The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-16 00:00:00, page 5

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H/sizct/L' q/siCL-nflmum, on the: mation jus m:
mits: ; tu t/i-ss- Asimct-s.
Mr. Si-EA-sssiu-si,
EN'l'lRliLYn-(sisirce Wlli] the. honourable
genticnnn, who scconded thc nmtmn
lus :ui siuidrcss to his majesty, that every
" nun ought now to speak out ; and, in at
msimcnt i'u important us the present, to
me whole empirc, I think it iil becomes
the? dignity ;m-sii duty ot psinsiiimnmt m ]uis:
. itsclissm such a sulsomc ;tdulutnl'y :nhlrc-sz;
to the throne as that now proposed.
' We ought rather, sir, to approach our
' shvcreign with sound und wholesome ml
vicc, and even with rcmonsisanccs against
she conduct of his ministers, who have
si precipitated the nation into ;m unjult. rui—
nuus, selonious, and murdcruus wznsi. ]
call the war with our brethren in AmL-t'icu
an urljlgfl', jZ-laniuux war, becdusij the pri
m-siujy ctcuulb, and consesscd origin of it,
si ' the attempt to take their money from
,.othcm without their consent, contrary to
: the common rights of all munLiml, :tnd
si thus:: seat sundsiunental principics of thc
; Englii t cunstitution for which [I.ittipclcn
bled. ] asscrt, sir, thatit is in consequence
a murderous war, because itis an attempt
to deprivc men of their lives sul' llsi-sinuling'
upin the just cause osthc defence olsssithcir
property, and their clear rights. it be
comes no less a murderous war, with res
pect to many of our sellow-liihjects us
this island; for every man, either of the
navy or army, who has been sent by go
Vcl'nnh'Jt to Amcricsiisiand hzis fallen ;t
vicsitirn in this unnatural and unjust contest,
has. hcc. ! murdcred by aclministrution,
and hi- blood lies at their door. Such &
" war, ] ! 'lI', sir, will draw down the ven
ct-r-ivir-si of Heaven upon this devoted
3. ' .":om.
& think this war, sir, fami and ruinous
'si un" country. lt ahsulusdy :muihihitcs
th: only great sourcdos our wcuhh, which
we enjoyed _umsiivchd by other nations,
ctsiud deprives u< us the smite us the ];ihmssi—
ous induliry'osnear three miHZ-ms nisi {ub
jecsits, which cc'ntrcd here. That com—
merce has alrculy taken its flight; an-l
our Amcsiricau merchants are now Llcplur
ing the consequenccs UF.\\\TC\ChC(i policy,
which has been pursued to their destructi
on. It is, sir; no less ruinofls with rei
gtu'd to the enormous exsipcnse of'the lleets
and armisics nccclssiry For this neshrious un—
dertakingzss so that we are wailing our
present wealth, whiie we JTC destruying
the sourccs us;!" we might hdveinfizturc.
I speak, sir, :H :1 sl'iend to England ;msil
Amcrica, but fiill more to universal liber
ty, and the rights of all mankind. ] trust
no part of the subjects of this vast cmpirc
will ever submit to be [l.u-cs. ] :nn sure
the Amcricnns 'arc too high-spiritecl to
brook the idea. Your \\hu]c power,
and that oFyourallies, is youhad any,
and ot'all lhc'Germzm troops you can hire,
czumot effect so wicked u purpose. The
conduct of the present administrzltion has
already wrcstcd the sceptre of Amerim out
of the h'm-iis osour sovereign, and you
have now C.:siircciy & p-y/lnzrctl/Zcr left in the
whole northern contincntss Aiorc thsim
hnH'thc cmpirc is already lust, and nhnctst
all the rcsi-st is in confusion und rinsizrchv.
'l'hc ministry hsin'c brought cmr {?n-sicrcign
into a n1orcdilzzsi'rzzceliti liluaziun than ;my
crowned hcsiid now living. He uhme lus
uh'le-fly lost, by their siltzliCO'silHCiis, more
tcz'z'itm'y them the three grant united
power; of Rusiia, Austrin, :md PruHin,
hsin'c together rohhccl Pohnsi us, and by
cqfui av'ts of" violence (and injusiicc from
udmi'iistrnticm.
England was never engaged in :: comest
01' iiuh inipmsimnsi'u to LUY molt v.).lusisibic
(' n.;cerns and posibflions. W (- (m: sinhlincr
lo: the luhhetiun (it ;) cmlntr) 'tihnitci)
murc crsitcmiul than our uw," us ))h'uh
(,VCl) (ict) incrcntssis the wsinith, tht natu
:' (l ltrcngthsiuctl popuintiun. dhc uh int)! us
in ' ((a-(I, it wiilbeuboinnfricnd'hipiimrul
to hate and 1*(i(ntment. \\ ( [he." be
((miitlcrul as this most impi. 1CL1biC (nc—
mics, un etersml lcparfltiun )(ill suuecd,
a: ul the};- 'rnndcsstn of the?) siiil'hcmpirc pass
:n) ztv. Succcls iecmsto me no: (;quiv-zm (],
but impmiilvlc. However ))c ma) (.iflcr
am mng (nuiisclvcs, they are ].) rfi-m') n.:itul.
On this sith- the '\ti;mcttick, put) r. me un
happily (ii)ides us; li'st (me,' /<ml mu'mutcs
the "('a/! northern cnntinent 0] 7'mcriul, the
General (Jomriels, and ea(h puninci ]
Aiiembl). An appeal has been mzulc in
the sword; and, at the close of the I.:st
campaign, what have we conqmrsi-(l ."
Bunkc—r's hill, with the loszsios 1203 nu-n?
Are we to pay :ts dearly for the rest us
Amcrica? The idea of conqucst is as
rmnamick as unjust.
'l'hchonnuruhle gentleman who moved
the address li()'s, ** the Amcriczms have
hun treated with ienity." \\';)s )otu'
loston port bill a measure of ]cnity. ;
\\'n.) )om iisheiy bill a meaiule osienity?
\V :(s ) (nu- hill [or taking away the chartcr
ol Mulhchnlctts hay a mcasine of ienity,
01 (=) en justice . ] omit )out' many other
grols pluvucations and inluits, by )Ah'uh
the brave Americzms lime [nen (hivcn
into their present state. He uflcrts, that
they avow u dilpolition to be indepcmlent .
On the contrary, sir, all the (led. nations,
both of the late and the present (Znnrrlels,
nuiiormly tend to this one ()lssjc (t, nj pbunsiq
put on the s (mc footyzg tlu-y u'm ('- t' 1 at the
year 1763. This has been their (mi) (I::
mand, lrom whkh they hat) e newr )'.irie(l.
'lhcir daily prayers arc, sur liberty,
pedcc, and snjblv. ] use the wuuls of the
Congrcis of the last year. 'lhcy justly
expect to be put on an equal kuuting with
the other subjects of" the emphc. If )nu
confine all but tradc to )outfclves, say
they, is )ou make amonopoly of um ("om
merce, if you shut all other parts at the
wotld against us, tax us not too. If )ou
dO, then give us a sree tradc, such Zh
you enjoy )UlllwsChCS', let us have equal
udvantagesut commcrce, all oth-t" P-J'. "ts
open to us , then we can, atsitd vsii], cheer
stu pzt)" taxes.
lt must u'wc, str, every mzm, \- hs) hwcs
this countt",)" thc :!ecpest content at the
numinss, in the addstls, snreirru troops,
qumverisims :md llcffizms, who me now
called to intetiert 'm out domcs'nch qual
rcls, not to dwdl lllh du)" on the sit]! egsithty
us the measure. '1' he mthtia, indeed,
are now employed; and that uo'uh- institu—
tion is at present comphmcntcd by minis
tcns who hate the \ct'\ name oszt militia,
because the cmbodvlng of those smces
enables admtmstranun to butthert more us
out" scllou- -suhjccts m Americu.
Sir, ! (l'ti. approve not only the eul spi
rtt of the Whole addtcss, but likewise the
wretched anuhttiun of almost cvssv part
of it. My uish and hope therefore is,
that it wtll bc rcjcctezl by the Houic,
and that another dut'tsu], )"ct (]cccnt,
manly address, will he" presented to the
king, pruvhto" his majest) that he would
shut] hthe shortl, prevent thcf" trthct" chu
liou o} the blood oi out" s*'-L"0\\ subjects,
adopt some mode osncgotizttsiwn with the
General (Tongrcss, in compliance with
thch" repeated petition , :md thereby restore
peztce and harmony to this distracted em
pmsssi.
us't a met tus; rjf :lu L""si'ur/1,-ui:tusijur l/u c-umty
of l'l'h.(c Edward, th. 25, 17 76.
() H N [! A M B L ] N, an inhabitzmt oF
this count)", hmhtg been summoned
to ;tmwsiu" bcsurc this committcc, in cou
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scqucncc utsissm insormntion lodged against
[he said Hnmhhn, us hznhzg uctecl as an
cnumy to the Amcricun cauic, appeared,
and ;:cknuvvltdgul, thut uncc hc \\;ts un—
fi'iendlssv to the measures ;uloptul in Ame—
ricu, but that since he had been cominccclsi
oshis errour, and would for the shture
conduct himself on every nucaliun as ::
sricnd to his. country, as. lar as his nhsillsinics
would permit him, and hupecl for the for
givc-nelsss us this cummitlcc, and his coun
tt'ylneu iu gem m]; and prumishd, willinss —
]ss-, to hssz-si'n th-ss- dishdntion ut'thc Ilnnnur.
usihlc lhc '(qulinental Cougress, which he
hsini h'sthusito !"uflctssicd.
A'q/ssJz'pt-J, that , from the contrition osthe
said Humhlin, he be for the: future cun—
iidcred as a friend to his country, and he
5-. ncummcndcd to the publick for their
tinsictactivenchz.
ctlsissn-m Nctszx, jun. chu'n'man ju'o tenzpore.
BLY} AMH; LAWSQN, clerk.
At .1 meeting (jf'thsisi ssi-uct-miltee jbr the cozmty
(s Prince I'chwzlrd, Yzm. 15, 1776.
si-\_.\Hctlsisi.!. Bl'RKS, :m inhabitant of'lhis
unmtctv, h.n-in_<_-; l-mcn summoned to'lt—
tend this rnmmittc L',' 'm consequence usun *
information lodged against the said Burks,
on suspitiun ushis huiinsir actcd as an cuc
-my tn Amel-ica, appenru , and after hear
ing the testimony us several. witncssds,
summoned and examined rclzltivc to mr._
Burks's conduct, it appears tothis commit
tcc, that the report was altogether False
uml ;;rvundlcsiss, and that the sjid Burks is
entirely innocent of the charge : \Vhere
sore, he is lmnuurubly acquittcd.
()rdurnl, that a copy of the above re
suhes be trunfinitted to mr. Alexander
Purdie, and cntrcuthhn to publish the same.
joHN NAsn, jun. fchuh'man pra teinpnre.
BENJANIN LAWSON, clerk
fit (! commitree appointed and held ]hr
llnnovcr cazmty, at the soart/taq/Z', (m
'lss'hursrluy t/ze 25t/1 of _]anuary, 1776.
ENNE'I'T White appeared before
the committce, agreeable to a sum,
mons, m answer sundry church loclgesl
against him, which are as follows:
" That hc: had been guihy of having a
" suhscripiiun bull; that he assured his
" shhscribcrs, that iflhe committeeshould
notice it he would take the whole Name
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on himself; and that he had allowed
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gam'mg in his house." flsilaich charge:
bring examined into, were sushcicmly
px'mcd; but the suid Bennelt \\'hitc (le
c1rssssing-Liz uneasiness fbr having- done
any thing that had caused thc (lisldcasurc
of the committe—c, begged that they
would pus: it over, as the first (zffcncc,
and that he: would pay the flrictest regard
to the uil'ociution in future, as well as
demeun himself, in every respect, !: firm
ji'iend to the right.: (f Amerisa. 'l'hcse
cnnccsiisms being dccmecl shtisisishcsitory,
nn'. White was dischnrged from farther
proseculion.
Extract fi'om the [n'oceedinsixm
WILLIAIH ZEN'l'LEY, Clerk.
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T a mecting of the committce, (m
Monday the zgth os junuurctvct the
following gentlemen were chosen oshFcrs
to the company of regulars to be rznscd
in this coumy, xiz. RicharchlmsiughAn—
(lerson, cupminct; sijohn Andcri-m, lst
licutenznn: William Bc-ntlcy, 2cl ]ieutc
nant ; and Robert 'l"msinpkins, cnsign.
Extrasi ffmm flux prm'ccclinsisp'.
\\ lLLlABl BENTLYB', Clerk.
W—
HE cummsiutcc us the Cumztf; of ();1
rulinc, uversc to rcndcxing ;m) person
a pnhhck spc-(ctradc of (ontcmpt, cxcqut
for a (!;lgmnt breach us the gcncrsial ;.sso
cisinion, and huing once excused ;! certain
l'wdhum Kcnncr, of the said county, sur