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AY SP PSE SND) Lee Se ieNcge 
government; our cbedience to the laws, and our anxious withes 
for peace and good order in fociety, which it is our determined 
refolution to ufe all our exertions to preferve; and we do exprefs 
our abhorrence of every attempt made to deprive us of the in- 
valuable bleffings we now enjoy. 
Thus affociated, we feel it our duty to point out, and we re- 
queft all orders of men in this country to reflect on, the inefli- 
mable benefits of our excellent conftitution. 
We are governed by known laws, that are juft and equal, and 
refpect not perfons; they alike reftrain oppreffion and curb 
‘licentioufnefs : The bighe/? (as hath been well obferved) are within 
their reach, and the loweft bave their full protection. 
All the arts, farming, manufactures, trade, and every employ- 
ment and labour of man, are encouraged, and flourifh beyond 
any thing known in any former period, or in any country ; every 
man poffeffes in fecurity the fruit of his labour. Talents and in- 
duftry are fure of fuccefs, and may, as we daily fee, rife to wealth 
and honor. 
We enjoy, and have long enjoyed, the perfection of civil 
liberty in our perfons, our property, and our honeft opinions: and 
it is the glory of Britain, that of all the nations of Europe—HERE 
ONLY ALL MEN ARE FREE. 
It is then our duty, and we folemnly pledge ourfelves, collec- 
tively and individually, to ufe our utmoft endeavors to preferve 
thefe invaluable blefiings, by a firm and zealous attachment to our 
King and Conftitution, a ready and ftrenuous fupport of the 
magiftracy, and the moft aétive and unremitted vigilance to fup- 
prefs and prevent all tumult, diforder, and feditious meetings and 
publications. 
Refolved, 
