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i the lex -as to Tuppofe: there arc say female concern for nunkirid is, t'ie j ftroneer proojl ones) will take umbrage at it, I will venture do we certainly give ot our; bearing bis imaf j to aiK ir tnis icniioiiity aces not give a more wno r- luuers noca nair to lan rrorrr our cxiiuifite fceft to all thole enjoyments, (which heads unnumbered; to thejground :'V Ami ft : nature, "unrorceu tnu untnwartca, aictaies r rarami rrum mimcing tnis concern tne eicft But.Lblve this, as you pleaIe......What ingte-' or inquiiitiveRcls, I think, i dieftts mud I be made of to be fo deeply at-. :fer.edas I was at Belinda's diftrefs, when (he fobbed out her talc of forrows ? and a tale of forrows ic was !..... ....prefaced too, with, " i know: you cannot remove the caufe of my grief, but the fympathy of a friend gives a momentary relief to afHi&ion, and alleviates : mifery. . Her dejected looks had won my The greateft blifs which beacon man ' v . :. - ii ;'r 'ij? j bellows,. Is as his own to fecL another's woes : And .one hiimane or charitable deed, Does all thejoys of .revelling exceed. . ' . And I pity .the heart that cannot add the te timony ot experience to this remark. By his WILLIAM; TRYON, Efqinre. His Majefty's Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and ovej th: faid Province. companion before fhc (poke, but the! name NORTH-CAROLINA, fi of friend awakened all tnat was tender and humane within me. Had Hie, been deformed and h-ggard, herfituatibn would have pierc ed rriy (heart; but to be addrefled byj inno-' cencc and beauty (except the traces of (or-: row Jhe was a living Venus of Medicis) in the plaintive melancholy flyle of woe !.t. Hea- vensM it was irrefiftible i..Milanthropyfh would have pitied, and Apathaifts muft have renounced their Creed,' had they but feen her y but unfortunately for them neither the mif antKrbpyfrTaor apathaift was prefenr;...! As fhc proceeded witn ner ftory, I oecame tne lurter- : Hill 1 borough, on the 25th of laft Month, dur- A P R O Chi AM AT 10 K TIT H E R E A S I have received infor J V V niation that a great Number of outra- geous and diff)rderly!iJerlbn;did tuRwhubufly aticmuic inemieiYcs togemcr in ;ine. JL own .01 cr..;..i was in every tninu, out in perion, tne diftrefTcd Belinda. My. fighs kept time with hers, and when I attempted to wipe off her tears, I intermingled my own 'with! them. Yet penetrated as I was with grief for hr misfortunes, and that I could pot remove them I enjoyed a fatisfadion of thtt kind, which; I think, nothing unbleft witk a divint particle can pomoiy enjoy. j f ; . Ttc feeling heart, the powVt'affilt being loi, Tail es in us grief toys felhfhneftcari t boait. j ing the fitting oil the Superior Court of Juflicel . or that diitrict, tooppoie tne Juit Mealures of government, ana in open violation or the juaws or tncirj country, auaaciouuy. attacKine or nis Lmce, ana, paroarouny ; oeating and . wounding feveral Perfons in and .during the luting of- the laid lourt, and ptfennuj orher enormous inaignities ana iniuitsto his jyiJjsi tys Government committing the 'molt violent Increale of knowledge: is increafe of pain ; Outrages On the Perfons and properties of ths and fbrrow,." -Hail then ' bleft icribrance ! inhabitants oi the laid lown,dnnking Uam- Bled ignerance, all hail !...l..Seal up my eyes, lett they mould behold afHicYion ; and rny ears, left they mould hear the voice of mifery : arid encompafs my heart with .adamant, left pity for the unhappy mould extort a1 ligh.... I diflike -fain and farrow as much as any man ; for I am callous nowhere, that I know of, uhlefs in the pineal gland, but y hen, my nation to their lawful Sovereign King George, and SUcce fs to the Pretender : l o th e End, therefore, that thejPerlbhs concerned in the iaia ouirageous Ats may oe.orougnc to juiue, I do, by the Advice and Con fen t of his Majef ty's Council, ifsue this my Proclamation, here- by requiring and ftrictly enjoiningall his M ijd ty's Tuftices of the Peace in this GovernmeDti heart lays cmtn to that prayer, may the doors to make diligent Inquiry jhto the above reci: of mercy be (hut again (I me forever. I would , rather my pulfe mould tfiis inftant Gcafe to beat, than have, my cares circum fcri bed by felf, and hear or lee, with unconcern, the; mis fortunes ot any thing human. Neither do I even wilh, happy as the jocund circle makes ed Crimes, and to receive the Depofition' of luch Perfon or Perfons as mall appear .before them to make, Information of and concerning the fame ; which pepofitions. are to be tranl- mitted to mei in Order to be laid before the General Aflcmbly,! at! Newbern on the' 30th me, ever to fct my foot witKin the houfe of Day of November next, to which Time feafting, unlels I can fympathixc cordially with moie in me nouic or mourning. h i U It is owing to an inquifitive difpofi tion.? Ungenerous 1 for jufticcL'fake. and your own, aHign a better caufc..;...attribute it to nobler motives...... Shall we participate in the pleafures of the profperous, andjfhall we keep a loof from thofe in adverfity ? IfW cannot feel for the diftrefles of others, we juft Jr defervcto be " laughed at when calamity comcth upoa us and the more' general our it (lands Prorogued, for the,immediateDifpa:cIi ot fublick Bufinefs. . ' i : ! ! V- Given under my Hand, and the Grtkt Seal $f tU Provinee, -at Newbsrn, the iStJ Day iof Oaober! vrthel xotb Tear of bis MajWs Rtign, Anho Ddm.f 1770. . : : ; : ! r. ; WILLIAM TRYON By bis Excellency's command, ' John , London, Sec. GOD fave the KING. j ' J
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