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g for the rni*
onr rulers, hi preferring war,to such an Rdiumteir,
is not to be accounted tor on the cud inary
of competition in a party contendir,
kited all public
tenance of its Owen. ix.
~ 9. We therefore declare, that ru I.ers so eondiut.
ing themselves, having betrayed the 'trust which the
people placed in their hands, have feet
confidence ; and that every possible effort, at ~.c
ceeding elections, is required by our t learest inhere
by our safety, liberty, and independttnce, to rem
them them to private life.
it 10. That as the embargoes and commercial re.
strictions imposed by our rulers have been calculate
deeply to affect the essential interest of Mase,aduset
to depress her a,triculture, and to destroy her fisheri_4l
j trade, and naN igation—deprived of Nellie!), her 67:
zees could exist only in poverty and distress: those
of her representatives in Congress who supported and
voted for those pernicious measures, and ficam, for
the desperate and atrocious act deslarial rme,
wealth. c.tua 117,_
shewn themselves to be enemiss of the :
t

4, 11. That the violaion of our commerci4 'iglus
by our own gi,vernment is the mare pointedly to be,
reprobated, seeing that- the equal and full protectire,
of commerce in .ul the states was one of the great
objects in our federal udion, the preservation of which
will be hazarded by a persevmuice in the measnift
which have alren.ly so deeply affected our essential
interests, and which, if submitted to, must end
their destruction.

R:s2.halt:lefahteltahntipttaokiln,igtwo!is Cuaniraedcat,anwdhpiyinch.
ciorzral
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ol,ject of acquisition in, this war, if it should be g.
' complished, would cost infinitely more, in blood ata
treasure, than the whole countr.e is worth; and that
it conquered, some millions of dollars must be anon.
ally raised by taxes to support the army indi;p:nra-
frle to garrison the forts and maintain the posses4o,
But a greater and more dreacift.l evil would be the
consequence. On the first den, rind of France, the
same Rulers would surrender the country to that
power. It was c tie of the a icient possessions cf
France, and a vast proportion, I?erhaps a majorilyn
is population are Frenchmen. When the French
Government, Bonaparte then Fi rct Consul and annul
ruler of France, asked and dei minded of Spain it
restoration of the province of Louisiana, which hi
been ceded to her in 17G2, this reason was assigned
—that it had once constituted a part of the Freud
territory. Canada again in the hands of France, ke
tdrmer plans and practices woul d be resumed. son,
as before the war of 1756, she would commence he
encroachments— soon she would re-unite Canada to
Louisiana—detach the western statil from the union,
and seize the Floridas ; thus enconlpassing the At.
lantic states, and hazarding their i uture peace und
independence—if sLe rbore an imr nediate attack.
46 13. But another fearful evil rises to oar view.
The arbitrary strides cf our rulers, the tyranny of a
majority in the national house of repesentatives, is
infringing and denying the liberty of speech to the
faithful members of that body—libert; essential to
deliberative assembly, 46 and formidable to tyram
only," and without which a free Government can
not exist—joined to the frequent practice et decal
ing in secret on measures affecting the vital interest,
of our country—these things justify the
that if the conquest of Canada be seriously intended,
it is to be delivered up to France ; that she may
troul the Northern States, from which alone our n•
lers apprehend effectual apposition to their pernici-
ous and tyrannical measures, Or if the conquesiof
Canada be the ostensible, not the real object in rais-
ing an army, then the only admissible inference i
that the army is intended to enforce the same perni
cious and tyrannical measures, by overawing th•
people,
compellingrepress silentingtheliberty submission,o s)eec
tog a complete establishment of tyranny in these he
States.
andh fi annadlly ofefec 111
press,

" 14. That the couhtenance and encourageme
to mobs and violence exhibited by persons and new
papers devoted to our rulers, furnish a well.gromdei
presumption, that on failure of sufficient numbersi
the standing army now raising, mobs are to bed!
instruments to enforce the arbitrary acts of our 0
vernment ; Which, unless counteracted by gene
associations for mutual security and defence, on
prove fatal to the lives and liberties of the real hies
of the country, and introduce all the violeucies at
horrors which in revolutionary France deluged th
land in blood.
44. With earnestness we seize this occasion to I
press our respect anei veneration for the chief mag
trate of this commonwealth, and our cordial app
bation of his conduct in refusing to surrender I
command of any portion of the militia to an
oßt
of the United States who demanded them when to
of the exigencies provided for in the constituticalr
occurred.
" 15. That the unequalled profligacy of the Free
Government, its defiance and contempt of all
obligations of justice and faith, joined to the persi
infidelity and general prostration of monis 101
French nation, present France as an object of bar
to the civilized and Christian world. lan is
e!
therefore, we also express our detestation
declared by our Rulers against Great Britain ?
thereby we become associated with France; and
cause the war in its progress, will naturally pine
an alliance with her that will prove fatal to
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gion, liberties, and independence. This volunl
this chosen connexion with a Government and pe
so perfidious, profligate, and corrupt, is of mit
ficient to draw down upon our country thei
meats of HIAvEN. These we deprecate; sad!'
avert by all the means which the laws amloBl
tion have placed within our power; in order tni
a speedy and utter dissolution of that cow***
" 16. That in the opinion of this Conollig*
magnitude of the evils here brought inn ilew'
forcing themselves on our attention? calls* s'
solemn and weighty expression of the pugs'
by a Convention of Delegates from all the osi
this Commonwealth ; and that in court:Molt
these delegates should assemble at Boston to co
advise, and act on the surest means of resterno_,
and commerce, and of preserving and securtri
common interests, liberties, arid safety,
d nOW
oin Jo
jured, oppressed, and endangered, by the gs _.l
own National Government, than they were
ns rn
1775, we took arms to protect and detiot;
against the measures of the Government ni
DritAitt. 13yorder o
Totf the Conventioo,
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