So it must be what he pleaseth ; and if Demetrius and the Craftsmen of the same Occupation made such an Uproar about Pfl?^/'5Prcac]iing the Gospel at Ephesus, because it took away their Gain and Wealth, w^hat Stir do you tliink these Men will make, if any should endeavour to break t'le Schemes they have laid, whereby they get their Wealth, and wholly subject the People to tlieir Pleasure ? But if the Governor be infallible, and the People under his Government both Persons and Estates at liis Pleasure, then it is in vain to dispond or complain ; but if the People have Property, and the Government ouglit to be carried on for His Majesties Benefit, and Good cf tlie Subjects, then such Measures as these ought to be took into Consideration and what is amiss to be rectified.

The People in Mew-York Government have been called Stublorn, Reflectory, little if any thing less than Rebels, when they have been Oppressed under the Government, and Ruinous Measures taken amongst them, whereby they are deprived of the Privileges of Englishmen, and they have been uneasie under the same : And there is not any Reason to Villify, Scandalize and Reproach them, except to render them so vile, that not any should have regard of them, to relieve them from Oppresions.

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But he that doth Injustice, dishonours the King, and those tliat-'- endeavour to uphold and vindicate such, are Accessaries though not Principals.

These are some of the Measures that are and Imve been taken in Mew-York Government ; altliough tlie truth of this may be questioned, yet many One in t]ie Colony of JVew-Ycrk by woful Expejience knows this and several other Oppressions to be real Matter of Fact.