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Georgia
All ADDRESS to tnjr People
that bate been attacked, and may
be attacked* that they may confider*
(Voacladed from oar lafi.)
IT M piitk, my fi •!, you mty b attached
•(•tn. 1 Miter acui (• iteMtto nor to gifff
T* u tnislligvnce. I iAk you pncr, and not
war j nor do X with you pc< w*if term*
than thvfc the whole con lineal claimed before the war.
fa m s opinion no other can make America happy*
Theie Itrte t eerily believe ire not fit oat of your
reach j all others you mull poifue at every rifle* and
he left happy even if you could attain thraa. If you
prefer war, yau may have your choice* War to
thofc again ft whom you aie in arms becomee necelfi
ty, and it ie pot at all impvffible hot you may got
ymir ill iff it at last. ll.d you coaae to termr, you
could not have been, aa you complain, plundered;
hnd, if there it any ground at all in your complaint*,
there must be people that rather with you braid bo
plundered than that you fit ould make your peace. It
i* act their fault if you huve no regard far your int
rest cr ffety. The cruel imprifwoawnt of tbvfe
•ten you could not protffl, the savage outrages up- ■
on Ogechce, Caoouchie, dad the Ceded Land>, will
jaftify meafu.ea which oth;rwil Would 1m condemn
*d } and, *hije men arc deaf to thaoffers of ptacr,
and the cries of their ruined, oppressed fellow citi
s:ns, what prolongs the war mull be cruelty* and
what hiing* it to * just and speedy i ins a Use icy in
the end. I art by no mesas inclined to fay any thing
of the fa t# that may be biought agtraft you j it jrir
m.x iD with you to think it small and defpi
ctble j nor do I mran to speak diminutively of your
farce: We were told, probably by perfms that wifhsd
ir, that your army amounts to er.ooo; that Gene
rals Scott, Cafwsll, Jkc. and fuccoura from France
and the North, are continually coming in | that the
lahabitanjt are in ike highest fpiiiis; that if themo-
P*y depreciutse, tha inctcafing prices of your pro
duce overbalance the incommodity , that your pub*
lick spirit can bear up again ft tbe weight of ia nail
tioas, or taxes ) that many that would not fight
Sybils they bad property, now mull light because they
liar* non* j that Gen. MTntwlh, Cola. Bker,
Twigge, Dooley, Fjw, Stz. be:. and Governor H.
are determined to hare S<rao%h ; th.it ail the Eng
lift will be driven into tbe foa j that the tlUiet of all
that took protection will be corticated) that you
lure Hup- loads of pufoner* of your fallow cn r nt;
that French fleets and aimies are a coming; that the
Spaniards hare acceded to American independency)
tbit jihn Mi Hedge jun. or fume other petfon, it
chosen Governor of Georgia) and that, in (hurt,
the King, and all his friends, are in a woeful fixa
tion, rOLe\lefi and fiiendlclt ; ar.4 that it it the
very rererfe in America. Such reuom are publick ly
spread here in your favour. lIS Jl not lay a word in
cor.traJiSion of ill this, but I cannot kelp AifpyA
ing you may be attacked again. You be# know the
ftiengih of your coalt and freutteit j y au bo
attacked agun, the roads are better known, the dif
tiote flunei j God koowr wlut may be the confe
rence,. but you mud feel it.
I have freeral times heard that Providence will uoi
fuff r America to befuhdurd 5 I lireerely wilh, fully
hope, and earneflly pray, thit America may be as
. .hippy as (h; wiftied to be*i the hour of darger and
Cool deliberation. I trull this Unhappy contcft will
at letg h happily terg§4aie for both parties, but I
Ih u!d be glad to kjaow where the man got his in
tell'gence ihtjKfirft advanced providence would not
fuff r B itifti tlmi to ptsva 1 in favour of peace tad
ilr B itifh conflituiion again# perpetual war and the
Frcnrh alliance. Men of all parties are apt to make
frte with Providence hi their petty quarrels, yet ne
thiagcemeshv cbar.fi ar.d in tbs late expedition,
)u which ths King’* (toopi advanced to the very guts
of the capita), tock and ksrp poff.flbn .f tke bed
harbour in this part of Amenca, and returned fafe
to Georgia, feme circuir.ftances may have orcurrod
vey untxpefted, and which may b* truly locked
• a* p.evidential. I submit it to Ibe judgment
•f every thinking man whether, :f Providence meana
#o cltablifh Amsitcsn Indtpendcucy in. South Car*-
lir.a, aeir'hii such like expedition iflikely to be the
means. When the ten ttib, revol ed fiom the Hcule
nf Darid, G. and n Thu tiling it of me.** it
wa a providential forerunr-cr es their ruin Men
rha: sever believe a Provide***, may make it a cant
to impWv upon thole that do j but tbeis cannot be a
mate absurd charaArr than the mao that pleads tbe
Oecial favour! of Providence in support of villainy,
fullv, ard crying it juftics.
Wets I sure t|iat ‘bis would bo read by any at pt*.
fern in autbotity, I would presume upon their pro
& feffsd caadut., geaereftty, and fub.ick fyirjr, to
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JHiuSnajß
SAVANNAH:
THURSDAY, tjfa
offer a rema k or tsfs, uoto which, in ms opinion,
It would bo no difgraco to oaf authority to pay foam
attention. In a fret iate If is ast dermoi importi.
aaat to offer adviart tbs* advsao May bo. or thought
la bo, Importiooai, aess ton bo the wurfis foe goud
wiftteo, and she wuvft I w4ff On agy to atthority it,
that they may fb ssadpiltetfilM that they may
have the approbation of their God, sbr thacks of
their cmsntvy, and the tofttmooy of their own con
ference, io too end. Whoever aAs upon views ia *
coafifteot with theCe it caUbd high only that hi! fall
may bo tbe more I kail propose no
thing incOnfiftcot with tkofh good Wilhes, tod pnb- .
lick and private f.fsty*
a All pepolar men in hairy hga hate afually coa
ptainod that popularity is a vory noccrtain thing.
Only weak minds trust laths favour nf a giddy nib
tiiude, and yonng conjurors have fonutiXtca ratfed a
devil which afterwards they knot amt been ibis to iay„
Tbe gtest little oaet; and little great oaei, lay Oioro
fttofs upon success and appiaufe than principle, this
will prove very’ fallacious io tbe cod. AppUafc and
fucoefs depend oot on cnrfclves, our principles do.
Tbe naeft upright intootiens frequently art mifeon*
ftrued> the wot ft of xAions mny be applauded, and
the belt mset with cenfurtj but the upright man ha*
nothing to fear from h.mfeif, and thia * a capital
coafideratiun. W i may fly from or overcome'ear*
enemies, hut there is oo flying from coofcicace, and
any teas >orary Ttftory over it only (harpens its fatore
flings. These stats truths will recover their impor
tance when men that despised them flisll bo funk be
la# c<mtempt. The true patriot iitqualty unmoved
by tyranny and popularity, and the f:lfe on* uJutWy
proves a greater tyraot than he agaii.ft whom he ex
claimed.
To observe the laws of wsr and rations procure!
rtfpcA with friends and foes. *• When a nation be-
Conncs divided into two parties, abfoiutsly iadopon
dent, and no longer ackoawlcdgtrg a eimmia fn
peiiur, rbe date is diffulved, and the war bstwipt
tbe two psrtiesin cvoy refpeA is the fame with that
of a publick war between two different nations,”
Vattel’s Law of Nation*, voh s, p. its. if To, all
tkofh who have been executed, or killed in prifom
fliipe, merely for tkrir adherence to their King, have
been murdered, and the coofequeoce mty recoil. At
the end of this war, whatever it he, France will be
France, and ffiitara will be Britain fti'l. It is not
the fame in a civil war) though it mutt bo carried on
the fame as a publick war, yet if, in tke tod, fab
je&s who have takeui up arms tie conquered they
will be called by fume other name) foreigners may
nut Jook upon any as rebels barely because they
could not carry their point, but ths violators of tho
law cf options will everywhere, and foraver, be held
ia abhorrence;
The oath of allegiance which any may have takon
to the ffate will htie be mentioned; it may not its
improper to snake feme remarks upon its
At fi and all America was bouod by an oath of al
legiance to the Kir.g, and none caa doubt this oath
was jad, obligatory, and legal.
In the late uoofufiona another oath was required,
which transferred allegiance from the King to the
State. Tbit oath was *(they fay) not forced upon
any, only whoever wcu and not take it siulbe baa til
ed the country, with liberty, where ths treatment
Wat molt favourable, to exchange his property for
paper, of which he probably entertained Hack an o
pinion aa has fiacc been juttified by tbs event, viz.
that it tsuft ruin those that issued, and those that
wert obiired to take it. At that time there was not
X iaadow left of the )C.ing*i authority, nor any ap
pearance or hops of hie protoAion. Under such cir
cumstances many took the oath, f.me no doubt to
TiVe their rflates, others from this principle, ** ftrtl
and ttectflity, that trrtfifltkU law, frta frtm a Jir/I
t*gagement. If a p top It atujf either submit or perijh,
fill ca * doitbl that | may, and that it *vtn tag it to
cbmft the fi'fl. The modern cmfiom it conformable to
this Jeeijion ; A city fubmitt to tho entttty uuben it can
not txpta faftiyfrtrr. a vigorous rrffjnce ; it tabes am
oath of fidelity to him, And its Sovereign euctifts no mi
but fortune.” Vattsi’a Law of Natiooe, vol. , p.
IS. Int when the original Sovereign retake* tho
piece the case is altered. Jmramenta in fi tie* pro
] dnenni mmoun et peenlidrem obltgationem, nee per fub
fetjurnpjnramentum aaltgrbffa •valtda obitgAtio tUditur ,
° out jut fandom nuab um alteri tolhtur. Indtfruf
lret ynijjuramfrtt fe/e alteri debt mm non Joint urudi--ntc
qui tnjuflf metu -me ad jurmstdkm adigit , ex eo jura
"ifnlojgtfibi adquirit out alifntd reßf a me pofinlmn
dwmgmgUoeUou qmefut babebit vires juramentum fiuplr
firmfidtida re al.qua illitita\ P> ff ndciffds Homire
lib. i ; cap. n, \6. i. t. “ Oaths are not
•’ produA ve ©fa hew and peculiar otHfgktioo, nor
V*’ can a just obligxtioa be mada void by a noftarior
!’ oa:h r ox a third perfoa deprived of hia right | it
ho V At
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“ would hi U Hih U lay mg tu taka at uath tU^
he would nst pay his debts, am cap bqthat oWi*
“ get me to take aa uath frum fttev acquirt xxy right
•* by it to dbmaad any thiag us me---smr aa nay
<• aathbc binding ia hay mltmmhmSH i*H. “
~ It appaars from this, midi the tstmoft aaldance,
that ia a cooqoarad coaatry na oath May Imafdtlyba
taka* to dte co*dsror, but that tha mxl IteMta
retaking the Arne, immbdiaUly (}•& fgfilMtfi}
re-ante is iato all.,hia rigbya, tad that tha oath fuff
aecatsoned caaUobas a# To agar ia fovea thaa the air
comfUnces uador which It waa takaU. This is tho
opiaiaa of ill writtrs, aad aaaa the law of lauth*
Carolina exprtfly inquires allegiance ao laagw thaa
it graats proteffioo. If ths fata wjll paaMh tha vi
olation of a poffarioa oath, assuredly tha Kiag must
ha fa the fame right ta ponifll tha violation of a priors
Bat an maahai yt beau triad ar fofferad for tranfou
againt the King dariag thia ttahappy war; perkape
a time may coma whsa rulers, judgaa, aad jurors,
may wiftrtbey hod followed thit example, aad aat
baoo ia ftleh vialant hurry. . ~v i
.Ye Afftaifters of tbe Gafpal, of all dcaamiaaUoas 9 .
whatever relates-to ths confcienco oJt seen cames
withia your proviacs. Sava naoe of yau parted
with year garmstnt and bougkt i sword ? Hava all
yoiir pulpits praffed reconciliation with God saoro
thaa war with O.eat-Britaiu i W >uld non* prefer
communion with koam to a renewed connexion, cc
ciefiaffscal and civil, svith f Great-ffritaia l How
elofely do yoa with to be all>Od with France, how far
feparatmi from *>• HW. lihagty. *d raligioo, of
Groat-Britain t It beboovea you above all men fa to
aft that tha morals; the libartiaa, the religion, of
thfc over whom you pretde, may receive adne bat
the best impressions from ynur conduA | there ie not
rerbupe a heavier curse than when it ie (aid, Tke
leadert of tbit people to err , and they tkas
are ted by them are dejtroyed.”
Tho depreciation of moaay is now the univerCaT
complaint) this was long forefeso, but forahght and
precaution were (perhaps too anjudly ) always cooi
dared os Toryifm. That this evil it beyond any re
medy let tbe Assembly of Maffachofatte witeefe; Ia
an nddrefs of theirs to their people, printed by their
order nt Befton, January t* 77* ‘*7 exprefflf
fay: Tbe quantity bf circulating paper medium bat long
finct tncttaftd vafily beyond all frotem/ions of ufofni
ne fs, and mauiftfily to tbe enhancing tbe demand ofalt
commodities to an entbavagant price.” This is a ra
dical oi ror which becomes every day mors incurable j
you look'd upon ovary man al an caefty that tolsf
you so t Well, Experience ketos a dear febool, but
fame per font will learn ia aa atksr, aad are very dull
even in tbit., *
Let ms eonclnds with felting before yon tie terms
you have bean offered a twclvcaMath ago, which tho
Coagrcfs rejeßed with contempt, and AffemMitd
durff not lotek at. Keep this papas by yoa till tho
war is over, that you may b the battel able to judgo
what baa beta gained or loft by the rcfnfal. Than
hie Majcfty'i Comm><fiaaers in theirdetter to Can
grefi:
Moru effeAually todemoaffxdtuoir good ia
te a tioas, we think proper to declare, even in
thia oar irft commaaication, that we are dispos
ed to coacar ia,every fatisfsAory aad just ar
rangement towards tha following, among la
ther parpofes:
To coafeat to ff ceflation of hoftiiitiea both
bp sea and land.
To raftore frae intercourse, to reaiveMataal
flffeAioa, aad renew the common benefits es
aaturaUtstioh, through the fevcral parts of thia
empire, v
To extead freedom of trade that uur
rtfpeflive iaterefts can require.
Is agrse that ao Military forcts (hall bd
kept apla the different ftatM of North-Ameri
ca fvitftodt the coafeat of the Gederal Coagrefs,
or particular Affetabliei.
To coacar ia atafares calculated to diicharre
the debts es America, and to r*ife tha crcsut
-and value of the paper circatation.
To perpetuate eiur union bp a reciprocal de
paudoa of aa agent or agents from tke diffe
rent states, who (hall hiee the privilege of a
feat and voice in the Parliament of Great- Bri
tain, or if feat from Britain, In that cate, tu
have a (aat aad ?oice la the Affeablies of tha
different ftatea to which they May be (eat ia or
der to attend tu tbe federal iaterefts of ihofip
by whom they are deputed. .
Ia (bort, so eftablifli the power of tho rtfpecX
tire legiflature* in each particilar state, to fttq
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