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march 27 1778 the number 421 north-c^rolin gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libert ate et bono publico london tjovtmbtr 20 after the ceaksr of the houfe of commons had re tired and t«.e kick's fpf^cil read according to f-nn the houfe of lords rcfolved itfeif i:::o a c:mm::ce when l">rd percy nude a motion for an eddrefs to be prelented to hi m«*jeily to the following pur 1 port " that an addrefs of congratulation be prd'eaud to his m3j 1 '■" on the rr.creafe of doniciiic happintfs by tlu ttceffioo of a priocefs and of thur.ki lor ihj fteady and fi.m refutation ! u hewed of utuig every means t j fuppr.rt the hsuour of the englia nation hy the utmoft exertion to fapprefs the prefeiit nnnitarai < reb-hior ia america his lordihip introduced th.s addrefs with afpe.vi that conoasj chiefly ol r c higheti eoiogiam c cue ot bec-i employed by his nujefty in the fervice a^ur^l america s-.j gave a very f.itierwg ace o ul thd n&tnrc <. i ftrtu rs thric h jsi \ lie was induced from f.:c two circumita&cts to form the mod infallible prefage of a peedy and h?.r<py cbnclu£on of the rebellion — he was fecondet in his ra^tion by lord cueiier li«ld who obfcrved that he had iitcl experience in ihcfc kind of matters bu that as far as h i new the a-.cu-is offered b tht nctic lord canfulted both the honour nod auvanu^c of the en glith cat n and that therefore h encurred in it lord coventry next arcfe end did tha he wa far from en tertaining i dilr«fpttliul opinion ol the gentlemec c-nccriied in acr.iir.iilra.iou^tot when he cor.jidered that toerrwsa hu i.;ar imbtcilitytw muil be excuied if ht imputed to them the unintentioaai crime of having been miitdh.ci bmtc the com mcrctir.ent of tne piefvnt diiputc b.c i«.id he ! ad vxiy ofvca in ditated with hiffifclf on the b<u&rc oi c«ui meaiuies j that he had run through iu bit mind u progreffioa c caules auc cciif ju^ncet and that the final rtfolt was tr.a we were purfaing a verj culpa ble cad by ftill more cuipab'c inesr : and that therefore he ven tured u pitdiil that tfai iii el r,v kingdom i vus at no greut dif tance | lard chatham next got op after a lev prceonial obferrati ons on dw nuture of the iadrmtties tnai exiled him invoiuntarily from his counuy*s fe.-ike ; — he rcrtiaiked that an idarels of th-inks a this juncture v.a highly improper hefaid bit ma jefiy ikod in need of n n a ti-iikty : — hai tins wa no time for cffv*ring u:e cr>dcing balm t>j adulation when the nation goal on the very briuk ofdeftrndiou ; that the jpl-e^h delivered by his majtily ficm the throne cottuitned no ft rap oi informati on nor fcrap of comfort ; that there was all the iejfon ia the wnrld to believe irom tl»e totrjiiujblc preparation forming by the h.iiie oi bourbon and from the palpaole tanctiori iluy r.nc giveo to the 1.0:5 flancs ol the am€ricani rh.i holiifc ddigns agaa.it us vere breeding in that quarter ; hj that all the e jnfoiatwn l-ffcred from th throne was thathism.j sty hoped tney would ot hurt us he zfirmed if thjc huftik acn^jis were carried into tx.cu tion 3{-an,it us mat we wtic uy ao ucahs n a gtuarion to refill them ; v -.: esgi«ad at this timw coutd r>t bjait ofsbeve hse th e!*!iu j«;t and twenty fll»p ol t iiuc : iii t pu:t of \, ( boii which ui.-d to afford us a com rtabl afvlum in caid t»i « nergeacv ua now ihut agiictt u , i-i that from sli tacit » jos biried ciuft-s ruin was inevitable ha called u;--u any tme to fland up and avow i ih lac o tni r u , ti.ai nicaiurea ot t;.i kiad were nt/t fc:il , a j 1 folly h a^monded iui wliat i-iif fc our arms tia "'"« employed was it to comma aicate thr iueuce oi fi^haii r wat il to learn m iraiiiy from tbe au.c ricans ? or was it to n iuilrucliun in the art of bui*.hcr!»g from the office of germany i ti otfcrvedi that th.-u-n nj doi bt men kduated by l*e pih ofiaaicn were cst;aiciy to b i ur.d in america y others man otbert t&cie were t««t w.rc kiiuencrd by the purefi pat«ioiifm ; nd that fcf hnajcif if he was an aa.trican he wnt.d never quu hi arm io l^i-g a f«;reigner were employed not fa pro petty ta redact as to o ; y ke faid he was as much iaurcfted in the fiv/wour of toe lr.^lim ua:i.n f a any lord why bad the honour 10 it in thu uulc but ikui uc prir.ciple6 of jofiicc and hoauitj iafii^a:ei him to his prefcnt fentiments : tha he was an advocate for paci fic meafurrs yet that he was of opinion that tb compliant of the americauks io the nsvigaci n aft ihould be ciit foundation tor reconciliation he concluded with propo£«g an ataendhtfix to the addrefs as offered by lord percy ; aad that after an addrrfs of congratulation on the enervate of domeilic hap jir.cfs by the acceffion of a princefs fhould f'cllcw — '• and ofadfke aa j up plication that an immediate ccilation of fco&liuts take place with your fubje&s in america c ' lota saua'ivicb next arolc and d':er the hifbsfl encynlums on the great seal abilities and experience of the preceding fpcakir ubferred that the juitice he owed his country required t^a though he admired the man he ih uii t&desvoaf to cor rect what he thought futiiiuy of rcaknirg : ilm lord lh^bain • to be fur prjireilcd in the highefl degree the powers of elo quence bat that in this i»ilancc he hstj fobftkated words for arguments . he laid the noble lord had oui-t vtd that the hr-ufe - of bourb'jn was united aga'.«»ll england ; but how wa england * to know that ? wa a not the faith of a national afiertaaa to l re lied ui : they had publicity profefied amity how then was ic certainly to be knev/n that thsy foitered jiffcreat in tea too iis obferved jhat the noble lord had affirmed that we w r uapre pared to refift torti^n utvafians for this re&foe — hat we had not above five thouftnd rr.en and twenty hips of ths iio-f : he faid he thought himfelf very happy that hie haa it hi his power to con tradict the moil iafaliib tefhmyny of the nobi iota's asttfrrion for that ijc could tdurc the hcofe ihat there weie si ihis ritte not ltd than two and jorty cuawifiosied and uiicornmiiiijned fhips ; that thirty five of theic uau ihtix ta]j fuppiy arid that t : e reit were in fuch a tituacion that the t'jtt-d sight in thrct jay be entirely filled he concluded with ob&rviag that thefe tri fling prefaces concerning our additional dangers could only be iuggeitsd by minds not properly difpufed to ti.e melhuc of this country lord sbirly fucceded inrd sani;»vkh and with fame polir«nt(i quelliused his lordfliip's ii«city he faid that an iniiance was recorded on the english atuiilj where the parliament had been fiiniiarly deceived j aad that e*cn prince george ot dca m«.k d been tteuctcd in an o^en mifrvprcieatatfoa owirij pro baoiy to the faifc information ol it adecrents — that izrd sand wich might be iutjticl to the faaie ejror ii;d t..at therefore the authenticity of the ictouat tfi had given visit i uo w.£dc.s io be implicitly relied en lord suffolk th duke rfgrafton tae xnarquis of carmar then and ixd camden fpukeod lire fubjed ju thehouiedid cot break up tii elevta o'clock ut>on a division ol the lords the immberi flccd as follawa contains 6 non-contents 28 majority 58 nov ai this day 13 the houfe 01 coaunooi at two o'clock the fpeaker took the chair when a motion was taaie fur the l'c cond reading ot the royal addrefs of the hcofe to ha iuajeflv up en which z very long and fpiriicd debate enfu.d ltrd nugent revt.tec to the cob&qoencts vt the am tidtne&t in a v-vry full a»id coiri^rrhenllve manner ii obiencd that no thicg bur fubmimoo ca the pan vi america couid rcilore to un tatn die benefit anfiag ittin th.a country and no ubaii/tioa could be gained bu by rce i ? or his part he bc'itved the ob ject oi the war was principally to conviute th^ir cool judgaieats by lie i iianaitk'i attendant en cantage oi the bic^ongs iriiiag from peace to coiiviuce them by t tvr<ir<ny and opprril^e measarei oi their cun^rcfs of tl.e uuic icoieac i'-v*i and dami imuioii oi ihe moih«.r power and wa histt&ii c-jntriticed taa u,ii jiixi ijcrfcvcr&nce in coercive meafuret w\x.id prove iwttmrfut to ihe lmmiion and fa«i;l the d«firc ot adiaiailiimaosl <_.•■.;. dxvcuy with great waruub l.aieo{ed the fiui jr icii.ii >.. of the lua liter t.u the horrid c£ed artfiog puaf hi ti.c'-avourt to couc>luite the afertioat 02 gnihi"liat?i an u*c caufe ut ilbertf by pouriog ca their devoted iiead cos e.ii'ctici oi war aad uic lo.x'-x cf falocdilisdi us djreiaagi i i x x
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Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1778-03-27 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1778 |
Issue | 421 |
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Creator | James Davis |
Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
Publisher | James Davis |
Place |
United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The March 27, 1778 issue of the North Carolina Gazette, a colonial newspaper from New Bern, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601568106 |
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Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1778-03-27 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1778 |
Issue | 421 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 1529637 Bytes |
FileName | 18cen02_17780327-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | James Davis |
Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
Publisher | James Davis |
Place |
United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The March 27, 1778 issue of the North Carolina Gazette, a colonial newspaper from New Bern, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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march 27 1778 the number 421 north-c^rolin gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libert ate et bono publico london tjovtmbtr 20 after the ceaksr of the houfe of commons had re tired and t«.e kick's fpf^cil read according to f-nn the houfe of lords rcfolved itfeif i:::o a c:mm::ce when l">rd percy nude a motion for an eddrefs to be prelented to hi m«*jeily to the following pur 1 port " that an addrefs of congratulation be prd'eaud to his m3j 1 '■" on the rr.creafe of doniciiic happintfs by tlu ttceffioo of a priocefs and of thur.ki lor ihj fteady and fi.m refutation ! u hewed of utuig every means t j fuppr.rt the hsuour of the englia nation hy the utmoft exertion to fapprefs the prefeiit nnnitarai < reb-hior ia america his lordihip introduced th.s addrefs with afpe.vi that conoasj chiefly ol r c higheti eoiogiam c cue ot bec-i employed by his nujefty in the fervice a^ur^l america s-.j gave a very f.itierwg ace o ul thd n&tnrc <. i ftrtu rs thric h jsi \ lie was induced from f.:c two circumita&cts to form the mod infallible prefage of a peedy and h?.r |