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Show €51] [50] BUT however relufiantly we proceeded in CXtCfiK lth‘f the calamities of war to our lillow count ryman, and lrrengthemng ourfelves by the Capture ofthole riches: which were [0 be employed for our dellruciion, the molt {ednlmis attention was paid to avoid and to alleviate the c: Ximitics VHELEAS the petitions of the United Colonies to the king, i'or the redreis of great and manifold grievances, have not only been rejected, but treated with lcorn and t‘zn‘itsnitii, and the uppolition to deligns evidently lm‘mcd to r :3» \t then} to a {late of firrvile fuljtc‘lion, and their 1; c- ‘lirv (lel‘tnce againtl hollile forces actually employed to Subtitle them, declared rebellion, and whereas an un~ iuét war hath been commenced ag'tiiif'r them, which the L(.'\l7]lT'Ielll£l;'i'S or the liritilh fleets and armies have profecurttl, and Hill continue to prefarute, with their utmofl: vrqour, and in a cruel ma mer wailing, lipoiling, and de- ".1IIHI.I p too necellirrily atttnding a contel‘c {0 important and to li'uitliil in diltrefs. For not only was the mot": gener ous proviiion natal: to clothe and I) feed thoie priio‘m‘s V whom the fortune of war had placed iv our power, it 1': l the ,., . .. ‘ provocations they had received 17 ' 't‘llltllittc lllLll‘llu‘dlllS to revenge, we th that on the c nr/A‘ , "unitary, 1 the Lonsr 5 came to the toilowntg l'i'lLilLLlOll, vnz. NJ: ‘ ‘ v ‘ ' ‘ ' " VVHEREAS the execrable liathai'ity with which this unhappy war has been condue‘ted on the part of our enemies, l‘uch as burningr our dellncelefs towns and vil- £55m: the country, burning houtbs and defencclefs lagts, expofing their inhabitants, without regard to fix towns; and expofing the lid is inhabitants to every wit? ry from the inclemeney of the winter, and not only t'igizig 1717an to invade me country, but mitigating neon-org to murder their mailers; and whereas the par- or age, to all the milbries which lolis oi" pinerty, the rigour of the (salon, and inhuman devai'tation can inflict, F . exerting ClGli‘til'ilC inturreétions and murders, bribing tirvages to defoiate our frontiers, and calling li'l‘h tl\ of us as the fortune of war has put in their power, into goalQ "' there to languifh in irons and in want, com'ielli'ig the liltlid'lit of Great-Britain hath lately polled an aé'r, affirm" g 1513!: colonies to b: in open rebellion, forbidding all trade and conirrzerce with the iirhflbitants thereof, until thwy {hill accept pardons, and l‘ubmit to eel'potic rule, (leclnrinf; t "r property, wherever found upon the water, lzable :oiteu'iu'e and conli ration, and enaeungz', that What had l‘x‘el} done there, by Virtue at the royal authority, wrre iuit and lawful aits, end {hall be .Co dttmed, from all which it is manitiei‘t, that the iniquitous {chemo conce:ted to d;prive tltetn of the lioerty they have a right to by the law» of I‘uil‘ilt't‘. and the Englifh cotillitution, will be p: 1".ll12'tClt;'L!llV {itirf‘aagd : it being therefore ncctllhry to provide {or their dttlnce and ll=curity, an jrillil'iahle tO' lTiIlléi reinitala upon thtir enemies, and other-wile to annoy tizm according to the laws and ulhges of nations, the Congrtl}, trulting that fu-ch of their friends in Great~ Britain (of whom it is could-ted there are many intitled to :ippianfe and gratitude for their patriotitm and benevo» ltnx, and in whole favour a difcrimination of property cannot be made) as {l'tall fuller by captures, will imputc it to the authors of our common calamities, do declare and retolvc, as followeth," BUT inhabitants of Boipton, in violation of the treziry, to remain confined within the town, expoftcl to the inlblence of the loltliery, and other encrmities, at the mention of which decency and humanity will ever blulh, may jultly provoke the inhabitants of theie colonies to rataliate; " REbOLVED, That it be recommended to them to continue mindful that humanity ought to dillinguifh the brave, that cruelty {hould find 110 admillion among a free jeople, and to take care that no page. in the annals of America he llained by a recital of aiiy aétion which itil'tice or chrittianity may condemn, and to rell all'ured that whenever retaliation may be neeclliiry or tent] to their te- curity, this Congrcfs will undertake thedilhgrecable talk." IT mull be remarkcd, that this retolution was pallitl when the mot": ample means of retaliation were in our power, and the affairs of America wore the molt promife» in; alipeft, for the defeat before Quebec was not yet known, but, on the contrary, it was exrpeeted that ca‘ 1 G 2 ' pital |