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

made nj, fubleryiens to important 1 puln Were
The anniversary of it was cblervpr rlpsles ,
great iolemnity. Eloquent orators v VIM
iucceillvely employed, to deliver an ,0 "s's
al Grafton, to preierve the memory @ -. =.
treih In their minds, on thele eccaGons ', *
bledings of liberty-the horrors Of aass .ae
the dangers of a aanding army WY
rights OF the colonies and variety off,ss s
topics were prefented to the public WHY ssa
under their mott pleadng and asrs,' a'
forms, thele annual orations, ad,niuiasra.s
fuel to the fire Of liberty ana kent i HWY
ing with an inceGant fame.
In 1878, the EaE-I ndis COMPANY s,,
q large qrantity of tea to Bottom, on i ~
arrival, lcyenteen perlons drelied as lnG
ans repaired to the tea lhips, broke oaa,
34z chefs Of tea, and without dom, 1 rs'
other damage discharged the Contents ; nn
the water.
In conlequence Of thele proceedings, Ii.
Britih parliament in l774, paged he a.
commonly called the Bottom port bill. b s
which the port of Bottom was prcclpdea
from the privilege of landing, and dc
charging or Of loading and lhipgiinp Of
goods, wares and merchandise, allo an,a
for the better regulating the government
Of Mafachuietts whereby, the charter &C
the province was materially altered.
And in the fame FELTON,, they paaed a.
act, refpett;ng the government ofQuebec,
extending the government of that province
fouthward to the Ohio, and weGward to
the banks Of the Miaiaippi, and north.
ward to the boundary Of the Hudions Bay
company.
It was conceived by the colonias, that
the evident tendency of this ac., was to
make the inhabitants of Canada, lit inaru.
ments in the hands of power, to reduce
them to fate oflavery.
The lhutting up Of the port Of Bolton,
occafioned great diarefs to the inhabitants
of MaGachufetts.
The coloni!ts fynpathifng with them,
felt themlelves called upon to do iome.
thing for their relief but, to determine on
what was proper to be done, did not e
obvioaly occur.
1t was a natural idea thar for harmO.
MIXING the meafures, congrsfs of depu.
ties from each province, ihould be con.
yened, as the bea means of procuring uni-
on and concert among inhabitants renoy.
ed feveral hundred miles FROM each 0.
there
And within four months from the day,
on which the 6tf intelligence of the Bol-
ton Port bill reached America, the de.
puties OF twelve provinces had cGvened
in Philadelphia, perhaps there never waSa
body of delegates, more faithful 10 the IN.
teref of their conftituents than,the eongfeis
Of l774.
The public voice elevated rpne toa
eat in that augua ailembly, bot iuch as
in addition to comfortable abilities pol,
feGed that afcendency over the minds Of
their fellow citizens, which can neither
be acquired By birth nor puichaIed oy
wealth.
Congrefs foon after their meeting, agreed
upon declaration oftkeir rights, bywnlln
it was among other things declared, that
the inhabitants of the Engllth colonies IL
North America, by the lmmutao!e law is
of nature, the principles of the EnSlh
contribution, and the feveral charters Q,
compaas, were entitled TO life, Liberty ans
and that they had never 'eota
TO any fovereign power whatever,
right to dilpofe Of either without ''sN
content.
That their anceaors, who frf f,tilea
the colonies were entitled to all the Ilsn'''
liberties and immuni,ies OF free and nav nav
raj. born fubjsas within the real" OF q.
gland, and by their migrating to Ans.,
ca, they by no means forfeited, ilf'e"0s'-
ed or loft any ofthoie rights: ,...,,
That the foundation OF Engiln il".', :.