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Show [60] '[ m; make for the purpofe mentioned ; but, that we could eon" fider ourfelves in no other character than that in which we were placed. by order of Congret‘s. His lordf‘nip then en- that no accomodation was like to take place, {but an end to the conference. . tered into a difcourle of a conliderable length, which con- that his loidiltip's commifiion contained any other authm :rity than that exprellbd in the aot of parliament, namely, tained no explicit propolition or p( ace, except one, namely, That the coloniws tiiouii return to thzir allegiance and ohediem-‘r to the government of Great-Britain. The red eoniillcd prancipany oi animate-:2, that there was an ex- (ICCklll‘lg good ditpohtion in thc‘hincv and his minifl'ers to make that t:0VCl‘lll‘n<.lliL caly to us, with intimations,_ that, in cafe ofour l‘ubmiflion, they would caule the oHenfive ails of parliament to be reviti-d, and the inltruétions t0 governors to be reconlidered 3 that lo, ifany jufi caufes of complaint were foundin the wits, or any errors in govern- ment were perceived to have crept into the inl'tructions, they might be amended or withdrawn. " WE gave it as our opinion to his lordfhip, that a ten '.IIIHI'( turn to the domination ofCrreat-Britain was not now to be expefted. We mentioned the repeated humble petitions of the colonies to the king and parliament, which had been " Upon the whole, it did not appear to your commitee, that of granting pardons, with {itch exceptions as the. «commitiioners {hall think proper to make, and ofdeclaring America, or any part of it, to be in the king's peace, upon l‘uhmiflion : For, as to the power of enquiring into the [late of America, which his lordlhip mentioned to us, and of conferring and conlulting with any pcrfons the commiflioners might think proper, and repreltnting the ret‘ult of fuel: converfittion to the miniltry, who provided the colonies would fubjec‘t themlblves, might after all or might not, at their pleal‘ure, make any alterations in the former inltruétions to governors, or propofe in parliamtnt any amendment of the acts complained of, we apprehended any expee'lation from the elicit of fuch a power would have been too uncertain and precarious to be relied on by America, had {he {till continued in her {late ofdependence." treated with contempt and antWercd only by additional inn juries ; the unexamplcd patience we had {hewn un er their tyrannical government, and that it was not till the late FROM this moment the war raged with the utmolt t‘io-v lence, and was larolecuted by the enemy with unabated act of parliament, which denounced war agaittlt us, and vigor and barbarity. To recite the numerous inltances it! which their faith, folemnly pledged, hath been broken, would be tedious and perhaps utclels: Victory declared herl‘ell‘for a longr time in favor of their fuperior numbers put us out of the king's protection, that we dtclared our Independence; that this declaration had betn called for by the people of the colonies in general; that every colony had approved of it, when made, and all now confidered themfelves as Independent States, and were lettiing or had had at prefent no power to treat with them as independent States, he might, if there was the fame good dil‘pofition and l‘uperiordil‘cipline, and their intblenee was equal to their liuttccls. Unable to comprehend the whole of the ob- jetft they had undertaken, and overjoyed at the acquilition of the minuter parts, already the needy greedy paralites of a voluptuous court had in imagination carved out our poffeflions among them, and wantont'd in the profpce‘t of enjoying the fruits of our litboriot;s indultry. livery thing therefore, which looked like conciliation, was treated as a conceflion flowing from feeblenefs of foul. The {pirit of defpotilin, flufhed with hope and inured to guilt, turned a in Britain, much fooner obtain frt {l1 powers from thence, for that purpofe, than powers could be obtainzd by Con- direéted, well pleas'd, the fiorm of vengeance to the head of fettled their governments accordingly , to that it was not in the power of Congrefs to agree for them, that they {hould return to their former dependent l'tate; that there was no doubt of their inclination to peace, and their wil-= lingnefs to enter into a treaty with Britain, that might be advantageous to both countries; that, though his lordfhip grefs, from the feveral colonies, to content to a fubmiflion. " His ,lordlhip then laying, that he was lorry to find, that hard unfeeling eye upon the miferies of human nature, and freedom. But that full tide ofluecels, which had carried their expectations to high, began to ebb away: The gallant army commanded by Burgoyne, checked by impediments |