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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, | 'dtmm 40 the bft P*g*f m ‘’ *