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ATHENS, GEORGIA: PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M DONNELL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 . ISIO.
I L r HIL ADIL'P 111 A, July 3.
j Ex f, a'h ft” m L>rdon rape s to
ihr cjd May, receivtd a: the
, < fli elf Ihe Dem crane Prrfs,
| by the bng Mafia's D .ugh tr,
in 39 days from pjrt'fmjutn.
London, May 22.
SMITH, MAY. R.
To am: eti gor HT. mbly of the
Hu or, Aldeunan a cl Lveryrn n
cf toe Irvcral companies cf the city
011 -n and or, in go mmon ha 11 a fT. m -
? bled, a* the C odd .ad cf the laid
coy, tn Moi 3a/ the 2ift day of
; May, iSic.
1. Rdblved, That the re j: 61 lon
, by the houle of commons of cur
lace humble add re is, petition and
ictnonltrarsce, appears to us a vio
lation of our ccriflituticnal and in
ddpmable right to Rate our com
plaints and g uva.XvS, and to call
for re itf and retirefs.
f 2 RtToh’t and, That ftich rt j 61i0.a
IVs a ) additional proof of toe th me
t .i maikq nicy 0/ the reprtTmia.ura
f the people in the commons
hnihe cf pari.amen:; and more
forcibl e ciuponftrates the nec< fli:y
< t a fpeedy and fubftantial reform
I in the honorable- houle.
3 ReLlved, Tiiar we have vie v-
Jcd with r. Acd ientirmnes of md g<-
j a ion, to ~i ra pity., the av
oids if cefa n perform, Ityi rg
i;.e.i>fr lv • s “yn a ‘jou ned meetu g
ui iivtr>men, held at the London
I Tup, r. , the 4th day of Mr in
i’ *”ti h as t'.e ltaicinen s contained
• 5 ;.ut addrefs, imputing to the
1} a D >hy of their fellow citizens,
1 i 1:. non hall legally if T mbltd,
| v rHi and dtfig ‘,5 to c< vil.fy and
f* u• he log R; u r e, , ‘to ct allen
-1 ; ;IF6I i cf the people Rom
r e govtrntnemp “ pr;du:e
c > lKin;t 2nd and dr- ft of the licufe
os c .mmon l ,” to <{ i..troduce.anar
ch y,** and 10 “ fub'ert the cor,iti
tj t are falfr rfLrtnns origina
t ng with individuals, who derbe
iidlu n.e :i!id rin horrent rr.mihe
Lap bur liens of the peoj L\
(4 lv tibed, Tra: am rg the
In L.f.o of choic fExi and o rha: aodrefs
I i j)- ar ‘tht. figna:ures of contratt-
I o >,- comm fii itcff , aid colle6t .rs
I c. iaxe, ui pla-toren and place-
I i.u ii rs; with a -
i|geot, ad xK-rkt o t their depead
-1 suits, m'iftYUs or reunions.
c. R i l-cd, That it is unden'a
| fclc tint p wer, 1 f] ienc**, threads tic
I ti- lofi >i.s. have b .cn employed-to
I p:fvail upon mar,) to concur in the
I L and .c-dreis.
j| 6 Ref Iven, That wbiift: we
claim any tmpura 1 n aguinfl the
t .oiivts of fevt.ral woo , by grofs
r. tirepref;ntaiiot.s by arts or the
’ 1 al- ft k and, or *by down; igh: in
ftoiiidattor, .have been compelled tor
lllend their f>t r a u.f3 to,the fad ad
,i: el*, if is to us a f tree cf high
ACwM .iadotj that the audrds cames
Foreign Correspondent
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GEORGIA EXPRESS.
MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL B 2 INCREASED.”
whh’a ns own refutation, corfiuing
crly of allegations unfutftiaiuted,
and cfcalumn'ts, which thofe who
ha*e propagated thtm muft know
to be gr( undlefs.
7. Rtfolved, That the fa and ad
dr< s appears to l ave for I,s renl
< ij £i ih# ex i ernent cftivsl dif
ft nr.ons, the increafe of public a
bu'es, and the further and fuller
participation in the wrg sofeot
rup .ion by many ofthefe who have
fignrd r, and who takii gad van
t ge cf the prefent unhappy ronttft
b tween arbitrary privileges ar.d
cor.fT utional freedom, have en
deaveured to confufe and d.flrabt
the public mir.d, for the fupport 6c
continuance is place of a corrupt,
weak aud wicked admimfhation.
8 Ref>lved unanirnscfl,, That
ia til. years 1679 and 1680, under
the i .fam us government of Charles
the Second, the city of Londo *, &
other parts cf the country, peti
tioned the k<rg for rtdrHs <f
grievances and tuc Suing of oarli
;.rn nt.
That various counter p-adons
were prefi nted to his ex
prvflive of their abhorre ce of the
laid petid mi g, as nitnu! u usand
fed tic us ad cncroadurg on the
royal prer gan’ve.
T a: on tie 21ft rf Oclober,
if)Bo,. the parliament nir-r, -and its
fill ads were to expel abhorrers,
and n pa's a vote, (i That it ?, and
ever ha h ‘ryen the undoubted right
of the fHj 61 to petition the king
for calling of paili iment, and rc
dn fling grievances that to tra iu e
fu h pro ioivng, as a violation of
duty, and to reprefent it to h s
in.aj fly as tunitil uous ad fedi
ti us is to betray the liber y f t the
fu j 6t, a H t > contribute to ths de
flga of fubve; ting the ancient legal
conflitudon of the kingdom}” a;.d
they appointed a commiftte cc to
i q lire af er all thofe who had of
fcudtd a g r(1 thofe rig us and (lc
cordi g l l ex pi lied f v.ral of rs
niemb s, and petite ned h s ro j Ttv
to remive others from places of
trtft.”
That on 23 h t f 061
the comm jus voted—” Thar bir
F. itht'fs, by prefencing to l.is
in.j (tv an ai lr: Is, fxpr-ffi ; g a
iburi ce to petition h s majefty for
tnc uu bng aid fining of parliameoc
• i.ath be rayed the undoubted righ s
cf Ihe fij ds of E g and } and
that laid fir F. W.theus be ex
pelled the houfe for his high trim
■'lha: fur the exercife of the un
d übetd r : ght of petitioiting, the
Ci y C .arttrs wtrq tcized by a quo
warranto, an.} it was a gued for the
city by St Frtby, tr.e.r
R-corder—■ i: Tna 1 c ccnfti:utTcn
a id the of the land had o\ yen to
C*
cue fubj t£k the right of pet tr ni g,
c-kI (A acctfs t> tne fupreme G >-
v. rno', to reprefent to him their
gncva.i'e:, and to pay a redrefs of
them} and that the fame law gave
tht rn Yi • a r’ght ro iiate in t-e r
prf-tio; s bf: fa6li and re~f ns
v\ ,'iih.h : aofed their g ieva vcr, pro
viu and rhrd f ,Rs wi re tiue.” And
furtl.t , “l a’ a- mere was one
j art i-cco (1 tuucn vvhich give
the k g power t> pioTop , fj
tne 1 1 :s a ) -riier parr of the
tu:-o:i r a gave ihe lu‘'j 61 an < ri
g n-ii - gnt to pci-ion f r rcdiels 1 f
gri:-. sand stir, therefore, 1 1
pundh a u; 1 for fh.-wirg in h s
p -ui n th f grie'-m u whiih be
v fiis o be n dFt (T and, and the
< es H 1 hern, was the fam ih rg
to den* him the r g'rt of petition -
i g i aid r 1 at m n denial w- - H
i-uti op,vefn q arid r e mufl a’ j Ct
fl ‘-very i f rw in fu 1 j6ls ar e rn:l
uLd, and gr t:ved and are deni and the
liberty to co n^'l an, aid pray the
king rr> rrdrefs thofe grievances, or
fii ui be pur. flied f r petitioning a
gin!> rh-, h -*v mull ncctildrily
be a j 6: ili m”
o, pT't a vi-i'', fh.it fh-f.* 2"g-.r
me.iits bavj g h en ovrr-rul and by
vena! ju g *s, jr g t was ob
tained agairdl 1 r rt ; the abhor
rets tor a time cno.-np : ; (he lib
er its of the pro j| , wu!i tht: r get
of petiiio ling, He>s f‘f )-.’t rtrd ; and
the lucceed.ng m ann r ■b, in conf -
qre ice there t, a- */.*n from his
intone ar.d dom nio s.
At tne volutin of 16 s3, .in
the Bill of R gnu?, 11 to* u .dou Ui- l
rg t of the lubj 61 to perido ,”
wuj amor.goth- r ihirg ,
deinan: ed, and mfifled uon.**
1 n s r gne has been of hr * agin
invaded, tne people opjKcff i with
uuprcocdented grievances and ri
larn is, have b-en denied acc fi to
tn.T lovercgi, their pen: orshave
b en r. jede.l bv the l { mfe of C >m
m ns, and tin i-g-ennees reman
u ihcard and on cd 1 fl -d.
The cxplod ii do6lr ne cf pafll ;e
ob~d ence nas b en revived in all its
ext a mg nee, and i ne-v ra:e o f ab
h >rr:rs l pr 1 g up, wSc, Ike
Ilia a )h rrers iu tiie dl, s of C.narles
tbs lecop.d, by the foul ft calu n
nwr, by vihfving and traducing the
prticio; sof the people’,
tmpha i<: laiguag.* of the tlien
II *ufe ofCninmis,) “betraying
t e liberties of the fubj :6t, and
coitiiouting to the defia;'i < f fub
verting the anrient leg it cnfl'to
tion ot lie kngiom.”—That as
the co ruin parh ji pa tors in public
aou'e, under the maik of i iy.!. ,
iubverted tne 1 fi.rii s of the king
dom, and involved Jam- -s the b -
conddn ru : n, fo the corrupt ani in
principled of the prefeuc di , m er
the fame Lgd prttenr', wud is
voi/e tne country aI fv -pi in
fim far drnuiti h, if ft, fi r j v
peifiL I: therefore b c mrs ill
imperious duty of cv >.-• re t V - 1
to the c’ u iry to r fi t th: r ll
ch evous dcflgns, by recurrmg to
the genuine prmr.ipL& of uc cja-
fl’cution, and by Ifl -g every legal
means fur c.b ain> g a iull, fair and
flee rrprefcnuuju of people in
pa. 1 amear.
10 RHolvcd, That ir.fo. ?.rably
attached to cur glari us ccnftitu
tion, we adm re, vi ne at: ar.d will
Aip-iort ruf kirg, our lords and cur
conirm rs, m ihtir it lot 6Lvc ar.d
c< Active capacities with all their
j ;fl [Ter gatives rgh sand privi-
I i but we can never eonfeut to
g ant irpara-cly to kv g, lords or
. mmo a, a p >vver conciary 10, and
at) wc the Jaws id [he land, which
are ar.d moll continue to he there
*uls cf th ;r effective wifdum and
auihotity.
ii. R Lived, That nrtwith
flaidirg the rj.:6tion of our peti
tion, we ft.il fell it our duty to give
to the lloufe cf Commons every
opportunity of heari g a id rcdrdT
i g the grievances or the people,
ar.d tl a‘ an humble a Urefs, petit o 1
a-.U icmorft ance he p:dented to
that honorable !v. i f*.
id. R'Livid, Thn” the fa id pe
tition b - fa ily tjanf'rbed and figa
td bv the I. and Mayor, ro the
f > uL (f C Thmoi.s by 11. C.
C m‘f, Lfq. one of their ripre-
Lntadvt
ij Rc! 1 red, Thar r? c tha-nka
(f m s Cun;him Hi! hr given to
ihe rglit honorable Lord l .-lie no,
br * amuel Ronuif , li-mx f v T P.
cod Samuel Whitbr. ac, If q M. P.
f u iheir able, t onU.rtKicMji *; and in—,
dey l ne’ent conduct o n a i occafi .mr,
particularly f.r the fi and they have
ia.eiy made in favor of the domin
ion of idle* liw ag iinft srbitia* y dlf
treiion and u idefiied privi'l-g*.
14. IT f dved, That the (flunks
cf Uus il di be g ven E> Harvey
Chridd n C Tnbe, Mfq. Al-irrm m
a J one uf the reprele-. atives of l!i.s
cif) in parl’am-nc fir his fu. po ti 1
th Houfe cf Commons of the right
or the Live ry to petition the houfl-,
.-a ,and fur his general condufl i.i the
houfe.
15. R* Lived, That the thanks
of in s I !..il b- g ven to the right
hon. the L J M j/or, for his r: i
a) jefs’ in coil ng this Hud', and f>r
Lis indtpend ni ar.d honorabie coc
du6f in d.fciiarglna the duties o?
J u
ins, ■ fii :*.
16 R five ’, That thepharks of
this Hdl be given t > Mat he.v
Wo if, E q. on-* of the Sheriff’s of
this city, i a the independent man
ner n w. uh !:-* his alwass ckf
( hvg ! .he c’m i-s cf his cflT e.
yj* •l ‘I ii-V. Ivl|*L.. Wa*;iTlS
w;• iT r fo- i,h , (in i g he *vek.
of C >orvcM e.-eor, a ia'g* ru )r:-
rr.cnt of BJOR : smeg others
?. M * v W >ik <£ fbd Lye cf General
I-'raacis cf couth- Carolina j”
a w rk tug iy int‘-rLtir>; to th fi
who look !.■:■:lt with p.e'fure -a
the her-.de me., who cTA;I.L-d Cn-
LL.rdes.
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