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Show 1' H3 1 t,i.c..i {LLA thoic honois under the banners of' th'. If Tll‘lll'u ll" lmercrgn, "11d in fighting the battles of the united Liitifli cmpiie againfi our late mutual and natural enemy. flu/3" ilreitBiitiiin, and lie irr "sofable (‘Rjfi‘f'tt'e‘t't't of p: ivilepe conlilluit with th'it 1:12 i (my/2.7m]; A y of interell‘s and force on which our llHIlU'Il prciperity ant.l the litiety of our com-nion rt lizjioli and liberty depend. ‘) )\‘f ‘ ,. . u ' "x x'( ‘ V I, . 4 . . ‘ . . ' 3. K \Ve attei'i allL-rt, that final by their the in; iiiheis olithe Congrats were not at: the previous VViidOlIt r5; nlii our meet tUHll iiution (iiher to and .z‘illiiidzlies {event the all eonli'nt :ind :oiitiiliratioii Lorin-iitioiitz, their conititnents, o: to rel-er ti'i to pre- Tilllllkl {onion treaties, which they know are delulively framed in the hill inllzinee, iiiitl which have never yet been " To thol'e whole profefiion it is to exercife the {unflions of religion on this continent, it cannot furelv be un- lcnown, that the foreign power with which the Congreli‘. is endeavor-lug to connect them, has ever been averle to And we once toleration, and inveterate-1y oppofed to the intei'ell's and freedom of the places of worfhip which they ferve; and that Gran-Britain, from whom they are for the prefent {e- more remind the members of the Congielh, that they are anl of proteltantihn, be at all times the bell guardian of rutilied by the people of this continent. ielpenlihle to their countrymen, to the world, and to (30d, for the continuance of this war, and for all the mi eries with which it mutt be attended, " To the General Alliniblics and Conventions of the (lilli‘rrnt colonies, plantations and provinces above-map ol'rers which we ori~ the y make li'tmrntel we now iioneil, l a. ‘ ' I . , . HEMlI/Uii r eiiially tt‘aiitniittcd to the Lonqrels ; and we hereby cad upon and urge them to meet exprelsly for the purpofe of (‘uiilidering whether every motive, political as well :18 moral, thmild not decide their relolution to embrace the creation of cementing 21 free and firm coalition with It his not been, nor is it, our Willi, to (lreat-llritain. we are c‘tuiiniifhoned to pnrliue, by which felt the olvdieéls flimeniiiu; popular (ll\ i'fions and partial cabals; we think liith (‘Olullleli would 3': ill liiited to the generous nature of the oll‘i‘rs made, and unbecoming the dignity of" the king; and. the {late which makes thtiii. But it is both our with and our duty to ciicitiirage :iiid liiipport any men or bodies (it nun in their return of loyalty to our ibvereign and (if. all-flion to our l‘LJllUWAlitlllefilS. " To all others, free inhabitiiiits of this once happy em ~ piie, we alto addrels ourlelves. Such of them as are iitlually in aims, of whatloever rank or dclbrhition, will r‘o ‘.\'t'll to rictullet‘t, tlrit the grievances, whether reiil or liitl":)li‘.l, vtliith led tli m into this rebellion, have been .31 I‘:.‘l‘it()‘.'i"tl, and tli.it tl e jiilt oeezilion is arrived for j tiv ir It turning: to the clali; of peaceful citizens. l'lut it ill: houcra rain lililitnry liih‘at‘e‘ libertine their oliieifl, lCt; ' parated, mull, both from the principles of her conltitution i-t*li%iiitis li ierty, and molt tliliiollil to promote and extent it. " To all thofe who can efiimate the blefiings of peace, and its influence over :‘grieultiire, arts and commerce, who i an feel a due anxiety for the education and elixiblilhmcnt of. their cl‘iildreii, or who can place a jull‘ value on do- riellic lecuriti', we think it filflicient to obliri'e, that they :ire made by their leaders to continue involved in all the calamities ol- war, without having either a jizlt objefl to pui‘l‘ue, or a lublil'ting grievance which may not intliiiitly he rcdrellld. " BUT if there be airy perliins who, diver td of millalten refeiitment‘s, and uninthieiiced by {ellilh interells‘, really think thtit it is for the benefit of the colonies to tepariiie IllCiIlirL‘lVf‘S from Great-Britain, and that, to li‘parated, they will find :1 conliirution more mild, more free, anti httter calculated for their proliuerity than that which they lle‘l‘t,?';li:1't .rnioyed, and which we are tiitpsiwercd and dilipoled to renew and improve; with l‘uch pertilns we will not dil'pntc a pohtion which {twins to be iiihciently con- tradicted by the experience they h.i\e liiid. llut we think it right to leave them fully aware of the change which the Z‘L'tlilllf_1lilll‘.§: fucli 21 polition mull make in the whole na- ture 2.22:1 future conduert of this viii"; more elpeeiiilly when to this polition is :iddcd the pretended alliance with the court oi" Franetu---Tlie policy, as well :is the benevolence at Mil (Jie:it~lli‘it;iiii, have thus far checked the extremes war, P ~theui '-i.'«‘?..x.r.-"¢.UHL ' |