North Carolina Gazette

              june 30 1775 . t h 5 number 33 o . north-carolina gazette with the jateft advices foreign and domeltick fr»m almond parliamentary register house of commons feb : •. honourable henry temple lttttr.ell'j sfleei b on \ m b r i c a n a f f m r s . l^gr i on a former xc.iiion 1 prefumi'd to ll.it a few of m • sentiments to the huufe relative to the war im pending o/er tlie uu'in ■ iv l v • ■ ■ anfwer • it to my own feelings 1 thought j i.iki not iiiiwer c to iny own country had t n glc&cd at the v.ry cariieft mo ment that mighi o/fer to ri-j laic m utter abhor rence of thnfc unconftitutional and dia bolical iv jecb dcvi'.c by his ala . e;ty miuilters lyr the lwru&ion ot th.it unhappy ivoplc 1 flatter myfelf a certain illuiinom csar.-ci t may foon bs left out of this oppr.'i'mrvis lift of projec tor 1 ; ; there teems to be a divine gu-irn of radi.uue c lining round hi tymjues , and 1 iorel.v aiim-lr if not altogether as m..rvcllcms i copfceriion into tlie right path as tiiat which h.'.opcned/in day ct yore to the great perfeauor of tin chjjri;iia;i fol lowers on the plains of'damafcus to what wack storm in the po'.iticayirm^ment we arc indebted tor tnis fudden c'ham i sir move in too contractsd a sphere to dilcwer ; but the noble lord will allow me to tender uihinv hearty congratul it ions that he \ 3 ar lengt'i jralcnrd io that clemency znd o that jullica witah will belt agree with tiie innate temper of hit hwi there is a long line of statefmen feated invrm array r.ot far from your chair who have e»r iincc the birth of this pa liamenr uniformly fhrknk and 1 am fare their cori"<:icr.ces always mult flihik what foever thtir politics or their elcqienft may do from the grec.t american queftion ; ihew i ave wilh cd to deter to the latcll hour pollible tb difculli ons of this critical topic in hopes term it to learn what is a&aauy doing pj rhjjpiliar jjjjdjg fiftplt&verr ' .'!" t la urnrlwm tnerc rifes not a sun in that hemifpfcere but le to inch additional grievance a id o t::rie i >, as the mort foothing future co'nceffions the nioft examplary future sacrifice on your part will icarce be able ' to atone for li iwevcr rating to the far c if ome fndividuals the aubjt.it may be i ciall take the liberty with the indulgence of me ij ufe to afhim thai thefe meafures of compelling he americans b force of arms to acknowledge he paramount and unlimited authority of j arliamen , in iha luxation ».;/ their property a property crc ed b theii faculties nnd by tiie'r liid iltry a-e not jujf are not folitic are not praflhahle but a traiterous rnfringemenr on i,\c corilticuaon of the colonies which relts upon tiie lame fundamental principles that v t a j the property aiid upliold the franchises of cvvr native of tnis ffla td sir i ever will contend that the united parlia jncnts of england and scotland cannot legally im pofe i fax on the subje^ls in any other part of the ijritiih domin<rri3 without the confent i fuch subjects ei her by th;*mfelves in perfon or by th ir kepreicntative-i let the champions of del p r i m ava 1 themfelves fall their knowledge ami i s philtry i will venture to maintain this propofiti on not arrognntly preiuming on my talents or 6.'".i!l to manage ir but on its own clear intrinsic merit , and the conviction that o every difpafli j onatc mind mult naturally refalt from its iavef i tigation i'he contion ptopocad militates againil the pri vileges ot all emigrants of thcii defcriptton from the time of the patriarchal disjunction w this dayj emigrants who carried vvilb them s their piliaiesj certain inherent rijhrs natural to man kind immutable and unalienablej confirmed to | them for an iicitage by chat ble.t d constitution of saxon contexture under which thev uei^born laws eftabliflied on firlt neceflity and impotence p thii.i and the prefent state either by ex prefs or tacit aflent were not of an univerfal in ueftaite obli^atioa tuey were of a fiduciary nature of the nature of 4 truh adapted to the compara tive state of the contracting parties for the pur pofe f temporary expedience and rr ill of coin to vary conformable to luch other relative alterations a lapfe of time nnd the viciilitude of human af fairs may effect afts of parliaments or other diplon itlw title may be produced to lhe a formal rrtd perhaps v n . c'o n cited v\)hun^tion of l\jwer at lbtnc given period of time but will not countervail the prime val a:.d indefea/ible rights of mankind when-vsr fuch rights ltiall be aifcrted by a clear major pare of the community on this ground and this c-i round only relb our fpiritual fotm under hirr the vlllth and that ino:t -;■ lor us pf all iivi re volution — the rfvi>l'-'ion bu ;■ l i v . iie !]. loll 11 terotlc of thefe realms i'hoic gentlemen who plead f r omnipo'ence of parliaments and the inrallibili.y of their codes fhodd advert lo the mar ab:urd contradidory pofitions and doctrines laid down durj the con tention or the fevcral pre.ci.uers of tht piantagene't line and afterwards cf the 11-jir.fl'es uf ihe lloufe ci tudor in fad sir your statures of thnfe days bor rowed too frequently their maxims ruifl l'oiiiplexi on from whatfoever brow might happen to be t n circied with the regal diadem in the r of kine / j i;hard ii a law p.-.ived to tran»/er the power of t>oth houfes of parliamem to twelve a roiis ijy sn aix under one of the henries t;.e king's prociania.-ion with the confentof ris privy council was thenceforward to c<tr wi.h it the force and efficacy of a law or the l.:uid a;.u we all know th;u the parliament of 1041 uted itfelf perpetual never to be diflblved oi prorogued but by iii own confent ; aiul the aik tedd b ar ho nourable member to the committee on the prefenc rel lution and which he treated wa f h io much de ference becaufe it declared the people of ihc maf fachufctts-eay irl a state of revolt was palil-d by this immaculate parliaonent n><w oir let us what in thefe oi>r on corrupt days there can be no r.afon toapprehenu that i statute lhould be procured by ibmc future miniiler ar.d linion of the sovertign veiling tiie whole legiflativc as well as exec»](|iye power in the crown totally to abolifh both h\6\ikb of pailia . itjerji , h'iiau lucb iiuuute iicj .•>*#*-■' kfi'n-oa tiie siibj'ea throughout great-bntdin and amenta au perfons have natural rigftts a fn'e people have iegal rig it , independent f t parliamentary edifts 1 «.).' which no i'orm of government whatever can deprive them lavi's no i..uti«jeil on conilituvi tional jullice are in tnemfejves null a.id void nor are the makers o them legislators but ufurpers a ry wife and learned writer judge black ftone 1 . in his commentaries the following i'ac i <".. ;■ : '• it the sovereij n power advance with gi gantic strides to threaten defoktion to a state mankind will no be reafoned out of the fee:ings 01 ii nn inities nor will facriitcc their liberty in a scrupulous adherence to thofe piktical maxims which were originally etlablifhed to preferve that liberty if the powers and pretenftons of a few advchtur ers and fugitives occupying about two centuries ago a fnialj corner of a gracelefs defart and pof fell d of ik/iic of the gvod iiiiugb o this iat % , jre to alcertain me powers and preteifions nr tiiree millionsof peopfie ipread over a land flowing with milk and honey and 1 600 leagues in circum ference they may with the fame juftice and pro priety !)■-• brought two centuries hence to afcertain tiie rights and pretentions of thirty millions when the inhabitants of tin diminitive ifle hall fcarce reach a fourth part of that number j neither can * i own fuch difparity in the calculation of tncrtafe * to be a all exaggerated if we coniider the various drain from this country and the daily influx ofper fom of both sexes at the x:y meridian of lire in to thofe inviting regions ; l>c)ides new settlers hlually teflridl themfelves to hunting and agricul ture to toils which afford vigour to the body and enterprize to the mind they live on plain wholefome diet j their progeny is healthful and of bour.d'.els increase ; whereas in nations that have reached their full zenith of luxury the mafs of the people are occupied at fedentan arts and manufactures drawing in from morn to eve an impure confined atmofphere or brooding over un wholefome furnaces ; hence the vital stamina are hurt the appetites loon appaled the sp'rits eaiily depreflcd j they become enfeebled en the sand of their mortal glafs be half run out ; their orivpring i faplefs and emafculate america has been loudly charged with ingrati tude towards the parent country from whom lie received protection duiing tlw lie conflicl ot war lis not juite clear bow far t):e balail c ot that account ia in her disfavour however flic anno be lo ignorant of u real springs of wai vr f«»'-e as to peraiade he fejf that youf numerous embattled legions under triumphant fleets fent to hu coglls were f.ipphtd purely from motives of parental t fcil'io or fympa:hetic benevolence h^d b:r that vaft territory been planted with pottugutfis scions in lead of ih e from yoi r own ' tr,>k pnu dcrating a the political scale of i ah ope th«n wcre t would you not nv a lorded to a pcol.1 , n tru.ir natural and moral charader as far tioin unilon from yojrfelvei as iicord is from hanrony an tqual supply of men ind trcafure ? ken ember sir our t'rowti-i tt the eve or tlut ume vv.r near the ttanks of the tagus the love or enmity ot me people to anothir cannot be eflimated by their o cagjnal aliiancesi compacts or guarantees as a body politic jt is bu 1 century ago that our enghfh br gades cn d with ui)}):u«i elled ardor in the artriy i»l tha ai i enemy o civil and religious liberty 1 wis iv of france ; the execrated revocator of the edit of nantzj the afpirer to univerfal defpotifm we fcrved sir againft a people whofe tolerance and charity of religion whofe whole syftem and free dom ci government we at that very i iine held ia emulative veneration ; a people who:c affiftanc we fupplicated and obtained fcarce twenty years alter to deliver us from monarchical tyranny such coercion were highly impolitic bcaufe it is from the profperity peace and contentment of her colonies that resources of wealth and laurel of honour are won to a mother country hitter teaches u that populoufnefs and affluence are the product ci that l'limc alone where the people may reap in security a full liarvcii or tin i labour where they have affluence in their i etders and go vernors ; where no e/.tctons are inflated by an alien 1-j«.rid ; where the municipal it not the im perial jurisdiction toother wi'h the power o le vying taxes are ve ed in bul>:'.ilute ol their owa fire jjtorce oi aypiob.i'.wn tnat l.yir.go a defpi " odtrint jamtnetuentf may be applicable to the iwati .. •■ us oj h oppo fite divifiou of the globe but s.i it will never a curd with the sentiments or our bre hren in a merica threats and violence ufed againil hearts of the fame fturdy temper with your own mull indues the moft calamitous events o both par fe there will be seeds of equal courage ard perfev.eranco found in the one ba tie as in the other with ia 1 ttterence at me onlet that t lie arm of the ag grieved is iif'iial'y braced to bo der more de'cifne i r.o.ts of rage and defpair than that of the ag greiior " a^uila ncn gtnerant columlus ' let us fair rather rejoice that our br ed lias noi dtg m j.iied ; thar thefe colonifl , have a senfe of ratioi al freedom beci.taing the jjoi.j c iuch^high mettled progenitorsi 111 sv'ojlu it anfwer your purpofe to br?ng their bodies under a hort-lived sabjedtion and ru leave iinpfeffed u on their minds an unabating iianc ur and aptnefs for revolt revenge is an urjehriftian palhon et how rarely da we iiyd #< the human soul poifclfcd of afublimer lief iint without this alloy w * . nji t iije oir am 1 altogether unacquainted with tne^eqple of whom l*am now peaking curiofi t/tm^uled lfie to travel many hundreds of miles • alor their flourilhing ai,«l holpitable provinces i found in moil of tiicr.i the spartan 1 emptrancr in many tlie urbanity ni a hens ; and r.otwicn ftanding the b.»lc and roundleffc imputations on their spirit which the cankered t n t u • of preju dice and slander haa v\ith io jlentiou a virulence here poured forth again it the:n they will 1 am confident if let to the proof evince the roman magnanimity ere rome fell under fceptered ufur p^tiun but sir it a foreign e en y flioulu ap pear at your gate and you need tluir aflittance will there then be found among them roan a lo riolanua ? he ilands iin^le as a prodigy of forgive nefs in the annals of a people whefe attachment to their native land was carried to the utmolt height of enthufiafm how foon that foreign enemy m.iy appear at our gates i know nor accord ing to the horological prtdiclions of a inert enlight ened llare soothfayer we have about leven years more of profound tranquil y with the houfe of bourbon totrultto but from the symponvs of our domcllic diftraclions and the improved stat of the government and finances of our neigh bours i fhould judge it prudent to be fomtwhac better provided than we ix atprciwit fci au aily semper pro libertate et bono publico