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Show ,m dukw‘arma',~_ ‘ W, I,~,__MMMW,MWW 22 REVIEW, [23] To tke Right Honourable Lard DARTMOUTH, Secretary of &c. than he is now convinced mull: be employed. Here lay State for AMERICA. 5* the deception he complains of; and he is therefore deter- Philadelphia, fan. 1, 1776. mined to fend his terms with fueh an armed force, as he expeéts will frighten you into a compliance. Does this look like the conduét of one who defigns to relinquifh his claims .9 Were he fcnlible of the injuflice of his proceedings, and the wrongs he has done us, he would fpeak a very different language. Why does he call you [My Lard, OU are the miniiler of the American department. You have the clzara‘eler of a religious man, a rare virtue in a modern itatelinan. it has become my duty and interef't to addrefs you, on the prefent circumfiances rebels? Vv'hy call in foreign troops.P Why lament fo pathetically, that the extenfive operations of the war he of affairs in America. means to carry on againl't you, will exhaullt his funds their mother country; the honour, the glory of Great and increafe the public debts, while he has not a {ingle Britain, they efieemed as their greateft happincfs; a large portion of the fame affection remains; nothing but repeated injuries and injuf'tiee could have leilEtied it. , My LOrd, from a wanton and avarieious exereife of power, the miniltry of Great Britain have heaped injuries on the heads of the Americans, that no one period of hii'rory can parallel. ' tear to lhed, not a groan, nor as much as a ligh for all the blood already fpilt, and yet to fpill? O l--if thy minifiers intentions are not evil againfi us, why not heatken to the repeated prayers of thy difirefléd fubjcéts in America? Why not recall thy troops, repeal the aéts, in- demnify us for what we have (uttered, and offer any further {ccurity to our rights 3 Thou hafi an obedient parliament, which difputes not thy will ; and all this is in thy power, and in no one's elle. Had the King made a {peeeh to the houfe, recommending thefe things, he would have given an unequivocal proof of his honefi: in- tentions, and it mightjufily be termed gracious. But who can trul't a , who, while he {peaks thelanguage of peace and humanity with his lips, has nothing but cru- elty and war in his conduct. The man who does, may have the innocence of the dove, but he cannot be poi- leil'ed of the wifdom of the ferpent. flfrimd to prylerity and mankind. 1 know the Americans well; their firongef'r and ruling paflion was their affection to The praéliee of the Egyptians in fmothering the children of the Ifraelites in the birth, the {words of Cortez and Pizarro, who flew millions of innocent Mexicans and Peruvians, the dreadful famine brought by the bait India company upon the poor Eail: Indians, mul'c all be brought into one feale, to ferve as any fort of balance to the fyf'tem of defolation, that you and your brother minii'ters are meditating and daily praélifing againit the unhappy people of North America. The elements, which the providence of God hath given for all his creatures, you have the prefumption to deprive them of. hire, fword, famine, and defolation, {hew the vicinity of your fleets and armies ; children and fervants are animated to rile and {laughter their benefactors. No fpecies of cruelty, which the wit or malice of man or devils could devife, but are prac‘tifed againlt the Americans. Do you believe in God, my Lord, and direél: thefe things? Do you believe that God made America as well "* When this paper was written and pnblilhed, the Americans were not acqunimcd, that his Lordlhip had retired to another de- partment in the Rate. a D 2 as |
