rica, if we do not submit. At this rate, what security have we of our lives, liberties, and all we hold dear? Was it ever known that the Parliament did give and grant the landed property of any country or town in England into the King's power for ever? No, this is what no Parliament ever thought it had a right to do, even in the country which it represents. But what they cannot do in England, they undertake to do here. Indeed, if we are to be governed by English Parliaments, we must expect that they will lay upon us what they would not venture to lay upon their own constituents. They have actually now voted away certain property of Americans, which they dare not do of the English themselves. No Minister could, have the boldness to propose such a thing with the City of London.

This, ye base advocates for Parliamentary power in America, this is the blessed fruit of your doctrines. The matter now speaks for itself, and it is out of your power to disguise it. And now, whether supported by place or pension, or only formed to slavish principles by connection and interest, I call upon you to vindicate these proceedings. It has often been to me a wonder, that any set of men who breathe American air can find it in their hearts to wish America enslaved, and their children to grow up under chains; that any set of men, nourished by its bread, and drawn from the kennel of obscurity by American bounty, should advocate the cause of American thraldom. I have often been astonished that, in the midst of a free and spirited people, there should be found a wretch so insolent as to hold up his head in company and speak against the rights of an injured and oppressed country. These intestine enemies are more to be feared than the arms of Britain herself. Mark every man, my dear countrymen, who on this occasion slyly attempts to divide you, or weaken your zeal; withdraw your countenance and support from him; give it to those who merit it, and set him down as a traitor.

A CAROLINIAN.

Charlestown, S. C, June 20, 1774.

Letters from the Southern parts of North Carolina assure us, that the inhabitants there will go as far in defence of American liberty as can be expected; and recommend, if a Congress should be deemed the first step necessary to be taken, that subscriptions, or rather collections, be set on foot throughout the Continent, to raise and remit a sum of money to the community in Boston, for the relief of the most distressed of our suffering brethren there, who must stand in equal need of such assistance as if their town had been destroyed by fire. And we have the pleasure to learn, that the inhabitants of this Province generally, seem ready to contribute their mite as soon as proper persons are named to receive what their benevolent hearts shall induce them to offer.

FREDERICK COUNTY (MARYLAND) RESOLUTIONS.

At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Frederick County, Maryland, held at the Court House in said County, on Monday, the 20th of June, 1774.

Mr. JOHN HANSON, Chairman.

1st. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting that the town of Boston is now suffering in the common cause of America, and that it is the duty of every Colony in America to unite in the most effectual means to obtain a repeal of the late Act of Parliament for blocking up the harbour of Boston.

2d. That it is the opinion of a great majority of this meeting, that if the Colonies come into a joint resolution to stop all imports from, and exports to, Great Britain and the West Indies, till the Act of Parliament for blocking up the harbour of Boston, as well as every other Act oppressive to American liberty, be repealed, the same may be the means of preserving to America her rights, liberties, and privileges.

3d. That therefore this meeting will join in an Association with the several counties in this Province, and the principal Colonies in America, to put a stop to all exports to, and imports from, Great Britain and the West Indies, shipped after the 25th day of July next, or such other day as may be agreed on, until the said Act shall be repealed; and that such Association shall be upon oath.

4th. That we, the inhabitants of Frederick County, will not deal, or have any connections with that Colony, Province or town, which shall decline or refuse to come into similar resolutions with a majority of the Colonies.

5th. That no suit shall be commenced, after the stop shall be put to imports and exports, for the recovery of any debt due to any person whatsoever, unless the debtor be about to abscond, or, being applied to, shall refuse to give bond and security.

6th. That Messrs. John Hanson, Thomas Price, George Scott, Benjamin Dulany, George Murdock, Philip Thomas, Alexander C. Hanson, Baker Johnson, and Andrew Scott, be a Committee to attend the general Congress at Annapolis, and that those gentlemen, together with Messrs. John Cary, Christopher Edelen, Conrad Grosh, Thomas Schley, Peter Hoffman, and Archibald Boyd, be a Committee of Correspondence to receive and answer letters, and on any emergency to call a general meeting, and that any six shall have power to act.

Ordered, That these Resolves be immediately sent to Annapolis, that they may be printed in the Maryland Gazette. Signed by order,

ARCHIBALD BOYD, Clerk of the Committee.

JOHN DICKINSON TO JOSIAH QUINCY, JUN.

Fairhill, June 20, 1771.

DEAR SIR: I sincerely thank you for your kind letter, and the present attending it. This, without flattery, I think highly valuable, and it gives me; inexpressible pleasure to find myself addressed in so friendly a manner by a gentleman I so heartily wish to call a friend.

As far as I have been able to collect the sense of the Colonies, they are very unanimous in the measure you mention of a Congress. You, and your worthy fellow-sufferers, would receive a glimpse of joy, amidst your distresses, to know with what sympathy the inhabitants of this Province consider your case. What never happened before, has happened now. The country people have so exact a knowledge of facts, and of the consequences attending the surrender of the points in question, that they are, if possible, more zealous than the citizens who lie in a direct line of information. Doubt not that everything bears a most favourable aspect. Nothing can throw us into a pernicious confusion, but one Colony's breaking the line of opposition, by advancing too hastily before the rest. The one which dares to betray the common cause, by rushing forward, contrary to the maxims of discipline established by common sense, and the experience of ages, will inevitably and utterly perish.

May God Almighty bless you, and my beloved brethren of Boston and Massachusetts Bay. My heart is full. The time will come, I hope, when I may congratulate them on a more stable security of their liberty than they ever yet have enjoyed. I am, sir, with truth, your very affectionate and very humble servant,

JOHN DICKINSON.

J. Quincy, Jun.

P. S. Our country people appear to me to be very firm. They look to the last extremity with spirit. It is right they should, if they will submit their resentment to the guidance of reason.

Boston, June 20, 1774.

I have read with attention several pieces in the public papers, the authors of which seem to acknowledge the injustice and cruelty of the Act of Parliament, which immediately distresses Boston, and is evidently intended to enslave America; and they propose a submission to tyranny in order to be relieved from it, since, "On the side of the oppressor is power." This is certainly an important question, and deserves our most serious attention; and, after mature deliberation, many important reasons appear against paying for the tea, or any submission to the present tyranny.

1. The tea was sent here for the wicked purpose of enslaving the Colonies, and the people were under the necessity of destroying it to prevent the evils which were