The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-08-30 00:00:00, page 2

THE BIRD IN THE CAGE requests the
Public may make allowance for any appearance
of undue asperity that may appear in the follow
ing piece: the writer ftudibuHly affe&s a style
Suitable to the worthy dignity, rand language' cd his
antagonists, -who are so mean and (Guard) as -to
insult the appearance -of v dtftrejs, ^d' -who, like
, genuine Nabobs, 'rejoice at ihe'Wsfor^^
"who are not Nabobs, ^heiritcolsfOT Parasites.
To jAMES 'MILTE R,
• Printer of the 'South-Carolina'Gazette,
Nabob,. BritiJh, and Tory Typographer.
YOUR attempt to display the wit and arguments ,
of yotu primary planets, the Anti,patriot Na-,
bobs, particularly that'ol a LATE ROBED UY
BRIDGE NABOB !'together wi ^utyta,
abujive dulnefs, under the appellation of ANO
THER PATRIOT, has t TA me much, how
ever I Shall make noapology dor;contidering'you
the author of thejfcndlingfwhichappearctl uniter ,
'that Signature, particularly that pi&ure of fafc hood
• and indolence, which you gavethe,public tin four
^Gazette of the 29th of July..
I take the liberty to inform the Uxbridge Na
hBOB punster, that I never heldany high office, ,
-whereinl might Shew treachery; nofwas lever
% atrading- General, ci Governor; nor did I eVer re 7
+ceivc any gifts from the energies of this country,
(which Chave adopted for "mine); 'nor did I (as a ”
'.certain elegant writer expreffes'it) make Up % mouth, ^
By carrying on an illicit trade, with the enemy in -
thark/ton, by market boats,. j—h---a L—k—d's
Schooner, &c^&c. &c.f
If d have now got into a CAGE, it is not for -
TOCH conduct! Wr any other that is dishonest
-or dishonorable. I wil I'Shortly make it appear '
that my pr^fent misfartume did'not 'proceed from
depgn, neglea, or extravagance'; btft form the for- "
-tune of waro^LY, or rather the misfortune -of be- ',
bug^bliged-to Suffer, in common Witli many honefl 1
men, feoni the 'villainy and delinquency of too many ;
-of the Nabobr&f-every State in the Union, but par--
'Secularly of i/trs, whole bafe-cOndiiEl exceeded the
Tuoff tibakdonid depravity of framer times. The of*
fQing to General Pretoil to give up this town for+
?fhainefi.il neutrality. fofave the previous blood, and ;
more precious flh fokings of the Nabobs, and to, ;
obtain liberty to bu, and fell rum as usual, contrary )
totihe Continental Confederacy, frr^ved but a ~:all ;
fart of their cowardice, avarice; hod.metinnejs. i
Very few of fhevh7i,'but JeTerve a niche in hire [
Temple: €>fl^ ayvery,(very few indeed, defend-^'
cd their own 'property and nAtat soil, but left•
the battles to be fought by OUT-LANDISH[
BIRDS, arid a few good a'nl brave native SoUtk-
Carohna whigs; moil of which 'the Immaculate
Nabobs of-the present time brand with the grate
ful epithets, birds of passage, ftam of the earth, &c.
for so freely stilling their blood in the glorious -
contei'L
The ' Nabobs aldo perfectite, and contrive plarts
to deprive the middling and lower clafs'of-whig
citizens of liberty and faftty, to favour a few; -of
theirtory relations and creatures, but more particu-|
larlyTo promote their principal scheme of DEspo- ;
t:crule.'
I can't help being of opinion that the following 1
Epigram on Nabob worms is applicable here, as
They are crawling worms of the earth ;
None are glow-worms, great by birth;
Most of them muck-worms, Slaves to wealth;
Some of them maw-worms hurt tire health;
To the Public no good-willers;
Aristocrat-Caterpillars :
Round about the State they're Sprawling;?
To vile Nabobs Shrine they're crawling; '•
Pride and PELF they fuck; it fills 'em; '
Death then stamps his foot and kills 'em. - ;
Our curious Uxbridge Nabob fkewman and punster, I
who advertises to fliew me for two-pence, asserts a
lie! when he fays I " fled for shelter to the'Bri
tfh arka" the fa& is, I defended this town to the'
utmoft,of my power, until its surrender, when I
was made, ppfoner and paroled, and remained on
parole l until the month of October, 1781, when I
was obliged to take protection, or go in chains to
E^totd. A few days after, I was summoned be
fore a Court-martial (for not doing militia duty),
by .Captain-Ai,ch lb„<ld Brown, oncea faithful
and active American officer, food after a faithful
and extraordinary naive British officer, and now the
faithful, bufon whigfriend of our immaculate Nabobs,
an J To a, worthy citizen of the State of South- :
Carolina! r \r
I cap assure this witty,..Uxbridge, advertising
saw-man, and long-robed. Nabob, that I am net
Scorned, or rejected, by any but the ignorant in-
Sects, who always buzz in the funfliine, but difap
appear in the shade; and the Supercilious Nabobs,
their toots and paraftes, whom I dtfpife a&much as
the^ can me: and though pent up in a cage, I
have spirits enough left' to CHig, what I hope
may be ufeful harmony to all f rue whig citizens,
though ^c^.aps di/cordant founds to Nabobs, Tories,
and lomcflavfh fytophants, who have wriggled, or
hope to wriggle* themfclves into' office ;'who[Chame
leon like) live only On the breath of AZfcdf, and
shine only by borrowed light, like the Lunar sphere.
I never Since the year 1746, a£ted, even as a
private militia man, infavour of Britain; (but then
did against the Scotch rebels.) fy few; days after I
took protection, Captain Brown summoned me
(as before mentioned) to a Court-martial: but I
then was so circumstanced I could not quit my
family, but maraged to have myfelf taken prisoner
by Colonel John Baker, of Georgia, and -paroled
by him. to .CharhrilOn, on the 25th "of Odlober,
1781, eight days after I hddrtakeh Britifh:protec+
tion, which Secured me from the future 'Social
attacks of Mr. Brown.
The Style and language the Nabob Printer-has
adopted, are, I confcis, not ill suited to his cha
racter, 'and that of the 'ingenious advertising Jhew
man cf-an out-tandift bird, and the other of his
primary Planets, of which he is the # infolehf
fatellde, and whose writings and 'language he cades.
I aflure the-Nabobs, that I can and will be much
more explicit in my- future flri6ltires on their in
genious literacy productions, and 1N Art cal conduct °
''to the ^ r ^ f eCJTlZens d"F this State.
/ A CD. n^ ~•.:fent coircfpondence withrthe
lollow:ng lin inf, n them and you, to what use
yourfaeces, ±G tb.e f-thc Uxbridge N'abOs
••shew-man, hay been • ondemned
There is -a place betwixt earth, air, and seas,
Wh from my dinner I retire for ease,
Amus'd to be ;- and there return the bills,
Sign'd with' that ichor which from man difttis.
'ln office here fair "Cdoacina stands,
And ministers to me with pdreft hands :
Another Patrio't the pick'd from the heap,
Arid-laid it near, dh the State Gazette's foape.
'When laffrfhe fifh'd hdr iaether realms for wit,
She produc'd th' UxbridgeJhew-mah, whodoth fit,
•Renew'dby CUdkre's Sympathetic force,
As oil'd with unfluous juices for the courfcd
Vigorous hedi-rife from the effluvia Strong,
T' imbibe new life to write'and slink along.
-Mr. Nabob Printer, I think the following dines
are applicable to you.
" From'barking cur the maftiff flies;
'“ But when 'behind he bites his thighs,
He turns arid p sin his eyes,
" Difddutihg.fo mean a foe."
The BIRD in THE CAGK
'Charlefton, Anguft 24, 1784.
Richmond.
% the SENATE, Friday, June 26, 1784.
qpHE House, according to the ordcrof the day,
I Lefolved itfelf into atommittce of the whole
House, on the 'refolution 'of the House of Dele
gates, 'respecting the infraction 'of 'the 7th -article
of th^ Definitive Treaty; and after some time Tperit
Therein, j Mr. Speakerrefumed-the chatr, and Mr.
Harrison reported, that the committce'had, accord
ing to-order, -had the fame under their Consider
ation, : and had gone through the fame, -and -made
i no amendment -thereto.
The said Refoliations were Wien again read, ^nd
arc as follows
-Refolded, That the Effort of the committee -ap
pointed to enquire into the infraction, on the part
of Gre&Britain, 'of the 7th article of the Defini
tive Treaty of Peace, 'between the United States of
Aracricaand Great-Biitain, as amended and agreed
to, in the words following, to Wit: “ It appears
to your committee, from-a -letter from his Excel
lency 'General Washington, dated the 7th of May,
1783, that in obedience to a Resolution of Congress,
he had a conference with General Cafletom, on
the fubjetl of delivering Up the Slaves -and other
property, belonging to the citizens of the United
States, in compliance with the-articles us the Pro
visional Treaty; that he, Gen. Carletoft, -appeared
to e^ade a compliance with the said Treaty, by a
mifeonftruaien of the fame, and permitted a large
number ofthe Slaves to be sent offto Nova-Scotia:
It further appears to your committee, from the
testimony of T. Walke, Esq; that he, together with
several other, perrons from the counties of Norfolk
and Princess Anrte, on or about the month of
April,. 1783, went to New-York, with a view of
recovering the Slaves which had been taken from
them by .the ; British troops during the war; that
: not being permitted to take poffeffron of those Slaves
which they. found in that city, the said Walke
made a personal application to General Carletoh,
and requested a delivery of the said slaves, in
compliance with the Seventh! article of the treaty,
which prohibits the carrying off negroes, or other
property belonging to the-United States. This he
peremptorily refufed, alledging, that he was not
authorized to do it, without particular instructions
from the British Government. It further appears
to your committee, from the testimony of the said
Walke, that at the time of- this .application, he
was informed by an Aid-de-camp of General Carle
ion, that an Agent was appointed to Superintend,
the embarkation, and-keep a register of Slaves sent
to Nova-Scotia; and that he afterwards saw the
said r^gifter, and also saw a large number of ne
groes embarked to be sent to that country*. It
further appears to your committee, from the testi
mony of-Mr. John Stuart, of the State of Mary
land, as well as from a variety of other circum
ftafices, that many applications were made to Ge-.
neral Carleton, by the citizens ,of America for the
reftitutioriof property, which were invariably re
je&ed," be confirmed.
Refolded, That there has been an infraction on
the part of Great-Britain, of the seventh article of
the treaty of peace between the United^States of
America and Great-Britain, in detaining the Slaves
and other property of the citizens of the United
States.
Refolded, That the Delegates representing this
State in Congress, be infhru&ed to lay before that
body, du fubjed matter, of the preceding report
andyffolutten; and to request from them a remon
ftranee -to flie -Britnh Court, -complaining of the
alorelo':^ Mif.ra&ien of'thc treaty -of peace, and de
hring a proper reparation /for the injuries conse
quent thereupon';that the Said Delegates be in
ftfu&cd to inform Congress, that the. General As--
fcmbly have no inclination to interfere with the'
power of making treatip with foreign nations
which the confederation hath wifely veiled in
Congress; but if is conceived that a just regaid to
-the natioiifi honor and interest of the citizens of
ihis^othmonwealth," obliges the.Aflembly to with
hold their co-operation in the complete fulfilment
of-the &d treaty, mntiTthe success of the a'fofefaid
•remoriftrante is known, -or Congress Shall Signify
their Sentiments touching dhe premises.
Refolded, That so soon as reparation is made for -
'the aforefaid infraction, or Congress Shall adjudge it
ihdifyenfibly hecdPary, fuchach of the legislature
.palled during tlie late war,- asonhibit the recovery
of British debts, ought to be repealed, and pay
ment -made "thereof in Luch time and manner as
shall config with the exhauhed Situation of l this
commonwealth..
The firft resolution was read- a Second time, and
en the question put thereupon, agreed to bv the
Hbyfe.
The 'fet<>na resolution was lead a second time,,
and a motion being made, and the question put, to
amend the fame by Striking out from the word
“ Rcfolved," to the -end of tile fourth resolution,
and inserting in lieuYhereof, the following words,
“ that as the ninth article of the confederation vests
the hole power of determining on pcacc-or war,
of fending and deceiving Ambafhuors, and-of
entering into treaties and alliances in the United
States in Congress aflembled; and as by the defini--
tive treaty concluded and Signed a , laris, on the
3d day of September, 1783, bet ween his Britannic
Majesty and those United States, which was fully
ratified by Congress onthe 14th of January, 1784,
and has by the laid Congress, in most pointed and
forcible terms, been recommended to the several
States, to be carried into full and compleat execu
tion; and as it if expressly Stipulated in the fourth..
article of the said treaty, 'that there shall be no
legal impediment to the recovery of all bona fide
Britifh,debts, it is the opinion of this house. that
to manifeft to the world, the justice and regard to
treaties in the citizens of this commonwealth, and
in compliance with the solemn recommendations
of Congress, all laws which impede anj obftru&
the recovery of British debts, -ought to be forth
witn repealed: And it is further the opinion of
this house, that -the Delegates from this State in
Congress, ought to 'be ihftru&d to urge Congress,
to inftitwte^ an inquiry into any breach of the said
treaty, Whicn 'm4y have taken place on the part §
of Grey-Britam, ^nd'to infill on full and ample
'reparation for 'the fame, as this State is determined
on her part, to preserve her faith, and to carry the
said treaty 'into She fulleft execution.
It palled in the negatives—Ayes 6—Noes 13.
The third resolution was read a second time,"and
on the question being put, that this house doth
agree to the fame,
It was rcfolved in the affirmative,—Ayes is .
Noes 6.
The fourth resolution was read the second time,
and on the question being put, that this house doth
agree to the fame,
It was rcfol ved in the affirmative, —Ayes
Noes 6,'
Ordered, That Mr. Harrison do carry the said
refoliations to the House of Delegates, and acquaint--
them that the Senate have agreed thereto.
DISSENTIENT, for the following reasons.
1 ft. BECAUSE the resolutions raise and con
tinue impediments to the recovery of British debts,
in violation of the treaty of peace between Great-
Britaiftand the United States of America, which
Stipulates, that creditors on both sides Ihall not
meet,with any legal impediment to the recovery
of all bonaf.de debts.
2d. Because the refufal of Sir Guy Carleton ta
deliver up the negroes in New-York before the
definitive treaty Was signed, was fully known ta
Congress when they Solemnly ratified the said treaty
with Great-Britain, in the following words.
66 KNOWYE, That we the United States in Con
gress afcmblcd, having seen and considered the
definitive articles aforefaid, have approved, ratifi-'
ed arid confirmed the said articles, and every part
and clause., thereof, engaging and promising, that
we will sincerely perforin and observe the fame,
and never faffer them to be violated by any one, or
dranfgrefed in any manner as far. as lies in our
ipowef."
'3d. Because Congress enjoined on the citizens
•of the United States, the full performance of the
treaty so ratified, by proclamation, in the follow
ing words: ""That reverencing those stipulations
centered into on their behalf, under the. authority
of that federal bond, by which their exigence as
fan independent people is bound up together, and
js known and acknowledged by the nations of the
world, and with that good faith which is every c
man's fufeft guide within their, several offices,
jurisdictions and vocations, they carry into effect
the said definitive articles, and every clause and -
sentence thereof, fincerly, flri&Hy, and compleatly.”
4th. Because after this full ?nd solemn ratifica
tion, each State in the Union is bound by every
SACRED TIE, that can operate on men and na
tions, inviolably to observe eyery article of the