Maryland Gazette February 1776

tbt 8E.T ArtHT.tef a Foa,|ipiU', S\ich is the curfe of facViohs m art Jibfolflte gote&meim , n**~-ia.;~L.*_L/-A .,. ,* that neicfcr prince, nor people can know, arty bounds in their refehtment, becanfe 'they Tlave not known any in the exercife of authority.But a well poiled con.ftitution, like that of the BngVtfh colonies; carries in its principles, and tfte limitations of It different powers, A prefervafiye and antidote igainft the evil*, of anarchy.Whenever the mother country hath removed the ground of their complaints, by re-eftaolifnirig them m their brigirial fituntion they (hould reft ion-'tented, that being, on the whole,.the happieft to which a wile people < oultt-'juftly afpire. .-, " "JThey could not ..embrace a lyftera of atifoliite inJtpnJmct without burltirig the bantls of religion, of oatht, of laws, ot language, of blood, in intereir, of commerce, of al: thole hao'itudej, in fine, which hold them nnitfd among therafelves, under thd peaceful in, Huence of thei common parent.( Whof.es not, 'hat lucb rendering to pieces muft reach the entrails, the Heart, the very life of the colonies f Should they have Ihe good ( fortune to efcape the fatal extremity of civil wars, would it be an ealy matter for tlieiji to .agreeoh a new form of government Was every colony to become a diftria and feparate 'ftaite, whatendlels divifions amorigft them 1 .One may judge 6F the reciprocal enmities which would originate Trm fuch a leparation, by the fate of ail focieties bordering on each other.Should fuch a number of little common-wealths, where the diverfity p( laws, the inequality of riches, the variety of pduemons mlift fow in lecret, the feeds of an pppofition in int;erefl3, be dilpofed to form a confederated union, how adjuft the rank which each mould hold in it, and the influence which each (hould poflefs, iii proportion to their refpeftive rijks and importance t Jeilou.lyarid a hundred other paftionsL Which ( early divided the wife ftates of Greece, would hot thefe Iprcad difcord through a multitude of colonies, rather aflbciated by relent merit and indignation, R R A T-8.R t T AIN: enjbyi in her colonies 41 that authority which (he mould ttefire'.She hath a negative on all the laws which they enact.The whole of the _ executive power is! in the nands of tbofe to the delegates St.An appeal lies to her tribunal all civil caules!It is her lovereign vVill that decides lith refpeft to -all commercial intercourles which the >lonies are permitted to form and keep up.Ijo hang eights on the yke of a domination 16. wifely comr [ined would be to plunge again a new continent info i chaos, tronv which it hath with difficulty emerged, by Ae efforts of two age* of unremitting labour j it would be to compel the Ions of toil, who have cleared aridculhvated it, to arm themftlvei in dttence f thole (acred Kehts wh'uh they hold equally by nature's charter, and Ly locial com,-acts.'1 n'e people of England that eople fo paffionately fofld ot liberty, as on foroe occa-POM> to have protected it i i regions remote from their Climate, and unknown to their interefts, fhall they abandon thole fentiments which their glory, their Virtue} Jieir inttina, their lately, render it their eternal fluty to icre to ?Can they 16 for betray thofe rights which fo dear to them, as to aim at reducing their brethren J their ch Idren to (lavery ?bhould tadiouj Ipirits, awever,.form fo deadly a Confpiracy, and in an hour of madnefs and.intox.cationprevail On the mother ntry 10 adopt it, what ought the nj'eluttom of the in to be to jave themfeUes from tailing into the : ablolute dependence ?... rrevious to their throwing their eyes forward to Itbii fubveruon Of the political lyftem, let them revolve in their thoughts all the bvufirguns, was forty.pnvatemen..theBorea fjigate of tf guns Thompfbn, mehastfopptd at gUck-ttakes tq her powdef ,nd artillery, after which (be is to proceed direct'y on her voyage. .,-* same dy tllo .theBriftoJ, ,a fifle uewmipof cd kunched from hii. majefty's doek-yard at flie is put , : into pbmmimon, bound, for America, and on boa^l of her commodore Sir Peter Parser u to b^tft hii br*d 4>eti ;anr.J' .:. -A letter from Pembroke, dated the 5th inftant mentions, that feveial pieces-'of wreck*, and a ^rrit Tany dead bodies jfrcr* continually, coming on i&ore Uiere, (bmc without legs ud othew witlrout aniij, &c.two more were feen floating without .hearts,. ...N.-i .Laft night's gazette oontnins .diefallowing addrefles fo bU majeft , relative to the proceedings, vf Americans, viz. of the, high Iheritf, jmttcts the Vemen, clergy, and free>p)der .of. thtcounty of Carmarthen; ot th.e .corporatie-n and inhabitants .ofArundel in SufTex r .OFthe chanceljor,, matters., and fch.ilart of the univerfity qjf Oxford j otLthe^rovqft, raagilbratej, and town couaci} of the ity. of .Stirling, of.the bailiffs and citizens of ; uch'field t of the corporation and principal inhabitants of Bar ft-i.le $ of the corporation and inhabttaMt of ,'Jridgt water'} ofthenrovojt, magiftrates, and town council of Dund :e $ of the) corporation of -\bington, verks 5, and of the provofV, magiftrates, and council of Aberdeen.I J>.. 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Lord Rochford, in reply, entered into i justification *'of the meamre, as fafe, conftitutional, and expedient, , on which ground be moved the previous quell ion ; that ""fit, to take the fenfeof flic houle whether the depending 'motion (hall be put.v An interefting debate followed, and til* fpeakers In fupport of the previous qurftion, or, in favour of the legality and expediency ot the mealure of employing the Electoral troop*, were the lord* ) albot, Kochtord, Weymouth, Denbigh, artd the lord chancellor; In v : fupport of the duke of >ian: hei'er's motion, the dukes of Grafton and Richmond, and the lords Effingham, Lyttelton, SheTbntne and Camden.In the courfe of the debate, all the old arguments, ' refpefting the Anferican cbhteft/were repeated, pro and con, but .The duke of Grafton thrtw out Tame new informstion, purporting that, it a proper time, he vh)uld*lay before the houfe a (kttch of the force and expences required to carry on the war againft Aitaeri-a, and of the burthenfome taxe* that would follow: His grace nobly declared, that he could riot any longer fijpport admimftration, uiUefS the miniftry changed 'their conduct again*.America .And io the ftropgen terms he condemned the meafurr of embarking' the-Hanoverian troops before the meeting of parli'awicrtt., LOrd I'amden "fpoke Tor a considerable 'time.His lordihip, after having gone ftortly into the tjueftion firft moved, left it on a'luddia, nd: went into the great 'field of American dilputes, and the meafure* taken by "parliament the laft feflion.---HeioltferWd the minifters bid acknowledged themfelver to have been deceived.He faid the great deceiver lay iWhewhltre hid, and called upon him to come forth and declare hhnfelf.He point.ed out/evcral .inftanceswhere they had beew deceived, and by reafon of which the flower of-hi* nnjefty'* army Ind been deftroyed.' He told the houfe i< was not now too late to fetlle the Unhappy dUpute to the honour and happmefs of both countries.Hi* lotdiliip tpoke with hi* ufual greataeff, though, at the fame time, ^with much coolnefs and moderation.Lord Shelburne and the1 duke of Richmond called upon, the lords in adiuiniftration to declare, -whether they meant to lay the 'petition of the conrrcfs to the king before the houfe r And they faid, that a* there were grouM* in that petition for an honourable reconciliation with America, they would move it to be laid before the-houfe if the mmiftry would not.Lord Shelburne alfo declared, that the molt extenfive operations tliut could be required to be carried on laft year, or for the year enfuing, might be effected without employing erne finigte foreigner; and therefore that the meafure of "contrailing for the electoral troops was inexpe :ient as well a* illegal.The noble lords in oppdfition feeiried, however, very wiHing to acquit the miriftry of all criminal intentions, if they 'would but acknowledge the mealure t be unconftitutional, and folicit the parting an aft of indemnity j and it fhouid iecm'as it lord North wilt be'perfuaaed by his friends to take this neceflary ftep to quiet the minds Of thofe who think the meafure without it would he eftablifhed into a dangerous precedent.The previous qticftion was put at eiglft o'clock, and iafld, on a divifion, 75 againft 35, proxies on both includ ,-.--_._ . .ht; m.And 1 do lufe^p^r,, __ __ enjoin all and erery perfon and^ perish* vliktfoever, liable to ferte in the militia, and rdMing at Quebec,* **hohav rtfufeft or declined to. enroll thenname* in th militia lift*, -and to take up arm* in coniunftlon with -hi* roajetty** good fubjeft* qt'-'thu vty, and who (hall Ifcfll refuie or decline lo to dd^as well 'thole who having once ta en up arm* hav afterward* -laid them ^lown, and will not take them up'again, to qtut the town in for day* <rom the date hereof,, toge-' Uier'Wth their vrive*.and children, and to withdraw themfeive* out of the limits of the diftrift of Quebec, before the firft day of Decetnter next, under paiii of bt-lng treated as rebels or fpiei, if thereafter they fhall be found-within the faid limit*. ., And inafmuch a* the perfonn.who in obexnkoce to thi* proclamation are to quit the town and diftrift, may hrve bought up a cnliderable ^unitity of the provifiont brought in for the fubfiftence ofthe inhabitant* of the town j and-it would be imprudent to futfer thofo, .provifions to he carried *ut, more fpecially a* the country abounds with neceflaries of life, 1 do hereby " * ' order and enjoin all and every fiich pcrlon and to.de fiver<-in forthwith to the lion.George >, Efqj commiffary, atrue inventory or lift of their provifions and -(lores, in order that they may be fairly and juftly valued, -and the fall price paid to the relv prbi-ietor*1Jefore their departure.under mj band and feat of arrtit, at tht CaJHe .tfSt. f.fufitt in the ci

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