The second of those acts of terrorism, to which reference has been made, was that in the case of Isaac Wilkins, that leading Member of the General Assembly of the Colony, in its contest with the Home Government; that very able "A. W. Farmer " who, with his pen, had aroused so much indignation ; and that spokesman of the protestants, at the Meeting at the White Plains, with whom the reader is well acquainted. That gentleman, in order to secure his personal safety, was compelled to abandon his home and famiiy, and to take refuge in England. On the eve of his departure, while he was in the City of New York, he wrote the following touching address to his countrymen, which has been carefully copied from Eivington's New- York Gazetteer, No. 108, New-York, Thursday, May 11, 1775 :

"My CotruTRYMEsr :

" Before I leave America, the land I love, and in " which is contained everything that is valuable and " dear to me, my wife, my children, my friends, and "property; permit me to make a short and faithful " declaration, which I am induced to do neither " through fear, nor a consciousness of having acted " wrong. An honest man, and a Christian, hath nothing to apprehend from this world. God is my judge, " and God is my witness, that all I havedone, written, •" or said, In relation to the present unnatural dispute " between Great Britain and her Colonies, proceeded '•'from 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.