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An Answer to the Pamphlet Entitled "The Conduct of the Paxton Men" - 28

Representatives of the Peoples Lives and Fortunes, the fitest for Magistrates to judge impartially between a Man and his Neighbour, the fitest for Assessors to value Men’s Goods and Chattles without Malice or Favour, the fitest for Collectors of Taxes and Assizes, where a Man ought to do by his Neighbour as he would have his Neighbour do by him; in short, whether an honest Man would rather have a Quaker or a Presbyterian for his Neighbour. I shall conclude with a short Address, (but with a great deal of sencerity) to doom Bur---on and his Ulceration Presbyterians, desiring the next Day, they dedicate to Liberty and St. Patrick; and at the end of their Chorus, he will make a Proclamation, as with the sound of a Ram’s-Horn, begging and intreating those that murdered the Indians, to surrender themselves up to Justice: Pray their Neighbours to take warning by them, confessing his hearty sorrow for his being the Author or better of such a horrid Crime, promising in the most sollid Manner that he will never prostitute his Pen to such villianous Purposes more; pray that the Quakers will forgive, and pass by, acknowledging that he wrote by no other Motion than the spirit of Lucifer, and declare that his Will and Pleasure is; that whoever has this spurious Letter, that he will commit it to the Flames. Amen. “And then we may expect to feel the happy Effects resulting from Liberty and Law; to see the Quiet of the Province restored, and Harmony and good order of Government re-established among us.”

I am PHILANTHROPY

Errata. Page 17. l. 11. read but why has he conceal’d the Names of those Officers. l. 25. read cram’d for examined. p. 18. l. 10. r. in the userpation, for has read had. l. 32. for mentioned read meant. P. 19. l. 32 read Consciences for Countenances. p. 21. l. 14. read for one Thing more. p. 24. l. 17. read none for well. Line 21. read Citizens for Actions.

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