meeting in Savannah, on the 10th instant, of a Convention of Committees chosen by the different Parishes, when it is believed proper resolutions will be entered into, and perhaps Deputies may also be appointed to represent that Colony at the intended Congress.*

Letters from the West India Islands show that they are much alarmed with apprehensions that the British Colonies on this Continent will discontinue to supply them with provisions; and that they will rather withhold their exports to Great Britain, than perish with hunger or eat each other,†

ACCOMACK COUNTY (VIRGINIA) RESOLUTIONS.

At a Meeting of a very respectable body of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Accomack, at the Court House, July 27, 1774,

JAMES HENRY, Esq., in the Chair:

The meeting taking into their serious consideration the present critical and alarming situation of this country, respecting her present disputes with Great Britain, do unanimously Resolve as follows:

1st. That we do owe, and will pay, due allegiance to his Majesty King George the Third.

2dly. That all his Majesty's subjects in America, are, by birth-right, entitled to all the rights and immunities of British born subjects; one of which, and of the greatest importance is, that no tax, aid, tallage, or other imposition, shall be laid upon them but by their own consent, by their Representatives.

3dly. That the town of Boston, in our sister Colony, is now suffering in the common cause of American liberty.

4thly. That the powers claimed by the British Parliament, arid now carrying into execution against the town of Boston, are fundamentally wrong, and cannot be admitted without the utter destruction of American liberty, and are intended to operate equally against the rights and liberties of the other Colonies.

5thly. That the inhabitants of this county, confiding in the prudence and abilities of their Representatives, who are to meet their brethren at Williamsburg, on the 1st day of August next, will cheerfully submit to any measures which may be concluded upon at the said general meeting, as best to be adopted for restoring harmony between the mother country and her Colonies.

6thly. Ordered, That these Resolves be forthwith printed.

JOHN POWELL, Clerk.

PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY (VIRGINIA) RESOLUTIONS.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Princess Anne, on due notice given by one of the late Representatives, held at the Court House of the said county, on Wednesday, the 27th day of July, 1774, they, after choosing

ANTHONY LAWSON, ESQUIRE, MODERATOR,

Came to the following Resolutions, viz:

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that it is an absolute right inherent in every British American subject, to have and enjoy such freedoms and privileges as belong to the free people of England; and that he cannot be taxed but by his own consent, or Representative.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that every attempt to impose taxes by any other authority, is a tyrannical exertion of power, and a violation of the constitutional and just rights and liberties of the subject; and that the Acts for blocking up the harbour of Boston; for altering the chartered Constitution of the Massachusetts Bay; and for the suppression of riots and tumults, are cruel and oppressive invasions of the natural rights of the people of the said Province, as men, and of their constitutional rights as English subjects.

Resolved, That the town of Boston and Province of Massachusetts Bay, are now suffering in the common cause of America, as the said Acts would lay a foundation for the utter destruction of the rights and liberties of the subjects of British America.

Resolved, That our Burgesses be hereby instructed to use their utmost endeavours at the ensuing Congress at Williamsburg, to procure a general Association for stopping all importation from, and exportation to, Great Britain, except such articles as shall be there agreed upon, as the most effectual means to obtain redress; the non-importation and non-exportation to take place on such future day

* A number of respectable Freeholders and Inhabitants met at the Watch-house, in Savannah, on the 27th of July. JOHN GLENN, Esq., was chosen Chairman.

Sundry Letters and Resolutions received from the Committees of Correspondence at Boston, Philadelphia, Annapolis, Williamsport, North Carolina, and Charlestown, were presented and read. A motion was made, that a Committee be appointed to draw up Resolutions to be entered, into, by the inhabitants of this Province, nearly similar to those of the Northern Provinces. A debate arose thereon, and the motion was carried by a large majority. It was resolved that the following gentlemen should constitute that Committee, viz: John Glenn, John Smith, Joseph Clay, John Houstoun, Noble Wimberly Jones, Lyman Hall, William Young, Edward Telfair, Samuel Farley, George Walton, Joseph Habersham, Jonathan Bryan, Jonathan Cockran, George Mclntosh, Sutton Bankes, William Gibbons, Benjamin Andrew, John Winn, John Stirk, Archibald Bullock, James Screven, David Zubly, Henry Davis Bourquin, Elisha Butler, William Baker, Parmenus Way, John Baker, John Mann, Jolm Benefield, John Stacey, and John Morel. Several gentlemen objected to Resolutions being immediately entered into, as the inhabitants of the distant Parishes might not have had sufficient notice of their objects. It was therefore resolved, that the meeting be adjourned until the 10th of August; and that the Chairman should, in the mean time, write to the different Parishes, and Districts upon the subject, that it was expected they -Would send Deputies to join the Committees at that time; and that the number of Deputies be proportioned to the Representatives usually sent to the General Assembly. It was also resolved, that the Resolutions agreed upon and entered into at the next meeting, by a majority of the said Committee then met, should be deemed the sense of the inhabitants of this Province.—M'Call.

† The following is written by Colonel SAMUEL MARTIN, the father of his Excellency JOSIAH MARTIN, Esq., Governour of NORTH CAROLINA, a most sensible, venerable, and universally beloved gentleman, a native of ANTIGUA, sincerely attached to the liberty of his country, and an ornament to human nature:

"I was surprised to see in your Papers, the account of the late Convention at Boston, which began with a devout prayer to God, but was followed by impious Resolutions, of starving the British Sugar Colonies, so inconsistent with the natural benevolence due to our fellowcreatures, which is a leading principle of Christianity; for, to love, and do good to each other, is the great characteristick of the Disciples of Jesus Christ, or the mark of distinction between Christians and Heathens. Are not such Resolutions, after solemn addresses to the Throne of Mercy, a mockery of God? Beware my brother Colonists, least such a flagrant impicty may not draw down the judgments instead of the blessings of Heaven.

"But how do the inhabitants of the Sugar Colonies deserve the resentment of Boston and the other American Colonies? Is it because they have not entered into the same resentment against the mother country? Alas! what avails the resentment of such small communities if inclined to it. Every British subject must see the absurdity of a former wicked Minister, who first adopted the plan of taxing the Colonios by a Legislature, in which they have no Representatives: it is a contrary to the fundamental principles of the British Constitution. Yet that very Legislature repealed all the Tax Acts of America, except a very small tax upon tea, which was retained, not with views of increasing the Revenue, but as a mark of the dependency of the Colonies upon the mother country; and I dare say that power of the British Legislature to impose rational taxes upon the Colonies, will never be exerted against them; yet this single instance is to be lamented, because it is contrary to the ancient rights of all the Colonies, where Legislatures were established by lawful authority, from their first settlement; and in those Legislatures of each Island and Province, the people had their Representatives according to the fundamental Constitution of the British Government; for that very reason it is a point to be lamented, and indeed opposed, with the moderation of good subjects: not with rage and popular fury, kindled by a few firebrands.

"But what hath the Sugar Colonies to do with all this combustion? Must they be starved for what they cannot remedy? An hard measure indeed, to be inflicted by our brethren and fellow Christiana of North America. Yet to be dreaded from those, who for many years have treated their sister Colonies, the Sugar Islands, as aliens; for they sell their produce among them for gold and silver, which they lay out for the like produce of the French, Dutch, and Danish Islands, by a clandestine trade, contrary to the laws of commerce, to the great injury of all fair traders, and of the British Sugar Colonies.

"But is this principle of smuggling consistent with reason or Christianity? Surely not, for next to our duty to God, it is our duty to promote the great good and happiness of that society whereof we are members: and whatever smugglers may think of such an unjust practice, they must give a severe account of it at the great tribunal of Heaven. I hope private gain cannot justify publick injury.

"But it is said if the British Sugar Colonies are to be starved, what will the North Americans do with their own produce? To this they have a pat and ready answer, that they can dispose of their produce to all the foreign Nations of Europe and America. Are they sure of this? Are they sure that the Navy of Britain will not have orders to make captures of all their vessels found laden with foreign manufactures and production? even at the entrance of their own ports. Surely this is a vain expectation, absolutely inconsistent with common sense, and therefore I beg leave to advise our brethren of North America to treat all their sister Colonies with a benignity well becoming such near relations, who give freights to many of the largest ships of Boston, to the great emolument of that city, and its Province; for which and many other benefits, by way of requital, the Sugar Colonies are to be starved—Heu pietas, heu prisca fides.!"