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

that care was eXerciieo Dy lenalng perlOnS
to rule them in one department or another,
who were perhaps the deputies Of deputies
oil fome member of this shouie, fent to fpy
out their Liberties, mifreprefent their &C
sions and to prey upon them men, whole
behaviour on many occahons, has caufed
the blood of thole fons of liberty to recoil
within them men, promoted to toe high
eft feats of juflice, fome, who, TO my
knowledge were glad by going to a foreign
country, to etcape being brought to the
bar of juitice in their own.
They projected by your armies J They
have nobly taken upsarms in your de-
fence, and exerted valour amida their
.conaanr and laborious indufry, for the
defence Of a country, whole frontier was
drenched in blood, while its interior parts
yielded all its little avings to your emo
lument. And believe me, remember ]
this day told you 70, that fame fpirit of
freedom, which attuated that people at
hr& will accompany them aill; but pru-
dence forbids me to explain myielf further.
Notwithstanding the oppoftion Of the
albeit men and bef patriots in England,
notwithstanding the remonarances and Pc
titions of the colonias, the hamp duty was
impofed, but wasnot to take efest until a
period of more than fcven months thereafter
the coloniits were at hrlf truck with
filent conformation, but finally determined
to oppoGs the execution of the law.
In this oPpo6tion Virginia food fore
moG--
The patriotic Henry, brought-into the
houle of Burgeaes Of that colony, tet Of
reiolutions (which were adopted) to the
following effect, that the fra adventurers
ietlers OF the colony of Virginia brought
with them, and transmitted to their pofe-
rity, all the Liberties, privileges and i'm
munl:ies, that have at any time been held,
enjoyed and poaeGed BY the people Of
Great Britain.
That by two Royal Charters, granted
by King James the 6rft, the colonlfs are
declared and entitled to all liberties, pri.
vlleges and immunities of denizens and
aturalfubjeets, TO all intents and purpofes,
as if they had been abiding and born with
in the. realm of England,
That they had enjoyed the right of be-
ing thus governed, by their own anembly,
in the article of taxes and internal police,
and that the fame had never been forfeited
or yielded up, bat had been conaantly re-
cosnlfed by the king ard people of Britain.
That the general anemb.y Of the colo,
ny, together with his msjefy, or his fob
fitute, had in their representative capacity,
the only executive right and power, to lay
taxes and lmpofs upon the inhabitants Of
the colony, and thai every attempt TO veft
zach power in any other perlon or perlons
whatever, wasillegal, unconstitutional and
unjuf, and had a manifelt tendency to de-
itrov Brltil1, as well as American liberty.
That the inhabitants Of the colony were
nof bound TO yield obedience TO any law,
or ordinance whatfoever, defgned to i'm.
pofe any taxation whatever upon them,
other than the laws, or ordinances of their
general aGembly.
Ard that any perfon who hould by
lpeaking OF writing aiiert, or maintain,
thar any perfon, or peflons other than the.
general alcmbly of the colony, had any
right or power 20 impoie or lay any taxa
ton on the people OF the colony, lhould be
deemed an enemy to the colony.
Thefe reioluions were forwarded to the
other provinces.
The countenance and example OF 70 ref
peetable a colony as Virginia, confirmed
the wavaring and emboldened the timid. i
The fire Of Liberty blazed forth from
the prefs, sfome well judged publications,
let therighss of the colonias ia a plain, but
ftrong point Of view. 4
The tongues and the pens Of the well
informed citizens, laboured in kindling
the latent iparks OF patriotIlm.