmher regulauions. whether si mili
tary, or commcrcnl, as they mzzy xxtho be
fxamcd and estal'hshcd, We promilc all the con-' '
currcncc and ziffiutansie that his Mnicsty's cam
mifflon authorissi's and em} ies us to give -
And wedcclare, that this mzniszsto and proclai si
mation shsilll continue and be in force l'siOR'TY
])ms from the date thereof, that is to say,
from the third day of ()ttolctcr to the eleventh
day of siovcmber, bush incluswe. ,
And in order that the wxh le comcn-s (( this
manssesto and proslamaziop day Lc more isiuiljf
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