The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

AUGUST 1, 1760747and protecting the Back Settlements of this Province: And appointing Commissionersfor stamping and signing Public Orders for the more easy & expeditiousissuing of the said Sum: And providing a Fund for sinking the saidPublic Orders in Five Years, by a general Tax and Assessment on the Estatesreal and personal, of the Inhabitants & Others interested in this Province.”“An Act for raising and granting to His Majesty the Sum of One hundredand Sixty three Thousand, Seven hundred & Ten Pounds, Six Shillingsand one Penny Farthing, and applying Seventeen Thousand, Four Hundredand Eight Pounds, Eleven Shillings and five Pence (being Surplus of Taxesand the Balance of several Funds in the Public Treasury) making togetherOne hundred Eighty one Thousand, one hundred & Ninety Pounds, SeventeenShillings & Six pence, Farthing, to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the First Day of January to the Thirty first Day of December 1759both Days inclusive: And for other Services therein mentioned.”Ordered That Mr. Wright be added to the Committee to whom the twoMessages brought this Morning from the Lieutenant Governor are referred.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Friday the 1st Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.Mr. Rattray reported from the Committee to whom the LieutenantGovernor’s two Messages brought down Yesterday were referred, That theyhad examined the Matters of the said Messages and come to several Resolutionsthereupon, which they had directed him to report to the House, andhe read the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’sTable: Where the same was read, and is as follows, vizt.That on weighing and considering that Message of his Honour the LieutenantGovernor’s wherein he is pleased to deliver it as his Opinion to theHouse, that the Force of this Province in it’s present Circumstances cannotbe exerted with any Advantage in carrying on an offensive War against theCherokees, but that a Plan of defensive Operations ought rather to be concertedfor securing this Province against the Incursions of Indians; the Committeecannot concur in Opinion with his Honour, but are induced to thinkthat a sufficient Body of Men may be raised and made effectual still to keepthe Enemy at a Distance, and to carry on the War offensively against theCherokees in their own Country, provided that suitable Encouragement begiven Men to inlist and when inlisted they be subjected to proper MilitaryDiscipline. That if such a Body of Men can be raised with Expedition to actin concert with such of His Majesty’s Forces as may be destined to remain