The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-02-19 00:00:00, page 2

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{mation. An to'the otden sorhim to return to Bothe. the eahinet
_ . si letsl'inpartievlar came stout Lor dAmhetR ae Commanderin Clies, and
si 'si he might show it to the Council for their opinion as a matter oHelicaey:
- 'Thta was ell he knew of it, at it was out of hie department; btt in his
opinion, at the ecmmiflionen and General Clinton hud receiveda paper
inthe King'a name to retif the treaty of Saratoga, he lhoud have
imegined the General shoul have been there to have ltated many :ircum
kneel they might have been stranger: to. At lentt it mull hue been
some comfort to the imprisoned army to have seen thetr General sharing
in their fay, and using his hest endeavours for their release. As to the
dit'pute between them, he wished it wan fitted to the bottom, et who
would suffer, and he should be to reedy to find the Gentleman homurably
ac uitted as any one in the House.
hs. Pulteney said a few words against the address on the sameprinei
ples as the rest of the Gentlemen, and the queltiun being called br, the
report was read a second time. and the addteh agz sieu' to.
DUBLlN, Dtt- 5. Poltticnl rtrcumltzectton, wndmn, antl v't-tuous
resolution, ought, in the present awful crlht, to direct our procedin-sssis.
Even his Majesty from the thtone, wnuld seem to act nowledge white.;
affaira to be in : molt undunmhle shut; and war, wnh m authdant
miseriet, dangen. and expenset, it now :tlmolt certain. 'ss
The speech admit: that our (: "ons have not bun attended with wished
for succest; that the great ment: of certain powua demand our
attentiom It also mention: the mifitia in honourable tetct-moz nor are
p-thlick spirit, Ready order, and love of our country lest ulptaited!
_ These are pleasing words t'tom the Prince; and we hupe matted: his
own and Ministen conduct Wl", in future, be g- t-etncd by a ady se
ard to the genenl welfate. Had this always been the ease. joye] abused
uhjecta would not now have been witneflet to those accumumled- evili
which now prese hard on their freedom, spttitt, and ptsi sipemes.
in the course of the debate in the Home of Lonla ut' England, on
Thursday se'nnight, the Ear] of Shelbui it: made a most eloquent speech,
which spoke the man of (trong obsetvntwn, and Ial-unsius euqctity alter
knowledge: Among other pacticulart, In Lutcshtp wu ]ouu tur im
hing the uil counsellon who had adt ised the late meaturee, deet—anng
what the aid of Govetnment retpei'ttng America 'or some time ;. .fl'were
mrioully—b end despotick; that the hutts ttsswn-on! b) Lotd Sus
felk at to the new made for carrying on the war, wete dououus atlnuve
Io hunting and destnying the town of Antericnsi ad" _ 19 black, to
sange, end solike the doctrine of the sealping knife un Milk, that
it could hue ite origin no where but in the wicked mind- of those m- ::
who had for. years lhewn that they n'ere determined to"be the desiep the]
dark Man of the contlitution. He ,quoted T hyeididee and Sie, Wil
liam Te—ple by way of eomment on the late commisswmn lent out to
Aneeiee. and deemed that he wandered. if Adminiltraticn semfly
annoyed tesithie epunn-y. vhy they did not pitch upon the Duke of
ss crum,. and'mmsissof real imyortaneeand weight, -lo be the commit.
inner.." He observed, that we had better lose another island than to lose
IN finden es lord Hcteve and Admira] Keppel, declatin they were
publiek m.}andzsithqct however Aitmtmtttanon mig tt men to
Wawzmsitfiyflmsi the. peoplewould hut suffer tsshemto he
W-h * 'ct w yvttteth-d that the mien .: this
Must," ' : ' - ]; and after te ntedly assurting
ebesi he motheeflily Vihd-the— pnhhc both within and without doou'
"eld rise, ea one man.' end drag- the'authou of our presentctpalam-t-ee
ctwi ' y and punishment, he eonelnded with repeatit . 'that he joined
wi die!"! ofxlripl in wishing that am address mig it he lulpended
'ct "unfi— ' 'When-tions] [mevlncel had takea pine, end that the
MWMMmU-eh tumified of : future lddlefl.
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N' W Y () R. K, December 15. ]
.Gett'tl'emansi'v'obo let an tisunbomt the Harriot packet, lately
" Wind ended tnto the enhm-d), was formerly Ill inhnbitant as
it, dipt? Atehefott, son of the late Mr. Auhcfon, of
The o'f Atcheson end Puket- of Viro'nia.
'ctesiM' Thmsdny'e noo leden ttith ermt and gunpnvder, bound from
Mififi toj'hil _ phil, was bcooght into this port hythe Colum
" 9— Wprheteeu. !Vlr. ]amee \Villing of Phihdelphil tue in
si si " , lad ssnmoved into eusiody on bond of hie quiy'e ship the
ss;,?HsiILADELPHIA
si. _Iu (1 0 N G R E 8 8, januarv 13, l7,9.
E cannot miew the progress of the revolution which hat given
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. freedom to America, without admiring the goodnel'e end grate
fully acknowledging the interposition of Divine Providence. Opptcll'ed
the Prince who ought to have exerted himself fo- our protection, and
suddenly called upon to kepe] hit unprovolted invnsion. thhnut armt
. umctmvnition, without nuiitary discipli prpermnnent finencee; with
out Ill ehblished government or lilies; sswseetjwd by habitual attach
nenu to our vety enemies. we Were precipitned into all the expensive
tion- incident to : flute of war, with one of the man fmmidsble
lution! on earth. Thtu sttrrounded on all sisilet with wente, difficultiet,
Illd Juncture, notwiththnding the internal wealth osour country. imme
dine tention was impncticable; and, for the same reason and : share
" of ill smeesl at different periodt, we could not hope, either at home or
.abn-l, to borrow moneyto supply our exigencieo.
Rumbly nlying be the favour dm in : righteout cause, and
mflding in the justice end intrepidityof our iniured fellow citizem, we,
from nectffity, embraced the expedient of emitting paper money on the
fiithos the United Stltel, for thee: set of the war; an expedicnt
ultich had often been succeslsully pafioH in separate ptes while we were
snb'eaed to British domination. T]: imp'acable vengeance with Mich
we ne been pursued hn compelled us to the molt strenuout and un-c
mitted eshrtn Latge issuel of money wen os consequence: indispentihly
neoefl'uy. end the pet- eunency multiplied beyond what wu com tent
for the purposes ctP: cinvlating medium. Thit alone could not at] to
disaetlit it in some degree. The me of in unprinctpled enemy— have
jna'flsed the mischief. ]n dispir of subdtting the free spirit of America
)] sone cflme, ot- th-innjiguet of negotiltion. at their lal} effort they
have had recourse to fraud. Their emissctuies have been employed in :
variety of :utisices to debllc nur money, and to raise the fice of commo
ditiel. The fears ;md nppsrhenslons of the pe0plc have en alarmed by
misrepresentzt-on, while our enemies of the highest rank have not hest—
tated to counterfeit the bull. of crcdit and dispctse them throughout the
United Statca.
Su'ch betng-the emhnrrztssments which interrupt a free circulation of our
paper money, they loudly call {m :: temedy; and QopgnsI,-from a
scglrd to good fatth, to pnvcttc jun.ce, al'd_ to ptthsihck lately, are bound
to apply it. Happily, by a combmution ot nulptetout evento, evely ob
Racle is semovcu, and the me::ns pls-Ctd within our reach. Those hoflile
atmire which nttempted to enllavc us, no longer sormidable. are wsifled
and dlspesscd. Our indcprndehcc lS tlhhlished on a firm basit; our
_ relpetttve governments wtuch ccrn'pt sc thc union, are scttkd and in the
vigoroun exctcil'e of umomroulzd authority. An alliance, on term! of
perfect equant , is formed with one or lhk' glccttest nation; on earth; and.
freed in : hig degree from external ussaultt, we have leisure to ditect _
our attention to axonomy, and tcl'om-cz-s m support the publick ctedit ,
To raise the value of our pnpel money, and to redeem it, will not, "
are :nersuzded, be difficult; nor to check and dsiseat the perniciomcurrcnn ,
cy of countertcite, imprabticnblc : Bt th require a far less {hate of publick si
un uie and pubuck vtgtlcttme than have distinguished this Irduoul cot-fli w
thhotn punlitk inconvenience or when dish-ess, the whole ofsit ' ss
delit tncurrcd in : r enufliung to this day, may he cnneellcd men
It may he came] ss-trin : period t'o limited na must leave the , so; of
the bull: slmfied wtth hit securily ; and if by : continuance of the war
th: publick service should demand farther em'tn'tonl, they too-may be
cancelled within the same period, it being evident thn our lhility to
sustain : tzx must increase in proportion to the quahtity of money in cir
cular-on. '
she danger from countctscits can only be avoided by calling in and
exchangcttg tttt- cmtssinni which have chtcfly suffered by that speeiee of
fraud. 'I o publslh the met in of detefitun, and still to leave the true billa
curren', wnl not be ptudet t, as it must :.fford an opportunity for cor
t'tcting defecn and cheating more securcl) .
Io dctssnd the emtsstun n.tmded tor the exchan e from eounterseita,
the tirongclt guarde w-ll he devised; and it in cept ed that the mntks of
autteemictty will be so obvinua, and the difficuity of successful imitation
so gtca't', ne to dtl'conrnge thsi attempt or clude itr- effecte. ,
UPon these weisi hty eontiueratiunt Congrcss have agteed to the annexed
resolhions, and recommend them to the immediate attention of the
respt'ctive sr'gtsiatlues of the United States, to the end that lawe may he
emitted to give them the mott speedy, decistve, and ed'eattll operations.
WHEREAS these Unttrd dtatee, unprovided with revenuee, end'not -
heretosore in a condition to raise lhcm, have, in the course of the presen - .
war, repeatedly th'n under the nemsslty of emitting hill: of eredit, foe
the xed'etnption oswhtch the tatth of these United State: he: been solemnly
pledged, and the credit of which their honour and safety -:_ae well ae
]ttshce, is highly concerned to support ttnd establish; and when to that
end it in esi'entially necessary to aleertctin the riode of their redemption,
auo leashnabiy to eltnitlish sundt which, in Ketime, without dinnlnqi
the people, shall m..k- :tdequave provision for the same; end wheteaein ,
azssportt'onit g the paytuents for the said funda, it is expedtent thnt an exm
sum be tailed (or the eturent year, b'oth an account of the present case of
yaying it, and to reduce the surplus in citcttlation : Thetefote,
Rqselemi, that these Uhited States be czlfied on to pay irrtheir respective
quota- of sitten milliom as doth" in the year 1779, and of sin millione
of dollare mutually, for eighteen years stom and alter the year in,, ae
a sund for fittking the emtflions and loane of these United Statea do
zlfl day of Deumber, 1778, inclustve. —
That if the contmuanee and eircumltancee of the war ltall make any
satth' emtsliom necessary the year enseing, they flnll he stink in the
manner and within the period aforelhid. '
That any of the bill: emitted by order of Con se prior to the year
1710, and no other:. 'be received m pnȝsiment of said none.
That the bill: received on the said quotat, except the e foe the
1779. he a plied first for payment of th: interest, and secondly the
phueipll 0 I- am made by these United Statee prick to the year 17803
and tttat the restdue, together with those trceived on the quoue of the
:779, be not "issued, but burned and destroyed ae Congresa shall direct. -
And where" many counterfeit; have appeared in circulation, osvari
otts denc-mtnations, of the emtssiont of M.ty w, 1777, and Apsil ",
17-8. attd counterfeit: of these emtsstotts hnve lately been issued by our -
emmie- at New York, and an found to be spreading and ineteesing sad .. ;
in varioua parte of these Unittd Sttttte, whereby indivtduale arfdefradded, ,
price: enhanced, and the credtt as (he paper curreney greatly i 'ured; '
and it it become necefl'ssy fot the sectttity of individuale, and [it etyssot' '
the Publick, that those two emiflione should to he . eiteulatin
medtum, and should be called in and exehtt ' ise crovide
.for, as soon as may be, with convenienc tssthejpresent olde": ss'ss
Therefore,
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thlrwd, that the following billa be taken out of eirettlation, namely,
the whole emisi'tone of May ao, 1777, and Apj'il n. 1778. si
Th.tt they be brought in for that purpose, in the manner hereaftel'
provided. by the first day of June next, and not afterwarde redeemable. :
That they he received for dehta and taxes into the continentnl treasury,
and into the (tate treasuriea for the eontinental tnttea, until the firfl day '
of jttt-e next. _
"] hat they he received until the first day of ]une nett into the conti- .
nent-l lonn office;, either on [can or to be exchanged, at the election of
the nwnera, for other billa of the like tenous, to be provided foe that
pole.
""That the bill: lodged in the said officers, to be so exchanged, be there
regiflered, and indented certificatee thereof given to the ownera by the"
respective comtttiffionera of the said officee.
That the commifiioneta of loan office! make returns to the treasury
board, immediately after the fitst day of ]une next, of the amount of the
bills received into their tes ive office: to be exehnng ,ae asotesaid,
and that proper bill; to cxc dnge the same be furnished ready to be
delivered out at their said officee, within sixty day: from and after the
said suit day of ]une. *