WE believe there is yet much virtue, much
justice, and much public spirit in the English
nation -- To that justice we now appeal. You
have been told that we are seditious, impatient
of government and desirous of independency.
Be assured that these are not facts, but calum-
nies -- Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and
we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our
greatest glory and our greatest happiness, we
shall ever be ready to contribute all in our pow-
er to the welfare of the Empire -- we shall con-
sider your enemies as our enemies, and your
interest as our own.
BUT if you are determined that your Minis-
ters shall wantonly sport with the rights of
Mankind-- If neither the voice of justice, the
dictates of the law, the principles of the con-
stitution, or the suggestions of humanity can
restrain your hands from shedding human
blood in such as impious cause, we must then
tell you, that we never will submit to be hew-
ers of wood or drawers of water for any minis-
try or nation in the world.
PLACE us in the same situation that we were
at the close of the last war, and our former har-
mony will be restored.
BUT lest the same supineness and the same in-
attention to our common interest, which you
have for several years shewn, should continue,
we think it prudent to anticipate the conse-
quences.