The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-03-07 00:00:00, page 3

i. . spk of oursslnci-t virtue remaining ! nnll not on]
malign" : , Wound attention. ! do not find forth to urg);
my in:: of . own, in all] llnllsay, every En ]ishmnb is " much
concerned :! .?Llsa I man who glonee in : e name of an Eng.
1i!_hmn,'nifl ulfosthc ofdk bound,, though many who I '
in the name of Britou, lfflQ end rejoice in m misery. The CHEQZ'Z
sea: qpery Head to tsih mshwfion, and believe me, Sire, that if they
were dl [Ww w chesamc sense of it, whlt is nowymr tenor,
mi' : bndedc dun: : of our weservation.
si ' lex, it not only . trine and true maxim, but the "
be of ] lust vernment. In the most particular manner it is the
, my the only die of our establilhmem. Whatever mighz have
been the M, the me: :: che resolution wan to redres- the grievnnces
of the delilend, me to gntify che ambition of the delivmr. When the
18 of senseuunt took place end confirmed the throne in the House of
newer. the only mson for it was that the union believed that under
ths! Prince: only, our liberty could be safe.
]: was not then to for the sake of one man, or one family. "that thin
muse:- ": hide of the crqm, it qn for the whole people, therefore
it in damnsh'lbly our right, :: il indnspens-bly our duty to cake care that
the eondidonm MM. It is incumbent on on to insin that our own
sin and deed Mld 0 to 91" own use lnd advanm , and to request
youesioss perform your uly. dull you expect that we uld wnlinuc in
ce. . .
MZZW, Sire, that the .a offettlement. me an 18 of gnce on our
fide ad shut the Houseof umour had neither aracee'cowgelhz wary
uglorioneyreseusiwymtou n. e lewl
LFW nbaumenninhedpnl term- on which they were to
receive end nia, it, and so were ot'our mord, a grateful mind
ought to have deadly felt the used". Yet, had the three Princee of
this House been Lordle the Mlnor, inned of Ste-m-ds for the pople,
they could not hue kvied larger inn, of received more unrescrved ho
use. On :.rrinciph of gratitude, therefore, a- well na justice, they
should hue mitted every net of hate, every mentum of government,
(] s ! for the good of the Reople.
,.an dom? Mad, that it at been direaly the reverse, and if
you would not 15 to e temonsh'lncee of an opprefl yeople, nor the
petition! of an : 'eved nation, you will pay no attenttori to my asi'er
tiom. if you}: wed not Most: al th:_Proplm:, ]GB -u_nll um listen to
one raistd sm- tbc ded. Yet om- Mnmltere have l_et shp no opportu
nitiet of painting our dikr in the root! affecting manner, and
whim you contin inexonble to redres- our gruevances, you ventured
to entreat the ehmcteriflic eompnfiion of the people to set you an example
for what on wanted gratitude and sentimenu to follow.
It hat remarked that the feelinge of a Prince, though numbed
ahd deed at all other times, are delicate when he wants to have his dif
tressee relieved. in your reign it hat peen otherwise, and it has been the
folly of the people to relieve your Majeft 't di-stresses, when you refused
to remove their Fimnces. Yet it had een ]ushce, as we knew then,
and policy at you may know hereafter, that both should have been removed
to ther.
ZA crisit may arrive, and probably is not far off, when our ministers
may with great truth again assure us that the Prince is disire ed and wants
the afflshmce of that people to whom he owes hit all. I then should have
no Objection to relieve him, provided he redressed the people, but ] cer
tainly would not rant one, till ! had obtained the other. Let mutual
confidence take p ace of mutual jealousies, for if we are to perform and
endure all, apprehensions must vanish, and _we must have recoursc to our
own strength to obtain by force what we put in the power of an individual
10 refuse to our entreaties. Although ] am sincwely attached to the pie
sent eshhlishment, I cannot suffer my regard for one family to get the
better of my duty to my country. lwill never submit to a complait'ance
that it criminal to the righte of the people, nor actloyalty that is destruc—
tive to the privilege. of a glorious nation. For, if through the bad ad
minish'ation of the chief magistrate, who is trusted with the executive
power, or by any other means, the liberty of the people shall become
Pkecnuous, lwill then be for any fom- of government, under which
their liberty and property may be more secure, though till THEN ] do
not desire to cunuos.
It is therefore of the utmost consequence to your Majesty to reflect,
before cl! the people become sensible of the injuries which have been done
them by ahominable and traiterous ministers. That jnnto which it well
known to conduct the present unnatural war, those men whohave brought
disgrace on your reign, and destruction on your subjects, cannot long
hinder your- - what nothing but a love of your family hat long
prevented.
In gratitude, then, for this redilection, consider the situation of this
country; but if that has no e act on you, let the sense of your own dan
ger aflkeyow, and urge 1: to shun, ere too late. the preeipiee on me
on the beink of. Dismi : this An" into, which tremble: ' ev
whither. and lhuddersin every blast, before they raise a (tom, that, 11:
in violence to shake of in withered leaves, may tear up the tue that
made them had. ' -
Take my their power. and their endit and eounsela will he Iaded
and exposed. Diseharge them from your presence. and there will as lit- '
etle trace remain of their ebilitiee a. their virtue. .
! an fully persmded that your Ma'esiy in a man, and that on
have the interefls of your subject: at artj 1 ave been bold you ! ed '
teare at the death of an individual who smisiced himself to grant your l'e—
quefl. God forbid, it were true. or else grant that your are not so sus—
eeptible now for the lives of those who have crossed the Atlantic at You].
desire. lf ] 'thought you was, I should dread to mention America, and
shudder it the relection of the horror you must feel at the nan— of Lex
ington, Bunker'e Hill, or Sullivan'a lfland.
A jealousy of your own character may have made you hitherto paffive
midst the illo al, the eriminal violence: that have been carried on against
the yeople, X eonseiousness of innocence in yourself may have been the
mon" os yourss eom liance with your Minisier'a measures. But these are
no excuse: for : e ief magistrate when the welfatcte of a nation is at
stake, nor can the puerile, vague, equivocal plea of throwing the blame
upon opposition exculpate a Chief Governor, who is permitted to choose
all hie subaltem officers. All our unfortunate Kinga since the conq-ecst,
lofl their crowne, and most of them their lives, by giving themlsict'sixsi- up
implieitl to widedswouriusiruudMim'stn-r, in opposition to ihc !eni'c of
the peop e, and in desunce of their frequent remonstrances. \Vflhouf
looking back for centuries to the House! of Yosk and Lancaliti', 'si'; ,
eircumhaneea of ]amee the second'o case are recent and striking examplcctsi
Every one knotye that that unbappy Prince went on not only obstinaz; .s; .
but etipitatep in the rosecution of hie destructive schemes. What the
con equence was, can geh be explained by those, who, by fflcmn pro
ntisee of'being upright magishates, were adopted in the pldctce of him we
had diseharged rot. surname Hmsur 70 35 DELUDED BY His
Mnnsus.
' lt has often happened, and may happen again, that good Piiuces as
well as bad, have put their only trust in those men, who, sshating first
rendered themselves universally odicus by vile measures, can find no otltef
refuge than in betraying and sacrisieing their master. It is theiesore ah
solutely ineumbent on a Prince, not only for the good of his people, but
to prevent his own dismisiion, when dissentiono arise in hit kingdom, and
ill-humoun are visibly spread through the whole body of the people, to
make lirict in uiriea into the causes of them, and see whether they really
flow from tho e little springs which occasionally break out, or from other
sourcea of a more latent and com heated nature.
Thing! are now reduced to suc an unhappy crisis, by a long course of
mal-adminiflration, and provoking conduct, that Govetnment seem des
perate, and your Ministere, dreadmg the vengeance ofthose people, with
to involve our Majesty in their inevitable Amin. Their timidity now
surpasi'es their absurdity in the beginning of this unnatural war, and
knowin their fate is unavoidable, they sh'ive to aggragate the mast of
desperatfoes by declat'ing—Unasalucts mistrict ullamjpemnstzluluu, or in
thelrwords, " We MUST utmost. 'nu Amentcans, out THE?
WlLL HAVE us BEHEADED."
After you had lost the affections of the people. there were but two
ways of legaining them, " A change of men and measures, or subduins
them by force," the former you pohtiveiy and repeatedly refused to your
constituents; the latter you are now trying with anation, who, in case
of a sevolution, might have granted you I sum asyium thati those
whose— you nccup\', found at St. Germaim. The situation of your
Majesty, and your Minilters, is truly de lorable- In you are
DECLARED againsi asa-p—, , an a—. In En we re
munsh'ate against measures, and petition against Minflert asctenemica to
the people, and traitora to the coniitution. \Ve are not yet sunl, into
that Iethargy that the junto make you imagine. and if We were, recal
lect that the phrenzy of James awoke the nation out of a dee : one.
sivm
The honest, the wise part of thin nation gmw tired with suffering for:
auanow, our seat appetites must have a susssiraucz.
How far the simericans lpoke truth in their deelaration, osirwfinssourct
remonshanceu, is too dangerous for my pen to deeide. Tsffi it it that
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our molt valuabic rights have been insringed on, and our deatsielt liber
ties attacked and destroyed.
The enemies of our glorious conflitution have been encouraged hy "
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But hold ! what is to defend nml protect me is ! fity hyvhmsh,
An yet the uneu conne act is not suspended, and tilt it it .] will
venture to put up one petition, which is, may contulsimu cover -.—_,
who, by their violence and treachery, have teduced us to our presefv J-tf
graceful and ruinous fituation. J U ]] ] QU S.
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