The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-17 00:00:00, page 1

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4 Obsl'roaliom on taxi/zg ' AM ER I C A,
*I Stewart'ssiexcellent table.: for the us;
I osstatq/iucn, entitled The Senatur's Re
membrancar, thefollowing topicks osdeli—
beration are laid down as usesul to be at
tended to, whenever any affair of impor
tance comes in question, viz. whethcrthc
undertaking proposed be shoffibfiz, just, ha—
ires}, ctvaifisiwoflhy, honourable, , ajitable,
nere my, pleasant, saflz, and ea yf:
Had the taxing of America, when first
proposed, and the measures since taken to
e those taxes by afleet and army, been
(hill? considered in all these lighte, I think
that project, and those measures, could
never have existed; for, instead of being;
an eqsy business, it must have appeared that
to raise times b an external gavermmsint,
fl'om those who ad paid them only to their
ownintemal ovemment, would be a matter
of great. di 'ulty.
si_ Instead ofpeing/Zzse to make such an at
tempt, it was certain to be attended with
the danger of losing that affectionate at
tachment the had ever shewn to this
qounttj, by ollowing us in all our For—
WI, Engaping with us in all our wars,
gisi ' a prctierenee to our manufactures,
and-T ering patient] our monopoly of
theircommerce. Ad to this, the danger
of forei powers taking advantage ofsithe
division uch measures were likely to occa
- lion.,
. Mctfof being flee;/but to introduce
Whovalsities, itwassspsobable, from the
, _, tion they joust meet with among
( ' le, through the fondness of' man
forctold cullomsand old modes of go—
We -.the jealousy and fear of new
' ones, and the manmuvkes of the adver—
saries to Administratisipnz who naturally lay
hold of'cvctercty thin to distress it, to prove
an assair to the lbfi degree ample-usant and
trouble-some. " .
si From the read'mess and liberality with
which the Amesicana always granted aids
to the Crown, upon requihtion, by taxing
them/How, the taxing them by our Par—
liament was so far from being necessary
that it was altogether medle/If and super
fluous.
Instead oneing profitable, it was likely,
from the vast cxpcnse for supporting the
,numerous officers requisite to called the
tax in so extensive a country, and she ar
my and fleet maintained to enforce the
collection, bcsidcs our losing a hundred
times more in commcrce, bv ositsinding
our cnstomcrs, than ne could poilibly
squecze out of them by tame-5, this meu
surc would, of all others, be the most un
profitable.
' lt ought to have been considered like—
wisis, that to break our suith, and aholizh
those privilcgcs which had hcui solemnly
promised by our former shwrcigns, for
thcmsilws find succellours, to the Amm'i—
cum, inss/im-c-sssslslmrters, would. inlt-sict-ud of
being [Iliill)lll*ll.llll.', he to the lull dcpss'sc'
slilbmmumldu :nu] llvamclhl .
'l'lult instead olctlu-insirjn'rlZ/Fz—Tc'nrz'sj", sazc h
:\ conduct dzstn'csid. :UHl mnil ' "a: wis".
ll's-l --ct/.-7!-'.-'.u.'.ssl (' ss;1:.-'-si';;f;1e1[f/.-zzr.." ct'z'. l'flc :;uz'ssl
:m-l vsiilssssct in ( i'v par. ri' the < Fsi-lw."
_ That u'nzn mtzz. lf. Slairhz'sial'sit psi :sixsim'ffl
'"si'j lllljl' {not of the (untrust-t, si'm txtcn-l—
ing, at their own czzpense, the Kctsiig's
dominions and the nation's commerce,
ha've eamcd those privile is (not received
them as grants' or mere turours) it would
be far fi-om hang/i to repeal them, or just
to take them away.
And finally, from the pussionate love of
liberty so predominant in the breasts of
Americans, from their virtue, their abili—
ties, theirunanimity, their m'nnbers, and
the extent of their country, which, if it
should be conquered and enflaved, would
require more armies than we can fpare to
keep it in subjection. From these consi
derations, it must appear that the pi'OjCcta
])esides being dgfficult, dangerous, trouble
fizme, ncc'dleLj/i, w, , afitable, dYbor'zourable,
blame-worthy, ba e, and unjzg/ , is in itself
absolutely i: ffible. . ct
I have not 1; (: honour oflieing acquainted
with any minister, I can knowssthem only
by their conduct; but when"! contemPlate
their evident and repeated bl'undcrs, [)
which we are in danger of losing the _va
growing strength And future support of
Our empirc, and by which; as ;: commer
cizd people, we are turnin customssers into
rivals, and, as astatc, fnerids' into bitter
enemies, when I consider these things,
though I Would in eandour excuse the mi—
nisters, by supposing want of good infor
mation, or want of application to business,
or want ofhonesty, or, in fine, want of
attention to this same Blr. Stewart's ten
points of deliberation, yet, after all, I
cannot but think their principal wantjs the
want of common jeu/s}.
To the P R I,N T-E,R.
the following opinions are ill founded,
If] shall be much obliged is any person",
who is better inshrflwd, will be kind
enough to put me to-righ'ts; for, even in
matters of mere opinion, I would rather
wish to carry about with me just sentimmts
than absurd'ones. " ' si *'
The Kin5 of En land is the King of
Scotland, of Irelan , 'of the British osses
sions in America, in the East In es, 'in
Minorca, Gibraltar, and'whcre ever En
glish subjects have ten-storial possesiion.
This, I hope, is indisdutable.
Can the same hc saicl as the House of
Lords of England and Scotland, ncsinv
called Great Britain? Let us try.
The House of Lords of Great siBritr—siin is
the House osLords of I rchmd , osAmcrica ,
&c. No, says Ircl-sixnd, we have :! House
of Lords of our own. Amerim says, the.
House of Lords os Great Britain have no
more right to clsisiim shpremchy over us
than they had over Scotland hcsol'c the
Union, or over sznovcr at present ; they
were not horn here ; they have sow nsthcm
:my pusscsiions in Amcricn ; no tltlcs, no
lu-sirusitzu'v, no acquires! siq'usiiolity. In
]ct,11g>l*.m/.l.si thcx lunc hnth. A'A well may
the House ns'Lonls us h'chmd ('lzzim the
same superiority.
But the House osCommnnx: Art- they
the House <>s(fmnm(m.\ oslrclsinulf Nu.
]l'( lz-uhl lrsisi-siss lls; 09. !} rmsi 'l'L iZ-ntuth'zctss, (host—11
]:V the pfsic ]".hss-ss 10 'z'xzsi'sslw unc us the llil't't
(flxlt'ss' (silk "l.!ct'siluzl.
s'n'. '1-. 1 1 lizc' l'unsi' ws ('ummuzw us
(L.. ' l'ss sizn tfxsi- Hu'sist- us ("unlmwsisi -i'
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T} is cannot be; they were neyctef-ctdjk
scn by America to be a part of the ]i' si-'
lzxtu-rc—z they haye it not bylctssbfi-Zhss 'yj
)ropc-rt ', b ' re cri tion. '_'si M-ssss' si
] Can the qupse ofsi'LIers and is ssffiflfflf
Gommons possess propertics, Kv 'nsimsitEjs,
which are not inherent in either epffl'ateljj?
Nothing can give that to anoth'tr visits-fit
has not itself. " 1 si *
I shall finish these reflectionsis ' 'ss
following: That the King of Gum-si.
tain is King of America ; that the sssi
Licutenzmt Govcmonr, the (lodg'd?
bsslished by royal chaste-t, the R' " _ _
tives chosen by the people, as ,730
intents and purposes, the le ' fnss'ss _ si
each respective province in Amefig'gfflsWt
ject to the King as subjects of Great Brigsissss
tain, and liable to the 'szmssie' maxfcutffl '_ -,
the two Honscs os Parlamem'ilcre} an I?
whatever concerns the govermctant, Bf '.
each province, and sizbject w—the come?
of the legislature of Greatfflflmln, '
whatever relates he! theip -- .-si.: , A
the limits of theirssrectspectivsscss. W-W- ,_
Perhapsadispa lonasiteinqv
such opinions may read fisct'ss- Wt
happy point, where the upsisssiss-ctsi-sisisifssctthc
parent state, andsithe sssil-ssss "s ACW
colonies, may be united—5, _ si-jsi-ss -—si -
'io no] ct-a se sifsiss-fzctsi
Labmet—knessw. 1: as. m Fsisisict
formedssdss'sbjiigomof ;ffi - ;ss
& ous: not- a Lovcsi ss"
{by; Princp emo-— -'
Court, fheEnglishsiMirfi _ ,
Stormoht ?oZchZYM the ; ss ' ,
51 order to—prcscm'c say?-3 _ .
cnncs wit e cov . ss. :
cclwhichthese three pomhzl'g4 " si
callymado to each other," AND si ct'
Ambasssiadour's weeting Mix? "in
ccptionin'England. _ ,ssctsiss; " ";
it was proposed that : ass Mad!
from Fcrrol, and apothe- froflssfiessfl
vannah, wi'tllsi4ooo landforcesis midward-3
that they should jaini'mctdsifcertzhsiflfititude;
and then go together-and take posseffion
of Pcnsucola,si the most important'copby
that the English seem-ed to thcmfihjesb '
the last peace, for watching the Spanish
tmdc from La Vera Cruz, Paaama, &c.
The gallcons which come from-that coun—
try to Europe are 0in to flee; thcik
(nurse that way, in on er to et a wilt].
]hsifidcs, the English shi s fiatxoned there
have an opportunit 'of ccing every thing
that passes, and :: 'mallflcct there m time
of war may he & check to the whole Spa—
niih trudc in that part osthc world. ,
L () N D O N, Not-cmbcr 28.
XsiSMALL floop arrived at Plymouth ::
[" s-si-x-rnipsi11t5sim-e from Boston, and no '
one but the Licutenant, who had the com
muml ashes (who immediatdy set out post
('a-1" Ictomlon) was suffered to come ashore.
'l'hc 1;th Lord Clivc has left by will to
his lsiulv ::oool. pm'annun1,ct and lo,oool.
m: ;.lsh ih'si' sent (& (Ilarcmont, during- her
],Lusixihip's list.
'i'hz'rsi' izss' :] mzm now fixing, as a hvcry
sum .:nt 'm Som-ss. si-t House, whoie in the
' i .sisst'. Hchflsishudinthatt
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