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’ K E Georgia ■m. t Wr ms ‘d&a v i * ■ “V. . • t’ * * ■*,£•. , m *:it •*•• tVy a4 V% *Wm m -A, —a ft, _ ft*V ■ mF^f Ov * be*tt*ck^TiSa?th<ymff’ UP• N tho fappofitioa that u aliath . *•* yoor‘province tad capita! miy *• rtMwtd, tod in fb* fate! tstcertaiuty whta this may happen, I like th h be*ty !• submit • fr* Hiatt to jrwr fe tit** couGdoratiou. It it af na manner of coafe. pataca by vlaa they art green, aor from wbat taativt) aatHiag Hat tbeir iutciufick value (if aay tfcty have) Hat • right to year at nation. Tfc# writer prefefetb a ftocer* regard far tha profjperity af yoor vHai country, aod an auxitut centra far aambera •f its lekabuants; wbateva t conftiuftvona may Hs y*t oa or whatever retort he may attt with,'be hopes it will act meet him tltagether un acquainted with retrying evil fo* goad, aor a total •ranger ta tha defc* af rswarding gaad for avil. I mtaa to sty nothing bat what (halt flaw fram sincere fcisadfrip, and Have uoriofi til hope that retfothhie ■* mill par da a wh* t hat aa other drfcgn thta ta guaid tga.oft dangers, ror that he wh* hat all htarte is hit kaads will caul* right words ta be forcible, sad give saargy to what it intended t* fhsrtsn the pvfcnet af war, tad kaftan ths b'rtfi-.ft af peace, and~Ths publick tad privet* aappums af tvery indi vidual. : * Did I tbiak year cafirpsft Kapa, sr your dangenL at aa ead, prudme# a* ghr dire Si mt te bs Altai, d0 faeck ia diffor%s( dramt; bat I eerily beiiere y*CTr dsgne a>e only coming *n, and, though f am nans •f ycur watchmen, I (hetiid be fairy aujr of yea iha'iid oat take warning, or bring your aw* bleed #a year heads. A faithful fr-end will give fetch fat warniag, but the prf,pW#t which provh'tUth •f wfaea the ward *f the pmphet frail eoaee th pale, rhea frail the *rcpU*t be kowo tint the t#td i; r ttiy fiat him, Jer. x*ix. y V3 hav* hero ath*nta*ivfty told by Caugrefs, above a year ago, that “ P evidence had brought you t* th- tbrtfliJJ *f ptact and independency.” Tb? alliance with Frasce had put the matter *U <l*ubt, and the ha* p*|ftbt|ty *vf aa army's ccihig agiir.it and marching threugh ysur ctuntry was treated with a dg r re of ridicule ihd 1 conttnapt *f all tb*f* tint fseke moderation wb<cW can hardly be paralleled, by th time you msv be Setter judges what grounds tbs fa< guise had f*r .heir ho ; ei aid tiie cautious f*T th/ir fears, hew wuch hav ber- gained by tba *al es the vi*le*f, nnd what haiei wuuld haVe ac cjtd fieaa picctution. rtctainly, oir fnsads, rcu met wiih a ie u f cri-wnts, hut teat af you dancel in y*ur tuiojC a ad. itdalgtd mrth while lay ia sflite. Never wr rtl gian at U Ivw an ehb, aer prsfa'eaafi, tr,*r#j.ince, aad luxury, at a greater be ghth, than at a inj whet , by tb* wraih of tha Lard, the.land SI darlctned, and the pao! are at fuel te ths fi e. he moral ebusaer it rru* I- *f a prujili', H ia aio do they plead of tnerr wavs and uoder takingt bci-g appiived by Provtdepcs wbtl# rsl.giow \t oc the Oec.eai *, land c.*iels tecunty gaiat daily jriycil amergft lh|m. Whta wir breaks out in any couatry Gc and IS said to csll Ibe ‘Void upoo it. hluw •*sr , .It drd acceffary mr maybe, it aVa\s is a very io.s jtitfgrHentj .and i| behjvcsa people tTiusvi £ ad to tiacc ih:ir cslamiu s U* the pvki,‘ and to kssw ths day -• t rheir vifitatirc. wc* parties in aims call each other enemies. Iw coin.itou life it is Gni..:imfS difficult to know who art fi'b*ndß aid who art car fuss ; but I kftow sst huw to citl t'.s-1< bitter totf#r, in the mid ft of war, ta pnr t on s hrtttr feotirg thzn wa were, craven c a -ed to he before it began, v and •afat lewd ly prapt proteflmn to all theft Who arr ccaMi't to e- j y >h- f,wie law?, |j be: ves. and c r rn.t’,tLy. . with hewfeivis. laipar , lint nice will Lu km u t> >? very u eomrn** rne m its who arVuidy to hy d’- n ih>tr arms as soon si wecoi sent toxc'tpl ihr.t, the der.ial of wbicli rife to war, a cl l.ave r > qu.rrei with or but that wo w.ll a*t paitike.with ti<c;r c i the fsme pTtvi leg.t. hftdf con#iWtienr, wUich a e cor.f. B*4&f ii j equju!<U by tt.‘? c.* j they *Miort,.. Wlin m. ft f rrigrcrs'a\d what w 1, p tfc f y'thick, bat whr is Jcepi up ar etry h#*W, is her than cim i<ceptcd t.pon etrinas thst unit- u ti*e and happy as ihufe lh.it ifer thm. I remember wherLoJiyof thaskfgivirg was ap.. fointfd for the last peace fame said they eanld not io rtotifneaca be thanafn’ far n, *#r attend puhlick (er t;<* upon that oocaiitni ihry were told they might SAVANNAH: THURSDAY, AUGUST is, 1779. . . SiVt U • - ‘ . stv ‘ , ‘■ a. ■ ..bsrSoW f * ‘* . # -T--... “| ‘ Sffi jflnnll _wijm£L /BWm mdMH I i AgSOjOlil ll -V- • • Published by Authority. M t J o — ojw | - go f _ tit prtfror war* tatrtr •dvinragaeae peace tha sttita ffruU j we Hava bad nothieg bat trouhltt tvar fiace anaang omtfdrtt, Wrt America hat thr wn he< fitlf into tbs htndt of that vti j power from which Orial-Brttait frvod her • in the lad war. Fast hm>t ns%m keen mttmekei ; tha K.iog't Iroopa •oattc oed lour aauoiht io Georgia, aod yoo hid fafßcirnr time to make trery preparation, aod call io affitinea from av*ry quarter, after tha poople bad daily amused with totebtioat to evacoatt Ooor • git, or retgk rg Savaaaah, the Kiog*s fortes N tn • feted Snutb-Cmrelina tke jo tb es April UJI\ by m rapid march,- the uffiflante e/ Ibe heji guide*, aJeafeu uncem menly favourable, and taking rentes that eenid net be fufpeSed, Tl ij refpeSable body Arrived be/tre tbe town quite nnexpetted. ‘.Jf'hrs is yuor own accunotf now, if you will cenfider what hath happeaad, ft will point oat to you what,may. After yor amy, onder four or more Gentralf, guarded th* paflsg* over Savttuiih liver ab ut soar . months, it retreated without waiting an attack ; the lLi*g'a troopa croffod uniaterrupted and made their way for soma miles through a dismal fwi*p. np to their waists in water, withoot any oppe fitivn. At Cuofawhatchie not abave fevea or eight Atacricaat fall ia the (ltirmilh before the re# gave way; the •rang poll of Chilyfiayoat not defeadtd, and ia tha fpacc of ten days, tskmg BUck Swampaod iicaufurt in ihe wi|, the traeps crutTrd (even or sight oavi gabteriverv, mvched ab'.ut too wllet, aoJ ariivtd before Charlettown rt unexpefltu “ It it ridiceleua te fay tby took rontes which cuid oet be ful.-eflad, when it is known they followed the main high road. Did they render themfeives invifiblt, rid* on tho clouds, or ms;<rh ucdci > Tit rruloval of . the iobab tarts, their plat# ad caPritge*, is a fur* proof what tl|jjr ex >e(\d IA j n.*t impute it te any thing and fhoaourablt in afficrr* or men that th*ymjde ao fim’d bv che way, aor faHy out of-the tow.i, or rut eff the (mail pa t of a Irnall rnv before it: lam warranted lo fapfe that ir.my hd a diflikt to tha cauft, and would have •ft they ltd aga nft French and Spaniards. Tha inhabitants of Ch.iriedawiv m if!„be tfts be# judgtt whither they th ught tba plac* or whether they Were ready tofu trait *pan *ri\nt. x -There ore Lai* Gets which adorn no ambigtity. Evacuating f*rts tftongly impliit a want of mea, tad a iking far terms a difp©fiti*n to ftirreadcr> The pr*poiM ms nautrality, and *f fubmittiag t* the *- vtst swat WilhoHt takiag any further part ta it, wrfl alwat sbe considered ass very fotf-/ dent in tht'l’tVefk'sf independeaey. It nuft mtka deep imfrcfiioof on the Congref*, th* cawotry at lar g'* pttyj 6t||tr 4ate, the French, aod th* Ame rican army. It may have been di&atcd by great prudenc#, but <s>ve infttf that autbiag hot the appre* henbao *f the grtatelt dang*r can poffiMy eacuft it. In n* other war so in ,ny thingt hive hapocoad us accountable upon c >rr.m jn psiirctplea. How often might'it have been ended if euhrr party had tneva •r improved fame critical aumentt. lgujraact rs the true htuatron of oppohie plana and aimiss hat often pr*vcd their Lf*ty. Aliawmg the tgr S four houis t me ta coahder it what fame ether Gsaaraia ,ght ■jt have duce isl the fern* cir.umfiin* ces, ayd as proof ih<l Gee. Pr#**t, any m ve than “ Col. bfiurtaaJ, 2 ’ “ coni it ehve/ltJof pokte nrp and b*m*nity and th iugh tb*exviefii •, that the “ R> itijb treops la-ve fi*ct keen JteaUng frtm ijbind te iJly.%J t ‘ is om very p*l • I ,t i cei taiafy mji t* • Icrabls ihsn the afltrti.*n, “ that the expedition ijmow dtfgi icetully at an rr.d,” which, while f* targeted important a put of the province ia ia tha (mg*s hands, ia mft glrtcg!y fstfe. Y- a cumplsin “ that women, children,, hod the very negruts, were ft ipt of all fheir clothing; y*ur fcathci beds cut up, that ycur petals frauid hav* none to lie *n ; h ti. ken carried cf; all the plato and rO-ipty that could be fau*d i*ubhd; papers of all kinds deprived; ufafot furritu*-e cut up aod dfrrd to pi*ct,” U . All tbefe are bird things; hut a'at t they aic nothing hut whpt it common ia war. Hap pily yol had no idea of fucb thiagi before, tnd if you will ietd the history of the la't war in Geimaey yen will lad that vou know nothing of hardfript y*r. All this you (hohLbrre©oafidered before you ratf*d troops, or rafufed peace wheo it waa offored. Ua happily wt did not kaow |#w to valve pcate aid ouc ‘-■nmKv * ‘ mrzmmm f ir* - ‘ ‘ t , < Cottata Wefrogtj potbap* tho wad* of them ms t U ft t*|ra *o*oMi^rgtSßrSßSiiSttPj^hSr3*P3^ ¥ pop that wore foood pcaeoohly.oo thosr plsnfatiooe | ‘ btf c old yoo nCfWA to draw arms again and othr, and that they would not make uf* of their Alisii a gaiaft you? After tha moft vilifying laegoag* ofed agaiaft the Eng and hit army upon w*ry octafiooa aftor ref*fiag peace aod pcotcAfon, could yau txpeft to he treated like friend* aod was not prottAioti and fafery rsad.ly granted to *ll tbit chef* or thought proper to accept it > If noy ffek have mat with ill ufago in tho confofeo, •• might be unavoidable) and they wilt be redrtflVd; but it it 00 feertt that f*mo ****** or parents, have taken protection, while Huf baodt or foot Continntd in armt) and that feoto pretended to fubosit only with a view to taka arms a • gain the |rft opportunity. Tha farcing pnfopers of war, or theft who bad fabmitted, to tekt ormi a gin, and puttiag thafe ia durfa that refufad, Tcoif • ectre to be et moch agaioft equity, had tht Jaws oft war, t to oblige an oftetr or ga'rrifoo that furran- . dered to aA contrary to their parole} bat I know ofiicort, and no atu ones, who made mao turn out •ttboor paying thejfgaft regard to their coaditi oo. Many fell in battle VgAMift the K'lg at Brvorcrfrk •itb hit proteAioo ia their pbekatt. Americans, this can do you no honour among luropoan nations. Whatever cauft there may be far cemplaiot,—- u Lorenc o, to mcriosioat* if ;*.** ftmember what hat boeo done by Cel. Vakrr’t party iw P ori dt--Tbiok on Governor H m.itoua's proclamation, that all that would far** uaitrhim (hould btrt free plunder--•X.*coil*A Wiliiamfea’t bell peas, and hew fume were ufied io the back (etrltmeots, oaf for taking up arms against you, but f*r a*t taktag op with y*u agaioft their own eorfoeoee tad bins if their Ignds, and to whom they and yto bid (Wort tllsgianct; b*w miftyhovt been farced into the fervict, low many have fptit thir blood and expofbd tktir lives ion etaft which, how ever ;aft it may bt in your eyes, was not so in the t ‘-•-Reftefr on af danger, irTn’t, • j iadignity, every maa wat axpofed to that did nut like independency, oe which tba pooplt was never coafultod, sad who thought the s”*ict of Franco would rather be tba rain than tb* fiv, gas America, whieh would hove exposed all thafa wba dovft Hava mentioned it four yent ago to pablick abharrtaca - Caahdar what, abevt all things, datrvat your feri ot ersafidtrstiua, tbxi soma parfaos have botn exe cutad, aider pr*tsaso *f reb*liiao tr*af*a a gamif yeui ftstt. It isya oocoa'-fe* .tx'm to tho ■4* that, m • civ oar, “ tliecommui ULVJ af zvar u abfilute and iudij pen fable to *O/6 far* tie;, and the fame it which the } •+, of i atari obl-ge aL nations to okferve ket mten Jtatc and Jfalef ‘ Vattel >wl. 1. p. 1 io, in. Hits yo %bfrvtd tb;l? If not, ypcvnot claita it. Djii any aatioa ha*g ihoie wba ara at wgr agiiafi them* D* yoor allies the Freach bang tha English, or tba tag l ifh tho French, when taktu t toay bsth ohitrve the lwt of war. Has tba King extent*! a ir.gle mao f.<r being io rebellion against i a> Have net tho States feverai under aa other prairies? Will you cooopiain that a licentious foiJter cots ap ao ebon- t*athar-bed sad cairiet t~ff tha tickaa‘, whildr yoo hang up tha King's loyal fubjeUi without u<r cv, aad bring op*n yoor ceuatry tba blood o 4 ibft iauocent, and tba tea a of their widows and orphan > Whl yc* thiak it a hard tiiig that yfuf “ ofvftvf’ boulei ild furai.u ais dalhad to pieces,’ * while you would allow aciahtr btuie, air, fafoty, ot abode, to a*y that would aav givta yyu avciy Ocorityaot to aft agai&ft you, tha.ogh tbev not take as aft.vo put ia they thought fi.ifol tod luinooi? Hava you not now hm refprei ikde pt 1 vnt in ycur prtfoot for reaUn but bsteufa they'u s e takco by the Ktrg't troops,, or will aot aft contra.y to tU* renewed oath of aliegiaooe after their pan es the ci uitry OMt absr.daoed by ysur arts -if. Tba Oovre nor’a proclamation again it ttoot him honour* but will gioa th* fufaicrt na le.Jiefe. Will ypu eom plain tha t your negroes run avr, ©r uif c. 41 oed of, thbila f.roc cf thJr poor erttvipt* have beta hanged, it ialaid, without soy tiiil, batauf* Uiey retied them- Lives Kiaft’s man * Alts 1 vbat noimoftaiqa has this unhappy war rai&d batwaan frigode, what |aocr*oa priaeiplea ha* it axtioguifrad. What hurt has it dona to virtue aid religion, aad fa*w much prejudice to the manoera of the riiog game ratios, and wkwo will be tha end, (The remainder tn our next.J IN*. 3 d.}