North Carolina Gazette

              Friday, April 15, 1757 Numb. 103 The Noth Carolina Gazette With the feshest advices, forein and domestic From the Bristol Journal to the Right Honour W . P Esq. Our gracious sovereign hath committed to you and your friends the administration of public affairs for the relief of injured people we believe you are not above advice and admonition especially from those whose benefit and welfare you have undertaken to procure on this account we make use of our natural right in setting before you wherein and in what manner we expect to be served. Some of our grievances we lately mentioned in one of the London papers in The Instructions to those members  of parliament to whom no particular instructions had been given we repeat our earnest desire to have those matters considered and redresed; adding that it we were allowed to carry arms for our defence, we beg that this may not encroach upon the observation of the Lord's days so as to have the violation of a positive command of God (already very frequent) enjoined bv law. We are persuaded thet deliligence frugality in the managers of the revenue, and other officers would be more than halt the present land tax. The customs themslves, if under as good a regulation as the excise would be near one half of this sum; and the stiking off usless places and pensions, and a reduction of the exorbitant salaries and agin  of others, will rase the other half. If there be any deficiency, it might be supplied by applying to the sinking fund one half of all merchant ships taken from the Enamy by our Men of War. This last will really be of benifit to the service, for experience hath abundantly showed that nothing spoils an officer so much as growing rich. And with respect to the the other part of the requiest we would hope that pity to our distresses will incline you and your friends to endeavor to restrain the number of placemen, that the great ones may no longer not in idleness, debauchery, gamimg and gluttony, upon the sports of impoverishmed people. We flatter ourselves too, that the protection given to smuggling will now cease since he no longer rules to oblige whose Tenants it hath been said this countenance hath been given. As we are now engaged in war, which is an appeal to God and the success entirely depends on his favour, we hope sume method will be taken by discouraging the nation 1 sin to regain his favour who is the lord of Host. But we cannot hope that God will bless the counsels of those that are the avowed despisers of his laws, and live in open contempt of religion; who spend that time in gaming and debauchery which could be devoted to God in relgious duties, as well as that which it due to the service of their country. neither can we expedt God will go forth with our fleets and armies while our regiments are filled with prophanenst in men and officers and every man of war is a little hell of impiety. Nor can we hope things will be better until great gaming houses are suppresed and magistrates are encouraged to do the same by litte ones until professed irreligion and  open wickedness be made a bar to civil and military promotions until the custom be broken off of selling champian ships of regiments to wealthy clergymen                         the duty; until the champians of the Men of War are on a still mor respectable footing than at present, in dignity and respect at least. refftd at lc.lt though act inpower nd r nt-xt to t ; ie cptaiiw nd until more care jauken in ihoofwg thv m ami other mmifters indeed « rcf.r v uufioii throughout th wholljs highly dcgnble aa by keeping out the idle mid ignorant l by utterly abolifb ing thoce scandals of the church pluralities und nan v kclijence id by applying the ovcrurown wealth of k fome to ihc relief of the poorelh that any biflmp fimnld hjveany more tlun i-co i p«r annum any pa rothial clergyin.in more tli«n a or 300 1 or left tbaa s 1 - - i is not at all lur thuooou 1 of religion we nut fj i.inr»oit»e aa to imagine that our miny hi l great r jrrup(k>n rd diltnflck can be cured r»fily ftiujcnly ir entirely l>ut we charge you lo conftder by what kind a conduct vour hrcdec«ll'tr havecaulcd our prci.iit diltieflcs md by contrary meufurca to endeavour wl>i*t iu call to glv.-fotlitf relief jne who t t nuny veynat trie helm of affairs and < very year or w»il 4 hi itain ruin fecured nimfclf in fewer by wrimb,w and corruption . i ty ( w»jl hu liifs tir-ruilhinjr i alem to knmm the pri«orever}'man ano lu him or irom oppohng his adniiiultraiion : his uo u-i .'^» copied hi tx«niplr and introduced corruptiufl in v.i oincr 01 tit liruf cltaiiiitbcu « kind of s m e»l bu m l ; arnl f-ljing v'ottsinl 1 boroughs tviiiiugers • > iid v'oi.s in horolgf i"he lrku ot thia v«4 a heavy burden on th narion t>y nevr and ncadlcft i'l-.ti bringing on heavy 1 xcs ; it alfu covered the land with an intolerable load of ciuilt the guilt of 1'irju'y mid inanv nthei crimes whick have drawn 00 ui tic hvilh we now luftw thete dclirudtivt at'd wicked iviefifurcs were expofed thw irtcd anti t lalt difcowetrted by another w r and hi frieniis hut wlicn that man teemed tn ha v it in his power to rdirvc his injured country he fuddcnlv ifopptd liurt whether unable to tccomplifh hi linen lions by kcilmn of the prevailing po*ir of utiier cur rupiers r wlirthrr he never h*d fuch worthy views he itemed to r l h c nrer.ted with havins toiled hi ad vcrfary and rival in hliiquehce ; and hatti ever line lain bin ltd under a i itle and pumio rcpr ... c t • . if ever be dtlircd and really iinended a happy chang new is bit time 10 recover im jolt credit i.v i^iling and irengthen ing lour hands 1 lie luciei-ding minifrry tn>d in the fime path with (. nit mprovrinent intolerable pjawts and pcniions fo rcign connection public txtravngince bribery au«i prrjury ilill irrnuintd in full vigor corruption oc eanic more poweiful and put on additional charms i hr leading man by a french cook ne valt tjptnet briind the btljicsof l — d and m ■ ■ rs of p — — c and led them bf the 1 ooth under managers imitated their leader and now a good table ik kept by moj re tiding borough rulers ; elegant entertainmen «, caufutg gluttony and drunkennefk are joined with money ami places in fecuring el — v 7 his licightrik-d our former i.vil inereafsd ur l)«.»t multiplied wyr sins undhatft pf '*' i 7 "^*/ advices foreign and domcftic april 5 1757 the m b . carolina gazette i n wmb 105 ]