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GEORGIA GAZETTE
Num6er"B9.
AMERICA.
New.York, September 10.
& Speech of the Honourable Cadwalladir Colden, Efi*
bis Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of
the Province of Nrw-2 ork , and the ‘territories defending thereon
in America,
To the Council and General Atiiynbly of the laid Province.
Gentlemen of the Council and GeneralAjfmbly,
BESIROUS toconfuit your case, I have cal
led you together at a ieafon, rep relented
to me as the moft -"convenient to your
, ’ Your enabling me to place guards on
the kxpofed parts of the frontierhath been
attended with the moll salutary effects,
the people having remained intirely free
from rh* incur lions of the Indians, who seldom attack thole
ifrty find prepared for defence.
With great latisfaftion, I congratulate you on the peace
Kptply concluded with tbeleveral nations of Indian sat NU
gara, through the ability experience, and zealous effofU of
S^^ilKamjjofcnfoa.-—'The army colk&cd to chastise them,
tyixile it facili&tqd this happy mcalure, mull, by imprefiing
the minds of the Indians a high £enfe of our power, render
tfeeir (übmiffiootnore firm and lading. It will give you par
ticular pleasure to be informed, that his Majedy graciously
atiftinguilhes and approves your condu&i in providing forehe
troops k>w in your pay; who have greatly contributed to
awards the general fcrvice.
Gentlemen ts the General Assembly,
v With the support of his Mijefty’s government, I recom
mend the difeharge of the pubiick debts.—Emergeucies of
ten arise, V/hich make it necessary to have recourse to private
persons: ‘pubiick credit ought therefore, at all times, invi
olably to be prefcrved.
Gentlemen of the Council and General AJfembly ,.
The law granting a bounty on hemp is expired without
Its intended effeft.—There are large trails of land in the
province, well adapted to the production of valuable ar
ticle, whici, by proper means, may become a ftaplc highly
beneficial to us, and is an objed so interesting to our mo
ther country, as to have received encouragement from the
Britifl) parliament.—The farmers, in general, are ignorant
both ot its culture, and preparation for manufailure.—Re
wards therefore.are require to excite their attention, and a
nimate them to the pursuit of this important branch of huf
fcandry.—On the revival of the ad, I hope all ranks ia the
mercantile, as well as the landed intereil, will unite in pro-
defign calculated for their common advantage, and
‘eminently conducive to the prosperity of the colony.
Sept. 17. Extrails from the votes and proceedings of the
general assembly of the coioriy of Nqw-York.
* Die Luna', 3 bq. P . M. IO Sept . 1764.
To the Honourable Cadwalladcr Colden, Ejq. bit Mmjefy s
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the
h C ,l oxy f A evo-York, and the Territories depending thereon in
fThe humble Addrcfs of the General Assembly of the said
* Colony.
May it please your Honour ,
7E his Majesty’s moft dutiful and loyal fubjeils, the
Yy general assembly of the colony of New-York, return
*our honour our moft hearty thanks for your speech.
* Xhe falutaryeffedsrofulting-from the guards on our fron
tiers amply compensate the heavy burthen with which we
were obliged to load our constituents, m order to proted
them from the barbarous incursions of a cruel enemy; and
your honour’s approbation of the provilion made for that
•urpofe gives us great fatisfailion. .
Nor less do we receive from the information your honour
oives “ That a peace i* concluded with the several nations
if Indians at Niagara, through the ability, experience, and
THURSDAY, December 13, 176 4.
aeilons efforts of Sir William Johnion, and that it woo faci-’
litatcd by the army.”—This will free us, we hope, from a
nv further military expences, leave us in a capacity of dif.*
charging the many debts we have contracted daring the war,
and enable us to pay those taxes, which the present and in
creating fcarcitv of catii renders extremely bnrthenfome. ‘
Btlt nothing can add to the pleasure we receive from the
information your honour gives us, M That his Majcfty, our
moft gracious sovereign, aiftingailhes and approves oar con
dud. —When his service requires it, we Dull ever be ready*
to exert ouffelves with loyalty, fidelity, and zeal; and as
we have always complietbin the moft dutiful manner wirir
every reqnitition made by his directions, we, with all hu
mility, hope that Ms Majesty, who and whose ancfcftors havd
long been the guardians of Britiffi liberty, will so proted us
in our rights, as to prevent our falling into the abject date
of being tor ever hereafter incapable of doing what can meril
either his diftindion or approbation .—Such mull be the de
plorable Hate of that wretched people, who (being taxed by
a power subordinate to none, and, in a great mcafure, un
acquainted with their circumfiances) can call nothing theif
own.—This wefpeak with the greatest deference to theirirfY
dpm and justice of theßritllh parliament,in which we confide*
Depressed with this pttofped of inevitable lain, by the
farming informations we have from horn?, neither we, gor
our constituents can attend to improvements, conducive eu
ther to the mterefts ofour mother country, or of this colony.
—We Iball however renew the ad Fof granting a bounty on
hemp.—Still hoping that a stop may be put to those mea
fares, which, it carried into execution, wit! oblige us t<t
think that nothing but extreme poverty tan perferve us from
the moft insupportable bondage. . \: ■ * -
Wc hope your honour will heartily join with us in an en
deavour to/ccure that great badge of Englilh liberty, of
being taxed only with our own consent, to which we con<f
ceivc all his Majefty’* fubjeds at home apd abroad equally
intitled; and alio in pointing out to the ministry the manp
mifchiefs ariting from the ad, commonly called the Sugar
A3, both to us and Great-Britain.
Your honour may depend on our giving all due attention
to the support of government, and that, by thepundua! dis
charge of our pubiick debts, the irreproachable credit of thi*
colony will be maintained.
By order of tho General AJfembly,
W. NICOLL, Speaker.
AJfmbly-Chomier, City if Ncvo-York,
the iltb September, 1764.
Rfolved, That the laid address be presented to his honouf
the lieutenant governor by the whole house.
Die Mercnrij , 9 ho. A . M. 12 Sept. 1764.
Mr. Speaker reported, that the house had attended bis ho*
nour the lieutenant governor with their humble addrcfs, ac
cording to his honour’s appointment, and that he had read
the lame to him, his honour was pleased to lay, that he had
but a thin council,and could not return an aniwer thereto be
fore he had a full one.
Die Luna , 3 ho. P . M. 17 Sept. 1764.
A o|etiage from his honour the lieutenant governor by
Mr. Banyar, deputy secretary, in the word* following, vizi
“ Mr. Speaker, bis honour the lieutenant governor requires thy
immediate attendance f this house in the council-chamber in Fort-
George .** .
Mr. Speaker left the chair, and with the hpufe attended
accordingly; and being returned, he resumed the chair, and
reported that his honour had been pleased to make an an
swer to the address of this house, presented to him a few
days fincC: which being read, is in the word* following, viz •
** Gentlemen , 1
A S the moft material parts of this address cannot with
any propriety be made to me, i lhall trail 1 mil it US
more proper judges o£ the lentiments you adopt,
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