The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-05-14

from, ;h,. gre,t clise, and nnain ia thN
pcG.aios Of Lard North. ALTO that ne
6 citation was Staally Commenced at Paris
bet 1esn Lsrd S,ormons and the American
co1H.iioner,."
PHIL ADE LPHIA, April II.
Copy Of letter from London, dsted Feb.
g, 1873.
Dear Sir,
l am much obliged to you for ysur vsry
;nt.llisent letter Of the a7th Dsesmber.
j, has given me a msch better idea Of the
prefc.t war in Ameries, thaa any account
lhave yet icoa, and an in Aopes from
what ySa fay, that The army will resp
great sd,antsgs, ty bling cenforiably
4sa:ursd du'iIg the winter and appre-
krEd canRot be mach hlnaG.d BY Waah-
ington'' amy. ] AN sadsr g'eat obliga-
,ioa, to friend OF mias for sfording me
IN opportunity Of writing you BY this nsa
Of war, which Carries diiratehe' 70 the
Gsnsral. In n.ereRed a. ysu ass in the
event Of this rebellion. and knowing your
warm attscamsn, TO this ecu try, | sm
afraid the difpatches which now 70 will
fem very dil2!eaGSg. ~ that you will Be
apt to think yonr friend Lid N -,h has
is9 that ufaal f,rti.ade of mind for which
l Asve heard you 70 often ex,oI him. But
be not too h.fy ia pronssaeing judgment
May eoacarring, 'nd, l may add, unfor-
tanste circumfanees, have fotcsd him to
puriue ,hsfs meAfares which he would
willingly have avsidsd. Yos know how
urwillisgly his Lordihip took the sias Of
govsrnmens 1t was ta tins whss ions Of
the nsft able men in the kingdom had ab-
folutely Abandoned them. Tbs difsrban.
&C, in Aaeriea we're thsa fal srswiag into
rebellion. Tbs minority in both Aoufes
Of parliament, we're not only encosrasing
the A.elieaas privately In their oppohsion
TO legal government. but they eiPoufed
their eauls openly in both toafes. Lord
Chatham reiaced that America had re6&-
ed. When the outrases Of the Amsricans
roie 70 high, that parliament found it sb-
folutsly nseeGary to declare them in rsb.l-
lion, the minority Fill give thsir couate-
mace to their rsbsliisus Prsesedisgs.
They have, dsrisg the war, thnwa every
ebaacls in the way Of the minilter. to re-
ta'd the operations The principles d
thsle msa havs pervaded more or lsfs
through every department. In inert, they
hass kuag like milRsns roana The aeeh
Of The MisiRsr. Ths unfortunate de:ssl
Of the brave Geasral Burgoyns was mattel
Of triumph to tas eppo6tion. 1t had .
. diffsreas sffea ON the nstioa At large. /
routed ,hs lesPing lisR and from svery
qsarssr Of thee Kingdoms hi' Majeay ha'
an offer Of the purfs and Psrfsns Of hi
, loysl fubjsas. This alarmed tbs faetiou
, minority, and il vas asesasry 70 ring tn
ala. N bell. They objsaed in psrliamsn
, to the mode of rai6sg ssw lsviss. Tbs
pretended to bs spPrehsn6vs Of a. inva
lien, aad of cosrie bawled forth tbs impro
. pristy OF lsading any m0rs Of the cid rssi
nsnts on, Of the kingdom. They com
planned that Z, proper u5e lad act bssl
, made Of tbs fsrcs already fsnt 70 Ameriea
o That there wss aet nor lad not bess
o aLy terms held ont to the rebsls, hoal
: they ineliae to fabmii. That il vas pro
o Psr 10 dsc.sre On What fsoiug they ihoul
o be received, II they rstsrnsd 70 thsir slls
= glance. sad many arsuneats Of the lii
Q nsturss which we're oely tArowA sut {
auRblias blseks to the miaiRsr. Loi
J., Nth, isnfbls that the minority did ~
l. mean what they sxprsAsd, dsssraissd
Z. stack them 10 thsir eva way. asd thsr'
:, fore moved for the two bills which mo-