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Show .7 {[12] its} aboliflied, and infiead thereof the French laws are dim blifhed, in direct violation of his majefi'y's promife by his royal proclamation, under the faith of which many Englifh fulijeéts lettied in that province; and the limits of that province are extended f0 as to comprehend thofe vaft re- gions that lie adjoining to the northerly and wcflerly fhould merit the opprobrious terms frequently beftowed upon us by thofe we revere. But to far from promoting innovations, we have only oppofed them; and can be charged with no offence unlefs it be one to receive inj urics and be fenfible of them. boundaries of thefe colonies. HAD our creator been pleafed to give us exif'tence in a land of flavery, the fenfe of our condition might have been mitigated by ignorance and habit. But, thanks be THE authors of this arbitrary arrangement flatter themfelves, that the inhabitants deprived of liberty, and art- to his adorable goodnefs, we were born the heirs of free- dom, and ever enjoyed our right under the aufpices of your royal ancellors, whofe family was feated on the Britifh throne to refcue and fecurc a pious and gallant nation from the defpotifm of a fuperttitious and inexorable tyrant. Your majeity, we are confident, jul'tly rejoices that your title to the crown is thus founded on the title of your people to liberty ; and therefore, we doubt not but your royal wifdom mutt approve the fenfibility that teaches your fubjeé'ts anxioufly to guard the blefling they received from ivine Providence, and thereby to prove the performance of that compact which elevated the illuftrious houfe of fully provoked againil: thofe of another religion, will be proper infl'ruments for affiltir-g in the opprttlion of fueh as differ from them in the modes of government and faith, FROM the detail of faéts herein before recited, as well as from authentic intelligence received, it is clear he) end a doubt, that a refolution is formed and now carrying into execution, to extinguifh the freedom of thefe colonies by fubjee‘ting them to a defpotic government. All (III: FOR the redrefs of thefe grievances, the Congrefs of Brunl‘wick to the imperial dignity it now poflelfes. a petition to the king, which after taking notice of the fervitude from the pre-eminent rank of Englifh freemcn, while our minds retain the {trongefi love of liberty and clearly forefee the mifcries preparing for us and our pof'terity, excites emotions in our hreafts, which though we cannot dcfcribe, we lhould not with to conceal. Feeling l America, lniltiatl of flying to arms, which, however jufl‘i- fiable, would not perhaps have been wife, and which certainly ought as much as pollible to be avoided, prefented feveral executive and legiflative acts before mentioned, proceeds thus.---"'l‘o a fovereign who glories in the name of Briton, the bare recital of thefe aéts mutt, we prefume, juttify the loyal {ulsjctits who fly to the foot of "his throne, and implore his clemency for proteétion againft as men, and thinking as fubjects in the manner we do, them. filence would be difloyalty. .By giving this faithful in~ formation, we do all in our power to promote the great objects of your royal cares, the tranquillity of your go" vernment, and the welfare of your people. FROM this defi'ruétivc fyttcm of colony adminif'tratio n, adopted fince the conclufion of the latt war, have flowed thofe dittreffes, dangers, fears and jealoufies that over» whelm your majefiy's dutiful colonitts with afilié'tion ; and we defy our mofi fubtle and inveterate enemie s to DUTY to your majelty, and regard for the prefervation of ourfelves and our polterity, the primary obligations of trace the unhappy differences between Great-Britain and nature and fociety, command us to entreat your royal at-~ thefe colonies, from an earlier period, or from other caufes, than we have alligned. Had they proceeded on on r own part from a relllefs levity of temper, unjutt impulf es of, ambition, or artful fuggeflions of {editions perlen s, we tention ; and as your majefty enjoys the fignal dillinction of reigning over freemen, we apprehend the language of freemen cannot be difplcaling. Your royal indignation, we hope, will rather fall on thofe defigning and dangerous {honld ‘54,; «1;me . lllC‘El ,,_)‘ ! THE apprehenfion of being degraded into a {late of "Fmfij? x |