They entered the green on the east side, and, riding twice round it, their word was 'No Land Tax !' As they pivssed, the second judge very civilly saluted the late chief justice by taking oft' his hat, which the late judge returned in the same manner, some of the late judge's party crying out ' No Excise ! ' and one of them was heard to say(tliough not by the judge) ' No Pretender ! ' upon which Forster, the candidate, replied, ' I

will take notice of you,' They after that retired to the house of

Baker, which was prepared to receive and entertain them. About an hour after, the high sheriff came to town, finely mounted, the housings

and holster-caps lieing scarlet, richly laced with silver, belonging to

. Upon his approach, the electors on both sides went into the

green, where they were to elect, and, after having read his majesty's writ, bid the electors proceed to the choice, which they did, and a gi'eat majority appeared for 3Ir. Morris, the late judge ; upon which a poll was demanded, but by whom is not known to the relator, though it was said by many to be done by the sheriff himself.

"Slorris, the candidate, several times asked the sherilTupon whoseside the majority appeared, but could get no other reply but that a poll must be had ; and, accordingly, after about two hours' delay in getting benches chairs and tables, they began to i)oll. Soon after, one of those called Quakers, a man of known worth and estate, came to give his vote for the late judge. Upon this Forster and the two Fowlers Moses and William, chosen by him to be inspectors, questioned his having an estate and required of the sheriff to tender him the book to swear in due form of law, which he refused to do, but offered to take his solemn affirmation, which, both by the laws of England and the laws of this province, was indulged to the people called Quakers, and had always been practiced from the first election of representatives in this province to this time, and never refused ; but the sheriff was deaf to all that could be alleged on that side ; and, notwithstanding that he was told by the late chief justice and James Alexander, Esq., one of his Majesty's counsel and counseller-at-law, and by William Smith, Esq., counseller-atlaw, that such a procedure was contrary to law and a violent attempt of the liberties of the peojile, he still pei-sisted in refusing the said Quaker to vote, and in like manner did refuse seven-and-tliirty Quakers more, -- men of known and visible estates.