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■ ’ T ■.** C ** * * - r r l ,Vi rM >i_ jii'lA *?%i tvt
•* * <lit M.- ■ ‘: v .HOW***
’ :u - , V M >A .N IFES TO.
Tb* Central mi the Supreme Council of tit State oftb, Kingdom of Corsica,
.1 0.. .1 0-. * ‘ to (to behind People.
IT is koown to yo?fll. beloved people, to what filiation otir war
wkh tht KepabUckof Genoa was brought at the dole of the year
1764. The measures taken by at, to foreclofe and block up, on
cv **y*L! ia, ‘* er tk ? t* rr ’^ >Il * * n otder to render it inconvenient
. and difficult for them to obtain provisions, had To well anfwertd
ftort rime reduced to an extreme and
general peoury. Toe Repohiick 1 was therefore obliged to contribute for
thmr ~&ppor, nu • very high amount, and incompatible with the
Wk of her pfthiick funds t and finding herfeif exhausted, and equally
In m<* money and f troops, being jealous besides, and Uncertain of
of the inhabitants, who began to open their eyes on their un
topy and omtrable condition, (he was on the point of feeing them ta
to* *,• abandoning them terfelf; it being impossible for her to
fipfend thdmany laager with her 4wft forces.
£.# dbiou nod, cifcie*!, the Republick finding no pow,
to Aippwcnpy. longer her interests in Corsica, (he betook
herfdf tofioreign fuccours; and by means of a treaty concluded at Com
the*th of Angutfwf the said year, (he obtained from his Mod
CMban Majesty a body Os French troops, destined to occupy the gar
rifont of Coafica for the (pace of four years.
1 Moft Chrrftian Majesty, when he sent these troops into .Corsica,
Y*t fdpried to graet qs atftirtntes that they were not intended to make
go our awn nation, norto difiarb the internal tranquility of our neo
• glq; butfoWy togbnrd the fortified towns, which they had received in
frofr. 4uriag thd -eftaremen tiooed-rime. And his Majesty also declared
ilildafottfOWfto ** ofijnfet, in eflablifhing a solid and dura
ble accommodation. between m Wnd the Republick of Genoa; of which
&<*!* bo die guarantee, ahd fliould employ his good
epMT NtyAmhtodrff efffea, He formally alkted usbyfmMi.
aider, to pier * naft* Os .the winch (hould be com
municated to tbeßefnibltpki U v -‘ w ~
In conference of thb just and gtnefbiy qpneero, We called toge
<irtl*yVnfr>rofitKe nation, andaxplained to them the grac&us
invitation of Qhnflian Majesty. After which we revived with
one accord, that we (hould offer of accommodation with the
lUpttUairfGqad* batan omfermity with the solemn decree which was
4^ d .fej #fiw-AGoolWltaof Gorfica, in the year 176., apdeonfirm
oath. The fobftapee of which was, that the Corsican
BIWaMI nwwacwpt of anyprooofal Greece with the Republick ot
t4caoa if Awdoee not agree, at preliminary conditions, 1 to acknowledge
°* Uhjwty* yad-the. tndeoendehiy dFour government; and doth not yield
to
14 the Ifcepubhcfc feall .igvde so riiefe preliminaries, the nation, in con
f^tyith.thp;aforefaiidbfcf4te, -wilf be disposed to adopt every proper
f Genet* mca^Ure t 0 P re^rvc jk* honcjjur and interests of the Republick
•Ac cooling, than M this decnee/* die propdfat asked for was drawn out
and transmitted to the court of France, together with an humble memo
rial-ad areuedto hurMoft Cfcfiftiln Majesty, expressing the deepest fenti
menu of gracuude ofrnll thb nbdbii, and of the government, on account
of thewtereft which his Majesty took in the tranquility and pca#e of our
people j ad our ftneere and earfiefrdeGre to open every poflible way to
his royal mediation, in order to obtain so worthy an cbjea; To this effett
vttemxmue* our in the said raeraorul, several measures
•a much burthentome to the nation, as proportionably conducive to ren
der the accommodation advantageous and honourable for the Republick :
And, in order that there fliould remain no doubt of the finccrity of our dif
toward* peace* *providdd our liberty and independence fliould
Ik iSIH* T ,V l S ncd <>rfelves with referee, to the goodness and equity of
the Mediator, as to the measures to betaken* for preferring the ho
pSfceSlchoTce 115 ° f R *^ ,Wkk lcavin ff it ifitirely to hi. pfeafureco
pur prppofals could not bt be acknowWdged reasonable and just,
and the impartial world, for the little that it may be informed of our pad
i?r onkr * foreign and tyrannical power, wanting both the will
apd the ability to govern oa well, and when the present fixation of our
*5" r v; * ,fo confidered* must think them such. nay, the foie and only
ptopofalsby which we could hope toobtainafolid and fmcere reconcilia.
‘ 3?“’ N ? V f rtbe A ft * * of Genoa, to whom our proposal.
bd k*** Mimfter. looked upon them with horror,
IT 11 ? dlhi * ia S' ttld once wore the mediation of Jiis Mod
Owtftun Majesty hath turned out to be fruitlefs and ineffeaual.
** duty, bdoved people, to give an account
q£the mouvei, and of the event of thh negotiation, to the end that we
tjight make known to you, and all the world, our sincere dispositions to
fl T* to* l "* ofairhonootible and ft lbleaccommodation, in con
tojnnflf wuhtkfifgKrgv mptHont of his Moft Christian Majesty: And,
&£ COnftaat and obftinatc resolution of tbs
Mkhuiii Jny li bpa eAatcm of 3 good 4
Augufl ra, 1767.
S“hrlT’.„^l„ Wi,h ,h % fol ’ vi,> ? of lh “ ,dr ”.B •>“">* MoJid from . (
foe ovhcto he JTj / r 0? tfie ! on ? experience of thirty-ieven yoar|,
to fthiVa ■ ? #, “ ce 'C •” h,, not force rotL'enc
w whatever it may cost, the rights^.
[ CC .° Vercd With th< c{rufloa of folih*?tjW. “
excite alw m ( ? ep <! lb ,ck 7*. y Eitttr herfelf that foe Will be able to
fDlm of ng A U 4 , • - aU(I tn the intemil patc ofxhii kingdom, tS
( * nd feditlon * aR d so avail herfelf of our divisions. &c
of Itrir CO j£T y wlli > h c we h . , ' e of fl real of ou, Tl
femhlv an3 “ e^/- to foftain the common cause, we have, in the A*.
SSn **"* C ° Uncil of lhe Dation ’ been careful to take thuSl
emcacious meaftires to prevent and render vain thofc pernicious aefiani
tnftruAfo Aud i° * his P ur P° fc > are also t 6 fend^maft^
i?| ft n-2iki to our Magistrates, to the end that they
a 1 poflible attention, over the internal tranquilly and (ecUiity df iff
n / n r* C , onfirta m foe goSd und&ftSrfg iSi
tinT. ot ,Ch u dua y rubf,fts us and the trpops/. con Z
Ln St them every mark of attention, and.doidg everytElnVnA
to the falfe anVar^fi 1 • *‘ d COnv ’ enienc r I that we may give Sie Ue
miJw, and D reports, which have lately circuited by thgfr
j- t l f ?. c epuhlick, whn have given it out, that a rupture imimme
diately to follow between us and these troops, who hive orders."ilSo*
prOC -I d A O hoftUUie< in case thJtX&peTo/S
accommodation with Genoa are at an end. Whereas, on the coatmy
we have the moft certain proof of the impartiality of his Mod ‘Ckrift a
In order then to nndeceite our enemies, in their vain hopes of be
ing capable to maintain the sovereignty of this kingdom, an ? d to maka
them i.repeiK for thetr having this opeuing o£ she pcac- ifi S
necessary to putourfclves immediately in condition to
great warmth, at the termination of the four years fixed fom<hiAfident
of the French .troops n Corsica. This, bcloVed ff thVS^SP
s ^y ** the orWv
oeneral Confulta, in the approaching moiukof Mly. To At* •kWtKeii
t give you notice, and we seriously charge you to eleA, as y otf , pJ2c u -
tors and reprefcntatives in this General Confoka.rperfons’ eadowad m3||
zeall apd with love for thetr country,ithatswqftC aMl
with the greattft efficacy, we may choose and determine upon the \na--
wfr? P l? Cr r Co, ' uaui ‘ l g war< in. thmfecurfey*h£rU'♦ftfid
cfJ^ P^ri! CCe - S ’j and r ltb * loul fium tliP
kltigddin. The good cause which we-fu tlfc welk our e^el
rhd DivJnVSFnV ’^ ma k* d A Uh | trie afl,
the Dmne AfffiLnce, which hath ever so taifl%iifii£fted itfeif iorht
give us an aflurance of every good end to qur
Given at Cone, ? ,^",, ™**^ -,^**, *
GiussppJ Ma? CJhacellor._
P R SAL *E-‘ :d3
N ING M f°m L Jn R ? C ? S ° f TtDE LAND -*> r
ING, trom 350 to 800 acres m 4,jtratt, xm rho Carolina fide nfi
SJTinilah-mer opposite 10 tfic town. Tic Iwdfui nad daml ,nd verf
good buildings, so that there need bt no'lofi of tfme.b.
boildtug, but a full crop made the firft pea,. If any
very good and durable plantation, and will look at theft lTdi,'Te wih
not o e b.s time, as 1 wan, a good neighbour or rwo. For particuUral
apply tQ 1 SMITH,, ?
Wanted to purchase on renfonuble Terms r * r *
A mbe ‘c WI . ,OCV - er * ba * tny t 0 4ifpofe of is ‘^fired
utoi. W tbe printer ‘ a " d W,lh ,h ’ <>’ •’
Wanted also. .. “, ’
of YOUNG HORDES, about 15 hands high; well made.
. to'be sol. 1)7
A 7r ACT D os . caßta ' n ing FOUR HUNDRED AC!tFS~
Patnck X** ay l * nd ckMed Uhion on l the Wh’
?ield N£grof4 u n the “ C *'i LHfct^ ife twenty
FIELD NEGROES. The eighth part oPth£ money to be paid three’
months after the bargain is made, the remainder, whft appro
ty, may be paid five or moMyiars after. For further parSfulaiS
at P°r y fl>urgh of- DAVID Glßoyi”
-ZTTT ftetitti* fatbp gitfnt, 4 I_7 ‘ r
‘T'HAT the accoams of the fillr cukhre afe now mid* ‘l *
* payment wiM be-made upon the fame. P * fo* e
GEORGE BAILLUh Cum. Gaiw