The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-03-26 00:00:00, page 1

MA-RCH 26, 1779. 'r Hss E NUMBER 72
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HOUSE.0F COMMONS. Novenau 16.
OVERNOUR ]ohnstone appeared not. a little offended at t'eein
=ss th]! more ttun ons member of the oppotitton h'td indu] "
himsels'in reflectionss— on him, bonienng on nillcry; all that
hv hid therefore (and he spake veryzong) had stn'tts Objects ;
irst, to 'mLt't- hts conduct and that of his collengttes. Second, to fix
n Admtttilhation, the want of success, which his friends had charged
:! the commitsiun.
He wu pzrtin-Inrly aff-raed by whzt Mr. Charles Pox had hid, in
isnowing that P. t'h.utt- nt had authortsed the commisstonets to make to
? Amertcant, such ample conccsiions as htd been proposed to them
'thout efflct. !: is ttue, says he, that these concelstons Were excsi-tlive;
t those who And them such, ou ht tn impute the necessity which ex
.:ret! them. to t' e mitsiconduct of t lose who have brought uut' attim-s to
' -.- d-speute [itunzinn they nre'at present in; beside:, that which proves
immwenhly tlut they were not too exccnszt-c, is that thcv were rejefhd
) Congietsis ;; nnsixfficient! To that, no eyil has tsiet'uitcd from the: aturc
our pi-onositi "15: Another contsitdemtiutt, psioper to jullify the com—
iffloaen m this.]nft of their conduct, is the situation'in which they
- ] themselves :! the very moment when their overtures were msi-de.
"dey hid left Enghnd to the firm persuasion that the troops in America
aid co—opmte wtth them, with their whoie force; but instead ot' giving
- thei't ' Gtiomsict that weight which an lrmy done c-ct' uld give them,
si ed !: & n secretly despatched sstothnt :rmy to evacuate Phttadelphia,
hd'sslssb'hbahdon'to the tun. (trombk fituztton, thousand: of inhabi -
Miwhodzd him: ye gon er your nandard, and-deplored your pro
-si Mi-when (hit ct 01!de Pnblick, the whdle crty was thunder
. -ss E'si ]! in impdGUe-lv Form ln ldeloslhe flicting tsipectdcle which it
amed to my ned." The chief eommanden to whom this order was
. ss. ;Mitb1-dtdym an actual remmciation of all pie
'hpsn lash! they engaged some of the principal inhabi.
- " find espy!!! is made, lo make their peace with Congrzti;
Whictseqmee of whoch; several hundred immedtately entered into ne
- 'euon Corssthn purpose, And took the oath of lllegianc: to the Sutet.
Doth wn insi thou so minptotyf that a delay of four dssxys only,
ss -- " ,si ss-be obtaineJ-stw tum receive the answered" Congrets to our sircttt
' - — liken'd metten" Such proceedingssiwetelittte catculated h make
'Wlt-MMeflc-m) defiured from all fees, would quit the advan
. - Mdfl Mb they flood- Still less could it he expckted 'That
' ss Sbnmu would Most in'crowds to your stmdzrds, when they were
Wu Wt you the exatnple ofso mlny unhappy people seduced
,} !"! ?Wlsn-tllldss ' ndoned to their sate. In such Cn-cttmshnces as
lesifthe connilionomln'd, mother resouree, but that of pro sing the
hofi—ntenfitsie eonc-Gonl mew instruanons would warrant. Am! wlmt
We] they hue tried with any robahility of success? Not only
did th lmy meane Phllactepmz, ut they knew that Booo of their
"twin t am no betmnsssrorted esl'eWhere, and that G nen! Clinton
W'ze evacuation ol New Yorlt also. My honourable friend
Men, with ansizir of ujishuph, seconcled by the smiles of his srn-zndssi,
It}! IN tuum which have been cried, have fitted; ] am swryforit,
I end, forty, but at the sun: time I am glad that the mempt has own
. - Every body wrll now ng-ee thu the cause of America is a bad
demlm sh'e haenoiuzt demand tu m she, and that she hu [ugued with
Prince. with the sole viewof humhl-ug, of exhanshng Engzand. This
dousidention will without doupt, reumte all ranks and all names m the
"ate. li'thit n-nnion take. piece. ! doubt not. that with better Mini
lcgsie m success will be vspe-ctdy and briniant; it is the dilsicom of parties
- lhrme me! not the d-t'cfl of resomces, shll lc-J: ("acknowledge
] y have of the (irengtlt of the Americzm Wptd us a certain s-si't osmcn
it"! by their ill conduct, loft the confidence of the nzmon; another set,
" for giving up all the! it is efl'si-ntia! to preicrvsse. the depcndence
si en: Thll it is that makes me doubt of success, ! fear m-thing
side of Americl. lt is a certain bct, th-u the commiffionc-ss
'ved at Phihdclphm with the utmoh exulutiun, with all pulsihlc
lions of' 7 34 the general cry was " why hnv: yctu d':h_\tsid vour
' 3 0 Rolls! not nbandnu us, direct the afmyt -mnrsih out mgsiuinst
ton end every thing is accomplished: ln -hisi psut'l'lce anon:,
en will take arm. for you the moment you enter the siel 1, lo,000
" 'oin .)ou from the lower c- unties." l'helsie 'vVusds Were urthe
of, all the inhabitants, and lsim persuaded, that had'we been at
to act, the led} movements ofsilhe arshy would have ensurecjsifinccess.
deceivedi'nsctmlay those from whom I derive my o union, but (
. ! firmly'bel'teve t'hat two thi.ds of the inha'ct cant: o North Ante
qfire to rene'w their Fonnexion with Great Britain, and thstt nothing
""I them from open hoshlities agamlt the Congrcss, but on one side
y that surronnds them, and on the other the Iiule eonsidcncethey
)our protection. Here the Governour endcmoured to clear
na of the hlot which the anccdmct .sssi Gen. ] -' cth Reed had
it) he said, he had in his posseffion incor eflible prOof o'f
c. \ that he would one day produce :th proof; leturning then to
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juRisy the proceedings of the commiffioners in general, and above all to
alsign the: causes of their lll succes- , he proceeds as sullOWI: Those of
the memhez's who rejoice at tlu: ill s-ssecet's of the cotnmlfliog, and nlledge
ptw hctqulfqss 7:de - _ ;; _
. . , .ss . th .: .
the in epcmlence e a-med y . men:: a * fiur. ou t
to consider than if elthcr ol two \ rents which were dee'm'ed more than pro
bsst .l: had succeeded, this c mccffion wq. ld certsszinly have been disappov.
ed of by the nation, bsem'e 1: wuulsil hn-e been absolutely latultoul.
One of. these events wo 'ld have been : vlctory :! se't, if Mr. ep ] hid
(lrl'siclttd Coum D'Orvil'iexs. that is to shy. if he had desiroyed t- half
of his sin I, and cu:.sict;(leztn—:* th: suocnority ot h-s surcea, there waz ten
to une that such .!"Qultsl IN." been the issue; on this supposition, ! all: the
n-lvncn'es for Anne. im-t um! g-snd-ssctnee what sc-rt of figure thby would hafe
n.:tde'. ! will suppose agam thzu the squadton of Admiral Byron had not
sutF nsi-l from the alr-tm. ;ssnssl l- -_..l :u't ived in llme to have joined his force:
to {rose ws Lerrl H :.re; crs'u.
, ly in thi; crtsc the fctate of M D'Lflning
would have been d-ff:re.si.*, :ni hy inflames: on the uffairs of Amfricl
would hwe been dzliZt-u: !. Is the re-ludign of the colonicl has not
deocndetl si "! un ecten'i- w, ict in the n.:turul course of things might be
exprctc-l, why shnuld we ;]r- up the point now! other events may perhaps
he mo: — fu unable to m; bmal conduct for a long time pcrsisted m, don
no duulz; :'- " lcr th - talk "=: me:":rt difficult, but we ought not to despair,
we ought ; rtlk nll, tn prrscvzrr, tp luccced or perish. The chapterof
eonccllions is that ct-f "hssilnt-si— ruin':' If you ;ss-tve up the [3 provincel,
will you k- ep sfrmctcl .? Wll- Nm ! S on:: be loth to 'ouP The sishefiel,
Flurida, the Wsilt l.ullcs, all t-m'e form : mtural ellain, the firflllnk bf
whteh draws astc- it 'hc laft; moreover if you abmdon New York andsi
R'node ["and, me Ame'ic-n sans w-ll swarm with" privateeu, nor will
you have : put u 'ff:r you nn asy'um: These two porn then are of
the first necellitssv l'or .hc psa'cctiOJ of your crmmercc.
An honou-xble mcmh rhzts all'si—t .ed tlnt smooo Ruffians would notbo
sufficient now to rc-iu: usi-e-iza: ! ?m very f-t from being of thit
opinion, and what ] nuwz - m lctity, [observed on the spot. It the army
h-ts appeared drjaztsi—d .! d s o'tre'ted when they received informat-on
of the eoncilatctzrv Lil's, t " - h sinuse these bill: put : curb on tho':
ardour and prnented t". v- -* =. {4}! an rnem not more thin so mile
distndt, and .vhom they : jzz Lhzms—lvel m a condition to c-mquer;
the general c'ry be it of '1- hccrs jct- d fl-l-fien was'kad ocg ' th
may,, The cum: .e, r- - - cm o' F-r " 1n idea uf'tn umy [o brilhnn
th pleked so'lizrz v-H m th.- Fssmh emplcty on their theatm, don
eqml no grace .,, si-'_ '.*C"tt'\, lln' l all si'emarkarsile on the light infintry I
.hi- .... .
ss.,_ ct _ . .
um wrmy. Assl'czt' He th: trnsictsi-s who at the very momsnt when ct
were prr ]wnct'v: to : 1th-.r Insiurels, received unfers to retgeat, who durin
!" the summc- and half the full. remained in .ctive! But the quelion ]!
not now whsr has been done, but wh-sit ought to ".e done; I have dread,
said redoqble your efforts, the nzt'nn at this very moment is infinite!
richer than it was at the commencmesisit us the last mr. and we have f
affiazn 'upmi 'nur h xnris. ! agree that our public]: sond: are more en:
barrnlsed, but our reti-ctrces are more extended m p-oponion to the increase
of er hches. ! dispiir it is' true, 'hut our present hflnisten will and
themselvee of these :esourcel, and cheresolc it is difficu ! to point out what
is he!} to bedme; all th :! I can say .; thzt z;,ooo men ioAmerica, ex
clusive of those necessu-y for Can; la and Nova Scotiz, ought to protmsh
us success; ln inf'ez-murnu1 b'Js would leave the afl'sizir indecifive and can"
dangerom, it m'd nct inspvre the well Jilpusedinhsibitant: with pmpef
confidenee. ! believe that to complete this numbe! , considering the
detachments that htvc been drawn from the ;:mj. for the West lndiel.
neatly gooo men will he wanted; in :! Word, 't mpfl be owned that out
fituatiun is extremely dngerous, and th1t we hwe very great difficultieq
to l'urmount; but let us not imagine th It nur enemict are witbytltshein
also, the contentions, the divisions, the t"uffer-ssr.g= of every sotctt amongthe
Americqns, ire mote considerable than we can conceive, in the ble of
abundance we live in, their divisions are as great a: those of the English
House of Commons, and the persons who are ltionishc'd &! Weepin
we met with in America. wou?d d — well to consider Gut which wlx 'vcn
to the Count D'Elhing at Bofion; all the difference is that we me
it sr--m .! pulitical body. whose interest isdiffcrcn'si from that of the peo
it governe, but it is this ver" people who have dil'played the'irindign-uol
against the French commandizr.
NW. :7. By advites from Canada, by way of Halisax, we learn,
that the Bishop of ucbeck had issued his bull against all Canadiant, of
whatever rank or condition, that are found in arms against their lawful
Sovclctcign, George lll. _
The resolution us the Empress of Russla to protect the British tude to
the Baltick, &c. has raised the spirits of Govemment, and determined
them to have isiecourse to the molt vigorous measures against the French
and their new ally, as soon as ever she ' can be carried into execution.
New. 18. Two large bodies psB'usgyan forces ne cuttinly M.
and equiped for actual and immediate service, butthe-c i_lct _
ase' engaged i: vzn'oullyttlked 97". Some of our when: _
marched them to the aid of _P :, while others ac fly
!heymmmedinshcflfllfl Inlhnd- Eithi: ssg then
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