Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-08

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niIis ',l anu {, Royal Charters, or iecured
10 'nsn s;oc;al laws. That they, had a .
b. 8. P'1 D.aesably 10 aasmble, conider Of
rlgat aY;sssnces and petition the king
That hsa aisg,a Without h the content d the
, - a. Of the colony, where the army
wa r ~ = was indifpenhbly neceilary 70
"a government, and rendered eiientiai
g00 - Enollih contribution, that the con-
s' ~ branches of the Legislature be m
1au.a1,nt Of each other, and that there
s sp. he ssercile of legislative power IN
S,s, lD colonies, by a council appointed
/ airing plealure by the crown, was uncon-
] s a..ns dangerous and deiruttiye to
~ f,sedom Of American legiilation.
- All thels liberties, congrefs in behalf OF
,tsm(elyes and their eonfltuents, claimed,
demanded and United upon, as their indu-
S;,sble rights, which could not be legally
'.tso from them, altered or abridged by
INV ROVER whatever without their content.
= 1-Eey then rsfolyed that iundry atss
which had been pafed in the reign OF
George the Third, were infringenlents and
violation, Of the rights Of the coloniRs,
and that the repeal of them, was easnsial.y
peceaary, in order to refore harmony be-
tween Great Britain and the colonies.
Congress declared that they could not
iabmit to tbeie grievous aas and meaiures,
in hopes that their fellow iubicts in Great
Britain, would refore tbs colonies TO that
aare, in which, both countries found hap
pineis and PROPERTY, they relolved for the
pretns, only to purfue the following peace
able mealures.
if. To enter into non-importation,
nonconlumption and incorporation a
grsment or aaociation.
ID. To prepare an addrefs 10 the Peo-
! pie Of Great Britain and memorial to the
Inhabitants of Britiih America.
And 90. Toprepare loyal addfeis to
4 Congref alfo addrened the French inha-
blants of Canada, fating the right they
khsd, en- becoming Engliih fnbjetts, TO the
benefits Of the Enghfn contribution and
sanealy inviting them to join, with the
Fther colonies il one focal compact form
b on the general principles ofequal liberty,
|ipd TO Ibis end, recommended, that thsy
would chooie delegates to reprelent them
in congre(s.
All theie a,ldreiles were written with
Uncommon ability, coming from the heart,
they were calculated TO move it.
lnfpired by love ofliberty, and rouf-
ed BY fenie ofcommon danger, The f0tri-
sts Of that day wrote, fpoke and acted with
an animation, unknown in times Of public
tranquility.
Songreis having hnlihed all THE lnapor-
pant bpinsis in leis than eight weeks, diff
.iolVed ihemielves, after giving their OPT
Shion that another congreis ihould be held
Eenlhe 10th q May then next eniuing a,
Philadelphia, uplefs the ledrefs of their
BIissances honld be preyiouily obtained,
aad recommending 70 al the colonies TO
fa0ae deputies as foon as poflble, TO be
Eeady to attend at that time and place,
PAould events make their meeting neceiiary /.
The determinations of congetE were nc
E0nsr known, than they were eheerfully
Fbsyed.
though their power was only advifpry,
PEI, their recommendations were more ge-
Fefaliy and more eaecsually carried into
than the laws of the bef regu-
ea'si itates. Every individual felt his IL
st,ies endangered, and was impgefIsd
.Ni'n the Idea, that his iafety conhAsd in
ai0n' a common intereit, 10 warding
common danger, proved a powerful
aeen''ve to the mott Implicit fuom!fion.
aovlncial congreGes and subordinate COM
'''.ses sereeyeEy where intiisuted.
q oiipoiition to do, 10 fnfer and TO ac-
toanodale, fpread from hrsaa 10 breals;
80 from COLONY 70 COLONY. hevond the