The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-10 00:00:00, page 3

'l :: but-rnck-x zzlstcr'snccmmtzssi for th -
txpcnditure of the monev n—si-sssncd lsizi'c
year for the silpp'ly of the-Kisinctpsi'b troops,
shall be laid before you, As soon as they
can be prepared.
Gentlemen (f the Cazmcil, and C'ileL'lIl-C'Il (f
the Ast'sissmsi'sifr, _ _
It would argue not only a gp-cat want
of duty to his Majesty, but of ty;-gard to
the ood sipeoplc offlus provimc, more I ,
on t is occasion, to pass ever in (Hence
the late alarmiug tmnsiLc—si'tlons in this and
the neighbouring colunics, or not ends.-:.—
vour to prevail on you to cxcrt yourselves
in preventing those mischiefs to this'coufx
try which, without your timely int-:"pusi
tion, will, in all probabllisy, be the con
scsscsimence. -
It is not for me to deeit'zc on the ]iztz'tisi
nl'ssxr me rits of the diss'prsite between Great
Britain and her colonics, to; do I mean
to ccnsure those, who conceive thems-sih es
laggxieved, for uiming at a redress of their
grievanees. It is a duty they ow'c then -
litlves, their country, and their policrity.
All that I would with to sis;tt;1rd you zi—
gainst is the giving any countenance or en
couragement to that destructive mocie of
proceeding which has been unhappily a
dopted in part by some of the inhabitzmts
of this colony, and has been carried so far
in others as totully tosssubvcrt their former
constitution. It has already struck at the
authority of one of the branches of the le
giflature, . in a particular manner. And if
you, Gentlemen of the Assembly, should
've your approbation to transactions of
His nature, you will do as much as lies in
'your power to destroy that form of govern
ment of which you are an important part,
and which it is your duty, by all lawsul'
means, to preserve. To you, vour con—
stituent's haVe intrusted a peculiar guar—
dianlhip of their rights and privileges ; you
are their legal representatives, siaud you
cannot, without :: iggiliseft breach of" your
trust, suffer any body of men, in this or
may of the other provinces, to usurp and
Wsf: an Of the: [lowed vcsted in you
' by the to sstution. It behoves you pur
ticularly, w he must be constitutionzzlly sup
osed to speak the sense of the people at
arge, to beextremcly cautious in consent
ing to any act whereby you may er. age
them as parties in, and make them anfii'er
able for, measures which may have a ten
dency to involve them in (liflicnlties sar
enter than those they aizn to avoid.
ct Besidcs, there is not, Gentlemen, the
least necessity, consequently thsi'rc v. ill not
be the least excuse, for your running; any
such rilks on the present occasion. ]t'rou
are really disposed to represent to the King
any inconveniencies you conceive your sclvcs
to lie under, or to muke any propolitions
on the presEnt flute of America, I can as
sure you, fi'omssthe best authority, that
such representations, or propolitions, \\ ill
be properly attended to, and certainly have
rreutcr w eight coming-; from each colony,
in its separate capacity, than in a chznniel
oFthc propriety and lcgleity of which there
may be much doubt.
_ You have noyy pointc-l out to you, Gen
sitlcmcu, two rozuls: One evidently lczul
mo- to peace,. !mppmcis, and. :: restorsiation
of the publick trunquillity; the other in
evitably conducting you to annrchv, mi
sery, and all the honour.-; of a civilsswar.
Your wissiiom, your prudence, your re
gard for the true interests of the people,
Will lw best known when you have shown
to which rc ::d you give the preference. ]?
to the surmcr, you will probably afford
shtixisisiusition to the mmlcmtc, the sober,
and the discreet part of your conffitucms.
Is to the lletcr, you will pcr Hips, sur a
time, give pleasure to the \ 'arm, the rush,
and the inconsiclcrntc among them ; who,
]. would willingly hope, violent as i-a ths.
u-mpcrnstlw pu si-nt times, are not ) 'rf 11
mm the mnim-itv. But it may be wul sun"
um to rc-nic—inl'wr, should ;msiv ('zil'mzin'
lu'l'c'nstcr lickf-sil tlu-m. from _\mn' C-H'silllll
:"R't' with this imlsizzmtinns. inllczul (spur—
suinctsir, u-si. un: (well?. she (llLsisllli'S niss your
ounjmlgiuuzt, sisstlmt 1le consccpxcm-ss-s us
their'rcturning to 3 propcf sense of their
C'nzluct may prove; descrvchy fatal to
yourselves. & si si
I shall ay no more it present on this dis
achczzblc shbjcct, but only tosirepeat :m
obscrmszon ] made to a former Assembly
on & sizzzilzzz' occuifosi: " L'verybreach of
" the ccmffitzztion, whether it proceeds
" from tch Croun o* the pc—oPl'e, is, in
" l-ts -i:csi'ts, equally desiructiye to the
" rights czsnotlz. lists the duty, there
!
" fore, of those \\'h($, are intrusted with
" government, to bysicqucxfly careful in
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guzu'ding against Wroachmcnts from
"sithe (me as the otlfirsik. But it {: (des
""on:— ()issthc wisest ofmcn) :: mq/Z i 'a!
" li.-'ss-:':,- saw-attain oftsze dangerous/tate assi—
*'si 1 . . . . ct
" [)crz'v when the Cl'lffj/ man of a flee coun—
" trv [ba-w !: greater rqge'zrssctss! to popularity
" l/um'to their own judgment." -
Vr' I L L I A M S B U KG, Fcbruary 1 0.
I'INCASTLE, 7sm. 20, 1775.
Tsi—I obedience to thc resolves of the Conti—
I ncntcd Congresis, a meeting of" the
frccho'si lers of this county was held this
day, who, after approvingsi of the associ
ntion smmed by that augctust body in
lzc'nzzss ok'all the colonics, and subseribing
thereto, proceeded to the election of a
committee, to see the shme carriesil punc
tuallv into execution, when the followin
Gentleisiten were nominated: 'Rcveren
Charles Cummin gs , Colonel YVilliam Pres
ton, Coloncl Vvsiilliarn Christian, Cflptain
Stephen Trigg, hizrjcr Arthur Canzpbell,
Major William Ingiis. Captain Walter
Crcchett, Captain john hiont'gcme ',
Captain james MsiGavock, Captain Wil—
liam Campbell, Captain Thomas Madison,
Captain Daniel Smith, Captain \Vi]liam
Russell, .Captain Evan Shelby, and Lieu—
tenant William Edmondson. -
After the election, the committee made
choice of Colonel VVILLLAM CHRISTlAN
for their chairman, and appointed Mr.
David Campbell to be clerk.
The following address was then unfini
moufly agreed to by the people of the
county, and is as follows:
To the Honourable Pcyton Randolph, Esq;
Richard Henry Lee, Geor e VVashing
ton, Patfick Henry, jumor, Richard
Bland , Benjzimin Harrison, and Edmund
Pendle ton, Esiluires, the D'elc gates from
this colony who attended the Continentul
(long-rest held at Philadclphia.
Gentlemen,
AD it not been for our remote situa
tion, and the Indian war which we
were lately engaged in, to chastise those
cruel and savage people for the many
murders and depredations they have com
mitted amonglt us (now happily termi—
iated, under the anspiccs of our present
worthy Governour, his Excellency the
Right Honourable the Earl of Dumnore)
we should before this time have made
known to you our thanksulnessfor the very
important services you have rendered to
* . *
\l\11I' rsszu1nf-1-1- un sin ......... f-si— ....ol. A'LA
ct, ",. "...-"ss, , ,.. ...." "sin.... .._...si.. ..ss
worthy Delegates fron: the- other proyinsi
ccs._ Your noble efforts for reconciling,
the Mother Country and the Colonics, on
rationu] and consiitutional principles, and
your pacisick, Ready, and uniform conduct.
m thalt arsiluous Work, cntitlc you to the
cllccm of all British Amcricu, and will
immortalizc you in the ;uumls of )si'omsi
countrv. 'Wc heartily concur in j-ouy
resolutlons, and shall, in 'cvcry instance,
strictly :ind invurlably adhere thereto.
We assure you, Gentlemen, and all our
countrymcn, that we :usic a per-ple whus:
hcm-ts ovc-rllow nilh lmc find duty toms?
lawful shrericgfl George lll. whose illus—
trioussilmusc, for scvcrxl surccflivc I'Clsislffl,
have lsiwccssn the guznssllsiznn us the ("r.ll and
rcss-Hgsi'ssnusi;1-"s;_si;l1Hss:1wsil llbcrisiu-s us l'sirfsiilr sulz
je'sssiisisi, :!5 ssi-t'silud at the xlv.)! ix.!r. lssu ruln'silcm ;
that may 'sitrc \*.l'-l!m_s in rl-TL r-m' lives in ill':
si 1'\l<si'(' Ul ldsi; 1.) bill-sit, ?01' He lephus! of
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the; l'i'<>1:ssf= --111-ss-.u=jmu, ;".lei l.!('14_fsilll*ss"£l
lflzc'isitlc- . (": is}. seeisirisi': '\' " 'n.'.. '
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s..-l:e!'-l1*.3-<.t ss':\ corn;).zsi'si. l.n., ...'._l LLlIssA..;1
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(LiJ- 'k\l "-.
Us care key.: 13. gard! at the dsinfic re: !
ccs which now 1 : flat betvs ecn she fi-pzsi- an:
( in:: and the (ohonics, and most ardgmly
mish to set" hzsi- .mony reswled', on an'. Qui—
taL-le baii ;, and by the most lenient mea—
lurcs that ca: 1 be devised by the-shears, of
man.
M'any of us ,"an'dsi ctsi sorefath'm," lest
ourn n:.tz'.L ]:ctsi-ul, ct ' si
(' om fulfi- '(csissi! to cinordiriatc posswar, and
[greatly :fln idcted of its fiberfies. We
uoiicd the ;' inflUCkg and expsilor'edctshis
than umulthutcd Mctfief fy!, , si
on m any nations 'sict s vggez, &: ss
rom ded by mount all Me si
to an) but those vcctrssy savagdsis, who '
inccsizmtly been Fomlmt si '
siand dcpredations on us since, ourfifflsiaf
ing the country. These satignes and
(iiilIgCYs we Ratiently eneounterectd, ssshp
ported by the pleasing hope of enjb ing
those rights and-liberties which adzeen
granted to Wrgixssriens and were dWsiib
in our mtive country, and ofsitransmitting
them inviolate to our posterity. But even
to these remote regions the hand of unli
mited :md uneonltitntional power hath
pursued us, to strip us of that liberty and
property with which God, nature, "and
the rights oi' humanity, have Yested usig.
Visie are ready and willing to contribute all
in our power for the support ssof his Wies
t y's government, if applied 'to cmistitutssi—
onally, and when the grants are 11:sz
our own representzttix'es; but cannot !? ss -
of submitting our liberty or prolKZ-zy to
the power 01" & venal British par' " ent,_
or to the will of a corrupt minish'y. ' si
We by no means desire to shall—zed? our
duty or alleginnce to ourlawful sovEfflgfl,
but on the eontra shall ev'e'lf glss 'ctsi in
being the loyal sit jects of ass ;:Pisidctnt
prince, descended from such w
progenitors, ib long as we can WPQ
free exercise ofour religion, its Protess Me,
and our liberties and proper-ties, as British
subjects. '
But if no acisiek measures (hand—emo
posed or thlIZJPtc-d by Great Britain, vrand
our enemies sswiil attempt to dragoemus
out of \those ineffimable privilegesiassMh
we are entitled to as subjects, si
reduce us to & state of (lavery, we ddess _ e;
that we are deliberately andfeibiutehr
determined never to surrender meate-?:
power upon earth, but at the ex'pW \
' 't:- ct
our hves .
These are our real, thou h ss_ _ si hid
sentiments, of liberty and logyalt si, a};
them we are resolved to live an die;?{si _,
ss We are, Gentlemen, with themost
perfect esteem and regard, your lssnost
obedient servants. 7
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.C'Zl'lfl'l'fl' for t/u' COLILEC'T'GY ,}? -sssisict!l'tsi
upper [l.-'strict of Fame: River; ':ss-- si
OV\ comes it 'to Pass", Sir, 'thasitctyou,
contrary 'to. your Mrnffions,'shmfld ;
Freshmc .to import and fell goods, not (my '
m parmership with others, but on year
own bottom, and by consignment likewise?
si Do not your instructims run in the fol
lowing- terms, viz. " You shall {lot,
" .cithcr in your own name, of the nanie
" or,-names ofany other pcrsim or persons,
" or in company orpartnership with any
" other, dinesitlysiorindirectly, trade as-a
" merchant, for yourself, or a factor or
* " agcnt soruny other, in orfor any goods,
" wzu'cs, ormcrchzmdisc?"
If you zed: in this manner (which it czm
be protect you have, and still continue the
iniquitous prctcticc) ought you not to be
shpusisisidul, and a more worthy nlan ap—
lnxfssntcsi-ssl h' )our fiend?
Is not the office of & pultry Exciscman
in Engsi-kmd & much more proper occuru
ticssn for um than & CoHc'sissior of his Mix
jcf'ss'x cussIZc-ms, who is sigsicncrsifliy dubbcd
nisi! the tide of {ill,xzirc?
Ilovsi c.si.si1-si-_\s*ss;r.::s'l-sir Czc'si'wflctmgup some
gj'h-L"ss'si1_*1, \'.' 31?! si'ssmz I;;tc]; izz'portcsi}, to the
si'vcts fsisisif so: I 1::"" (ctsi'fflsiizfucs- (;:s vuzsi. u'sim'
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