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grew wfood al Itfti %mm, u l<a hbAdf i*m**fm*f
of communicating their fcnti meats than brfpeeth, and Wither way pf
duelling than la caves, may advance so whimsical aa opinion. Bat I
ffefame ao body will take the anneceßary trpafblfcof n/atjag them.
From these remarks 1 think it evidckt, thmwewqf ate pqpibaad gfoft*
that wbatwt efe, mui be Jfrkij* p and ‘that wchttfpa* tile
InJefs those who fell these articles are so gOnoroaa.as to make as prdfent*
01 the duties they pay. * ‘ v
Some perfoac may think this aA of no confeqeence, becaafe the duties
are Cojmall. A fatal error. cry circumHance jjtoft alarming
to me. For lam convinced, that the authors of this law woflld never have
obtained an a& toraife to rifling a fnm as it mufldo, bad they not intend
ed by ir toeftablifh a prsctdsnt for lutare ufc. To cdnfoteourfelves with
ikejmailaejs of the daties, is to walk delibrately into the fnsre that is let
for as, praifiag the mmufsoi the workmanship. Suppose thedatieei©-:
posed by the late a& could be paid by these diftreßed colonies with the ot
inofl eaie, and that the purpefes to which they arc to be applied were
the ntoft icafoaable and equitable that can he conceived, the contrary, of
which 1 hope to demonflrate bt’ore these letters are concluded ; yet even
la such a iappofed cate, these colonies ought to regard the aA with ab
horrence, For who are a free people l Not those, over whom govern
ment is rcafonably and equitably caercifed, but tliofe, who live under a
government so cen/itutienaliy checked and controultd, that proper provision is
made egsiafl its being otherwise cxercited. ♦
The tatc att is founded on the detlrutiio* of this ctinflitetional feearity.
Jf the parliament have a right to lay a duty of four (hillings and eight
pence on a hundred weight of glats, or a ream of paper, they have a right
to lay a duty of any other fnm on either. . < hey may faife the duty, as
the author before quoted fays has in fomVCountries, til) it •• ex
ceed r (even teen or eighteen times the value of the iommiodity .*• In (hort,
if they have a r ght to levy a tax o i one penny upon os,’ they have a tight
* to levy a mullum upon ns : For wherq does their right flop f At any given
bomber of ptnee, (hillings or pbendt i To attempt to limit their right,
•Iter granting it to exist at all, is as contrary to reason—as granting it
o exit at all, is contrary to j dice. If they have any right to tax us—
then, whether oar own money (hall continue in our own pockets or not,.
depends no longer on as. but on them. J “ There is nothing which” we
‘.*• can call our own s'or,to use the words of Mr. locks— wh at raorißTY
lst° e •* lit Tgar, which awbtHia max, t xiomt, taxi,.
wax* as rbsai’is, to himself V*
These duties which will inevitably be levied epoo ui—which are now
levying upon us ir • txpujlj laid aoa thi sol* rvxroit of tabino
asoHXT. This is the true definition of “taxes.** They are therefore
flpo. This money so to be taken from as. I Vt are therefore fas mi. These
Who are rumrf without their own con lent, exprefled by rhtmftlVei drtKpir*
leprcfcnutives, are JLrvet. Wt art taxed without our Wh coafent. ex .
broiled by outfclves or out repre entatives. Wt are thefrford .4 SLAVES..
Msjafabek vnlgns. A (aiferabfo tnbe. r * ,r
’ A FARMEt" 1
t LordCambdeas>srA. # , ~ ■ ’ J
: % “toil that this kingdom has mu’ right to Tax upon them
wWfer.” —“ The Americans art the tom, tat tit xastarb.* of
The dijtiu&son. between LlOlslati jh-W. Taxafioyi ts : ejfuttally aatttf-
Jhry to liberty ” —** /As commons America, reprftnted in tbtirftvemlnf
femldus, have ever httn •/this #Afi> tanft.tntiotuU righti ttfoif inm’
OAAMTiHO Tutta own monst. thtj ‘umu.J taw httn Lh VkS,
ibcj LiJ aat ttfftjaJ is ** “ Tht idea af a virtual reprefentauon es Arueri
a in tbit hoajt, is lha mtji omttmfiibL idea* .that mar mtrsd smta tha head af
/nan —lt that aat dtftr-vt mjimuu r^fmautfs*' . n -, r ,
Mt. PitCa speech on tbp Stamp~4M. ‘ j
Tha great mad txttUtat aum, IwVCambden, maintains tbt /amt tfng x , gV
JgatcL as the hatft af peers, am the dacLrattny bsllff af V at Bri->
tain rwr tbt talemiet, La, lately appeared in ear paperi, the felLwieg exf/aMt
fa ptrfnHh <*grtt <uatb, and conform the Jra ftmeats sn theft Liters, that it’
if biped tit itferting them ia this mete -will brtxosftd. , . •
“ 4s the afair is es the etmoil importance, sued in its etftqneneti mat in
tgphse the ate of.hiogdom>, / toeb tot JbriSktJl re-own es mj l rt~
mmontined all mp authorities ; felly determined, -if 1 fenpd tmjaktul ptpb
icily ta mm tap smifiake . and give af my tpiasen: But nyjear- btt have mare and
-awry caaitimedmt, shot the gritidt pnrisamtnt Lime NO RIGH ITO TAX
tb* Africans.” —“ her is tbt dt&rins new ;itis as eld as tbt tonfifntiem jit
grmeupnnitbit indeed it ss its jnoport V —*• Taxation and asrassxNTA
non an inftf arable united, ti QD hath joined them : Ne Brialh parliament
aanfeparatc them; Te endeavour to de it. is tt fab onr yitals.”
*• Mypofitien is tbis—l repeat it—l ’will maintain it ta my lajt bear— t a RA
TION and atra*st£WTATJON are ta/eparable—this pcfitien, is Jossndtd on the
lonns af nature { it is mere, it is ttjclf an stsknal law of aATuarj; j*r
nobat ever is a man's oi aw, is abjcluttly bis oavn jso mah hath, a
TO TAXI IT ( rauu HIM WITHOUT his CON3INT, either txprejjtd by hm~
■ Jtlfer rtfrejentatimei whoever attempts to do it, attempts an injury ; who
ivsa Does it, COMMITS A ROBBERY ; hi throws down the
Distinction sitwiin libiett and si.aviiit. m —“ There ts tut a
hiade of graft, :n the mcjl abfeure inner es the kingdom, nubich is net , mubuh
anas met over reprefentej, Jfsue the began: 1 here is net a blade of
graft, -which nmhen taxed, was not taxed by the consent o/.the proprietor. , ’
•* The forefathers of tbt Americans did net leave their native eomseiry, andjub
jttl tbtapftlvu to t-ssery danger mod diflreft, TO RX REDUCED TO a state or
• LAVIRT They did net give up their rights : They ieektdJer prettdien, and
tot tor chains, from thetr mother country. By her they exped/d te be deftsided tn
the P*f[cjun es tbcsr property, and met te be deprived es it: for Jhemld the preftnt
povser continue, therb is nothing which THiy cam call their
Oni ; or.tenfetheveordsnfMr. Locke, •• WHAT PROPERTY siAVE
THEY IN THAT, WHIUI ANOTHER MAY, BY RIGHT.
TAXE, WHEN HR PLEASES, TO HI VISELF t”
It is mpeJ/SLn to read ,bi, jpt-th and Mr. Pin’s, and net he e}armed vtkh
the generous meal for the rights of oeanhiad that glows in every fenttnet. Theft
great and good men, animated by tbejmbjed theyjpeak upon, /tens to rtfs above all
the former glorious exertions of their abilities. Aforeigner might be tempted to think
< | bey are Americans, tferting vs tb all the u>dour ofpatriotism, , and ail tbtanxiety
A if i Lir native land—and met Blitonf, jtriving to fop
their nsi/aitn ee sentryme a from epprrJJLgethert. JTbeir returning is not only jud~+.
it b, ‘ms Mr. Hume Joys af the eloquence ts Demoftheae*,’ “ vehement. '* Uis
di/dhim, anger, dwHatffe freedom, involved sa a continual /reads y orgy
MMlJu*feme lwh. S^TT^'.u
tender) (he never uftd fpeftnclea. s “ tt#
. Afartk it. Letters from Paa&cota advise, that the
an T rader, Capt.*MMin, failed from that port the td inß for
. having upwards of ao.oooL BerL value on board. The cxroo eonfift.lr
log*4,'S.m, U. U4ic. .„d cAkiwU, 4 ,f
wo|ht oi deer-fcini. A sloop from Vrrx Crum, and two brigantine, Aa
p Hoop from Campeachy srope A Boop from Ye rt C r“i
Mexko.’ *° lUn fUIUlr,r gOOd *’ W ” ,aWl F Cast way
0 T 1? Governor Bill continues at New Orleini. xlthoith tki
Spxnifh Governor and troops have beta arrived there fome time.
Sundry Thoughts in Sickwfs , and on tbt Shortness audVititifaZa
pf HumanlJfe.
Wjf w * c *tiWred of’ the dull! Why wore, wd .byrn to fjk the
i]6 ’ our Wag •* forth so misery, tad fondly rejoice to
hear us cry t
Whither, alas! has their fondaefs led usP lato how fed condition
doth our birth engage uif ‘ H ' ; “
if Zt cr” V th< WUh WWpin * e y # *’ ftnd E° ont with sighing hearty
T r h< - t. WC , H 7* W /■ of v “*y *** our choiccß pleafaroa
art fpnnkled with the bmereft call. r
The time that’s pad ia vanißi’d like a dream, and that which is to coma
we know not yet at all:
The present we arc ia Bays but for a moment, and dies away, and tdh
turns no more. . * J ‘ * ~
Already we are dead to the yean w have liv'd, and (hall acvtr lisa
them over again: ‘ ‘ ’ T ANARUS” ’ r
But thf longer we live, Aorf indeed U oar life; aa/ia tha tad b eL
come a little lump of clay. • ** ■
O ! vain and miserable world ! how truly fad is.thia relation ! -
And yet, alas I this Is uot *11; but new complaints remain, and mote,
and worse. .” ‘ ‘ r ,
w e begin onr race ip contemptible, wjulcaefs, and, oar whole courti
J M. Qfcontiuued d.angers, ‘ . ‘ T ‘ “
,If we escape ‘the of chi'dhoewL aad.pafs on to the ra& oL
venture of youth:
-j “* my filyVato foil into mom
dedrutltve and dangerous evils. ’ . r
Our luperluous cares dciikeratety coafome as', lad the Croßbs of thi
world wear out our lives. : * , . * , 1 .
Should we by ftrapge foccefs, \hefo, aad Bill boat Pia
ptofperous males, ,• . ‘ ‘ * ; TT
’ Vffc*’ 0,(1 • wilTlp4 qv cae ; lritiffhdowq
withforrow to the grave: . •• itmr.. t
<\ BWF f : which no privilege exempts, bhote power no crtsturd
The rich mail leave tltetr wealth behind them, aad.the great ones o£
th* world be crumbled into daft. . ‘ ‘ ’
The beauteous face njuft be tamed into rottmiaefs, and the pamper’d
body becomp the. Food-of worms., ‘ T ANARUS,
( The busy man mat submit tq a time'to die, tho* bis temporal employ*
latent fparts tp Provide for it.'.. ‘ . \ -
.. Itven the wifo aad virtuous nur* submit so fate, aad tho heirs of eteri
nal life become the of death..
I'AVA N N A H, Mahch jo ?
.*\ ®.*^* R *P I*<wards Bt the CusTom-Hohsa.’ From
Mar. *s, Schooner roily, Richard Churchill, Soath-Carolioa
4 a6, Schooner Jane, Charles Morgan, - * Ditth
jo, Ship F„ricadftiip, SairfEel Fitxherbert, Grenada
Sloop, Threlher, .Nathaniel Wajdroo, • Dominica
. Schooner Ogechee, David Drummouß, Soatk-Careliaa
Entered Fof
Billander Ceres, William Beuf, . Poofo
4 Sloop 3aily/SamUel Stiles, ‘ Dominic*
. * Schooner Lovely Bctfey, John Harris* ft. Kick
Brigt. Hop*, John Woodland, ‘ Cowes
Sloop Hunter, George May, hfddefini
Brigt. Prince Frederick, James Watt, Cowßs
Sloop Sally, ‘William Reed, 1 Antigda
Snow Fair Quaker,* Thomas Mount ford, Barbados
Snow Harriot, William Boyd, Antigu*
. Ship Aurora, William Craig, Cowes
6chooncr Polly, Richard Churchill, Cuath-Carolina
- Cleared. P*f
Mar. a), Sloop Sally, Alexander Landale, Grenada
*s* Brigt. Hibernia, Benjamin Miller, Briftot
*9, Schooner Sally, Joh i Mills, * St. JXittf
Sloop Mercury, John Huxtable, South Carolina
c ‘
luff impeitm,
And now felling at Mr. Jofoph Wright’s near tho Church,
A NEAT ASSORTMENT of JRISH LINEN CLOTH, of a bright
colour and good fabrick | and as the proprietor intends leaving
this country in night or tea days, ha will dispose of the fame very eheap
forcath
* TANARUS) CN AWAY fiora the fobferiber laß I’hqrfday, • #
IT- JV GROBMAN warned TOBY; he is well kaowa i*
Mr tow n. All parfent are hereby cautipned again ft harboanag
or employing him. Fire fhilliagi flirrliag will he given so,
—wilidelivcr kiip to the Wardon of tho Woifca
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