The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-24 00:00:00, page 1

TTHE VIRGINIA- GAZETTEJ
The Fy-sisiedom oftbe Pres: is one of the great Bulwurk: o] Liber ty, and can m-wr be nctssirained but lssy despm'c Go-vcmmemt.
{]ANUARY 24, 1777.] WlLuAMSBURG: l'rintcd by Donu Cg' Humzx. [No. :329.)
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HONOUR, I obey t/Jee!
T :t crisn when Ameriu is invassicd by one of che most
powerful fleet: ma! amiss that ever the v-a: hl '>eh-.M
assayed in order of battle, when the hzmt ut tyrant y
in uphfted to sell the (}LORlOU 5 PLA Nl ()F
Ll BE RT Y, which our anceflort hrtve (henshul h um
the earnest ages, as the tree of lite; when war, wnh
ill it! honours, is invading thus once hsisi-py land;
when every sacred right in " shke; when every fihnl and ;.ffihiomze
sentimen! should en age us to step forth in support of those who have.
m the wdianl o our tender years, of the sweet companions of our
Iulcyon ays; must not that soul be frozen, even to apathy, that is no:
mused inch 'tm nant and inestfliUe im ulses! Our COUN'] RY,
our LlV S, our ORTUNES, our LlB RTIES, our PARENTS,
our CHlLDREN, and our WKVES, ate the SACRED PLEDGES for
which we ere now contending. We stand on the htink us : precipice,
from which we cannot advance without the nobltfl exemtons of vutctt o !,
lenmrnr, end vol'n-rooe. A sin he saw.- flep may recipitzte ".
from the en' ment of the hleffin s of Ll ERTY, PEAZ , 31le
DEPEND CE, to the abysa shver and woe. But, on the contra
ry, whilh we ne mimated by the GLO lOUS CAUSE we are eng: ed
in, whill we with cheerfulness embark in the defence of the man va u
able of snblunary bleffin l, whilfi we are united in our sentiment, vigi
lent in our duty. end in in our operations, we need not dread the
thunder of cannon, nor tremble at the names of hente! arnyed in all me
fplendour of . eomtpt court, of crowned with the [used lame]. which
have been flecked by the hand of tyranny.
Such, n ecuntrymen, is the preiL-nt [tate of America; such the con
sequence lumbenng in the arms of pace, wltillt your enemy is at your
[nen end such the lotion: reward of those who nobly shnd forth and
"pose the progress : mercenu-y arm , mon venal than : court sa
vonfim, more sunge than : band of man, and more spiritless than
the My sone of Aftjic. when opposed by men animated by liberty and
dte smed love of their country.
IMH an one mon you nquire the force of example to animate
ynou- this Julian occa ton, let him tum hie eyes to that bright humi
"(7 of woe in those chuacter the conduct of Emilius, the eoulnes. of
I Fabiiu, the hot;?idity of an Hannihel, and the indefatigable ardour
ad niiiusy kill I Czsar, are united. Let not the name of 8: mue or
Cunilhn be remembered whilfi that of WASl-UNGTON is to be found
in the nnllsot America. Great in the cohinet as in war, he shine: with
un-iulled splendour in every ;l-efmmem of life; and, whiht hie abili—
linn I Sutesman and : Gene excite our wonder, hie dismtereticd pz
triotism :nd domestic virtues commznd universal veneration. When sent
cut Govemor Dinwiddic to older the French to desifl from their en.
ma: ment. on Virginia, view him, in the early period of iilc, traversing
in the setviee of hissicouiitry the dreadsttl wilds of Ameiica, tht'ou h m
domof sungen with no other attendant but an interpreter. Beho :! him
I! the had of I handful of hit gallmt count men, engaged sur many
hoten with monthan treble the number of Frenc at the Meadows, where
the sin first ceased on the side of the enemy, who previously pm'poscd &
par] ; end, though surrounded hy numbers, yet, : shangcr to the im
pul es os fear, he cavitulnted only on the terms ot' retiting with the ho.
nourt of war. Follow him to that tremendous scene which struck an
universzl panic in the hntvefl of the British troopt, when, as aid de camp
to the intrepid Braddock, amidst the dreadful camagc of that dzv, he
wu engzged in giving out the orden ofthat unfortunate General iniih :
coolnei't thzt marked the hero, and at length brought him of the field
of battle :fter he had received hie morn] wound. A ain, behold him
exchznging the din of arms for the calmcr sccncs of ise, still active in
the service of hit country in the senate, until the impcnding storm, which
it now hurfling on America, called him l'mth as the guardian and pro
tt-Etor of hit country. Behold him abattdoning the deli hts of peace, the
enjoyment as affluencc, and the pleasures os domestic scficity, :md enter
ilg with :rdour upon : military life again. Let imaginltum paint hint
at the heed of a few law undilciplincd troops, desh'tute of him! and am.
munition. besieging an army of vetet'am supported by a powerful navy.
Consider with what unpumleiied [ortitude he withltood the difficultief that
(wounded him on every tide. Behold him embucing the elsliefl op
s-(ntunity of dtiving the enemy from their advanttgeous post, and obli
gtyssz them to abandon the long putsieculed town of Button. Again sur
vey the plains of Long lfl'md, whither he flew hkc a guardian angel to
ytotedt and bring csi his brave troops, sunounded on every side by lll
hust of such, :tntl wnh : conduflflmpnnlnllcd in.!Lt-ry seemed their re
trcut 'oU'Usb a liver of which the anmy't ships 'ete in full possession,
burcly Heaven intupused in bzhaisos Atnt-nca on that day, by pennittin
sutch numbers to ticapc with los)- from such : suynior suce! Beho
lus sintgglcs on the heights oFlhtZ-ctm, and at the White Phim, coul
teralttng the best conemed plant of the zbltsi Generall of the use. In
thought attend him (if thought dun nul tzg behind) when, ne tt were,
he bounded stom the White Plaine to the ]ersey share, covering the re
trtat os hil men from sort Let, :md throwin himself with them before
the enemy, and with the seattered temaim o? his disnmded ntmy. now
amountinfi only to three thouslnd men, checkiug, at evrty flcp, the to
gress of t e British army, And often helting to offer battle to num en
vuttly superior to hie own. Gneiwe Heaven! can any Virginin hie
coltntryman, or can my Ametican who tegudt htm :: the inviouros
thetr flatet, reflect on hit sttuation at that juncture without honour?"—
Would he not rather share his fortunes for the rest of the war than ha
urd the salntion of his country by a short eminmmt, at the end of which
h'n General mightbe lest without un army to support him? Yet, even;
in such I sttuation hie ellmness and intrepidity never sotswk him, butsshc'
assayed [till greater in proportion to the dungen thnt swrounded hid;
A.: length, when the enemy flatteted themselve. with the pleasing
tatiom of : speedy zeeomplishment of their dat'ling wish, "behold him
by my le main diffipzting the feast of his country, and striking : term
into troopl who the dzy before conceived themfetvet on the eve of : m'.
umctph. Whilst each effeminate son ospuee vu- mellmg in luxury. hi
acttve mind wet employed in preparing for kmu Jully glorious to him.
sels and terrible to his enemies. Suceese attend this matchless enter.
rtise, and Philldelphia, with the ul es Amid, htiled him her de.
iveret end guardian geniue, ,
Such, my countrymen, is the Genml who dmsh the milimy open.
tion: of Amuica; such the glorious leader asha- ermiee] such the Ill". si
RO whose bright example should fire every generate heart to enliR i. '4
the sewice of his country. Let it not be said you are edlm to the inl
presszons of such noble consideration s, but, by following hie glost'mudd'
amyle, shew yourselvel worthy of possefling the ineflmlble w
LlBERTY, and reflect thlt you have nothing todfud dhilfl- u m' .
engaged in so glorious : came, and blessed with : WASHlflG ON forss
a : er.
A C !! A R A C T ! !.
As distinguished excellence in a- an or science ilenlitled ton record
in !he znnalu of same, ! thin the worthy hl'0__ of the souow'
ltmy has as great : right to be canonized as any sum; in the How?
czlcndzir. _ .
A ccruin priest wu some time since invited to I ehsishling she '
house of : sax'mer in the parish. Pxctiesie on such occasions gener \ .
indination correspond with duty: He went accordingly, and, um..
performing the ceremony with much grace and savily, lpcnube '
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with she me of the com any. At su per, wi las much since,. he
gravity, wish loosened and znd nay -m luck'd, he chased so eml'nlI—si
oufly, and displlyed hit abilitiu in eaing and glsinking in so men:
a manner, thn it wn vcrily believed hie discesm could not have Me
greater prowess at the line]: of : turtle in Lest. But behold cultly, _
is grzss! The reverend yricfi having exlupiud his temperance an-p-ctsu
demion in the entire demolition of : . A pi 'on we,, mdgss
hot buttered : le yye, diluted wish About fadozenffsinlnnf
her and port, e an to find hu eznhen vessel in named;; any 1."
circumshnced, fit rudendy sat still, now Ifl then [; * ssrh.
wenker side with : ; us., by way of bultrcsc , kill unin :] I; much.
ing, and vermiculnr motions in his siomlch, indiuud ln imm-Illa
tumult. and threatned I syeedy cruytion ofin concenu. Pursiing. then.
so'e, (he! he should become ed: in 16: 91: oil: . he took up 55; 5).
hat and Went! into the yard. Ovrrpowele and by {nium _
howed h' ( towards the wall; but not being so—t 'n "6: : 'INp .!
bended, mi- palm of the churchch monumoemr-si-bm " ' 3.
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