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34 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
colonies ; and we flatter ourselves you will not, by
tamely bearing the yoke, suffer that pity to be supplanted by contempt.
When hardy attempts are made to deprive men of
rights bestowed by the Almighty; when avenues are
cut through the most solemn compacts for the admission of despotism; when the plighted faith of
government ceases to give security to dutiful subjects ;
and when the insidious stratagems and manoeuvres
of peace become more terrible than the sanguinary
operations of war, it is high time for them to assert
those rights, and with honest indignation oppose the
torrent of oppression rushing in upon them.
By the introduction of your present form of government, or rather present form of tyranny, you and your
wives and your children are made slaves. You have
nothing that you can call your own, and all the fruits
of your labour and industry may be taken from you
whenever an avaricious governor and a rapacious
council may incline to demand them. You are liable
by their edicts to be transported into foreign countries, to fight battles in which you have no interest,
and to spill your blood in conflicts from which neither
honour nor emolument can be derived. Nay, the
enjoyment of your very religion, on the present
system, depends on a legislature in which you have
no share, and over which you have no control; and
your priests are exposed to expulsion, banishment,
and ruin, whenever their wealth and possessions
furnish sufficient temptation. They cannot be sure
that a virtuous Prince will always fill the throne ; and
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000065 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 34 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. colonies ; and we flatter ourselves you will not, by tamely bearing the yoke, suffer that pity to be supplanted by contempt. When hardy attempts are made to deprive men of rights bestowed by the Almighty; when avenues are cut through the most solemn compacts for the admission of despotism; when the plighted faith of government ceases to give security to dutiful subjects ; and when the insidious stratagems and manoeuvres of peace become more terrible than the sanguinary operations of war, it is high time for them to assert those rights, and with honest indignation oppose the torrent of oppression rushing in upon them. By the introduction of your present form of government, or rather present form of tyranny, you and your wives and your children are made slaves. You have nothing that you can call your own, and all the fruits of your labour and industry may be taken from you whenever an avaricious governor and a rapacious council may incline to demand them. You are liable by their edicts to be transported into foreign countries, to fight battles in which you have no interest, and to spill your blood in conflicts from which neither honour nor emolument can be derived. Nay, the enjoyment of your very religion, on the present system, depends on a legislature in which you have no share, and over which you have no control; and your priests are exposed to expulsion, banishment, and ruin, whenever their wealth and possessions furnish sufficient temptation. They cannot be sure that a virtuous Prince will always fill the throne ; and |
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