That allthough this part of the State laboured under Grievances from the former Government of New York, yet the Legislature of the present Government have repeatedly manifested so much Cheerfulness in redressing them as soon as pointed out, and a temper so contrary to oppression, that we have a well grounded Confidence should any yet remain they had need only to be mentioned to be removed. Entertaining these sentiments of the Legislature, which are unfeigned, we can not but view the present Disturbances solely as the Contention of some artful ambitious and designing Men for the Powers of Government ; but of such a nature that the longer it is unattended to the more difficult it will be to suppress it.

That should the honorable the American Congress be so inattentive to the right of one of its members as to declare the New Hampshire Grants an independant State, the Party who have disclaimed their Allegiance to New York have shown so many Instances of an inveterate Enmity to, and of a fixed Disposition to ruin, those who have refused joining with them, that great numbers of the latter will be necessitated to sell their Interests (if that Priviledge is allowed them) and remove to some other State :--and your Petitioners are fearful that that will be the least bad Consequence which will follow so extraordinary a measure, as we can with truth assert that of late your Petitioners and their Constituents "are in the fullest sense as unwilling to be under the jurisdiction of" Vermont, "as we can conceive America would be to revert back under the Power of Great Britain" and that they should consider their Lives and Properties equally insecure.