The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-15 00:00:00, page 1

DFCEMBER 15, 1775. T [( : NUMBER 46.
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,!N CbNVENTlON, Decembcr 8, 1775'.
; sictESOLVELD, :hat the'fi'm/arcr oft/n':
R calany flsir the time being be required to
purchase fbr the public/( us:- all the good and
mcrchzmtablc GU NPO W ])L'K that may
e imported into this culmy, or mrmuszzctured
here, at any time within fix mouth;, and
allaw the price of fix shxlhug; per pound
for the same. _
EDMUND PENDLETON, president.
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]. TAZEWELL, clerk of the convention.
ESOLVED , th . t the vender: of SALT,
imported not contrary to the continental
a bciation, be allowed to demand and re
ceive whatever price they can obtain for that
necessary articlc. ct
EDMUND PFNDLETON, president.
]. TAZ EWLLL, (clerk of the convention.
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L O N D O N.
The following !: a true only- of the petition
from the GZneral Congrcfi in f/merica to his
majesty, which we delivered to lord Dari
'mouth thefirst of 'thi: month, and to which,
hit lordship said, no answer would be given.
thuuo PENN.
S'pt' 4' 1775' Axruvn Lzrct.
To the Ktso's most excellen: MAjstY.
Mo/l gracious sovereign,
\ E. your majesty's faithful subjects of
the bolonies of New Hamplliire,
Massachusetts Boy, Rhode island and Pro
vidence plantatiom, Connecticut, New
York, New ]ersev, Pennsylvania, the
eouuties of Newcastle, Kent, and Susscx,
on Delaware, Maryland, Virgioia, North
and Sooth Carolina, on beholf ol'ourselves
and the inhabitants of these eolonies, who
have depuied us to represent them in
General Congress, entreat your mnjesty's
graeious attention to this our humble
etmon. -
The union betWeen our mother country
and these eolonies, and the energ'y of mild
and just government, produced benesits
so remarkably important, and afforded
'snch assurance of their permunency and
increase, that the wonder and envy of
other nations were excited while they be
held Great Britnin rising to ". povrer the
most extraordinary the world ]] td ever
known. lier rivzds nbsening that there
wax no Pl'OlLtl)lllLy ol'this luppy connection
being broken by civil dillbntions. and ap
prehending its! suturc effects, if lest any
longer undisturbcsil, resolved to prevent
her receiving so Cominuzd ;:m! lssormidJl-le
an .aeceilion of We-sidth ;mssl strength, by
checking the growth ofthese littlemcntsiss,
from whith they were to be derived.
In the prolecutionot this attempt, events
so unlfn-ournblc to the: delign took place,
that every friend to the interest of Great
Britain and these Cu'lonies entertained
[Leasings and reasonable expectznions ns'
seeing an additional force and cxtc-nsion
immediately given to the (neraticms of
the union hitherto experienced, by na; en—
!a'gcnicnt okssthc dominions ot'tlxc crown,
and the removal of ancient and warlike
enemies to a greate"; ..ttzrnce.
At the conclusion, therefore, of the lsiite
war, the moll; glorious and advantageous
that ever had been carried on by British
arms, your loyal colonics, hatinsi; contri
buted to its success hy such repcsitted and
sh'enuous exertions as frequently procured
them the distinguished approbation ol'your
majesty, of the late king. and of parlia
ment, doubted not but that they should
be permitted, with the rest of the empire,
to (bare in the blellings oksipeace, and the
emolnments of victory and conquell.
While these recent and honourable ack
nowledgments of their merits remained
on record in the journuls and acts of that
augult legillature, the parliament, unde
saced by the imputation, or even the sus
picion, osany ossence, they were alarmed
by the new system osstntntes and regula
tions, adopted for the administration of
the colonies, that filled their minds with
the most painful fears and jealousies; and,
to their inexprellible astonishment, pe
ceived the dangers of :: foreign quarrel
quickly succeeded by domellick dungers,
in theirjsiu'dgment, osu more dreadsulkind.
._N0r were their anxietics alleviated by
any tendency in this system to promote the
welszcttreosthe mother country ; sorthough
its effects were more immediately lsiclt
by them, yet its influence appeared to be
injurious to the commerce and prosperity
ot'Great Britain.
We man occnne me ungratctul talk of
describing the irksome variety ot' artifices
prnctiscd by many of your innjesty's mi—
nisters, the delnlive pretences, smitless
terrours, and unavziiliug severitics, which
have from time to time been dealt out by
them in their attempts to exccute this im
politick plan, or of tracing, through &
series os of years past, the progress of the
unhappy differences between Great Brituin
and these colonies, which have flowed
from this fatal source. Your majelly's
ministers, persevering in their measures,
and proceeding to open hollilitics for en
sorcing them, have cotnpclled us to arm
in our own defence, and have engaged
us in a controversy so peculiarly abliorrcsint
from the assecsitions of yOur ilill faithful co
lonills, that when we consider whom we
must oppose in this contest. and, iFit con
tinues, \\hct.it may be the consequence,
our own pzirlicnhr missortnnes are ac
counted by us only as parts ofourdilircss.
huowmg to what violent relcntments
and incurable anlmosizlcs c'nll discorcls are
apt to clesperssue and instune the contend
ing parties, we think ourselves required
by indilsipenssixblc obligations to Almighty
God, to'ynur'nmjellsiy, to our fellow—sub
jects, and ourselves, immediate-ly to uli:
all the means in our pnvu-r, 1mtlnc01np3
tiblc will] our safety, sur stnpp'mg the
farther cli'usion ol'blnnd, and for ichl'lsilng
the impcnding culznniticd that threaten the
Brixish cmplrc. 'l'husi called upon to ad
dress your mujesly on uffairs of such mo
ment to Amcrica, and probably to all
your dominions. we are camellly desiroul
yf .!
os pen-shnningss office with the uttfiost
.
lik'sCl'Cllfc to vq_- - ajefly; andwe there
lure pray, , ss Tssyuyr royzl magnanimit
and benevolence may make the most sa
vourabie construdtiuus of our expression}
on so uncommon an occasion. '*
Could we represent, in their Full force,
the sentiments which agitate the mind: of -'
us, your dutisul subjects, we are persuade'a 4
your majesty would ascribe an shewing
dcviation from reverence, incur anguag'e,
and even in our conduct, not to any r
prchensible intention, but to-the impossi—
bility of recondiling the usual appearances .
of respect with & just attention to our pre— _
sex-vation against those artsul and _cruefl_'
enemies who abuse your royal confidenc} '
and authority, for the purpossos effecting
our destruction .
Attached to your: majelty's person,
samily, and government, with all the
devotion that principle and affection can
inspire, connected with Great Britain by
the strongest ties that can unite societiel,
and depiocing every event that tends in
any degree to weaken them, we solemn]
assure your majesty, that me not on] Pin ,
ardently desire the former harmorys Fsiwessm
her and these colonies may he restored,
but that a concard may be estqblijbed be
tween them upon so finn a basis as to
perpetuate-its blessings, uninterrupted-by
any future dfisentions, to succeeding gene
rations in both countries; and to trunlmit
your majesty's name to posterity, adomed
with that signal and lastin glory that has
attended the memory o those illustrioul
personages whose virtues and abilitics hassvc .
extricuted states from dangerous tom-nisi
ons, and, by securing happiness to others,
have erected the most noble and durable
monuments to their own same.
V\sse beg leave further to ssaflure your:
majesty, that notwithstanding the suffer-si ss
ings of your loyal colonists, during th'-it.,
course of the present controversy, our, "
breasts retain too tender a regard for th; :,
kingdom from which we derive our origin
to request such a reconciliation as might in
any manner'be inconsistent with her dignity
or her u-elfare. These, related as we are to
her, honour and duty. as well as inclina
tion, induce us to support and advance;
and the apprehensions that_now opprelk
our hearts, witlrunspeakable grief, being
once removed, your majesty will find your
faithful subjects on this continent read] and
willing, at all times, as they have ever'
been, with their live: and fortunes, to
(: (th am! maintain the right: and interest:
of;/our majesty and of our mother country,
w e therefore beseech your majesty,
that your rossx a] authority and influence
may be. graciously interposed to procure at
reliessrom our assiicting fears and jealou
sies, oeczisioned by the system before-men
tioned. and to settle peace through every
part of your dominious ; with all humility
inhmitting to tourssnmjcst) fs wise conside
ration, \\ hcther it may not be expetlient,
for issacilitating these important purposes,
that your majesty be ple/g/Ed to direct sinne
mode by which the united ajplication: of