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From the GAZETTE of the i
of Sooth-Carolina, December 8%
GEORG! A,
SV hirHtnm GEORGE WALTON,
Efyuire , Governor and Commander in v
tbt /aid State.
WE the Reprefcntatives of the
Freemen of Georgia, m
Aflembly rrtet, beg'leave
to inform your Honour of
your unanimous Elefikion to the Office
of Governor of this State. -
The firm Confidence we rtpofe In
your Abilities, Attachment
to the Indeppadency of oor Country,
give ua full AiTurance, that, under*
your Administration, a Perseverance in
those. Exertions, which have hitherto
characterized the faithful Councils of
this Country, will t*ke Place. Sir. We
have consigned to your Care a sacred
Trust, the Government of a People
who have bled freely in thjtCaufe of the
confederal Alliance, determin
ed to seal the Attempt of redeeming
this Country with the Blood of sll, ra
ther than submit to tw detested and a
bominable Yoke of B i ilh Rule.
Wn.Lt am Glascock, Speaker*
♦ . V •
To the Honokrdf>le the Speakerand the
rejt of ike Members f the /ijfembly of
the State of Georgia.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,
l AM thankful for the Honour of
your Appomtment, and polite Address,
of Yvfterday; but I had been hopeful,
from the late Afflictions with which it
has pleased Heaven to visit me, that I
ihouid not have been required, at this
Time, to takean active Station in your
Affairs: nor would any Thing but the
Situation of the State calling for the
Afliftance of evrry Man induce me to
accept it. Rrlvine upon your faithful
Support, I lhalt use my best Efforts to
enforce the Laws for the Safety and
Welfare of the People.
On your Part much may be done.-
The Constitution, and the Laws, call
for a vigorous Support, to prevent,
otherwise, unavoidable Anarchy. A
Reprefen tatrm at Cxin-refs is moft ef
fen ially neceflar •, the Well-being of
our Stare, Tb* Existence oi irs Indepen
dency, ud the Balance of Suffrage up
on Queftiona_ deten inabl? by inevit
able Interest, all depend upon it: Nor
is the Reftor.*tion of Credit to our Pa
per Circulation less important. The
Enemy, exhatift -d by great Exenions,
may choose to rilk all in one concluding
Effort the enfu<ncr Winter} and, there
fore, ;r is in< umb- nt to make the moft
fpe* dy and effeftualPreparations tor the
Sarety of the State. A G v rps of Horse
men t watch the Motions of the Ene
my, and the Thdiins, and fuffirient to
keep but the Thieves from both,
ihouid immediately be raised. Deci
sive Measures should bepurfued again ft
the unhappy but dangerous few who
will live arrtangft us,—and yet love our
Enemies! My late ‘Situation gave me
an Opportunity of fee4ng, that, bv Per
sons of this Description, the Councils of
the tares are betrayed, By our Laws,
it is already criminal tocbrrefpond wtth,*
or fend Inre Bigrace to the Enemy; but’
fome certain aadefftdHial Mode of De
tection might htTgointcd out and au
thorized. />’ -.A y
n ‘ ‘
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,’
I hawe learned a Lesson in Captivity.
The Enemy keep ho Terrris with those
they ftilfe Rebels: let us profit by the
Example, and holdmqneJFith those who
oublickly or secretly Adhere to the
vaule of the Tyrant. Arl&l and insi
dious as they are, let us be no longer
imposed upon, but effectually put DiP
affcCHon put of Countenance. For the
Attainment of the great Objeft of the
War, our Citizens have bled freely, and
facrificcd every Eaft* and Comfort.
Your Enemies confefs them to have
been brave, and to have contended for
theirjCountry like” Freemen ; and we
VnoW, that all qtjrCottncils have been
uniformly leading to prefentSafety and
permanent Independency.’ Hitherto
luftained by your own Virtue, there it
noDoubt but that, in your present Dif
tfeffes, Congr*f* nli support vou. Let
us not, therefore, despair, but cheer
fully bear every present IJI, father than
admit an Idea of k partial Accommo
dation with the Enemy. Real Services
from our illustrious and moft friendly
/illy are complete Proofs of h Sin*
cerity of his Intentions j and the Junc
tioaof Spain and Sweden in the War
are new Pillars to the Independency of
America, which no Earthly Powers, its
my Judgment, can (hake.
GEORGE WALTON.
G-te O R G I A.
By Hi Htnour GEORGE tVJLTOH,
Esquire, Governor andConrmander inCbUf
of the [aid State y
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Members of Af*
fembly, having met at Augufta,-
and cyrgamzed. iriliitutional Form
of Government or the State j and hav
ing, by a Refclurion of the 17th In
stant, recommended it to me to notify
the fame to the People at large j I do,
therefore, iffte this my Proclamation,
dei taring the Laws of the State to be
in full Force, and requiring Obedience
to them. And, tda further enjoin all
Magiftratek and others to be watchful
and diligent in preventing any Abuses
of the Laws: And, hi) Officers civil
and military, appointed by the State,
and wlro arc no attfent from it, are
required 1 to give their Attendance at
>this’ Place forthwith, to difeharge their
refpe&ive Duties.
Given under my Hand and Seal at
Augusta, this twenty-ninth Day
of November, in-the Year of
our Lord, onj thousand seven
hundred and seventy-nine; arid
V in the fourth Year of the Inde
pendency of America.
G. WALTON.
By Bit Honour's Confound,
-Samuel Stiri^'Secretary.
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- Mr Prihti*, Jan. 14, 1780.
U/HEN I saw a Proclamation,
dated November 4, 1779, °f
John Wiriat, Esq; President off me
Board at Augusta that assumed govern
mental powers, without any name, ac
knowledging that, for the last year,
the Stare of Georgia had been without
any Afleqpbly or Legislature, and con
sequently without any existence, and
that* at*the famc'trme that be declared
|he counties of Chatham, Glyn, Li
berty, ind Effingham, were reduced
by the Britifli forces, he directed an
election to be held In these very coun
ties the fir ft Tdefday of December, to
meet on the firft Tuelday of January
then next ensuing, I thought the ridi
cule of the farce was then at its heighth,
and that President Wereat himfelr, and
his associates, not flaming the Board
at which he presi ded, nor any autho
rity under which they afted, (no As
sembly having existed by his own com>
session) rather looked upon this procla
mation as a kind of dying speech than
indulged any serious expectation that
any persons would be bold or dupea
enouch to obey it.
Whether any election was held “oil
that day is more than I tan tell; but,
from another proclamation, ififued by
George Walton, Efq*, or November
i9th, importing, that, previous <0
that day, an Affemblv actually existed
and chose him their Governor, I con
ceive there must have’been fome revo
lution among the States-men, or men
of the S ate of Georgia, in which the
said President Wereat must have come
off by the lee, theush, admitting any
government had existed, his proclama
tion had a foundation in their Constitu
tion, which cannot be claimed by that
of Governor Walton i However this
be, there appear now two proclaiming
powers, Presidents or Governors, or
whatever stile they may claim in the
State of Georgia, of which the one or
other, even upon the principles of Re
bellion, must certainly be an usurper;
and an impartial bystander will easier
be induced to do justice to both of
them than probably these great men to
each other. As things appear now
from the State Gazejtte of South-Caro
lina, it would seem that the non exist
ence of sn Aflembly in Georgia, as as
serted by the President, is an arrant
falfehood, and that the Aflembly as
rctlly existed fomewbere as an army
once lay incog, at Knightfbridge; that
of course the Prefidcnt's proclamation
went for nothing, and that the Aflem
bly, no matter whether, when or where
cholen, contrary to their Constitution
met at Augusta and chose George Wal
tonp Esq; Governor. Whether Presi
dent Wereat, feat of government
alio is at Augusta, and his Board,’’ap
proved or eppofed the election, mani
feftly in opposition to their proclama
tion, does not appear; but it seems the
wheel took a turn, and President We*
reat got to the bottom while Governor
Walton rides triumphantly atop. I
shall fay nothing about the former, left
it Ihouid be an infuit upon a
man in high Poor man! be
fore he and his B.ad, whaft procl*ma- ;
tion however is intelligible and not in
decent, have driven out King George,
he and they must learn to submit to tho
authority taovernor Walton, ansi ,
will never be at a loss for daily proofs
how much they arc gainers by the ex- -
change.
I would not be thought to find fault
With the appointment; there is a Angu
lar happiness attends this new Gover
nor, all parties applaud ‘.he and
the King's friends arc foremoft to de
clare no man can be worthier,, fitter,’
more deserving of ‘.his post, trad mora
likdy to ißfww a good purprjfc, than
