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THE CHRONICLE. 
and we feel it daily, that we have 
as much of these pretended new in- 
ventions as is necessary and con- 
venient for a well-ordered society. 
Every one has all the Rights of 
Man that leave him at liberty to 
do good to himself and his neigh- 
bour, and (what is worth consider- 
ing) to protect his person and pro- 
perty against open or secret plun- 
derers. He has as much of equa- 
lity as one man can possess, without 
diminishing the equality of his 
neighbour. We are told by our 
religion (for we have a religion) 
** that we are to do unto all men 
as we would that men should do 
unto us;”? and this is realized to 
us by the firm administration of 
the law; which suffers no injury 
to go without a remedy, and affords 
a remedy equally to the proudest 
and the poorest.—Such are the 
Rights of Man; such the liberty 
and equality which we have long 
enjoyed, Under these we havelived 
and prospered, both in public and 
private, beyond the example of any 
country; and to maintain them 
as they are, unimpaired by the fan- 
cies of pedant-politicians, or the 
rude hands of ruffian-levellers, 
‘every true Briton ought to shed his 
blood. Impressed with these senti- 
_ .ments in favour of our happy esta- 
blishment, and alarmed by the mis- 
chievous endeavours that are now 
using by wicked men to mislead the 
uninformed, and to spirit up the 
discontented by furnishing them 
with plausible topics, tending to 
the subversion of the state, and in- 
compatible with all government 
whatsoever,—we do, as private 
men, unconnected with any par- 
ty or description of persons at 
home, taking no concern in the 
Struggles at this moment making 
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abroad, but most seriously anxious 
to preserve the true liberty, and 
unexampled prosperity we happily 
enjoy in this kingdom, think it ex- 
pedient and necessary to form our- 
selves into an Association for the 
purpose of discouraging, in every 
way that lies in our power, the pro- 
gress of such nefarious designs as 
are meditated by the wicked and 
senseless reformers of the present 
time; and we do hereby resolve 
and declare as follows : 
ist. That the persons present at 
this meeting do become a Society 
for discouraging and suppressing 
seditious publications, tending to 
disturb the peace of this kingdom, 
and for supporting a due execution 
of the laws made for the protection 
of persons and property. 
2d. That this Society do use its 
best endeavours occasionally to ex- 
plain these topics of public discus- 
sion which have been so perverted 
by evil-designing men, and to shew, 
by irrefragable proof, that they are 
not applicable to the state of this 
country; that they can produce no 
good, and certainly must produce 
great evil. 
3d. That this Society will receive 
with great thanks all communica- 
tions that shall be made to it for 
the above purposes. 
4th. That it be recommended to 
ail those who are friends to the 
established law, and to peaceable 
society, to form themselves, in their 
different neighbourhoods, into si- 
milar societies for promoting the 
same laudable purposes. 
5th. That this society do meet 
at this place, or elsewhere, eyery 
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 
6th. That these considerations 
and resolutions be printed in all 
the public papers, and otherwise 
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