The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-03 00:00:00, page 2

tain Huffiam, Hmctr' 'J: If 1 H."?! ! '_/,7.';sssi.ss Mr.)! "
er?ctn1,]ss4ilsulCcu-sizz ! -' usin/(s. !,17rl n.;r,
andwlllumb ,! trix). .) (is! ('1' .V, [Till-La
flamimrl is)].tcuctzlr .n, s'lzssi,
dzsalatlaansilj "it: 11! , an c all in 11 .! lii cl m
.tchul 01 uu bv this (. '"nnch min
l author. But iLi us (on c';\\h & lnict
ly cxammc the pi .Z'tmc, and let wht
ther, stripped of its ii. ssllc coloulinzr, it has
spy fixing rcaily temhinn. His Rcvc
gmsuith aliutissncr us, that there
Whegms room to doubt but that such an m my
WWas cmploycdin the: cducsitiou 01 C .zm td 1
Wt 18, an army of 7000 mtn) monk] be
, 4 thansuflicicnt for the conqucst of all
dishssected - Ametican colouics (which
nisifact, allthe colonies) should such
_ ss - " - m beams neccfl'atty inordcx to
ce them to obedience. For my on n
__ __, 1 think there is very c ". reason to
ct Moon flames ! e best troops,
W conquey soo,ooo of the most
sspeaiiulsitry upon earth, if they
! defencct: of every thing
" - us and sumd, and there
csssst'ssrpsi qnwdonbt that 7ooove1
. coinposed of the refuc
,few' of whom hzn e
act
thin-blent on:-vacfesse -:
_ Wnfinmsi '- mue all
Man Wahziost sits-missa
WMs-lsi' of Quebedn it is
she infinite houf'mr in the" English
ss ss ctuflywaz; ] believe, oniy 7000;
' ss were perhapmaorcthaodouple,
- ;mare not eoo,ooo.l The
W; _ss p- hapo'siiliie to ealculate
ct- pendedn ononececnvc
.-. si' _mu.st be gainedbcfore
W ' si ssooyld be fixbdued, whereas
, _ _ ssfctgshed by the colonies
ssss ... ssossnmdl in their favour.
si ssldct "beck, there is another
" He considered; it was
_ ___--ctn-- si--,' a mansios the
ct, ._ = .tnlents, formed toslevel
A"? ss in, sin .rmiuctthenmfl despica—
-- Minstantaneouflyauarmy
sict'ln short," the enim of the
' sisosiextraordinary, \t e evcnt was
" si-ct- ; that no infergncu can
_ fmnnt; hut.this, without pre
_, Mybcasscrted. .thnt no gene
f' n'jshn .in the British service
" with dangizle or trcble his number,
succeeded in the same circumstances .
' . : Mr: l must add in honour
;, sisi: -' . ' : personages, that the
' 'gi'eamcss ofsoul which qualificd him
- [the natural here-clitaijv enemies
_ cduntry would have made him rrjedt
si'si'si honour the hangman's office; which
- :, who are not endowed with consi
("dying utributes, will with rcndinei's
, t. .
_'--ss}ct__' is notorious that Mr. \\'oisc was not
' , -the first (issuiciicrs, but that he was &
Wqss-liberal virtuous ("iii.-s"; that he \\ ;zs
si tdy attached 'siu lhc ifizcl'licw oshis
, try, ; and uisimmiisijni; {'7-(l that he
w asil'licuizusiiyun cnum' to ing;-1 standing
es, in time of ye:-ix. it in nnlhc
; erhumi, rr1n.zri;si-.hl;-, Lilsizl of! thy gul
_ sine-s shi' i's mcisinessz-si ;n'u-ir --. ;z'sii shut,"; \-, hu
_ , the sendeth-t' [he isssisiaiusiizznsir .u-ci HJi'MiC
of ' '
- . . ' . .s' , .ss - -
] ]'.
war, are lnc mozt .!L.1-C 11] .a'.:siic...z<siz;
real siscrvicc .
ous 'suotpsilycr, on the'
, _ sh great :: miracle should
' :; i!) Oufifinvczur, as that the trihing'
'fifsoopqo men , though firmly unsillul
; cry maninAmcrica, firmly united,
not amount to lcsii) should bcubh:
ct _thstand his 7000, goes on to rnttlc in
ss "ears armics of— [scifians and Hnnovc—
- si 1, A ] will: to Heaven hz- hsiul for once
43" ' ed int}. obabilitv and truth. !
si 'siss lo,ooo o ' them cssnillzl posiihly be
ct. WfledtO-mormw. 'l'hcp'ctn-poshthcy
. 01]le answer is a yunpusi: dcmu'sily to be
ct _ (] fsir, th-si-v would. be an addition to
:, ctccmtincnt m just (I: many use-ful and
[time ent dtizcns; for ] wiflsi venture to
(:ifiirmingis infsiccsi-ciuuctss) that in less
' four mouths not two of these lo,:siuo
\\ouH r:'r1.:.7'si\ 'A iiY- LLcsizsi' ch-ss-z'z'si. i'six'r
does not this l'.-.\< i'cml (lllll!:.!11'ss'si'll.]zsssssh ,
xix.:t in the xv.-'t lfx'sisi} u come-mio}! x....
formed LH usctft Usch ictriizcc'siss' ol'shc Flu
p'n'c, at ssshc head of wiss-'wh conhsintinn
\\ ere the hnpcruur hinzssihct and the (sin;;
uf'qushsil, to prevent the ah!-ruin}; emi
ngtion' \\ his}; thccttcnozsi. dcpopuhx-icn to
Germany? Docs he not know that no
troops can march out of the Emp'n'c with
out the consent of the Empire? Dues he
not know that the Elchor oi'l-Izznox'crfund
the Em crour arc upon excccd'ulg'zll tents?
Docs He not know _th-.1t the Hector ossi
Hanovu' and the King of Prulliz—x are still
upon 'worse? Is I sure that the Land
gravc ofHessc wo d fell his Troops ? For,:—
as not. one man vx ould return back to their
country, he musi copsidcr them as for ever
fold. ' Is 'hc sure that, as she finmiCes of
Great Britain stand, the vast sum necessa
r for this purchase would be conveniently.
iound?. _ Is he sure that the state of Han—
over would consent to such : draining of
their country? l_know not how it is; but
his Most Excellent Llajesty Geor e lll .
whoinEngland is justly esteemed t e most
grgdous of'soverexgns, the wisest, great
est, and best of Kings, is not very popular
in the electorssate of Hanoverct These
eople seem to think ithnrd that 27o,oool. ;
silould annnzll be drawn from them, for
shapen-pose: gin-they esionceive it) of cor
11! 8 tue ulcmocrs 0! Bl- DlCPllm'S ena
pe , in order to sup on the power-end
authority of a set of men who from the
be ' ' have been enemies to the suc
cet ion at the Hanover line, and siwho
shewed a particular animosity to their last
and favourite Prince Georfre ]] . But these
dilliculties (great and uxsi'urmountable as
to a common mortal they appear); our
divine exorcist has in an inshtnt conjured
down, and b a single motion of his en
chanted wan has transported whole ar
mies, in spite of their respective Princes,
and without the consent of their tespec
tive states, from the interiour parts of
Gemsimnyct across the Atlantick into the
]) ' ins of New England and Peimsylvania;
but he does not confine himself to the in
troduction of his Germans. He proceeds
next to erect the. royal standard, to
which he tells us that all who have the
courage to declare themselves now friends
to government will undoubtedly resort;
and these, he says, in a good cause, will
be of themselves sormidablc to their op
posers. Dreadsully shrmidable they'must
be, indeed! There would rcsort to it, let
me see (for the respeccttahlc town of Rye
have declared themselves a kind of neu
tz'als, rather than friend: to government)
there would resurt to it , Mr. justice Sewell ,
the H<mournble Mr. Paxton, Brigadier
an len, and abonfiight oftexfsissssmore
ma atnus Councih-nm, 'wlth 'Wps
twin their nmubcrsidk'ctfcji EW, ] "
not less than thy dflt' ess unrecaneed
Hutchinsonian addrgssm; these the som
vaiucel of New Wd along Wld
fiend forth. New Yorlc would sihfishfm,
seven, or probably-fight Holuntem, fl'om
:! certain knot, wlm are in sseflicm or
expecsstaticn of contracts, an the fourth
part of'a dozen of high—flying church of
England romzmishd priests. I rcpresint
to mysils the: shrmiclnblc countenance they
will make, when mmngcd under the royal
or minister-in] llamlard ; bulwlmt will add
to the ten-mn- of the appearance will be
their Revcrc-ml Pontlscxhimscls, whom !
conceive mzn'si—loing in -lhc front, ;m inqui—
il'si'oriul' smun upon his bush, his bumls
uncl (":TlelcnlS hunting- tutlfc air, bearing
:1 (rush in hi; hands, with th:- trcmmdons
motm, [H/Isllss/Isi'flu Z'Isillscctl', llmnlng upon
it in czvpit-siul lL'llCl'S olsilyluud, leading them
on, and awaiting; tlxcm w victory. It la
impnilzi-lc that men, \\lm are" not umlcr
;:n inlil'siuudun by the jmlsisimcnt us'llcu—
un, quulcl Hutln'tln-mlsi-ss-lvcs that sipct-ssw
.AJllt'l'EL'Jl] yeomanrv (For he ;m- assure-!,
lw the if-mc greatssauthurirv, thrn inunct
lll'sim 40,\7'J3 szmzt ln- l-rmljsisillt to uszlu'!)
shuulal Hand the shm-lsi us this (fructll'ul
[th-Alum.
P-zz'ss !:l. .lil>_-ssp11<lss ! illl' saztcmpthlgg
to l).si lsillsifsii'llctssss l:;>l !! !lsi. lss (L' which tl'J'
!llzlzzsils uu: unwit liltilsi-lsi'lifil-ssln. ] si'sslll
lxu'zss If! -'(2.Jli . on the ;!!xsiillnzpi'ctn '-:!:lt
tlzu ;!eusilz' ul !!!ctfsisslzutu {lzclsizlll l-c ::J lussssisi to
l'sinlsi-si, liltuc, ;..K! spirit, as to lillisscr their
pm! *7:LL ::lissizzlcls to periezcl'c in their
pl'cisitlt !! ' :; ;, e! LlCL. lour to it: Me to
.ou \. ] ;lt i.:tlu .. (ulcc, aluluhzlt ls yours.
I (I: all cm' (: .loul to lclllove the salt-: ter
rouls which this v.litcr w ould hold out in
Oltlel to intimldL-lte you from the defence si
ol \Utll llhcrlt us and those of your post:
llu , [he at he and his shuilurs may wallow,
"m lilluulzs and bmefices heapcd'up isirom'
the t uits ol your labour and indush'y.
( lent Elituill has, I believe, of mfan
try at home (comprehending lreland, and '
exclusive of the guards) 15,ooo men.
They find the rcatest difficult in keep
ing the regimgn' ts up to ashy Bill near"
theirestablishment' , what they are a le jsid
procure are of the worst sort. They tiresi
composed of the most debauchcd weavm
apprentices, the scmll of the Irish Ro
man Catholicks, who desert ll every
occasion, add a few Scotch, w are not
strong enough to can? paclu. This ls .
no exag mation; tho who have been?
lately at on represent the soldiers there)
Szf'ective lltsissilae , and apparent insh'en ry
one or two regimelssltl exceptcd) as vc
asindkegumffiye anirrcsishflpflvantaze .
But we shnllbe toldtbe
There si, perhaps, morcssiflfposition in"
the Man ...ct " !.vr ba : that; man)- of the
jairssu; wfsssisi Pints . omsithemouth Of a
qu n'" s, - -.,_._-_, ) .*'-* not-mean to infi
nr w ; t.) 'ssf-ss, 'erct'y'sil'npb'az'e equal to.
a ', -\ - '\ ;".3- si; fit,-wi nody ofilnen, but I
1- ' ctsi i'r'siz sisientials necessary to"
form m. . ss e-n r-zal service may be ale-"
quired in ;. If. z—siss'sivnthsfl. I mean, that
it is very posixblesifor men to be clothed in
red, to be "expert in allfthe tricks of the
parade} to callthemselves re _ _ troops,
and yet, by altachix them clves princi
pally or solely to the tinsel and (how of
war, .be total] nnfit for real service.
This, ] am tol , is a good deal the Cafe
of the present British mfantry: silf. they
can acquit themselves tolerably in the
puerilcsi reviews exhibited for the amuse
ment of royal masters and misses in Hvde
Park, or Wimbledon common, it is i'ui'1
ficient. r- - si ct - ": '"
In the beginning of the late war, some
of the most esteemed regular regiments
were sent ovcrto this eoun'tsir ; they were
well dressed, they were we powdercd,
they were perse-('t masters of their manual
exercise, they tired togethevinslatoons,
but fatal experience taught us iat they
knew not how to light. While our, im—
litia \\ ere frequently crowned wit fiiccess,
these lcgulal's were defeated or bnffledfor
three years shcceiiively, in every part, of
the contincnt. At length, indeed (after
repcutcdlosies and disgraccs) they became
excellent troops, but not until they had
nbsolutcly forgotten every thing- which , We
are nilin'cd, must render requ ' rs quite is—
resistible. The corps scnt from this court-.
try under General Monlsston was, I believe,
for its number, one of the best armies that
<ss. or was led to conquest, and yet, is] have
lzccn rightiy informed, there was not a
[] There cannot be ssastrosi er illustmtip}:
of the truth here advanced IZn the Pmssnn
arm . They are switpq/cted of abom'onet 'rd
oft le [( ing': own fill jects, two thirdsfbrei - _
grs. The iln'rd, can/[sting af'hi: own jub
jects, are, whom/;.- (*A,si'rcis1)7g/Z:zxso:1zsi:ovcr
(which lq/z's/[x (n'/Eve}; weeks) fishfsi're-d to
return to their fZ/rss-zsljes, mal attend to the
[ug/lsiuq/s of in;/si'r/n'hy. Half 13/ ' the albei
two third;, cuigsi/f/fing ss-s/brc-igncn, are flat
my)! permitted, "lust encnuraged. to work at
their tracts; irzl/mg.*rrr1_'/-'m town:, mulnuvsiv
tow/: ;! m'sskc't for the rq/Z of the )nsi'ct '. 51;
Ilus, issss/sisi'n'l, any one third are, in th.
ill).l\.'/'ss'l l;ll!'_si'l!.{(;':', to be mile:! ['t-gular sbl
(ZctctI—ss' f/si'g/sisi' _13si:-/.-css"ss!//v in.-th' [l.-cz'r'si/z'J/sc the
f'ctrf/f :si'w'r-rtctnlsily. /.'l;-/.!_','//si'_/'.'.'si.sil, [be'n;/bra:
I;".Act'z' in" [— ctsifjssr ," lssr'fct'shss! r'sidcts sizj'm'm'cl all (is.
an'-.} --,'ct/; :.ct.'sil/: .ljss'sirl q/si/nf/itisil.