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november 20 1778 number 455 the north-c^rolin gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libert ate lt bono publico fc the esrlofctxkllsll sir rlttfrt clintos ara vu . mam eden efquire bit britannic m-jefh't cemmiff oners c e i.'tlemin ryh iiubij ii i i an indii wh row add fus fi ** ul '* ■"■* 3!,u ' fq ' *' ~ r - f •'■he - ■u :•■i e e - '• r s ginian lie cannct pprhsrs dt )-. ic ■>■.-• f : j.rt i but he is rot imacqr.ai ad witn the fertimerrs of the rrprcfentatncs of ihii ftate low sft-raoted — their voice whenever heard wi he that • fa people pore with the accumij'aicd irjuries of vour rib , ard * termincd to m n tair what u now become fhr only oij-ct .!' c---i ■"■'!, ■• t »-••■• ci eiicc their voice vili be that cf *. pec !• • -. -.-.* . ,;■to b free eqn-t'iy uninfluenced by thof p-mfeffions o f b nd:h : p -- !. ich they difpife and thefe hofiils menaces cf future havc-vk » cli thev dew no longc dirtd your manifefio is the laft dj rr elf irt of . defp ir r > f • pui narv fidion li orfoijs the pitii'a fitnation t which - - ,-,-<. reauced ard betrays the malignity rf you be-*tr«s lulled in j or hepes cf conqurft you now a;rc-opt the more dsrr»rous weapons of diffimolation and rrcmt m warmer atrxch meats to the happinefs of r".-:rica bat fach bolirm preteiih s ar not f'lited to a country a here liberty has taker ejrf p nvt they may bit the hypocrite oi st james's but trert tne fuch r:;.i cr here excite <■» i / thci deferved contempt th cr-ndu*t of nr matter or your facfica n-is been one continued courfe of nfult when america petitioned whm the drew hcrfrif upan ni gener h , "--• j . uic of yo--r pa ; '-» , ur thing was heard of tuc uoconditu ns fnbmifbosw sb was threatened with t torrent which had vain'.y fj-ent i's furv aiar three years of cnieity at d bioodfited after the loft ol 20,000 of v u y ' troopr «*. ■i ."• pruiuli;;n cf rniiu after the null generous affiance ~ 1 he treat it power in europe when fatal ex-ie nee ha evinced t ie folly of yenr attcuit-ts wa rre n jw presented with a m^nil '•<-., which iike che brft ferjent carries with it nothing ! ,-,; ,,-, hypocrify and ira-.j lie permit ue to examine it pure parti cularly y--n tell n : v the t paragraph that yt.u have made the motl benevolent overtures to congrefs ard to alt north ami rtca you have been rc-ducid to the neaii'y of acknowredgirg th-tt the claims which os r rife to thefe ovcrrnres were founded i jaf tice aaa therefore yoa trade them but cjb vco without titl ing ts-i guilty blufh beanr tvitnefe to your ha me e«t'l thefe o verturcs baneirolent which though juilice claimed were attei d ed a thc fnrnr tim with r hi tchery of ht>ie yon degrade with the reinr cf fellow citiacus yea h-ac offered nothing bui what yon have admitted we bad a r^t to3emand bu v.-iv*n wore thur oir-'-ci ? at what time and n n v"-at f ir ■m f wash t'?e friiuipiit of benevolence j what s it be e wl-snt then to ranfack germany r cai theji ul briuin to fet.loofe the rebellious scots on faith eft domeftics *., i savage tribes r-f i.-i c'3 r s tofpread rn:a and defotttion throogh th-j-alin continent rf america your offers were not mv ■•, though jurtice demand ed ther until yon f.:w your delufive hepes fruiiia.cc on id i which vrn have frrved v«"h unremiitirg a pn lb-ate and dl er then indeed your c vertures were r 4 -, bet they ferve only to add ft i to tha ine-its-narie^n which already glowed in th : l-r^dl of every americiuv corg tfi i i torn treated iheoi with jo a contempt yonr h-ur of c.-.i:c:2i n -..<.« ? •;•!?. a higher ol j t was a hake and tor that a!*>r we now contend yet j cu oti.-e m^re rti-tr tocortcnr with congref in the re-efta blifhment of reace ard i.trtiind them trut tf.c mail be refponfi ble to their conflha-cnts t .).-' wj nnti i god j the con rir.n3r.ee of this v»sr and all its confeqoent calamities their eontritnecra trr too i(e nos to k ii.at it i in ; our po vet ti pat an end to the v-ar ahe&es/er y.j pleafe they kao*a that you may mtndraw vour fleets and armie snd i-ave chrm to the peaceful erjoyment of thai lioerty y a lave focaefty endeavour ed tc deprive them of th ••-• leave it to the wo-'id an-i that god to v horn yon fo impioufly appeal to determine who arc to -"■' ' ■: '•' j'-i-b-e for thr coniinuance of the war and its conftquent calamities your offers include nothing but what frcem.n hold their unalienable rights and which it is infalence to clfr is it the pnviiegi of brirain to confer thefe rig th ar gif.s of hea ven ? mutt tve rt"iv as the favo s an infamous tyrannic court what go i ar.ci nature gave ? rreat upon the wide bafir of eqadhry and then peace with an oblivion of injuria may take place you da ahj •*•> remind congrefs that they mail be re jpormole to tneir cor.ttituents for the continuance of this war o . be . q • vj they have ton much ifjom rot to kr.uw that an ace pram e of y ur offers ■■t*'j b i-g down upon their own heads the venj.e-ar.ee or in irjcred e e as to g d anj thc world tne eppofni m hfy bavc niasjo rr.ull be well pieafing to the one ana m ter i t <-; on ilh meet to ibe other a new orid has aiifea from thc ch ■s of tyranny ar-i ufurpation the fpirit of god h '■■'•' ""•• ■-; '"■"' the ■■-.- cf this ft-eflcrn bem'.fphere has called forth iiberty from arcidlt confefion and difarder but you litjt iii congrefs was not authorifed to rtjtb yoat r.fieis without the onfei.t cf heir cc-oftitnea's the might •" n > ■- s | '■'■'- '■', have a ted tht-m r you weald not hiva (.:■!:• d to ue .' with >. ro b«it i ii c-pe of ycn.r old ftale htlt cbiaveli in ; i tices div ie ll imptra the pe ple cf ame.ica laugh j your folly v hie the cifp'-f y-jur weskoefs have vou rot feen thai pal adium of american uiii that g'">r.-on to britain i .•.-.•> .< a not rr ad ihe coa federation there ycu will li : ti i c"nj ref •' , c s '..- determine si m^tees of treaty it'i foori-fti :..-,:;. ke.-d *, but beware le'.t like the hand upen the •-.'!', it mould tt r k * vou pale with horror y t l-'i opon tbe jjeceral afiemblies cf the different frates to couii . .- . mi over:ures y">i cannot be ignorant of tho anf.vers kvhich v u.o se given vtte they t *» crniider them virginia has n i even contieiccnusd to receive your prc-pofitions well ki v ;-,,. they coufd contain no'-bnip different from what you have already laid before ccngrefs the other flares will j r roba liy treat them in a linblar manner but you prorefs in tho i : :-.,- paragraph that it s not youi defign to omor.t popular di v iii on s ar.d pa-tiai cabals i weald tit derogatory to thc gene r us nature ii vour offers a-.d unbecoming the dignity of your magnanimotjc sing yet itrange contradiction ! i is both your w;ih atd dvtj ycu fay to encourage ar.d fupport any men or bodies ol men '.:. n :;.- n ui ii iv to vcur foverri ;*-.-., and aff.c ti n to yohr .'. li fobje&s how difficult : * h fc-i ihe guilty to efcajie th.ir own cwnu^mnaiior y.a defpenfe your manifeftots you attempt to brr-k the ch ,-, rt federal li-iion ; yuu think it yr-or duty to encour«tge the ap ral frrrn the caufe of liberty — • y.-u atierr.pt to kinck :■same r the h-.-art c.;f each uate and yet yon wcuid n^t fomeat popnlar divifions anj cabale it i upon thefe popular c'tv-fians ar.d cabbls that your lafl forlorn hope is nt.w placed but trull me a ■u began in error and dtlufi-ty t l " t yoof po'uics mufi end y>.u have at lea.'t heen c^nfiitent but this i-iiiil uegrte ot merit fervet only to precipitate your ruin you r-rt rtrngraph can you bear th repetition of it relit the tl inhabitants * t the american empire that the g is-vance have been for ever removed which ied them into this rtrbell io ia this th i-.r nage cf concilia i*n ? is it not enough to infu.t nt wi.h the sbfarjity of telling u tha all our grievances arc remov ed at a tim when tne h r«"rs of the crueleft war are pra&ifed with the m it perfcveiing b : ' > acy without adding the epprow b-ium of rebellions g«j.l vvh in yoar f^-rn-r over-'i-es to congreft did yon admit thc claims of america to be juft and
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Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1778-11-20 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 20 |
Year | 1778 |
Issue | 455 |
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United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
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Title | North Carolina Gazette |
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Date | 1778-11-20 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 20 |
Year | 1778 |
Issue | 455 |
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Creator | James Davis |
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United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The November 20, 1778 issue of the North Carolina Gazette a colonial newspaper from New Bern North Carolina |
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FullText | november 20 1778 number 455 the north-c^rolin gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libert ate lt bono publico fc the esrlofctxkllsll sir rlttfrt clintos ara vu . mam eden efquire bit britannic m-jefh't cemmiff oners c e i.'tlemin ryh iiubij ii i i an indii wh row add fus fi ** ul '* ■"■* 3!,u ' fq ' *' ~ r - f •'■he - ■u :•■i e e - '• r s ginian lie cannct pprhsrs dt )-. ic ■>■.-• f : j.rt i but he is rot imacqr.ai ad witn the fertimerrs of the rrprcfentatncs of ihii ftate low sft-raoted — their voice whenever heard wi he that • fa people pore with the accumij'aicd irjuries of vour rib , ard * termincd to m n tair what u now become fhr only oij-ct .!' c---i ■"■'!, ■• t »-••■• ci eiicc their voice vili be that cf *. pec !• • -. -.-.* . ,;■to b free eqn-t'iy uninfluenced by thof p-mfeffions o f b nd:h : p -- !. ich they difpife and thefe hofiils menaces cf future havc-vk » cli thev dew no longc dirtd your manifefio is the laft dj rr elf irt of . defp ir r > f • pui narv fidion li orfoijs the pitii'a fitnation t which - - ,-,-<. reauced ard betrays the malignity rf you be-*tr«s lulled in j or hepes cf conqurft you now a;rc-opt the more dsrr»rous weapons of diffimolation and rrcmt m warmer atrxch meats to the happinefs of r".-:rica bat fach bolirm preteiih s ar not f'lited to a country a here liberty has taker ejrf p nvt they may bit the hypocrite oi st james's but trert tne fuch r:;.i cr here excite <■» i / thci deferved contempt th cr-ndu*t of nr matter or your facfica n-is been one continued courfe of nfult when america petitioned whm the drew hcrfrif upan ni gener h , "--• j . uic of yo--r pa ; '-» , ur thing was heard of tuc uoconditu ns fnbmifbosw sb was threatened with t torrent which had vain'.y fj-ent i's furv aiar three years of cnieity at d bioodfited after the loft ol 20,000 of v u y ' troopr «*. ■i ."• pruiuli;;n cf rniiu after the null generous affiance ~ 1 he treat it power in europe when fatal ex-ie nee ha evinced t ie folly of yenr attcuit-ts wa rre n jw presented with a m^nil '•<-., which iike che brft ferjent carries with it nothing ! ,-,; ,,-, hypocrify and ira-.j lie permit ue to examine it pure parti cularly y--n tell n : v the t paragraph that yt.u have made the motl benevolent overtures to congrefs ard to alt north ami rtca you have been rc-ducid to the neaii'y of acknowredgirg th-tt the claims which os r rife to thefe ovcrrnres were founded i jaf tice aaa therefore yoa trade them but cjb vco without titl ing ts-i guilty blufh beanr tvitnefe to your ha me e«t'l thefe o verturcs baneirolent which though juilice claimed were attei d ed a thc fnrnr tim with r hi tchery of ht>ie yon degrade with the reinr cf fellow citiacus yea h-ac offered nothing bui what yon have admitted we bad a r^t to3emand bu v.-iv*n wore thur oir-'-ci ? at what time and n n v"-at f ir ■m f wash t'?e friiuipiit of benevolence j what s it be e wl-snt then to ranfack germany r cai theji ul briuin to fet.loofe the rebellious scots on faith eft domeftics *., i savage tribes r-f i.-i c'3 r s tofpread rn:a and defotttion throogh th-j-alin continent rf america your offers were not mv ■•, though jurtice demand ed ther until yon f.:w your delufive hepes fruiiia.cc on id i which vrn have frrved v«"h unremiitirg a pn lb-ate and dl er then indeed your c vertures were r 4 -, bet they ferve only to add ft i to tha ine-its-narie^n which already glowed in th : l-r^dl of every americiuv corg tfi i i torn treated iheoi with jo a contempt yonr h-ur of c.-.i:c:2i n -..<.« ? •;•!?. a higher ol j t was a hake and tor that a!*>r we now contend yet j cu oti.-e m^re rti-tr tocortcnr with congref in the re-efta blifhment of reace ard i.trtiind them trut tf.c mail be refponfi ble to their conflha-cnts t .).-' wj nnti i god j the con rir.n3r.ee of this v»sr and all its confeqoent calamities their eontritnecra trr too i(e nos to k ii.at it i in ; our po vet ti pat an end to the v-ar ahe&es/er y.j pleafe they kao*a that you may mtndraw vour fleets and armie snd i-ave chrm to the peaceful erjoyment of thai lioerty y a lave focaefty endeavour ed tc deprive them of th ••-• leave it to the wo-'id an-i that god to v horn yon fo impioufly appeal to determine who arc to -"■' ' ■: '•' j'-i-b-e for thr coniinuance of the war and its conftquent calamities your offers include nothing but what frcem.n hold their unalienable rights and which it is infalence to clfr is it the pnviiegi of brirain to confer thefe rig th ar gif.s of hea ven ? mutt tve rt"iv as the favo s an infamous tyrannic court what go i ar.ci nature gave ? rreat upon the wide bafir of eqadhry and then peace with an oblivion of injuria may take place you da ahj •*•> remind congrefs that they mail be re jpormole to tneir cor.ttituents for the continuance of this war o . be . q • vj they have ton much ifjom rot to kr.uw that an ace pram e of y ur offers ■■t*'j b i-g down upon their own heads the venj.e-ar.ee or in irjcred e e as to g d anj thc world tne eppofni m hfy bavc niasjo rr.ull be well pieafing to the one ana m ter i t <-; on ilh meet to ibe other a new orid has aiifea from thc ch ■s of tyranny ar-i ufurpation the fpirit of god h '■■'•' ""•• ■-; '"■"' the ■■-.- cf this ft-eflcrn bem'.fphere has called forth iiberty from arcidlt confefion and difarder but you litjt iii congrefs was not authorifed to rtjtb yoat r.fieis without the onfei.t cf heir cc-oftitnea's the might •" n > ■- s | '■'■'- '■', have a ted tht-m r you weald not hiva (.:■!:• d to ue .' with >. ro b«it i ii c-pe of ycn.r old ftale htlt cbiaveli in ; i tices div ie ll imptra the pe ple cf ame.ica laugh j your folly v hie the cifp'-f y-jur weskoefs have vou rot feen thai pal adium of american uiii that g'">r.-on to britain i .•.-.•> .< a not rr ad ihe coa federation there ycu will li : ti i c"nj ref •' , c s '..- determine si m^tees of treaty it'i foori-fti :..-,:;. ke.-d *, but beware le'.t like the hand upen the •-.'!', it mould tt r k * vou pale with horror y t l-'i opon tbe jjeceral afiemblies cf the different frates to couii . .- . mi over:ures y">i cannot be ignorant of tho anf.vers kvhich v u.o se given vtte they t *» crniider them virginia has n i even contieiccnusd to receive your prc-pofitions well ki v ;-,,. they coufd contain no'-bnip different from what you have already laid before ccngrefs the other flares will j r roba liy treat them in a linblar manner but you prorefs in tho i : :-.,- paragraph that it s not youi defign to omor.t popular di v iii on s ar.d pa-tiai cabals i weald tit derogatory to thc gene r us nature ii vour offers a-.d unbecoming the dignity of your magnanimotjc sing yet itrange contradiction ! i is both your w;ih atd dvtj ycu fay to encourage ar.d fupport any men or bodies ol men '.:. n :;.- n ui ii iv to vcur foverri ;*-.-., and aff.c ti n to yohr .'. li fobje&s how difficult : * h fc-i ihe guilty to efcajie th.ir own cwnu^mnaiior y.a defpenfe your manifeftots you attempt to brr-k the ch ,-, rt federal li-iion ; yuu think it yr-or duty to encour«tge the ap ral frrrn the caufe of liberty — • y.-u atierr.pt to kinck :■same r the h-.-art c.;f each uate and yet yon wcuid n^t fomeat popnlar divifions anj cabale it i upon thefe popular c'tv-fians ar.d cabbls that your lafl forlorn hope is nt.w placed but trull me a ■u began in error and dtlufi-ty t l " t yoof po'uics mufi end y>.u have at lea.'t heen c^nfiitent but this i-iiiil uegrte ot merit fervet only to precipitate your ruin you r-rt rtrngraph can you bear th repetition of it relit the tl inhabitants * t the american empire that the g is-vance have been for ever removed which ied them into this rtrbell io ia this th i-.r nage cf concilia i*n ? is it not enough to infu.t nt wi.h the sbfarjity of telling u tha all our grievances arc remov ed at a tim when tne h r«"rs of the crueleft war are pra&ifed with the m it perfcveiing b : ' > acy without adding the epprow b-ium of rebellions g«j.l vvh in yoar f^-rn-r over-'i-es to congreft did yon admit thc claims of america to be juft and |