The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-02 00:00:00, page 1

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Extract 0] (: letter jrwn VV ] cr H ttcun,
ctss" 'Tt) N. Chffin es 1, receives miner!!! and
ag/Zziur of his maie/fssv' ; c 1/[ctsisiJ-u at Bost m,
[lateri Nmfulk- Alum. 71 1775
1 l' is now, and has bcu. los lss'ctsi-me time
past, an efhbl'zshecssl rule to break upon
all letters either going; il'uul urssdct'recud to
any Offlcu in the iL-rvuk- us che crown,
It was with dimuff'vctv, ! will usts-zre yosisiz,
tlut 1 now um able to ; =. :!mit them, as
my go} 'fv' f'russn * N'rm. 'k io th'zct ])lfzcc
was osijmwal hy upxsissds ot' 300 People
ol the cssmuty, nvhu wnl notsiull zw any
vessel (o owne to this [xi.uce, for tcn' of
susinctflylug in: !hips of war, am] other
(ruosiv, witn pravisiun; and lwiil astitre
you, 'that [am Juuhtfsiul whether] may
n'n be obliged to take a lhelcer in some
ol'xhc ships, or at least on this side the
buy, as ! expect, during the consusul
usurp uicm us power that an officer of the
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etlitsimn, is he only acts with spirit, or
as his dnch-ul oath bind him, that he
will :m nerliusilv Fall under the lash of the
dcmn'd comctnsiftees. &c. who, on such oc-_
csin'io , wisil (he a- chcm a: little mercy as they
t/less'u/eww m—issy expect in the future world .
An l as ]" have, on sundry occasions, up
poscJ thClP medsuns, and strove to con
i'mce the .rlelrlss-Icctl people us.:heir errour,
[have, by mit means, resin'dz-rud mMZ-I/ct
olmoxium— to them;; dn-J no doubt, is ever
in th- xr :)oflr, man !: we d'h ir whole
wezght , f vengtdctk [51le on me 'z'zilf.
waile [a mass.? Nffavour ut gov rn nent,
and my own ste v prinsir'sssi-lect I-msibc no
duuhtsiy but I shall be abie. wzln lzaf/ thcr
number, to meet them in the field, as [
hold ( to be an elhhh hed puhsst, " thetsi
" tho sie who !icrnt or take up arms against
" ;; .vemncut sine always in (head, and
*.* fi !hsi lo great li! ulvantdge, Lnouincr
thu they dle !] >htinss :ur z'mit their so
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vercig 1, hy whom :! nc they can hope
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for 1: list: mce ug nimt ch-ssh real enemies,
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.ml Wem, our of his grace and ctflwour,
h'ls offered lh-si: " prntecthm from all
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their foes, and who would be glad to
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s-e the .] returl to their duty, and
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cssnbt lo: the pr'n'fc red grace." They
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kno v th xc me [I (I. m - i: rmmd their necks,
an] is ( ikffl (win ch th )! cssm do no less
thm *xpcct) :hnc thrsi) arc liable to be
beh- -' -
truffdup, ui h ut anv dldssv; Whilst thc
snow ers 0! sicu : rumuu know the good—
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nesct of their cuuie, and the iuppm'c th it
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may, at any lilnfsi, be given from the
fr-Z-ct -1'!s therchs, to us!!! thczn against all
: .w/n es ! hcv :dsh (nodnnht) use ::shu—
e ss, ! mt if lhsiy ! !" m a glorious :md gmod
excuse th et t' 1: v ]) we cl me their duty,
:: *- ! maw ethfct their reward in (! future
l/e. Y-m vi.] be glad, no douhsst, to
]: ct n', 0th 0! so m mv cnemics to govern—
m wt 1}: If there i.! sumc who have cou—
rss'zrff' (men in these hazardous time:) to
(=) zssi-ssi m.- lenient measure: 14]sz by thQ/Z- in
p'uucr, .mcl whb have sworn allegizmce
t ) theirlawsul sovereign, - amonyst which,
thcsimh: thitsimts 0! lesioik town and coun
tv, Princcsh Anne, Nansemond, &c.
' si_ [land recordssd, to, ! believe, 3000 and
; upwards. 'lhe luce engagement ac
lxemp's, I beheve,_}1as been s-uss/L-sfficl
cic-nt for numbers, who have been c01
strained, to throw offthc yoke, and boldly
so stsimcl sorth andss confuss themselves
friends of government, numbers having
been surcecl t_0 zake up arms against their
wiHs, as has been prmcd since the late
action. God send :: happy concbg/iou to
this bad beginning. How long ] may stay
among them here is uncertain, us ] have
& dciign to remove, and have a fromzse
from thq/e in pou'cr for a better place, l
have reason tu expect, somewhat nearer
vou than this. va letters please direct
ctto- the care osmr. Sprowlc, Norfolk (or
Gosport rather) who uil] forward them.
T appears, by some lcllcl's from Ncill
jsinnesim, that he hath tzlktn lord
Duumorc's bills for 50001. sterling, and
01 delcd goods to be impmted to Norsulk,
them to be sold by a young" man, to be
aflociated into his comp: my For that pul
pale, and that his own name min, be con
cealed; and hath packed up all his effects,
and put them on board of a wsie],1cady,
Yh caise osneccsiity, w hau] ofl, under pru
tect-ion of the men of war with other
pasissa es, shewin}; him to be a stead)
ji'ien to that arr z-enemy ofAmerica.
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Extract: flom a pamp/zlet just publtshssid in
Pniiadciphia, entitled () O M M M 0 N
5 L' N d E., addrcjjbd to the inhabitants
ofAmerica.
[Van know: no mqfierfiwe creating Heaven,
Or tho/Lsi whom choice and common good or
dain. 'l'nomsoN.
CHALLENGE the warmcst advocate
for reconciliation to show a single ad
a'si-tvantage that this continentcan rcapss by
being connected with Great Britain. I
repent the challenge, not a single advan
tage is derived. Our cqrn vxill sctch its
price in any market in Europe, and our
imported goods must be paid sor, buy
them where we will. ' But the injuries and
dilitdvantnges we sustain by that connccsstion
are without number, and our duty to man—
kind at large, as well as to ourselves, in—
structs us to renouncc the alliance; because
{my submiiiion to, or depcndence on Great
Britain, tends directly to invulve this con—
tincnt in European wars and quai'rels. As
Europe is our market for tradc, We ought
to form no poiitical comchtion with an
part of it. It is the true interest of Ame
sirica to steer clear ot'lsiluropcnn contentiuns,'
which she never can do, while, by her de
pendcnce (m Britain, sheis made the make
Weight in the scule of British puliticks.
Europe is too thickly planted with king
doms to be long at peace; and whenever
a war breaks out between England and any
soreign power, the trade of Amcricsii goes
to ruin, becau/Z- ofher cannection with Bri
tain. The next war may not turn out like
the last; and should it not, the aclvocntes
for reconciliation now will be wishing sor
separatiou then, because ncutraiity in that
case would be a siiscr convoy than a man
of war. Every thing that is right, or rea-_
sonable, pleads for separation. The blood
us [he slain, the w eeying voice otss'nmure,
cries, It is (in;. 30 ,).zrt. Even thcdistancc
at which thc'Alnfighty hath placed Eng—
land and America is 'a strong and natural
'proof that the authority of the one ox elsi
the other was never the design of Heaven;
The time likewise at which the continent
was discovered adds weight to the argu—
ment, and the manner in which" it was
peopled increases the force of it. The
resormatiqn was preceded by the discovery
of America, as is the Almighty graciously
meant to open a sunc'tuary to the perse)"
cuted in future years, when home should
afford neither fliendship nor safety. *
The authority of Great Britain over this
continent is & form of government which;
sooner or later, must have an'end; and &
serious mind can draw no true pleasure by
looking forward, under the painful and
positive cunvicsstion, that, what he calls
t/zc prlsislzut cmzstitution, is merely tempo—
rary. As le'ClllS, vxc can have no joy,
knowing that this government is not suffi
cicntly lasting to ensure an) thing which
we may bc quezxth to pusterity; andsisi by a
plain method ofarg'umem, as we are run
ning the next generation into dcbl,- "we
ought to do the wcp'k ufsiit, otherwise we
use them meanly and piliisiully. ]n order to
discover the line of our dm) rightly, we
should take. out children in our hand, and
six our siation & sew years further into life;
that eminence will present a prospedt which
a few present fears and PsCjudlCtd conceal
from our sight.
Though I would carefully avom gssuing
unnecessary offence, yet ] am inclined to—
believe that- all those who espouse the
doctrine of'reconciliation may be included
within the solluwiug descriptions: interest
ed men, ctwho are not to be trusted; weak:
men, who cannot see; prejudiced men,:
who will not see; and a certain set us mo-ss
deram men., who think better of the Eu-z
ropean world than it deserves; and this lsiist
chss, by an ill—judged deliberation, will
be the Cause of more calamities lo this con
tinent than all the other three. '
it is the good fortune of many to live
distant from the scene os present sorrow ;-'si
the evil is not sufficiently brought-to their
doors to mctke them see] the precarious—
nel}; with which all American property is
poil'cssed . But let our imaginations trans-ct
port us for a few moments to Boston; that,"
seat oswretched-ness will teach us wisdom,
and instruct us for ever to renouncc asi
power in whom we can have no trust.'
The inhabitants of that unfortunate city,
who but a se:w months ago were in ease
and affl-tence , have no w no other alterna
tive th-m to stay and starve, or turn out.
to heg; endangered by the fire of the'u'ss
siicnzls if they continue in the city, andss
phmdercd by government if they leave it.
ln their present condition, they are prishn
ers without the hope osredemption; and
in a general attack for their relics, thessv_
would be exposed to the fury of both
armies. . ..
Men os passwe tempers look somewhat
lightly over the offence: of Brituin , and,,