God is my judge, " and God is my witness, that all I have done, written, " or said, in relation to the present unnatural dispute "between Great Britain and her Colonies, proceeded '■' froni an honest intention of serving my country. " Her welfare and prosperity were the objects towards •" which all my endeavours have been directed. They "are still the sacred objects which I shall ever stead- " ily and invariably keep in view : And when in " England, all the influence that so inconsiderable " a man as I am, can have, shall be exerted in her " behalf

" It has been my constant maxim through life, to ^' do my duty conscientiously, and to trust the issue of " my actions to the Almighty. -- May that God in " whose hands are all events, speedily restore peace " and liberty to my unhappy country. May Great- " Britain and America be soon united in th^ bands of " everlasting amity : and when united, may they con- " tinue a free, a virtuous, and happy nation to the ^' end of time.

"I leave America, and every endearing connection, "because I will not raise my hand against my Sover- "eign, -- nor will I draw my sword against my Coun- " try ; when I can conscientiously draw it in her " favour, my life shall be chearfully devoted to her " service.

" Isaac Wilkins.

" New York, "May 3,1775."

While these unwelcome features of the jjolitical movements, in Westchester-county, were extending over the entire community, Lewis Morris was busily employed, after his seat in the forthcoming Congress of the Colonies had been secured beyond a peradventure, in an attempt to belittle the Declaration and Protest of those, at the White Plains, who had objected to the proceedings of the Meeting of which he was, there, the manager and Chairman.