The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-03 00:00:00, page 5

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To the KlN Gost Excellent A'ngcsty
Most graSovcrcign, ss
E your] 1: 3 T Y 's faithful
shbjccthcss colonies os NCW
- Hampshirc, MmsettsBay, Rhode
Illand, and idcncc Plantations,
Connccticut, TYork, Ncw Jcrsey, -
Pennsysilvania; countics of New .
castle, Kent, ipsibx on Delaware, "
Maryland, Via, North Garolina,
, and Sooth Cut, in behalf'ofour
- {Lives ang the'zbitants of'si'those co
-- onies w oh " ted-us to re e
siznt them malign] (long;-65; Psiy
this our hum ss' titicm bag leave to
- ]aqu' grictev before;-she Thro'ne. ct
ct A standing} ssctl1asct'beensikept in ss
- thefi: coioniesi me: she conclusion s
, of the lage Mthsiout' she siconsient
(four 'Asiflbnsiif 'sifind'this army,"
: with & consi'd fdavfllsia'fmamen't,
has been efm chfdfce the col- ss
-!*cti01ssl-;.9Wsil$.sssi ss' *- . si '
The audxorsof the Commander.
in Clsief, ssand,der him; 'of the Bri
gadiers Genel ha'SIss ih' times of
peace, been fiered supre'me'in all
the cssivfl gay ents in Amsierica.
_ , The Cqm er in Chics of all
your Nlajefty' ces in North Ame
si ries. has, in t' of peace, been ap
- pointed Gov r ofzi Colony.
' The charg usual offices have
been eatly; " si used,ss' and new,'
", qun ctlve, " " Oppl' We offices, '
.. have been m lied.
The judges ,Admimlty and Vicc
si Admiralty co are empowered to
' receive their s es and feesss from the
effects conde'mtl by. themselves.
. The Officers ctuthe Customs are em
power-ed to k open and enter
house5 withoube authority of an
civil magistratfounded on legal in
formationS. si
The-Judges Conne osCommon
Law shave'ss'be ade entirely depen
dent on one pa f the legiflature for
their shlaries,- en as for the dura- '
tion of their co iflions.
counsellors, Plding their cctommis
fion's during plein-e, exercise legis
lafivesi an' horityctsi , ct
si Humble .end easenahle petitions
from the chrcsetatives of the people
have been frujtlis.
"' The A gents of,-10. people have been
disconntenanced , nd Govemours have
but! instructed ssn prevent the pay
ment Of their silh-ics,
3 ss Affi—sinshsiffi hflwbeen repeated] !; and
i"jurioufly dissolvd. ' . ,
7 [Commerce has zeen burthened with
many uselefi andoppresiixsic reflricssti
ons. -
_ Bysevcralactso'Pa1*liament, made
m the 411'1, fish- ()th, 7th, and 8Lh
years of your ct1\'12\_'psiy's reign, dutiez;
me imposcd on msur the purpose of
rrusmg a revenue, and she powers o."
Admimhy and \'ie-ss-.47si-j1ssnirult_y ("in:-As
are ('vahrj'ed he_vn—.d their unci-sint ii
"si'siffl, When-by our px'mx-rkctv is tula: 11
{sin;—) us without our ssumsi-m, the
(1'241 by jurssv in mar.)- ci'. I! evils Is
abolishcd, enormons sorseiturcs arc'
incurrcd for [light offences, vexatious
insormers are cxemptcal From paying
damages, to which they are justly
liable, and opprcsswc lectuityct is re
quired from owners before they are
allowed to defend their rights.
Both House-s of Parliament have re
solved that colonists may be tricd in
England for ofl'c nces alledged to have
been committed in America, by vir
tue of a statute pallizd in the 35th
year of Henry VIIIctand in cause-,
quence thereof attempts have been
made to enforce that itatute. "
ss A statute "Was passed insisi the Izth
'yeai' of your Maiclty's reign, directing.
that persons charged with committing
any offence therein described, in any
'placsie out of the realm, may be in
dictcd 'and cried for the same in any
shire or county within the realm ;
whereby inhabitants of these colonies --
may, in simdry cases by that statute
made eapital, be deprived of a trial
by their peersof . "thevicinage. -
_ In-the laflfhflion of Parliament, an
act'was pallbd for blocking up the
harbour . of Boston; another empow
ering the Govemour of the Massaehu
,setts Day to send perform indicted for
murder in that province to another'
colony, or even to Great Britain, for '
trial, whereby such ossenders may
eshape legal punishment; a third, for
altering the chartered constitution of
governmentin that provinee ; and a
fourth, for extending the limits of
Quebeck, abolishing the English andct
restoring the French laws, whereby
great numbers of British freemen are
subjected to the latter, and eltablish
ing an absolutc government and the
Roman Catholick religion throughout
those vast regions, that bordcr on the
westerly and northerly' boundaries of
the free Protestant English settlements;
and a fifth, for the better providing
shitable quarters for officers and soldi
ers in your Majeshsis service in North
Ameriea. . .
To Mover-ago, who " glories in the
name of Britonss," the—bare recitnl of
these acts must, We presume, justify
the loyal'subjects who fly to the foot
of his throne and implore his clemency
for protection against them. From
this destructive system of colony ad
ministration, adopted since the con
clusion of the last war, have flowed
those distresses, danger-s, fears, and
jealousies, that overwhelm your Ma
jest 's dutisul colonists with affliction ;
an We defy our most subtle and in
veterate enemies to trace the unhappy
disserences between Great Britain and
these colonics from an earlier period,
or from other causes than we have as
signed. Had they proceeded, on our
part, from :: restlc-(fs lc-vity ostelppcr,
unjust impulfi-s osumbltion, or arisul
silggestions of seditiouq pcrsizns, we
should merit the opprobious terms sre
queutly lie-{lowed upon us by those
We revere; but, si) Far From promot—
ing: immvatiom. we have only op
posed them, and can be charged 'h lih
no oHl—nve, unleisi; it be one, to r."—
c-cti'. si- injuries, and be stusihle osthc-m.
' ,pct
Had our Creator been ple & to
give us cxz fiencc' m a land of ,
the fc: (c of our condition m ight 11
been miticratcssd byctctss vmor mcc and ha
bit; but, ti .zmk 3 to his ulorable good
nesi, wc v. cxc born the hcirs of trec- si
d fish and even enjoyed out r: ghc un
dcsi r the auspices of yourroyal ancesiom,
Whosci inmily Was (hated on the Bri
tish throne to xss'cscue And sccure a psindns
and galldnt nation fi'om the Pofiry
and des tisin of a silpershcloakffld
incxora le tyrant. Your Majesty; We
are confident, just] reioices Mjo'm
title to the crown tsshsct f made"
the tltle of'yomct We? DE
and therefore we
royal 'Wifflom must away-e the M
sibility that touches ssyomsi Wz
anxioufly to \ , "si.
receix cd from. Divine Pray! ' ct
thereby tqss proveth si' "
that compact which si si .
trious house of anfwkk to didfflh
perial diznitv ltnmv boflassei. " "
The appxchcnfibxzct'bfflflzct ..ct ". ct.' 54
into a flute of servimde froctrfztsisi fixe
eminessnt rank of English flies?
while atwminds-rctaiq the; Mans-{T .
love of liberty, ahd clearly shew '
miseries preparing for usand onrpflss:
terity, e'xcites ernotions mouths
which, though We capplytd'ef ,
we should not wish to coneelIL- ss-.__ ffl-si
ingas men, and thinkin asW-si
in the manner we:do,_ '(genterzswz'ould _
be diilo al . B vin _' aiflcty- '
ful hisoZmZion, ,ijfli do? ilf'ssIn ofir .
Powessr to name:: sithe-Writ! ".fof
your royal cares,- thetrzmqm li ysssissofsi
your government, and the welfare'cf .
your people. si - and ld
But to our LIa'e , !' si ss _ ss
for the? prgl'ervatioii Ymfflveffid
our polterity, the primary obligations
of nature and of society command us
to entreat your royal attention ; and
as your L'Iajeflzy enjoys the sign] dis
tinction ofreign'ing over freemen; we
apprehend tlte,sslar1g11agc of freemen
cannot bedilpleusmg. Your, roYal hie
dignation, we hope, willsirather fall
on those designing and dangerous men
who, daringly 'interposing themselves
between your royal person and your
faithful subjects, and for several years
past incellimtly employed, to dlflblye
the bonds ofsociety, byabusinctg your
Majesty's authority, lnisifepresenting
your American subjects, and prose
euting the most desperate and irritating
projects osopprefllon, have at length
compelled us, by the force of pecu—
mulated injuries, tooleYere to be any
longer tolerable, to disturb your Ma
jesty'S repose by our complaints.
These lbntiments are extortcd from
hearts that much more willingly
would bleed in your Majestyfs shrvieq ;
yet si) greatly have we been misse
presented that a necessity has been
alledged of taking our property si'om
us without our consent, "_ to defmy
the charge of the administmtion of
juisssiicc, the shpport of civil govepj
ment. and she defence, protection,
sin.-1 security 05 'the eclonies. " But we
]:esissisi leave to nfflsse vom— Mnieflsiv, that
such provlfion L.;s been, and Wsivill be "