The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-09-03 00:00:00, page 3

. From the Vermont &zette.
To the PRINT E IT
't is judged that your publishing the
following copies will be agreeable to
. the Public.
Cfo of aletter from Governour Chit
□enden, to tre President of Congress,
inclofa an Address from the Legijtaure
01 the State of I ermont to Congress, da
ted Marib ±B, 1783.
m SIR,
11-hve the honour to inclofe your Excels
lency an address from the legislature of
} ermont, on the resolutions of Congrels re
fpe&ing this State of the sth of December
last, together with sundry papers relative
to the lubje&, agreeable to your Excellen
cy's req.u ft in your letter, covering laid
resolutions to me. Permit me, Sir, to re
•quell that you will duly lay the lame before
Congrefi.
I would further inform your Excellency
^ d Congress, that agents and delegates are
appointed and duly authorifed to negoc ate,
on tC e P art of this State, the admission
thereof- . into th e fcedral union of the United
StatesanJ eventually to represent this State
inCongrets ; and it is with the fulleft con~
fidence that C ongrefs will not make any
. further determinations relpedting th s State,
without tirft giving Ue laid agents timely
notice to attend at Philadelphia, that they
do not at this time of the year enter upon
the journey, which mult be exp p nfive and
might prove fruitless and unluccxfsh.il. I
have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellen
cy's most obedient, humble tervant,
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
Hit Excellence Elias Boudinot, Est,
Prefdent of Congress.
Copy of an Address from the Legislature
of the State of Vermont to Congress,
occasioned by the resolutions ot Con
gress of December 5, 1782.
Go bis Excellency the President of Congress.
S 1 R,
▼%^E the Legislature of Vermont, re-
V , quest your Excellency to commu
nicate to Congress the following determina
tions of the freemen of this State, in answer
to the requisition of Congrels of the sth of
December last.
We beg leave to observe that Congress,
in and by their resolutions of the 7th and
21st of August 1781, did virtually acknow
ledge the right, and engage to recognize
the independence of this State, on compli
ance with a certain preliminary condition
therein contained ; which preliminary con
dition has been, in the most full and ample
manner, complied with by this State, as
appears from the journab es this House,
and the report of a committee of Congrels.
In this situation, confeious of our right,
and feeing such right virtually acknowledg
ed by Congress, we had no apprehension
of our becoming obnoxious; by an exercile
ot that right over those, v, ho by an oath of
allegiance, and otherwise, were the liege
fubje&s of this State, and had in a flagrant
manner violated its laws, and disturbed the
peace of government; and, however this
legislature may be disposed to extend mercy
to delinquents on proper application; ,et.
that mercy must be free, and at our own
election
Ah and every aft of Congress which in
terfere with the internal government of this
State, and tend to prevent a general exer
cile of our laws, are unjustifiable in their
nature, and repugnant to every idea of
freedom. It : fcluppoles this Stare depend
ent on Congrefs,not only for the enjoyment
of their independent right of jurifdidion,
but for the right itfelf, whereas the fact is,
it we hhve any right to be an independent
junfdidlion, such right is, and must be de
rived from association and the civil com
pact ot the people.
We conceive the several States in the
Union do not owe to Congrels their riHit
ot existing independent of their neighbours,
but that each State Was formed by the aflo
ciation and civil compact of its inhabitants.
Through this medium, they derive their
Separate rights to jurisdiction, and Congress
the different powers they are vested with ;
and of couple have neither the power or
right to make or unmake States within or
out of the Union, or to cohtrobl then in
ternal police, without a power dele gated to
them for the purpole. Admitting the pro
priety of this reasoning, and the exhtence
of a right in the people ot this State to an
independent jurikii&ion, which is explicitly
avowed, by the felolutions of Congress of
the 21st of August 1781, is not the resolu
tion ot the grh ot December an invasion
of the rights of a free people?
The citizens of this State have ever en^
tertained the highest opinion of the wisdom
and inregritv of Congress, and have mani
felled their confidence in that body, by a
Spirited exertion, in prosecution ot every
measure against the common enemy, at the
rifle of life and fortune. We still are ready
to comply with every reasonable requisition
of Congrels ; but, when Congress requires
us to abrogate our laws, and reverie the
solemn decisions of our courts of justice, in
favour of insurgents and disturbers ot the
public peace, we think ourielves juftified to
God and the world, when we fay we cannot
comply with such their requisitions. The
interests of the United States, which, with
a v ew to confederation, we have made our
own, forbid it. It would be licencing facti
ous fubjefts to oppose government with
impunitv. We (hould become the resort
of insurgents, and disturbers of govern
ment ; and consequently, every measure to
raise men or money, in support of the com
mon cause, would be weak & contemptible.
We are confeious of doing no act, in
derogation of the dignity, or in contempt
of the authority of Congrels, or to disturb
the peace of the Confederacy ; but, solely
with a view to the security of our just
rights, and the internal peace and tranqui
lity ot this State.
As we have from the commencement of
the war, braved every danger and hardship
against the ulurpations ot Britain, in com
mon with the United States as our inhe
rent right of lovereignty and jurisdiction,
hands confuted upon the principles of the
revolution, and implied by the folemh
transactions of Congress, we tannot but
express our furprize at the reception of the
late resolution of Congress, of the sth of
December, obtained exparte, and at the
Ipecial instance of an infamous person, as
the iaclokd evidence, amon^ other things,
^i'l evince. And as we have repeatedly
solicited a Confederation and Union with
the United States of America, lo now, in
the name and ehalt ot the freemen of this
State, we renew our request; and in the
most solemn manner, call upon Congress to
execute, on their part, the intent and fpiric
of their rcfolutions of the 21st of August
1,81. °
STATE of VERMONT.
In General Affernbly, February 26, ivßfr
R EA D, and unanimously puffed the
Houfe^; and ordered that Kis Excel
lency the Governour be requeued to trans.
mit a copy of the fame to the Congress of
the United States of America.
Increase Moseley, Speaker.
Sent up for Conewrence,
Attest, Roswell Hopkins, Clerk
In Council, Windsor, Feb. 26, 1783.
Read and Concurred,
Jonas Fay, Sec. Pro. Tern.
CHARLESTON,
WEDNESDAY Sept. 3
LAST Matchy c.iffie cp th* eleflioi For thi
Mem m to represent the parishes of St. Phi
lips and St. Michael. s vhe at the close of t^
ballot tris d«y, the fofowieg Gentlemen yc/o
declared duly ele&ed:
The Hon. W. H. Gibber, Efy
The Hon. J. F Grimkie, Esq;
Thomas Shubrick, Efa;
Monday ceme on in 'the different War's Ae
election for Wardens of this Ci y, ^hen the fol
lowing Gentlemen were chefe :
Ward, No. 1. fames Neifon,
2. Thomas Bee,
3. A. Alexander,
4. B. Beekman, CT'
5. Joshua Ward,
6. Thomas Heyward,
7. John Mathews,
8. George Flagg,
9. Thomas Radcliffe, junb
10 Vote, equal,
ii. Richad Hutfon,
12 J. L. Gervais,
13. No Election.
h This mornin R 2rrive^ here in seven f,„
Ph ladelphia the Schooner G F R R A R
Capt. Matthew Strong, with a number cf
gets.'
Port new s'.
• Entered inwards
2, Sloop A&ive, Jof Putnam, from Petafmemi
28 Ship Rom r Emperor, Jere. Coward, Lohdo\
',°°"c'' B'pbinftone, vincert Lardiror, Savanna
Schoon Providence, %hn Langford, do.
Schooner Affiance, Shadwick Turner, Augu.% n e
Entered outwards.
30 Schooner Elphinftpne. Lardinor, for Geor b
q „ . Cleared ou Wards.
Brigantine the Sufanna> Capt. Callon, for P^t
n au Prince
S oon. Butterfly, J 9 hr ,MQuin, St. A.^uUne
Big line Champlain, Benj. Pierce, Newport
. r RbodeJfoid
Schooner Livek, A ! en Jones, North Carolina
30 Brigantine James Jabez Chalker, Philadelphia
crooner Rose, ,oieph f bevery, Martinique
3 Schooner Biphinßone, V. Laidfror, Sa,anna
Mrs. TIMOTIIV,
Requests the favour of those Gentleman.
who know them themfebee to be inacbt&
to the late Mr. Timothy, to cifeharge their ar
rears to the Left of their knowledge and rec> le&i
on, in which they may be shifted, by the exact
nation of their receipts. She thinks they c in need
no Solicitation, or require to be further reminded
as ihe is deprived of the means of ; refol, r a p :
plication by misfortune of he beoU &c. bci& £
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