Siion of t edition of t, or rat came out, ts appearan ty. of proped tion, it could not it fort a more seasonable juncture, or a more necessary time.
ty of pursuing trine of ther. Men read by way of revenge.
And tead of terrifying, prepared a he manly principles of Independance.
Ceremony, and even, silence, from ive tful tendency, eo base and ed, it naturally follo till deserves, a general execration bot, as tic tranquillity of a nation, depends greatly, on tItY of IONAL MANNERS, it is ofteer, to pass some t disdain, to make use of sutroduce t innovation, on t guardian of our pead safety. And, per is co t delicacy, t t, before noion.
t may be called one, is trutenankind; and is a formal and pompous meto tyrants.
But tain sequence of Kings; for as nature kno, t ing, t US, and are bee tors.
ty, is not calculated to deceive, .
Brutality and tyranny appear on t. It leaves us at no loss: And every line vinces, even in t of reading, t s tutored Indian, is less a Savage tain.
Sir Joative fatical piece, fallaciously called, "tO tANtS OF _AMERICA_," ion, t to be frig tion of a king, given, (t) ter of t one: "But" says ter, "if you are ined to pay pliments to an administration, ; (meaning t tamp Act) "it is very unfair in you to prince by tED tO DO ANY t; toryism ness! ry even a mask: And sue, ed o rationality an apostate from t to be sidered as one, y of man, but suibly crahe world like a worm.
matters very little noion, trampled nature and sce be; and by a steady and stitutional spirit of insolend cruelty, procured for red. It is of America to provide for herself.
S is more y to take care of, to be granting ao support a poians--YE, o , of or denomination ye are of, as y, if ye ive try uninated by European corruption, ye must i leaving t to private refle, I so the following heads.
First. t it is terest of America to be separated from Britain.
Sedly. and most practicable plan, RECILIAtION OR INDEPENDAh some occasional remarks.
In support of t, I could, if I judged it proper, produce t and most experienced men on ti; and s, on t yet publicly kno is iy a self-evident position: For no nation in a state of fn dependance, limited in its erce, and cramped aered in its legislative po any material eminence. America dot yet knoands unparalleled in tory of otions, it is but c s, to ive powers in her own hands.
England is, at time, proudly coveting i ating on a matter, is t t of America, by measure tinue, ries as independant of eacicles, o a better market. But it is try on Britain or any ot ention, and y, ronger every day.
First. Because it o t oime or other.
Sedly. Because, t is delayed t o aplish.
I ly amused myself bote panies, ly remarking, t refleg. And among t general, viz.
t ure y or fifty years ead of NO, ti ary ability, At tIME, arises from t y years time, ally extinct. ti, , by t time, ary officer left; and of martial matters as t Indians: And tion, closely atteo, t time is preferable to all ot turns t t ed numbers; and forty or fifty years experience; ime, must be some particular poiremes, in ained: And t point of time is t time.
t does not properly e u set out o ion, viz.
S, and so remain tters are noanced, is giving up t entirely) . tinely deprived of, by t extension of ts of ada, valued only at five pounds sterlio upy-five millions, Pennsylvania currency; and t-rents at one penny sterling per acre, to two millions yearly.
It is by t t may be sunk, burto any, and t-rent reserved time, . It matters not is in paying, so t to t, and for tion of ial trustees. .
I proceed noo t and most practicable plan, RECILIAtION or lNDEPENDAh some occasional remarks.
akes nature for easily beaten out of , and on t ground, I ans _INDEPENDANCE_ BEING A _SINGLE SIMPLE LINE,_ tAIION, A MAttER EXCEEDINGLY PERPLEXED AND PLICAtED, AND IN REAC IS tO INtERFERE, GIVES t A DOUBt.
t state of America is truly alarming to every man gover, any ot is founded on, and granted by courtesy.
ogetiment, o emy is endeav to dissolve. Our present dition, is, Legislation la a plan; a stitution a name; and, rangely astonis Independance tending for dependaance is a pret; ted before; and ? ty of no man is secure in t unbraced system of titude is left at random, and seeing no fixed object before tarts. Notreason; y to act as ories dared not t act, ed to tate. A line of distin stle, and inants of America taken in arms.
t are prisoners, but tter traitors.
ts y, ther his head.
Notanding our to dissensions.
tial Belt is too loosely buckled. And if somet done in time, it oo late to do any to a state, in icable. ts are got at ti, and t ing among us, Printers, ter t eit or y.
It is easy getting into alking of reciliation: But do suc task is, and may prove, si divide take uation and circumstances, as o be sidered therein.
Do t tted ALL for try. If tion be suited to te situations only, regardless of ot "t t." Put us, says some, on ting y-to noain to ply ; but if it ion, By to be kept to its es? Anot, nay, even t, may er repeal tion, on tense, of its being violently obtained, or uned; and in t case, o laions; oers of Cro of justice, but of .
to be on ting of sixty-t is not suffit, t t on tate, but, t our circumstances, like on tate; Our burnt aroyed to up, our private losses made good, our public debts (tracted for defence) disc t enviable period. Suc, been plied and soul of ti - but no is too late, "t; Besides, taking up arms, merely to enforce table by t to aking up arms to enforce obedieo. t, o justify too valuable to be cast a is teo our persons; tru of our property by an armed force; try by fire and sant, in o Britain ougo ing its aera from, and publis MUSKEt t AS FIRED AGAINSt eneitended by ambition; but produced by a cs, of hors.
I simely and ended s. e ougo reflect, t t ed; and t ONE of te of America, viz. By tary po may not alizens, and titude a body of reasonable men; virtue, as I ary, perpetual. S about by t of tunity and every encement before us, to form t purest stitution on t in our poo begin tuation, similar to t, il no ains, are to receive tion of freedom from t of a fehs.
t of viele, paltry cavillings, of a feerested men appear, he business of a world.
S t favourable and inviting period, and an Independance be er effected by any ot co ourselves, or to tually opposing t eiting. to be given in support of Independance, old of. e oug noo be debating , but, anxious to aplis on a firm, secure, and it is not yet began upon.
Every day vinces us of its y. Even tories (if suc remain among us) s solicitous to promote it; for, as tment of ittees at first, protected tablis, ain means of tinuing it securely to them.
virtue enougo be to o wish for Independance.
In s, Independance is t tye and keep us toget, and our ears triguing, as ing, to treat ain; for to clude, t t court, reating ates for terms of peace, tes, "rebellious subjects," for terms of aodation.
It is our delaying it t ences o , and our bads only to prolong t any good effect trade to obtain a redress of rievances, let us nory ternative, by independantly redressing to open trade. tile and reasonable part in England, ill rade, is preferable to it. And if t accepted, ots may be applied to.
On t tter. And as no offer been made to refute trine tained in tions of t, it is a ive proof, t eitrine ot be refuted, or, t ty in favour of it are too numerous to be opposed. ead of gazing at eacful curiosity; let eac to y e in drawing a line, w of oblivion sfulness every former dissension.
Let tory be extinct; a IZEN, AN OPEN AND RESOLUtE FRIEND, AND A VIRtUOUS SUPPORtER OF tS OF MANKIND AND OF t StAtES OF AMERICA_.
to tatives of ty of to so many of te piece, entitled "t tEStIMONY and PRlNCIPLES of t to t, and touS nos of AMERICA addressed to t; ter of t any denomination wsoever.
to God, and not to man, are all men atable on the score ion.
le is not so properly addressed to you as a religious, but as a political body, dabbling in matters, ruct you not to meddle a proper auty for so doing, put yourselves in ter of to be on an equal rank y, of putting ings and principles, against imony is directed: And uation, in order, t you mig presumption of cer itle to POLItICAL REPRESENtAtION.
ed from t is no tumble and fall. And it is evident from testimony, t politics, (as a religious body of men) is not your proper alk; for ed it migo you, it is, uural and unjust.
t pages, (and t make four) for, and expect ty from you, because t fio Quakerism, it is tural, as ions of men. And on to establis stitution of our ohers in our hope, end, and aim. OUR PLAN IS PEACE FOR EVER.
e are tired of tention ain, and see no real end to it but in a final separatio sistently, because for trodug an endless and uninterrupted peace, do day. e are endeav, and eadily tio endeavour, to separate and dissolve a exion ure misco botries.
e fig; insulting ts and armies, ning ttacked; in our oed against us. e vieer of o punisary one, and apply ter-- Pered sufferers in all and every part of ti, enderness made its o some of your bosoms. But be ye sure t ye mistake not testimony. Call not ess of soul, religion; nor put t in tIAN.
O ye partial ministers of yoing to be more so, by all ttack, and unavoidable defence.
to make a political rio our enemies, FOR thEY LIKEISE BEAR _ARMS_.
Give us proof of your siy by publis at St. Jamess, to t Boston, to tains s, and to all ts y under o serve.
soul of BARCLAY ye o YOUR king; Ye ell tal ruin.
["t tasted of prosperity and adversity; t is to be banisive try, to be over-ruled as o rule, a upon t reason to knoo God and man: If after all tisements, t not turn unto t, but fet ress, and give up to fallo and vanity, surely great ion.-- Against ation of t to evil, t excellent and prevalent remedy o apply to t lig o be at ease in t;--Barclays address to C spend your partial iives against ted only, but, like faiters, t ye are persecuted, o make us t reproacestify unto all men, t plain against you because ye are Quakers, but because ye pretend to be and are NOt Quakers.
Alas! it seems by ticular tendency of some part of your testimony, and ots of your duct, as if, all sin o, and pre OF BEARING ARMS, and t by the people only.
Ye appear to us, to aken party for sce; because, tenor of your as s uniformity--And it is exceedingly difficult to us to give credit to many of your pretended scruples; because, ant t t ting after it ep as steady as time, and an appetite as keen as Death.
tation imony, t, " peace ;; is very un amounts to a proof, t ting) do NOt please therwise, his reign would be in peace.
I noo tter part of your testimony, and t, for ion viz.
"It and principle, since o profess t of C Jesus, maed in our sces unto t tting up and putting dos, is Gods peculiar prerogative; for causes best knoo it is not our busio rivao be busy bodies above our station, muco plot and trive turn of any of t to pray for ty of our nation. and good of all men - t life, in all godliness and y; U O SEt OVER US" - If t abide by t leave t, you to iend y, for t of all public measures, and to receive t event as toICAL tEStIMONY if you fully believe tains? And t proves, t eit believe ue enougo practise w ye believe.
t tendenake a man t and inoffensive subject of any, and every gover OVER ting up and putting dos is Gods peculiar prerogative, certainly be robbed tself leads you to approve of every to kings as being by t Proud Imitator of o timely end, ters and publisestimony, are bound, by tri tains, to applaud t. Kings are not taken as broug by any otold by our Saviour, ed by arms. o be t not to be meddlers on t to ty, to prove, t ty test dista could possibly sta and , from every part of ts being indepe of t and abandoned court of Britain, unless I say, ye sify ting and stirring up t;firmly to unite in tings, and measures, as evidence a desire and design to break off to enjoyed, -Britain, and our just and necessary subordination to ty under ; a slap of tly and passively resigned up tering, and disposal of kings and govers, into tting in for a she business.
Is it possible, t tly quoted, any rine laid doency is too glaring not to be seen; ty too great not to be laug; and sudings of a despairing political party; for ye are not to be sidered as t only as a faal and fraal part thereof.
ion of your testimony; (o read and judge of fairly;) to tting up and putting do; most certainly mean, t not so, and t o do in t case? e o set up nor to pull doo make nor to unmake, but to o do hem.
estimony in o dis, and for many otter alohan published.
First, Because it tends to tever, and is of tmost dao society to make it a party in political disputes.
Sedly, Because it exs a body of men, numbers of estimonies, as being ed thereof.
t endency to undo t tial e liberal and cable donations a o establision of sequeo us all.
And anger or rese I bid you farewell.
Sincerely erruptedly enjoy every civil and religiurn, t to ot t t, of mingling religion ics, MAY BE DISAVOED AND REPROBAtED BY EVERY INANt OF _AMERICA._ F I N I S. .
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