The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-03-28 00:00:00, page 1

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High HEAVEN tv CRACIOUS ENDS direct; the STORM!
Mr. l'unms,
5 you in (5 p< Hihly consider this in the
A mutuxsic otsiun udv-si-rtilctement, ] 'have
diuctul yet] shall be paid for inselting it in
your G..z:uc, but at the (Lime time, as a
gentleman declaring himseit' Alwacty: far
" the pu/si-Iz'cksissaml, unless you are too absolutc
in she me jczdicc what shall be so deemed,
you will give me leave to hope that your
demand for so doing, from the very tenour
of the paper, can be but moderate.
Every body almost, ] am persuaded,
has been convinced that in this our sensible
llruggle for freedom we should be reduced
to the want of realnecesslries sor clothing
ourselves and people. Therefore, ( must
say that I have for some time wished to
see & publick spirit exerting itself in every
county within this state to crect such
manusactories, that might so encourage
the poor among us to an activc diligence
in raising those materials for clothing,
wmcn are certainty m every man's power
to do, that they may be profitably enough
to them returned in what every body
should think both decent and warm to
wear ; for without such an actuating ten
dency, the making things forour own use
only will carry but little temptation with
'it for others to imitate, where they do
not see an opportunity of contributing
with a benesit to themselves, by even the
feeble assistance of their own indush'y.
And the making purely to sell to others
is generally too much tinctured with the
sordidness of gain, and will suggest the
reflection of'endeavouring to raise an estate
(as it were) out osthe neceflities of others .
And as to all- kinds osimportatioos osgoods
for that purpose, it seems hardly posiiblc
for any pocket in the country long to
purchase them, monopoliling having in so
short a time arisen to such a prodigious
cnormity; but here I do suppose] must
be (Hent, lest I offend against same ex
amples, that have really scrcened them
selves under the pretext of cncouraging
trade forsooth among us, but which, how
ever specionflyit may have passed, willdis
coveritselsto be but one osthc fingrant ar
tifices of a most destructive and filt/zy lucre.
For these reasons, my conversations have
frequently turned on some scheme similar
to the foregoing hint, as the most scasible
to its good end, that of encouraging
every inhabitnnt, let him be ever so poor,
to asiist in providing- his own raiment, es
pecially those familics whose hardy sons
arc engaging in the defenca sisour liber
ties. Hut us conversation alone, I saw,
WF-uhl not do, I should ere this have
troubled ths ml'nlick with my thoughts on
shch :! snss'ssj-(t, had it. not been mctv lot
(i'mv: !] ! l-z-mw not) to have so (lisub
]znssss-sii t'v ]):ssss &, :15 always to luvc sound
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rumct xss-si' ": 15 1-1\<:!—:; Iz-ut si-z-Ilibly, iu
the presentji-flematical conduct, where the
not being (: dclcgntc rcduces the value of
PAdT dERVKLES to a mere ciphcr, it is
not much to be wondered at. However,
although dixiuity itssils has most patheti—
cally informed us all, thatone'sown coun
try is really but an inset'iile sail for a man
to cultivate & patriotick honour in, ugood
citizen can never be so unmindsul as not.
to consider that it is his country ; and let
the example of ingratitude be ever so
catching among trz'jct'iug individuais, he
cannot avoid being importunate in his en
deavours to serve her. for which reason I
have directed my purse to make a tender
of this in moderation. Therefore, as an
old man, and of course one who can only
depend on the honest care of others, !
hereby do give notice, that lwould gladly
employ any ikiisul person to undertake the
instruction ofthose who shall be put under
him in the preparing us hemp, flux, colton,
and wool, insisuch a manner as to sit them
for manusacturing; and to manusacture
me lame mto a tolerable gooa wearmg up—
parel, such as is generaUy produced srom
suchmatcrials. Hackles, wheels, looms,
'nns, &c. I am led to hope may be ea
hly obtained; at least invention may be
active enough'm some proper succedaneum
(if pharmacy will allow the sreedom'taken
with one ofits own terms) when its parent:
necessity shall so loudly call for aflistance,
on so pressmg an occasion as nakedncjs}.
Now thoughlam determining (wish God's
permiffion) on such an attempt myself,
from a compaffionate tenderness ever en
tertained for the poor, not through a de—
sire of tickling in their modes of a popular
esteem, but because ] love my country
and fellow species ; and in that line ] am
greatly mistaken if I do _not clearly see
that it the poor do not loon meet with
some such respect, too many of them wiil
be under the neccsiity of growingr out of
conceit either with themselves or country,
from their not having experienced among
the pretty thing: that have been lately
made toglisten besoretheir eyes any of that
golden humanity which from their very
circumstances they must for ever stand in
need of. But here also my pen must be
still, lest, as the poct has it, acherontem
moveam; yetl say, if such a scheme shall
be agreeable to any body in this county
os Richmond. to join with me in it, there
can be no difficultv in drawing up proper
terms for such an association. I am not fish
ing or carving soraconccaled mode osgain .
No! the virtue ofendeavouring at a bene
ficinl service to the poor (however un
gratcsul ] care not) shall, as it ever has
done, balance the scale of my profit.
Some careshl experiments may, I should
think, (lcmonsh'atc the pracsiticabiiity or
not, according to its intention; and it
cannot be any very gmat expense, is it
lin uhl turn out sruilless. As to those
p ""as us such :\ work that may require the
alflistzmcc of water to sctsilcilitate them, I
believe no one can. be more conveniently
situated than ] am
Note, a certain mr.
jAMES cno w from
Augusia, hearing of
this my intention, cam
e to me in November
last, and offered himself as a puson sit for
the purpose, and really made his demand
for csi-rrying it on by the year, which,
though dear, I willingly agreed to, and
had his promise punctually (though only
verbally) to come to me within six weeks,
or that ! should certainly hear from him
that time; yet, from the loth of that
month to this hour, no one can say that I
have been favoured with the less} hint
whither he intended or not to comply with
his promise. Now though ] haue really
suffered much from the disappointnidnt,
particularly as it prevented my embracing
co]. Cary's kind offer to providsse me such
a manager, ] only hope mr. Cxov has
some very good reasons for such a treat—
ment, but should be sorry to hear of one
dated from any of the purlieus of malice,
as it must arguea weakncss not to consider
that the perpetual dictatrix in all such pla
ces, ENVY, is a monster sodoubLe-headed
as to wound as much in the adxice she
glves as [he does in the detraction she uses
to enforce her advice. ] only give him
this small hint out oscompasswn . Pcrhapl
a successour may make him sensible of the
advantages he has missed 'm deciining on
any account such a business, excepl'mg on
_ that of his health, which I am informed
he cannot plead; for such a man by name,
and such an artist, has been in Richmond
cuunty not very long ago, as I am told,
without either a line or a message to
Sabine Hall.
A steady friend to societyin everyinstancc
osjustice, good order, and humanity
LANDON CAR'l'ER.
SABmz HALL, March 7, 1777.
Ashort SERMON on MORTALXTY.
EXTn-job. v. 7. Man is born unto
trouble, as the ]}mrk: fly upwardx.
I shall divide thq discoune into,_ and
consider it under, the three following
heads. -
First. Man's ingress into the world.
Sccondly. Progress through the world.
Thirdly and ]altly. His cgrcss out. of
the world. si
And first. Man's ingrcss into the world
is naked and bare. Secondly. liisis pro—
gress through the world is truubfe and
mre. Third and lasily. His egrclh out
of the world is nobody knows wixcrc.
To conclude,
si." if we do well here, we shall be Well
there ;
" I can tell you no more, isI preach &
whole year !"
A M O N, that noted horse, :1 fine
cheshtut sorrcl, suH 5" sect 5 ivchcs
high, stands at my house; in Lsi'rmz/sizsi'ick
county, and will (:m'ss mare:; at 3 '5 . the
leap, and 41. the sccsrn. ("med pctHnmy—c
gratix, but ] will not. he ;xnlss*c:'..l>!c ssir
any lll-II'CS that may ),;si't .sssi-uv.
" jnsixuzs W.\LL.