The New Hampshire Gazette

From the Boston Evening-Post, April 18.

The unavoidable Consequences of War are Decay of Trade, and heavy Taxes: and as Numbers of Hands are taken off, the Farmer as Well as the Mechanic and Manufacturer must share in the common Calamity. The Situation and Circumstances of this Country must add to
These Burthens, and in Proportion to the Poverty of the Inhabitants, the Scarcity of Money and Dearness of Labour; and as two Years are already past since a general Attempt, tho' to very little Purpose to remove the Encroachments of our rapacious Neighbours, and to give a Check to their growing Greatness, it behoves us to exert our utmost Efforts, and that immediately; especially if we consider every Season increases the Difficulty, and renders us less able to furnish either Men or Money; and the French on the contrary more and more able from the constant Supplies of Men and Money yearly pow'r'd in by the Rivers St. Lawrence and Mississippi; and altbo' our Numbers may at present far exceed theirs, yet how long we shall have the Superiority in that respect no one knows; and tho' that should be the Case for some Time to come, yet when we consider the different kind of People they send to their Settlements, to those we have Settled, they may soon be an overmatch in War; theirs being chiefly like the old Roman Settlers, Soldiers bred to Arms, and inured to Hardships from their Cradle; ours chiefly Husbandmen and Mechanics. And since this is the Case, let each one of us endeavour some Way or other to contribute to this necessary Work, as every Individual who promotes the public Happiness, must himself share in the common Benefit, in Proportion to his Property and Possessions. And as Mr. Addison observes, "Zeal for the public Good, is the Characteristic of a Man of Honour, and a Gentleman, and must take Place of Pleasures, Profits, and all other private Gratifications: That whoever wants this Motive is an open Enemy, or an inglorious Neuter to Mankind, in proportion to the misapplied Advantages with which Nature and Fortune have blessed him."

Shall we see a noble Earl exposing himself to all the Dangers of the boisterous Ocean, the Fatigues and Ambuscades of the howling Wilderness, and that merely from Love to his Country and Loyalty to his Prince, and not glow with an uncommon Ardour, to imitate his truly noble Virtues, and share his Dangers, that we may reap at least the Gleanings of his Laurels? Rouse my Countrymen, arm for the Battle, and by your Speed annihilate the few Leagues that separate you from the Frontiers of those Blood hounds that surround you, and let them feel the Heat of your Fury, enkindled by Loyalty to your King, and Love for your Country, your Wives, your Children, your Religion.

AMERICUS.