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Show I. H I I: 10 ] _ With an humble Confidence in the Mercies ofthe Iiipreme and impartiad Judge and Ruler of the Univerfe, we molt dcvoutly implore his divine (Stoodnels to conduct us happily thio' this great Conflict, to dil‘pole our Adverl'a- ties to Reconciliation on rcalonable Terms, and thereby to relieve the EJ‘HPIIL" from the Calamities oi" a Civil War. ' ' 3y Order of CONGRess, JOHN IHIAE'QCOCK, Prtrsrurnr. Attelled, CHARLES TI"IOI\LlPSON, SECRETARY. Philadelphia, 714/} 6, 177 5. After the molt valuable Right of Legiflarion was infringed, when the I'owcrs aliumed by your I‘arliament, in which we are not repreiented, and I. om our local and other Cireuml‘ranees cannot properly be reprclented, reu- dcred our Property precarious; after being denied that Mode old Trial to which ue have long: been indebted tor the Safety oi our i'erliins, and the I'reletvatitm oi" our Liberties -, alter being; in man} Inftances direll‘ed ol‘thol‘e Laws, whiel ucre tranlhiitted to ,3» by our common Ancellors, and tulriccted to an arbitrary Cole, compiled under the Aulpices of Roman 'I.‘}'rants; alter annulling thole Charters which encouraged our Predeeeilors to brave Death and Danger in every Shape on unknown 0§0°§05¥>Xk<>0§06§6§ 31¢®b$§°°fi¢°i§d>®§<©sficfi Ri'éDC‘EI'v‘OlO aficoficcfioofioogmn Seas, in Delhrts unexplored, amidll I.)arbarous and inho- ‘17,»: TVVIZLVIC UNITED COLONIES, by their D5LLcA'rrs 2‘22 CONGRESS, to 2/16 INHABITANTS afG REAT BRITAIN. Ipitable Nations! Frima'r, Comzhymm, and Bron/Bree, 'E Y theirs, and by every other Appellation. that may defignarc the 'I‘ies which bind US to each other, we intreat your ierions Attention to this our lecond Attempt to prevent their I'liilblution. Remembrance of former Il‘riendihips, Pride in the glorious Atehievements of our common Anceftors, and Afi‘ec‘tion for the Heirs of their Virtues, have hitherto preferred our mutual Connection. slut when that Friendlhip is violated by the gi‘ollel't In» juries, when the Pride of Ancefiry becomes our Reproach, and we are no otherwife allied than as Tyrants and Slaves, \\ hen reduced to the melancholy Alternative of renounc- ing your Favour or our Freedom, can we hefitate about the Choice P Let the Spirit of Britons determine. In a former Addrefs we allertetl our 'dghts, and dated the Injuries We had then received. \Ve hoped that the hlention of our \Vrongs would have routed that honel't Indignarion which has flept too long for your Honour, or the VVelt‘are of the Empire. But we have not been per- mitted to entertain this pleafing Expectation ; every Day brought an Accumulation of Injuries, and the Invention of the Minil‘try has been conllantly exerciIed in adding to the Calamities of your American Brethren. ' After when, without the Form of Trial, without a public AecuIation, whole Colonies were condemned ; their Trade deIIroyed; their Inhabitants impoverifhed ; when Soldiers were encouraged to embrue their Hands in the Blood of Americans by OlIers of Impunity ; when new Modes of Trial were inltituted for the Ruin of the Accrued, where the Charge carried with it: the Horrors of Conviction ; when a (lei-potic Government was eliablilhed in a neighbouring Province, and its Li- mits extended to every of our frontiers, we little imagined that any thing could be added to this black Cata~ logue of unprovoked Injuries; but we have unhappily been deceived , and the late Ii/Iealures of the Britilh mi- nillry fully convince us, that their Objefi is the Reduction of thefe Colonies to Slavery and Ruin. To confirm this Allertion let us recal your Attention to the Ali‘irirs of America, fince out but Addrels ; let us combat the Calumni‘es oil our Enemies, and let us warn you of the Dangers that threaten you in our Delirut‘rion. hIany of your Fellow-Subjefis, whole Situation deprived them of other Support, drew their I'tlarntenance hour the Sea -, but tlv: Deprivation of our I,.iherty being inIuliicient to Intisfy the Relentment or our Enemies, the Horrors or Famine were Inperadded, and a Britdh Parliament, who, in better 'I‘imes, were the Proter‘lors of Innocence, and the I'atrons of Humanity, have, without Dillinétion of Age or hex, robbed Thoufands or the Food which they were accuftomed to draw from that it exliatiltztble IS 2 Source |