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synod* signed a document; in which they expressed 
their satisfaction at the present situation of affairs, 
and declared their willingness to support it, ex¬ 
horting all classes of people to do the same. 
Many, likewise, of the natives, came forward, 
conformably to the tenth article of the last pro¬ 
clamation, with an offer of their services, for the 
purpose of forming a body of soldiers; but, for 
want of a sufficient supply of arms, as, though 
a search had been made in the houses at Reikevig 
** while all the rest in the island remained unshaken in their 
“ allegiance 5” and he adds in other parts of his narrative 
that, though the proclamation of the 26th of June had 
(e struck a dread into the minds of people that could not 
ee easily be removed, and though means were taken to keep it 
t( up, partly by daily scenes of violence and partly by an 
* * armed force from the crew of the Margaret and Anne per- 
“ petually patrolling the streets, still the new state was by 
“ most people considered a bubble, and the public officers in 
“ particular, who ought to have been the first to have paid 
“ their homage, did not do it, but some laid down their offices, 
ff and others declared they would only hold them for the good 
f f of the country by virtue of the same authority under which 
“ they had hitherto acted!”—He likewise stigmatizes the mo¬ 
tives as well as the conduct of those who attached themselves 
to Mr. Jorgensen, calling them a contemptible band of idle 
ff persons and men of ruined fortunes, attracted by his being 
“ beyond measure lavish of the sums of money amassed by 
his plunder, and by the pompous promises that he daily 
retailed on paper or held forth in his harangues.” 
