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Show 0;; MATTER qf FACT. of Grafton, talks of the rights of America. declares lrlmfelfa \Vhig under the American acceptatioii of thenrord: he even prelhines to afiert, that the General is of the lame ‘leittiinents. I know it is al‘nolutelv neceflary that the army {houin have com-. for-tabla: onartcrs; hiit is it iull, my Lord, that loyal. fuhjet‘ts fnonld have their lioufes crannned with lbldiers, while many who have llt'fi‘ll rebels, and llill would be to if they dared, are exempted E this i aver is the cafe in too many‘inttanees ; even CA p'r. HAMMON'D ' s Evtnnxca. were hogfliead ftaves, my Lord, to make bee f barrels.---Thc trick is too glaring! have f oke V" v ~I . e done it from a convit‘Ition ariffmr D frdirciithi: fmull e)fiotd‘, I hilly 11, and from the intorinatio molt hearty and zealous defire of facing the prefent rehel‘iox '- .\ riea lpeedily crulhed, and law, order, and contiituiitnl'hl1 1‘: [meWI" ty rel ored to that unhappy and deluded countr y, under H U the Britifll government. "Clk‘l‘lold the governor of the province ziéliiig as algeneral oilicer only, while a military governor commands with abfohite power in the city ; and the Mayor ailing under" him, exereifes a civil authority, under a military controul. Still the gr‘x'61:l'lment of New York is far preferable to that of Philadelphia. Great that???" The military governor is a man of rank and churaCter, uncon- Of 1118 '"lmal'y rieéted with provincial party,and uncontaminated With rebellion; it is not neeefiin‘y for him to make a fliow of too much zeal govcrmr' to cover his paft mifdeeds. He is a man inferior to none for good judgment and humanity, and a knowledge not only of that town, but of America in general 2 he a€ts as a father to the people over whom he prefides. Remarks on in The luxury and licentioufnefs ofthe army have reached your" ind'dt‘nf 5" ("53'1" Lordfliip's ears too frequently to make it neceflary for me to ex‘ PM" "mural patiate on that head. What can the nation expect from a lux- urious and licentious army, and an indolent and diflipated general? our affairs abfolutely require the induflry, (economy, 811d I‘E‘gllllil‘itjy' of an Ainlierft; with the fire and genius ot-a A regiment an‘K'lfc' A regiment might be formed of idle, ufelefs comnnfidle cgmmm-M.iaries, quarterqnalhrs, agents, and forage mailers; there are twenty of thefe appoint ients now, where there was one hill war in America. The rebellion will never be at an end, while there are fo many idlers fattening upon the. fpoils of England and America. TWhile our Weft India iflands are in the utinotl dittrefs for lumber, at leaft five hundred thonfand flares are {uf‘ fered to rot in cellars, and on wharfs at Philadelphia, under pretence of a fcrupulous adherence to law, though licences are granted to the vellels of favourites to import cargoes from Llll'lCl" Indulgence to em places, contrary to all law and good poiicy. And though Elfin" 2; $2110 merchant could obtain pcrmiilion to export thefe flares, lief (‘;':m':$‘"‘ "‘1' the commifliiry general was allowed to do it to Corke, under the pretence that it was for the me of the co itractors. "libel: war .i B] {1 SM ._.. Rework: rm SH' flndrcw Sim/be Hammond' J Evidence. Ofii‘ar 0/2 [/23 Cfég/‘apezzr'é [fay/553, Reading the other day in the papers, the examin ation of Sir Parti'llity obAnd. Snape Hammond in the Ho ufe of Commons 1"" ‘ _ . . - e. elati c to feivabl tne Chpi‘dlUOll of the Chefapeak Bay ; I could A not , help obfimV hliif . certain paitiality in the eritleiicr,-,w-l‘h ough I have 3. 1b 1 opinion of the worthy knight s abilities as a fea otlicer yet the vulgar proverb of ell/l my bet/fire" {Id/(7:21 a rni‘rve lirucli , foicit ,..'i.ily. Can i. it' be. fuppo myr: mail . lcd, ‘ that ‘ one whom "U,the noble Lord has railed to the highelt pinnacle of honou r he could, From whom to would not applaud his conduct? if be is admitted on one lide Ohm" fair CVi‘ (7‘ -,- L. I v .1 ' v ' a v. \r ' why not call fime who have felt iiis implacable refentinent ori dmce' i the other fide by way of a balance E or to proceed in the fairell: way, call in thofe who are aéot'eprejmlice (i‘ereral of whom were preterit on the expedition,) and they are the only people to (rive the honourable houfe the molt fanstaftion. b I _could have wiflied to have heard the opinion of the truly heroic Sir James W'allace on this expedition, and feveral others I could point out, but 'tis too late. 118 well known in the navy, that Sir Andrew Shape Ham- The Chefapeaki mood, in preference to older ollicers, had the command of the "Y"? Sl' An‘ fleet at Philadelphia all the winter. Before this he vas Lord dlcw's own ld' .lowe's oracle l I: was he that advifed him, very firgaciotifly,wce' ntjt'to attempt landing in the Delaware; he lays the rebels "light have come down. with their gal-lies, and annoyed our landinsr 3-l16 likewife obferves that they were only Hinze week: longer on the palihge to Chefape.tk.-The lirfl {upoolition is llnpultilile, provided the fleet were properly dit'pofed of, and the etention by the different places wasfiz/Itt‘vo mart/.35. I innit now ohl‘erre that I had the honour to belong to the WW] on that expedition, and beg to all: a few quellidns, and 8ch1 plain narrative of fome theta jufl as they fell out. id not Capt. Lindlay, in his D41lCllV'S frigate the Pearl, His opinion of 353% the whole force of the rebels from the Cape's of Delaware tiltiger in the‘ to YCIILV near Reedy Illand ? Did not the Ro-tliuck, Sir Andrew's own fliip, and Liver- Delaw. Isl-med. pool,‘ when attacked by the gallies, though one was ailcrn, ob.ch Lil-{3m to duliil ? Did I: ;‘.~.~..\9 '3- a]. iiia, have been tilled, and none excufed. Is not thisinequitahie and iniriolitic in a high degree? is not this firemng‘, that to hare hehn in rebellion is the belt road to favour and kind treatment ?‘ there is but one way (if-accounting for fuch conduct. Nah-d LLJ‘~‘\‘7'7-‘ If we turn our eyes to the city of New York,_tve fee the mofl "Cm" )l‘yu‘k fingular and abfurd fvfiem of government imaginable. There ‘ h‘ the hhufes of thole gentlemen, who are now priliniers in Virgii |
