The Conduct of the Paxton Men Impartially Represented - 32
I may well cry out in the Language of the NARRATIVE, “Unhappy People!---to have liv’d in such Times, and by such Neighbours!”------If the Characters of the several Nations, with which the Author of this Piece has furnish’d us, be just---I am sure these unhappy Frontier-People would have been safer and better protected in any of those Nations, than they have been in a Quaker Government-----“They would have been safer among the antient Heathens,” by whom, it seems, “they would have been considered as Guests of the Publick, and the Religion of the Country wold have operated in their Favour------They would have been safer, if they had submitted to TURKS,’ or had come under their Protection---“They would have been safer among SARACENS, if they had once drank Water with them---They would have been safer among the MOORS of SPAIN, if Faith had once been pledg’d to them, and a Promise of Protection given---They would have been safer among POPISH SPANIARDS, if they had been in Distress---They would have been safer among the NEGROES of AFRICA, where at least one manly Soul would have been found, with Sense, Spirit, and Humanity enough to stand in their Defence------In short, it appears that they would have been safe in any Part of the known World---except in the Neighbourhood of the RELENTLESS and OBSTINATE QUAKERS of PENNSYLVANIA!”
But Complainings (you will say) cannot mend the Matter,----What then is to be done!-----Have there been any Remedies provided against future Misfortunes?------Must these unhappy People still crouch beneath their Sufferings?-----Or will not the Government go into any Measures to redress them?----It would be cruel as well as absurd, to suppose it will not.----To stifle the Notions of Revenge, is prudent and religious in private Persons------And I hope these People will never again to the disagreeable Necessity of proceeding as they did---------The executive Part of the Government, at least, deserves their Esteem and Affection. I trust therefore, they will never do any Thing that may bring their Obedience and Regards to the LAWS and MAGISTRACY of their Country in Question.-------But at the
