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N. S. It is recommended to the feveral primers, through the Continent, to publifh the above rcfolves in their papers. r the Earlof CARLISLE, Lord Mcnm HOWE. Sir WILLIAM HOWE rcr in his abnnct Sir HENRY" CLINTON) WILLI AM EDEN and GEORGE JOHNSTONE. Yrufty and 'well beUved feriiautt of your f acrid rnafer, in whim he is nvtll pttafed. AS you are Tent to America lor the exprefs puapofe of trcet ing with any b;dv and any thing, you will pardon an ad drefs from one, who difdains to flatter thofe whom he loves. Should you therefors deign to read this addref, your chafte ears will not be offended with the language of adulation, a language you difpife. I bave feen year rnofbelegant and mft excellent letter " to his Excellency Henry Laurens, the pr. i lent, and other the n.em- hers of Congrefs." As that body hath thcQgh; your propr fiti ens unworthy their particular regard, i: may be 1 mv fa:isfciion to yonr coricfity, aod tend to tpf eafe tlie r inded firit of nego tiation, if one out of the many ir.divid aaW on tnii great conti nent fhou!d fpeak to you the ftniime.-:s ot America. Sentiments which your own good fenfe hath duujilrfi fagftcjled, and which ire repeated only to convince you that, n::..uhiUnumg the nar row ground of private informa.bn on which we ftan i in this cii tant region, ftill a knowledge of our own rights, ar attention tc our own intererts, and a facred refpett for t.'je drgntcy of human nature, have given us to underfland the true principles wn:ch ought, and which therefore (hall, fay our conduct. You begin with the amiable cxpreffions of humanity , the ear ned defire of tranquility and peace. A better introJuaion tc? A mericans could not be deiifed. For the fake of :Le lauer, we once laid our liberties at the feet of your prince, and even your Armies have not eradicated the former from our bofms. You tell us you have powers unprecedented in the annali of your hiftory. And England, unhappy England, will remember with deep contrition, that thefe powers have been rendered of no rail by a conduct unprecedented in the annals cf mankind, H .d oar roval matter condelcendcd tc liftea to the praer ol mi liens, fee had not thus haze fent you. Had moderation fa,ed what we were proud to call our mzther country " her full bls.un Jigni ij would not have broken under hr." You tell ns that all patties may draw fome degree of confec tion. a:id even aafpicious hope, from rt collection." We wifh thir moA fincerely for the Lke of all partus. America, even in the moment of futjugation, would have been confoled by confeious virtue, and hrr hope was and i; in the jultice of her caufe, and the juftice of the almighty. Thefe are fonrces of hope and c f conf ia.ion, which i.cuhcr time nor chance can alter or take You mention M the mutual benefit and conficferation of ev ils, that m.y naturally contribute to dcutmine our refolution." As to the fbrni-r, ycu know too well that we could derive no benefit fro an uni with you, nor will I, by deducing the reafons to cil ce this, caft an infu'.t upon your uoderftandings. As to the later, it ere to be wilhed ycu had pieferved a line cf conducl equal to the delicacv of your feelings. You could not but know thn men, who fmcereJy love freedom, difdain the ennadcration of all evils neceffary to attain it. Had no: your own hearts borne tvfiimor v to this tru:h, you might hare learnt it from the annals yt,r hijiory. For in thofe annals in trances of this klrd at ltal are cot HKprcctdenttd. But mould thofe inftarices be infufneient, we pray you to read the uncor.quered mind of Auiericn. That the art of parliament you trartfmitted were pafTecf Hi?ith rtgitLr unanimity, we prcrend not to doubt. You will pa; (on rr.c, gentlemen, for obfervintr, that the realms of that unanimi ty Mir .i.-r;ig4y n.fc ked in the report of a committee of Congreis, agreed to on ;h-; zz l of April laft, and referred to in a late letter km Coogrf to Lord Vffcowot Howe an. Sir Henry Clinton. Y u teil us yea are uiiling to con lent to a c-ffition of hcHi- li;ies. hath bv tea and lar d." It is difficult for rude Ameri- c; rs to dcterTVir-.e pjthsif y u are ferious in thi? propofi.ion, or wh!hcr ycu r.:ean to jit with their finp.icitv, Upon a fwnpofi tirn, howevrr, fifutfSMp tae too muta fii.ignaniuiiv to divert yourfelves on aa occaSon of fuch importance to America. i 1 i ,-,' , r . , ' rii me to an'ure you, on the facred word of a gentleman, that if TOa fhall trar.fport your troops to England, where before long yog; prince wi'l certainly want their afiiftaace, we never fhall follow them thither. We are not fo romantically fond of fighting, 0ej. ther have we fuch regard for the city of London, as to commenci a crufade for. the poiT-ffi n of that holy land. Thus you may certain that hoftilities will ceafe by land. It would be doing fia. mmmAmm ' . i r '. .- r.t vrtnr national charfter. tO AlODcfe VCa mm A tT UtUI J V. T ' N. "W .V r W - I K J V UR. iirous of a like cciTatiou by fea. The courfe of the war, and the very flourifhing ftate of your commerce, notwithltanding out weak efForts to interrupt it, clearly mew that jou can exclude u( from the fea. The fea your kingdom. You offer to reilore free iutercourfe, to revive mutual affec t!n, and renew the common benefits of naturalisation." WhB. ever your countrymen ihall be taught wifdom by experience, aoj learn from pail misfortunes to parfue their true intcrefts in futore, we mail readily admit every intercourfe which is neceiTary forthj purpofes of commerce, and ufual between different nations. To revive muiuui busw'-h f-st W i J ft ' ' you, but it is no: in nature that you fliould forgive us. Yoa have injured us too much. We might, on this occafion, giv you fome late inftances of fingular barbarity, committed as well by the forces of his Uriunnic majeily, as by thofe cf his generous and fairhful alii?, che Senecas, Onandaga and Tufearoras But we will no: orrVnd a courtly ear by the recital of thofe difgaft. it. fcene. I?eftce5 this, it misht give pain to that humanity which hath, as you obferve, prompted your overtures to dwell . - i -ii ' u.: i u : r..u:-... -n toe lpiena:a vizi :rics ootaiuou uy nitmnui iviuicry jv . J A-toT r-tfa viHirrpe thrir uantnn Anxl at. mi J. eir deliberate murders, or to infpeft thofe fcenes of caraage4 ,i.teu by th; wild exceflbs of favage ragew Thefe amiable taits of n ional conduct cannot but revive in our bofoms that partial arrVd..n we once felt for every thing which bore ths i.:ae of Lo ;iifnnrian. As to the common benefits of naturah'za. ti n, ic is a ma:rer we conceive to be of the moft fovereign indif. ferwnce, A few of oar wealthy citizens may hereafter ilit En gisnd and Rome, to fee the ruins of thofe auguli temples, is which the goddefs of liberty was once adored. Thefe will had- jy Claim naiura:izi.iyii m cmcr m muis io.vj o a wf. v tr.e i ther hand, fuch of our fubjects as fhall be driven by the i- rv n har:d f oppreflian to feek fur refuge among thof; whom they now perfecute, wrUl certainly be admitted to the benefits of na'wa ligation. We labour to rear an afylum for mankind, and regret tat circumlUnces will not permit you, gentlemen, to CJntriuu's to a defign fo very agreeable to ycur feveral tempers and difpefi tions. But further, your Excellencies fay "we will concur to extend eery freedom to trade that our refpeclive interefts can re- cuire." Unfortunately there is a little difference in thefe in terests, which yoa might not have found it very eafy to reconcile, had the Congrefs been difpofed to rifque thrir heads by lilbning to terms, which I have the honour to aiTure you are treated with ineffable contempt by every honed whig in America. The dif fererce I allude to is, that it is ycur intereft to monopolize our commerce, and it is our interclt to trade with all the wjrlo.- There is indeed a ir.ihcd cf cutting ihis i,'crdian knot, which perhaps no iUtefman is cure enough to untie. By referving to the railiameat of Great Britain the. rizht of determining what our refpcflie interclls require, they might extend the freedom of trad.", or circumfcribe it, at their pluafure, for vhat they might call our refptMve int'erep. But I trull it would not be tooarsra tual fntiifuSicn. Y -ur 44 earnell defirfl to flop the farther effufioa 4 of blod, and the calamities of war," will therefore lead you, Ht j rcr reflection, o reprobate a plan teeming with difcord, am Wild fuch -J L VOU. w. rw. imite the generofTty cf foul, which prompt! We cannot btft bj k ifl dif. yo to agree tnat nc g 3 o :hc A u'ln in tne pacc OT twenty ycas, wouiu proauw tuyi"- . lion acre lb mw x-iuuuu, auu i a itn ;i.n " " ex:cu . - , . n i l i i r comnv.on ai 4 wnicn nis majeny aam utta pew
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