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12017-12-03T15:45:21-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001(annotation)plain2017-12-03T15:45:21-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650adisappeared) that the Quakers, or Persons who appeared to be such, have convey'd off and concealed these (Indians) that were most suspected". It is said in the Scriptures, that there be some men who will debase themselves even to Hell: what a marvellous degree of turpitude does this Writer here discover! and what a malignant heart must such a man have! to mention a most infamous Forgery, as—"a very circumstantial Oath"? and to say the assertion "has been proved": a perjury that had been plotted with a design to scandalize and vilify the King's Officers, (that had orders from the General to guard the Indians) and the Society of Quakers; the Person who took the qualification, having absconded, and the Magistrate, who gave the Oath, being afterwards of opinion that he was perjur'd.
I have now gone thro' the task I imposed on myself; to wit, a discussion of "THE QUAKER UNMASK'D", or PLAIN TRUTH": and from what the Unmasker has said, "I hope my Countrymen will coolly consider", whether or no, in his "diligent Search after Aggressors", he has hit upon "PLAIN TRUTH"? and whether it is apparent that the Quakers have shewn any favour to our Savage Enemies, or attempted to screen one of them from Justice? and whether some Members of that Community's joining their Fellow-Citizens to protect the Innocent from the bloody violence of a deluded people can be called so? And lastly, that this did not proceed from any prejudice to the distressed Frontier-Inhabitants, or the want of generous sympathizing hearts, but from a noble regard to justice, and the preservation of the Laws of their Country, is it not equally clear?
And now, my Countrymen, if this is the case, and I believe all the impartial will acknowledge it is, what must we think of a Writer who without any provocation could thus attempt to blast the reputation of so large a Body of People, many of whom are valuable Members of Society? What must we think of a man who could
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12016-08-19T13:01:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Quaker Vindicated - 141The Quaker vindicated; or, Observations on a late pamphlet, entituled, The Quaker unmask'd, or, Plain truth.2016-08-19T13:01:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
