The Conduct of the Paxton Men Impartially Represented - 5
‘That they have always manifested, and are still upon every Occasion ready to manifest their Allegiance and Loyalty to their most gracious Sovereign King GEORGE, whom they have ever esteemed as the kind and careful Father of his People.’
‘That tho’ born to Liberty, and all the glorious Rights and Privileges of BRITISH SUBJECTS, they were denied Protection, at a Time when the Cries of Murder and Distress might have made the very Stones relent; and tho’ roused Vengeance and eager to maintain and defend their Lives and sacred Rights, their Hands were barely tied up!’
‘They could obtain no proper Law to collect their Strength; nor any Sanction or Encouragement to pursue the Enemies of their Country!’
‘That they have suffered and bled in the Cause of their Country, and have done more to protect it from the Violence of a rapacious Enemy than any others in the Province.’
‘That agreeable to the Command of the Prophet, they have “fought for their Brethren, their Sons, and their Daughters, their Wives and their Houses.”-----That in this Contest, many of them have lost their dearest Relatives; their Houses, their Lands, their all; and from a plentifull independent People have been reduced to Misery and Want.’
‘That they have been treated as Aliens of the Common-Wealth, and denied a just and proportionable Share in Legislation: For that out of 36 Members which the eight Counties in the Province send to Assembly, the three Counties of Philadelphia, Chester and Bucks, where the Quakers are chiefly settled, return 26 of that Number; while the 5 remaining Counties, where these LORDLY RULERS could have no Chance of getting elected, are suffered to send but the other Ten.’
‘That by this iniquitous Policy, the Inhabitants of these five Frontier Countries, altho’ a great Majority, have been
(d) This he declared at the last Treaty at Lancaster.
