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,m r1l are of the chant which the mamtainine fach a faithful fubjea or fubjeas to his Vajefty to demeta Umfi mm a t : lU - J f.t.ipo rm)nA nf rhpmfr v Airh tie r fun nr nerfonfi. or inch niimhp wA j.r Yvnii r mil in ij 11 in ta w. a u i w ft - - - w a - vl i th war more cfoccially, when to this pofition is added the tion of perfons, ihall become, and be, fully entitled to. ' . j . .. t L - n . si. i Ci ' ' . : i-j .I(;rK fh rmnf o hranrc he nr. icv. as nereov ODtaia an me Dcntncs or tne paro m or Dardoiw well as the benevolence of Great Britain, have thus far checked granted; excepting only from the faj id pasd on or pardons e the extremes of war when ihcy tended to difirefs a people Hiil confiderea as onr fellow fubjeds, and to defolate a country fhort Jy to become again a fouxe of mutual advantage : But when that connrry profefles the unnatural defign not only ol eitranging her felflromus, but of mortgaging herfclf and her rtf. u ices to our enemies, the whole con te it is changed ; and the quetiion is, hew far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, deitroy or render cfelefs a ccnr.cciion contrived or her rutn, and for the ev or aggrandizement of France. Under fuch circumltanccs, the Jaws of Tel f-prefer vation null direct, the conduct of Great Britain, and if tk$ Britifh colonies are to become an accffion to France, will direct hcr to render that acafiion of as liule avail as poflible to her enemy , ... . V(1 If howevr there are 2 y who think, that norwithttanaing thefe ieafoBinj;s the inde; etdchce of the col n:es will in the rcfolt, be aclncvvlc1gd N' CrtJat Bfitain to thtm we wer without rereive, that we neither peffefs or exped powers for that parpofe and Great B.itain could ewer have funk fo low as to ado1 ch nealu,c, we fhould not have thought ourfelves SmjrrTjr to te lhe nftruIr'ent,, in making a conceflion, which would oor opinion, be calamitous to the colonies, for whom t J-, made, and difgraceful as well as calamitous to the country 'irom which it is required. And we think proper to declare, tba.; in this fpirit and fentiment we have regularly written from this continent to Great Britain. It will now become the colcaies in general, to call to mind their oho folem appeals to Heaven in the beginning of this c n tfft, that the took arms only for the red reft of grievances; and that it would be their wilh, as well as their i mere ft, to remain forever connected with Great Britain. We again aflc them, whether all their grievances, real or fuppofed, have not been amply and fully redrclTed ; and we infill that the offers we have made, leave nothing to be wifhed, in point either of immediate liberty or permanent fecurity : If thofe offers are now rejected, we withdraw from the excrcife of a comnnllion, with which we have in vain been honoured ; the fame liberality will no longer be due from Great Britain, nor ran it either in juitice or policy K :--d from her. In fine, and for the fuller manifefUtion as well of the difpohti- tieh: of all his Majeity s fubjeds on this con;neor. And we ear. on we bear, as of the gracious ard generous purpofes of the com- neitiy exhort ali pyijfons who by this initrument forth wi h .receive mifli n under which wc ad, we hereby declare, that ff'bereets his the ceifetot of the king's pardon, at the lams time tnat they en- mrieftv in nurfuance of an ad, made and paffed in the eighteenth terrain a becoming fenfe of thofe lenient and effedionate meafures ftffion of parliament, entitled M An act to enable his majefty to whereby they arc now freed from many grievous charges which appoint commiflioners with furricieot powers to treat, conlult and might have rifen in judgment or have been brought in q jeJftioa ag-ee cpon the means of quieting the difordzrs now fubfilting in againft them, to mate a wife improvement of the fituattoi in cei tain of the colonies, plantations and province? of North A- which this Manifeitp and Proclamation places them, and not on- merica," having been plcafed to authorife and impower us to ly io recoiled that a perfeverar.ee in the preient rebellion, or any grant a pardon r pardons to any number or defcription of per- adherence to the trealbnable connection attempted to be framed Ions within the colonies, plantations and provinces of New- with a foreign power, will, after the prefent grace extended, be Hamrfhire, Moflatbufcits-Bay, Rcde Ifland, Connedicut, confidered as crimes of the melt aggravated kind, but to vie vi:h eacn cmcr in eager ana cordial endeavours to lecure their own peace and promote and eftablifh the profperity of their country men and the general weal of the empire. And purfuant to his Majefty's commifllon we hereby require all officers civil and military and all others his Majetfy's loving fubjeds whatsoever to be aiding ar:d afufling unto us in the exe cution of this our Manifesto and Proclamation, and of all the matters herein contained, GIVEN at New-Ycik, this third da of 0tber, 1778. C A L ; H. C L i Wm. E D By their Excellencies command, ADAM FERGUSON, Sec. nerfi.n. and everv numher or tlefcriot ion of atrrfiin& mk the date of this rvianneito and rrocia rna.i on, ihall, under pica ai ui ouui'" 1 as J uugtpj jui ) uitujf ia i n nwci 3, ur 0llCCr9 i n - fl - . ml . m civil iu .ice. Le innrumentai in cxecuui 1? and outtmir r., j.. any 01 his iwajeity s luOjccis witnin tne :a :a colonies, Plant ocs and Province?. ' contained is meant, or mail beconltrued I . let at libertv anu ine cunuuutiGcc ui uus rcue.jion luaii u .'tjoie a prjjoner or u Lne.-s. And we offer to the colonies at large, or feparatelv a r,e.,. ieparate peace, with the revival of their antient governmenf i ' l r ii MiWiXiiiii. n 1 1 v i in ii i r i-iiiiiiux i rn . i Miiiiri ion r , ;rom taxation Dy o. cat ar;:a:n. And with reipect to fuch far. i.: L -i . ' '' ' i iner xceuiaiiuns, wociner civn, ir.imary, or cummerciai. as rK B9J Villi l QUIVM H VllHVlllllVV) T V j,' I ' I I I v ail Hlv COf r .: w Vii and enables us to give. And we declare that this Manifetto and Proclamation fhal! con- imuc, anu oe in jorce rortj uays rrom tnej aate tnereor, that it vtmber, both incluiive. A I : -1. . I i t . , f . ' n tr a. M n r r i f in rr f i a v r n aa w t aa -ntron.rt "v r -a t r i" -i i t .. i . i rrcciamation may De more tuly Knovin we ihall direct copies thereof both in the Rnoitth and firm. lano'isoe rn lm M-ir.j. b o 1 ted by flags of truce to the Congrefs, the general affrmblses or converCons of the Colonies Plantations, and Province, and to fcveral perfons botn in civil and military capacities within the faid Colonies, Plantations, and Provinces. And for the fafc fprnri'v in fim-s tr rnmp r( rnc fouvral n.-Anc nntik.. i' " 7 - - w wa.sw w. . A .W.lUt Ly 1 , 1 i J 1(1 11 U 1UU.1.1 111 . r " i fenpnons of perlons who are or may be uhe obiecls of this Mani- wfltn inn . i ( , a m a f i on u hum i.r mn Kl,. .. I . . teen copies thereof, and have tranfmitted the fame to the Thir- xwHuua auu xiutit.v.. , auu V CUtCTH II 'J IJ CrJ , r, 3 we are willing to hope that the whole of this Manifefto and Pro clamation wib be fairly and freely published and circulated for i Y m rr ' rnji ui .4 . .1 . - it J i : ' J-'-ui inn ft " " " " uv,i- ui: uj f,ui; UUCIdU UIl ai:,l New-York, New JeHcy, Penntyivania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Maryland, irinia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia ; And Whereas the good effects of the faid authorities and powers towards the people at large, would have long fince taken place, if a dae ufe had been made of our firft communications and overtures, and have thus far been frustrated only by the precipitate resolution of the members of the Ccn grefs not to treat with us, and by their declining to conlult with their ccnllituen t5 ; we now in making otr apce-1 to thofe coniti tuents, and ro the free inhabitant of this ccnticent in general, have determined to give to them wha; in our opinion lb- u;d have been the rri rbjcdt of thefe who iftpteared to have ;kvn itic na nagement of their interelh ; and adopt this ni dc ol carrying ihe faid authorities and powers into execution. H'e accordingly here by grant and prod :itn a farden or fardons of alt. ont all manner treajons er mifprifions et tuujtns, by any ptrjon or perjons, or by any number cr dejcnpticn cf perfons iuiit?in the juid Cclonns, Plantations 0r Provinces. connjil!tdt commanded, aided, cr done on or before tve date of tbtt hidmiftfto and Proclatnancn. And we rar.her declare and proclaim, that if any perfon or perfcrs, or any number cr defcriptii n of perf;ns within the faid Co!orie, Plantations and ProiiiCt, now actuall) fciving either io 4 mi! or nuirary capacity in this rebeliion, ihall, at any time, during ir continuance ot this Mani feltn and ProclumatKm, withdraw hir':- )' or sliemfelves fr. m fach. civil or military fer ka and ihall cottinue thenccf-i-h peaceably as a good and I o L E L. S.) N T O N ,'L. S..1 E N (L. S.) B O S T September 24. O N, mm a 1 m .u r. 1. I in our ia, we mentioned the ravages of tne enemv umm the X fjuth fhore, fince which, we have received the following har tuuJars of their hellilh tranfadions, at Martha's Vineyard, viz. The enemy's fhet began to fail wetward from the Vineyard, the morr.inc of the 1 rth. rn rhp nnmK-r nc craft, ard by the morning of the i6:h, rtlghJands of Wood's H :le. A boat from the V to iia. nttable the morning of the 16'h. with inrliifnr. Kr they demanded io.coo iheep; 4.00 head of horned cattle; all the arm?, ammunition, and accoutrements on the iflanc, and con - 2 Hups, behdes ftr.all w?re out of fight of tjhe inevard reru nd
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