.- S V ' ■ ; \ ■ „ " -"* ■' r I \'• * r l" v CJe <swttt♦ -M* ■*. i' -A * 1> PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28. JREEMEN of PENNSYLVANIA. Friends and Fellow Citizens, 1 refpeftable fellow citizens afligned to us the .duty of endeavoring, as a committee,, to pro mote theeleftion of James Rofs, it was syr from being the wilh of any, or the expedi tion ot most, of our number, to become in volved in the unplealant talk of commenting on the conduft of the opposite candidate, or that of his advocates. The lentiments we entert ir,ed 011 this lubjeft have already been exprefled to you, and we may lately chal lenge the molt inveterate of our opponents, to point out a tingle instance in which we have deviated -from our profefliotis, by mak ing invidious comments on the eharacleror conduft of either; we Hiould have beheld with pleasure, that, in this at least, we had rot been considered unworthy of their imi tation. > *, - An artful insinuation will frequently pro duce nioie pernicious effcfts, in the minds ef the unwary, than a direct charge, while those by whom it has been made, in. t y conli der its ambiguity a fufficient flicker ;o their eharafU rs, from any imputation of inaccu racy and falQiood. Thcfe reflections will I aturally anl'e on a candid perciPal of the th» second paragraph of an address to the Republicans of Pennl'ylvania, dated the 7th of August laJl, and publiihed under the fig naturea of MrfiYs, Peter Muhlenberg, Sa muel Miles, A. J. Dillas, Michael Leib, William Panrofe, and Tench Coxe, a com mittee on behalf of Mr. M'Kratf, in which it is asserted, tlu.t "Tome of dif. pieffej, whe ther fconrfudled by foreign emiiTaries with a yiew to influence and controul the operation of our government, oV employed by domes tic agents with a view to encrtafe the emolu ments of certain ariftccratical pcrfons, who deceive and rriflead the federal party, have teemed with the groflift flandersthe in tention of the com mi wee evidently is to im jSrefs on our minds a belief, that prelTes of the above description, and supported for the purposes Rated, exist among us, and are used and encouraged by the party who support Mr. Rofs, which nothing is more re~ mote from truth. If there are any presses among 11s conducted by foreign emissaries, those from whom the insinuation originated niuft be more intimately acquainted with -their purposes and conductors than we can justly pretend to be. The met-tin .'s opposed to Mr. M'Kean, are charged with having affunied to them ielves, the exclusive right of thinking and aAing in the politics of our country, and proscribing as traitors to it all the citizens who differ from them in relation to public men or public measures; with refpeA-to ourselves, we utterly deny the truth of the charge, and believe it would be difficult to fubllantiate it in a tingle instance ; who it is that has been charged as a traitor, and what are the proofs of the charge, arc fj ■well known that Mr. M'Kean's committee ■will never make any enquiry into them, whilst they have any regard for the charac ter and feelings of a very di(\ingui>hed mem der of their body. The general unanimity manifefted in fa vor of Mr. Rofs by the grand juries in dif ferent parts of the State, as it affords the ftrongc'i evidence of the public (erftiment, could not fail to excite the deepest-chagrin in his opponents ; it is neverthrlefs fome ■what extraordinary in those who have hi therto contended, thjt the exercHe of the rights of the individual Ihould not be sus pended or deflroyed by his funftions as a public officer, to mention the condudl of the individuals composing the several gnmd ju ries as a fubjett of complaint, eSpecially ■when it it confide red, that they are gene rally men the molt reSpe£t"ible in their several counties for virtue and nnderftanding, and ftle&ed by the fheriff«~an officer of popular appointment. We submit to you the candor manifested in the general charge of intercepting, treat ing with and destroying the letters of the committee who flyle themselves republi cans, and substituting others teeming with sedition, difrefpeft and indecency ; we know of no such tranfaftion—ifjjfome Solitary in flauce of this kind has even occurred, it is | Dot furpnfmg that even among the friends I - of the federal government, n» whom so ma- j ny of its fojiiier oppofers have rtcently at tached themselves, Some unworthy charac ters may be found. « That arts of detraftion, intrigue and | falfiiood have been ailiduoufly prailifed to expole the republican candidate to odium, *nd to bring the republican principle itfelf into discredit and contempt with the people," is another of the charges, doubtless intended to apply to fume or all of the Supporters rff Mr. Rofs, as the calumniators, intriguers, fee. and to Mr. M'Kean as the republican candidate. We know of 110 foundation for any such charge, nor are we acquainted with any just ground on which tnefe gentlemen diftinguilli themselves, and their candidate, by the exclusive appellation of republicans : We proftfs ouifelves real republicans, al though we have never arranged ourlelves among the Supporters of royalty, democracy, •r jacobinism. The cemnjittee hnvp taken lome pains to ixculpats their candidate from the charge of vjbting a native of Ireland and a member of tbe catholic church. We believe him to be '*Wither; ati«l, had he been both, fliould have, far from regarding it as a ,fubje& cf cen&re or r?pMach: Our excellent confti twlion affords to tbe natives of every coun- ■*J& - 129" * t ' ■*, > ' r try an opportunity to became citizens, and declares every person, otherwise qualified, equally eligible to office. That Mr. M c Kean is a friend to France is a charge to which we cannot refufe our assent. We believe him to be so to a de gree that, adopted in our public councils, or fanclionedby the voice of the people, would have a tendency prejudicial, it" not ruinous, to the honor, independence and interest of out common country; his friends must ac knowledge, that he was privy to the em barkation of Dr. Logan, on his a (Turned embalTy to the Direttory, and that he fur niftied him with a letter or certificate, cal culated toinlure his favorable reception, and which, from the known charafter and Ration j of the writer, 'gave fouie color of authority j to hrs insolent interference in the negotia tions of our government. That Mr. M' Cean is-friendly to Fiance, that he defends and juftifies inofl ot her niea fures towards this country, and reprobates those of our own government, is too gene rally known to admit of controversy ; among his numerous declarations »f sentiments of this kind, made publicly and without re serve, which might be referred to and eftab lifbed, we (hall only lay before the public j the following.extract of a letter from Ghas. i Smith, £{q. of Lmc.ifter, a gentleman ol , character and integrity, wild, alter stating the wilh expressed by Mr. M'Kean, " that . twenty thousand United IriHnnen would 1 come into this countiy," goes on in the tal lowing words— 11 These expreifions did not alone—his abuse of tlie federal govern ment repeated and violent, so as to Ihew a marked difiike, and decided opposition ; the great cliarafters who conduct it were brinded with the epithet of conlpirators," wishing to introduce a monarchy; and his approbation of French mcafurcs, and their present ambitions purftiits, was unequivocal." few of the citizens of Ptnnfylvania, are at this tinit so uninformed, or lo milled, as to be blind to the pruje<f;s meditated bV France against the United States—to the varied and unwearied efforts with which flie has prnfc cuted our ruin—to the violence, perfidy, fnlfliood and intrigue, by which {he has en deavored to aecomplilh her infamous ends, and fink us into disgrace iind misery. How then can we be willing to receive as our go vernor, one who has juftified their mcafflrej, appbuded their conduct and principle*, and exaited the blessings of their ljffUm »l liberty ? You tnnnot, Fellow Citizens, be igno rant, that they have made Liberty and Equality the pretences, wbilft plunder and dominion have been their ohiefls ; that their philofoplnc enthulialm has not been fatislied with spreading uproar and wretchednels over a great portion of the globe, and drenching its furface with blood, but that they have attempted to change the moral, as well as the political, state of man; with this view the Christian Sabbath has been abclilhed,— religious obligations treated with ridicule and contempt, and national rights, alike in continent with the precepts of natural and revealed religion, have been established. Du pont, one of the, members of the French Convention, has thus expieffcd h'mfrll— " What 1 Thrones are overturned 1 Scep ters broken! Kings expire ! And yet the Altais as God remain ! A tingle breath ol enlightened mfon will now be ftifficient to niakf them d.b.pjtfar. Nature and Reason, tliefe ought to be the gods of men ! ,'i'hefe are my g ids ! For myfelf, I honestly avow to tht Convention, 1 am in Atheist." Such have been the sentiments openly promulgated and adopted by the Representatives of the 1 nation to whom Mr. M'Kt/an has not heli tnted to ivov: his attaclrnent. Although our county has withdrawn a little from the precipice towards which Ihe was not long liuce rushing with wild and i neon fide rate Heps, and our government, fup pnrtcd by the riling spirit of the people, lias oppofeata more manly attitude to the iufult ing aggreflions of an implacable foe, wc nmft not yet coiiluler our fafety to be inforcd, or the hour of danger pu-ft, it men who either are, or art believed to be, attached to France, and opposed to the system of energy and defence which has hitherto pre served Hi from thc| rapacious grasp of herD - reftory, lliould be exaltecT by the people to places of trust and power, our danger will be renewed ; a nation ever expert in intrigue, boasting of her diplomatic (kill, will not fail to avail-herl'elf of so unhoped for an advan- tage. We know nothing of the charge, that Mr. M'Kean is dcfirous of provoking a war with Qreat Britain. The answer to this fuppofrd aetUl'ation, if not introduced for the purpose, lias at lead afforded his cem mitte an opportunity of pouring forth their censures on the treaty with that nation. They observe, " that it has been so constru ed and a fled upon as to entail upon this country the payment of two enormous elafles of debts." and speak of the feceffioii of the American Csmmiflioners—" fhrink mg from the talk of announcing to the public the extent of ttritilh demands." The committee certainly was not aware that one of the molt oUenfive and exorbitant de mands which has been made on that Board is for almelt half a million of dollars by the Agent of the Penn family, who has accom panied his memorial with a pamphlet under the signature of Mr. M'Kcat), in which he defends and jullifies the claim. One of the points «f ditFerence in the cases on which the Comfniffioners have separated is the date of our Independence—the General Agent for the United States contended, that we be came a free and independent Nation from the fourth dsy of July, 1776. —the General A gent for the liritilii Claimants asserts, that we were not so until the peace of 1783, when we received our independence from the King of Great-Britain. In the Aurora of February 22, 1798, an opinion is publiihcd 'with the ii o r nature ot * Thomas-M'Kran, agreeing- with that now maintained before the Britilh Gonimilfioners. —lt expressly declares, that the civil war Continued until the definitive treaty with Great Britain in 1783. Americv.is, it' this do£trinc, corroborated by Mi:. M'Kean, ia true, you have been mistaken in observing the fourth day of Juiy, 1776, as the birth day of your Independence—voti must have been (according to Mr. opinion) in a state ot civil war, and, of course, rebels until King George the third granted y4u, in the-year 1783; the right# of an indepen dentnatioli. What are we now to fay of the fecelHon of the American Commissioners . to which wh.ch they were driven by exorbi- tant demands juftified by Mr. M'Kean's opinion, ll'lu is right great lutus of money will indeed be ni'tjfi'jiy—Many persons, hitherto conlidere'd as defertcrs, refugees, and traitors, were in I'aA (according to Mr. M'Kean's doctrine) loyal fubjefts, and mud be paid for all they ha by this Hii ftake. We pretend Dot'to give air-opinion on these quetlions, but leave chem where the government has placed them—fatisfied that th.y will ultimately rec.ivt a proper decision and that wliat in justice ought to be paid will be paid, «nd no more ; but surely Mr. M'Kean'i committee fliouldnot have told us of the enormity of Bjiltfli demands. Mr. M'Kcar.'s committee fay, that he _mvuH 9 ( t had.been " charged with being a Diforgani zcr, a Jacobin ; but that in truth there docs not exist a firjiicr advocate, a more t'jcccfs- ' ful supporters of law, of public tranquility, j of private property and public credit." How far his concl>;£t refpetting the dillurbancc that tfiok place on Sunday the tenth of F» brriary lafl, in the yard of St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia, correfpotids with these asser tions oi hi« committee, we submit to the I public on the following .datement of the part Mr. M'Kean took on that occasion. Whilll Robert iviuwon,- Mayor of the city, was eng;jgc«Ua taking the recognizances of J. Ciiiimiins and Or. Reynolds, two of the p.rfon's accufcd a» authors of the riot, Come pcrlbn knocked violently at the door and demanded admission ; the constables relufing to open it, Mr. M'Kean called out " 1 am Chief Juflict of the slate." The Mayor up on thst the Chief Julticc was there ordered the constables to open the door and giv? Mr. M'Kean admittance. . No lboner had he entered than he called out with a loud voice, accompanied by a menacing air, " Wl;at is the relilon, Mr. Mayor, of all this fuft that you keep the city in uproar' with a mob inarching these gentlemen up one flreet and down another, hand-cuff-a and tied}, for half the day together." The Mayor attempted to Hate the na- j ture of their offence—the evidence of their having insulted the congregation at the Church, and that one of them bad prcfen ted a loaded piftnl.to the breast of one of the Members, chat the prisoners had been treated with all possible attention >nd ci vility—had been neither hand cuffed nor tied, boti in as polite and teoder a manner as the ssturc of the cafe would admit,, had been' permitted to walk with the. peace of ficers in search of bail; to the Mayor's ftatemsnt of the manner in which they had been treated Dr. Reynolds candidly a (Ten ted ; but Mr. M'Kean- would hearken to nothing from the Mayer or Gentlemen prefenti'-aw'd charged the Members of the Congregation with having committed ao affaul: on the prisoners, a; d said " that (hey, and not the prisoners, were ibe aggreflors, I that he would have dismissed the matter in ! a quarter of ao hour, for the prisoners had a right to take up their hats and go about their business.*' The ilayor proceeded to take the recognizances and Mr. M'Kean, soon afterwards left tbe room apparently in great passion. Many of the fuppotters of Mr. M K'in ' are men who profefs their attachment to sn equality of rights and their aphorrence of polit cal diftin&ions founded on wealth or family ; it would be well for these to coufi der, how far the principles advocated by their candidate, and oppefed by Mr. Rofs, in tbe Convention that formed the Hate con stitution, are confident with their opinions —ln page 7a of the minutes of the body, they win find the following motion made by Mr. M'Kean—" No person (hall be capa ble of being chofcn a Senator who is not seized, in tee simple, of five hundred acrrs of land wi hin this commonwealth, or pos sessed of real and personal rftate to the value of five hundred pounds j ' —ln page 162, they will find him (Mr. M'Kean) fecoo diog a motion, " That the Governor (hall be legally fiezed ana poffeffrd of a elf ar real and personal estate, within this common wealth, of the value of four thousand dol lars, fix months before ffis eleftion ; and in page 171, renewing, at an adjourned meeting, hisfirft motion, in which it ap pears, from the Yeas and Nays, he was op posed by Mr. Rofs and supported by but eight members of the Convention, (jf the merits of these fcveril propositions we do not canfider it necessary to express our opi nion ; but when of two candidates for the the firi office in our government, one is branded with the imputation of aristocracy, and the dtlier held up to the people, iq the words of his committee, as " a friend of equal rights, under the freeft of govern ments," as one who '« advocates no dif tiniSion among his fellow-citizcos, but the diftiflion at the good and the bad," it is just to measure them by feme public and known standard, established at a time when it cannot be fairly pnfuroed that cither party ifad aiiy expeftation of becoming a candidate for the office of Governor. The committee has thought proper toJe ny, in positive terms, Mr. M*Kean'# hav ing ever expressed a wifli, " that twenty lhr>ifand United Irishmen would come over United States, for that, in his opi nion, tbey were the only men who under. ilood trup liberty.'* To this we oppose the letter of Mr. Smith already recit&J, and the annexed certificate of Mr, Watt# ot Carlifie, both men of known character, indepen dence and integrity. If any further proof j of the conversation, dated by Meflrs. Smith and Watts, were neceflary ftveral other Gentlemen, who were present, ara ready to corroborate their testimony. Tae inac curacy of the information on which the committee ground theirdenial of the charge, and the aflerlion, that Mr. M'Kean " ad vocates no diftintftion among his fellow citi zens. but the diftin<3ion of the good aiid the bad," ia a fair test by which you may judge what weight is due to the other parts of their statement. Several other charges have been slated and replied to by the committee, some of tliem probably unfounded and others of little importance if true ; on these we deein it fuperfluoua to make a single observation —to those who made the charges we cheer fully resign the talk of lupporting them. We have deemed it unworthy of our- fclves, either as a committee or individu ally, to make auy anonymous attacks on the public or private character of Mr. M'Kean ; and it may, perhaps, be confiderod as un neceflary for us to notice any of the un avowed (landers circulated refpeflinsj Mr. Rofs.—Oue accusation, however, has been Co frequently made, so strenuously infilled on, and, if true, i»of so ftriousa nature, that we cannot forbear to notice it.— Mr. Rofs is charged with being a Deist.—Some of us have k i own h.ai Prom his outset in life,and neTejrhefure jkeard such a fuggedon. When he was chefe!) a member of the State Convention, and wben he was ele&cd into the Senate of the United States, he was warmly opposed—mar.v objections were urged by fomc who had long known bin, but this charoe was referred for the present occasion. Believing, as from all these cir cumdances we wtte jtidjfied in doing, tl v there w?s n« found tion inr it, we have bceo happy to be «ble to refer yon to the -r»- tiexed certificates vhich we have received fnm the Rev. John Smith and Messrs. A. Swearei ger, Robert Stockton', J- feph Wherry, John Cotton, James Brice, James Mitchell, John Mercer, James A 1 lifon, Craig Ritchie, and Alexander Cun- ningham, pious and devout men—the for mer a Minilter of the Gospel, and the lat ter Elders of the different fVcfbyterian Con gregations in whose neighbourhood he baa for many years last rslided, which will be fouiid to contain a complete refutation of this malicious calumny. Thus, fellow-citizens, we have confiucr ed the observations of th<* adverse committee in reply to the charges they fugged to have been made against their candidate; and, in' so doing, hafe found it necessary to travel into a niore persona! enquiry than was agree able to us ; much of what has been said would have been avoided had not the talk been impufed on us by our opponents. To whom the appellation of a defamatory inquj fition, which they have politely beUdtMed on us, must properly belong! you can de termine.—We are low both before you— judge between us. With rcfpedt to Mr. Rofs it is almost fu pcrflnous to remind you of his jyft and uni form principle —hi* unexceplibnable de portment and u.'Kjueftionablr His manners arc simple, but his understand ing is profound—iiis accoinplilhments plain, but his talents brilliant* He is not tainted with the novel philosophy of France, which alike fits morality and religion at defiance, but is content with being an upright and coufcientious Christian as his fathers were, before him. His ufefulnefs, integrity and capacity, in tlae important public ftatious to which he has been called, have placed him beyond the .reach of injufyfrom the (hafts of evcy and dander. He is not, he cannot be, doubted on these point*. He is yet in the prime and vigor" of life, with a mind and conflitution capable of encountering every difficulty and fatigue to which his office may expose him-. It is tru he » not a TeGdent of the city—he is, if you plcafe, a country man ; but, finely this can in no degree dif quilify him from being ycur Governor, or render him less valuable and refpedtAle. We have endeavoured to place before you the two Candidates as they appear to us up on our bell knowledge and information. We ha ve fiiicerely eiu'eaviureJ " nc'thiujj to extenuate or aught let down'in malice." We are aftuatedby a pure and unmixed anx iety for the peace and welfare of our Country, which has been, and is aven' now, f mil ling with an inveterate enemy, who cm, a_-i ---ther be awed by jullice or conciliated by hu miliation, Let us, therefore, rarneftly fi nite in this imp: rtaut work— exert all your influence—fall into sdtion a'l yc ur energi's to bring it to an happy issue ; and liearcon ftantly in .mind, that you are'ftriving in the cawfe of your constitution—your country your relif-'ior—yourfelves and your children; in a word—for all that is dear to Man. Levi Hollingswortb, Samuel Morris. Robert H h-irttm. Benjamin H. Alorgmn. Henry Pratt. Micbcel Kepple, Zacbariab Paulson, jun. Daniel Smith. _John H all. JLawrince Seclth Documents referral to in the preceding Addi-efs. Certificate of Sir. Watts. I DO hereby Certify, That I heard Tho mas M'Kean, Chief «r Pennl'ylvania, declare, '• That te wished Twenty Thousand Unittd Irishmen would come into this Coun ty, tba tUj vert a People vb» unJ>rstocd Fellow Citizens ? Vf-rr" true Liberty and the Rights of Man? which I am willing to attdt upon oath, if ; t (houldbc utccffiry. DAVID WATTS. August io, 1799 jV. B. A dozen affidavits can be procured' to the above fait, if necelTarjr. ■ . J. ••"1 Tie Letter fro ntht Committee tf Ctmttk pandsnct for tee v/t/icb accompanied tie Ceriijicatjct • ' Jed to in. the preceding Addrttt, _*» Washington, August 28, 1799. Sib, THE committee in this county for pro. meting the election of Mr. Rofs, have Jcarnt where Mr. Rofs is left known than litre, cur rency is giveh by the enemies to his e'e&ion, (the fwme confeientious men who Fupported the eleilicn of Mr. Ji fie H on.) to a report, that Mr. Hols is a Deist. '1 o prevent the efFeft of this report, ow of the committee in this town, where Mr. Xofs lived more tliau ten years, and until about five year? ago, applied to such elder* and other persons, nntt.d for their piety and regard for religion, as have known Mr. Rofs during the whole of this time, and as easily could be applied to, arid they chearfully sign. Ed the rnclcfed certificate. It vv's regretted that the able nee of the Rev. John M'Miliin, twho is the minister nearest to this place, is ' intioiat-Iy and has been y;ars well *:v juainted with.Mr. Rofs, and is ous r hjs rteftion,) and of the other Pref bvtcrw* ministers in this neighboprhood, whe sVe now tittiiig in Prelbytery, more than sixty «;ili-s from this town, prevented the obtjirirrg ot their contradiction to this falfe ai".' n alicrous report. But it was not th'o't r ; t tor tlx" I'.lcc of this, to fuller t'riC n*>ort to gain force, by the delay of another A's post : cfp-.T as tlx'ife who have gned, are dift:i)s;uifhtd characters, for good ■, liui" H7ld piety, and ivXpeclab.h: fit ' -:r Itations frcie;w Tvlr; —AH.l'un "is j gc of this fuumy. Mr. Swearenger, Mr. .I'ltcliell and Mr. Ritchie are juftkes of the eace, and the laft.fus been a member of as. fembly. Mr. Cott n and Mi. Brice, are county conimifTi oners, and the last has been ,\ member of a trembly. Mr. Cunningham [ is a fubflanti&l merchant and Mr. Mercer a j substantial farmer, J htfe gentlemen being ! .ill in town at the time, were rsr.dily applied to, and yon may be allured, that the certiS ' cate of any one of them, is fufficieftt to out wefgh the report. Many more names coold j have been obtained, but to seek numbers was j thought to be giving to 1 * much refpe& to th« ' fhnder, and a felc&ion of a few unqueftion- I rtble chara&ers was thouiKt txv'f. | The pn fence of the Rev. John Smith, of j Cannoufbiirgh, a learned and refpeftable Se- I eerier minister,' who, about three years ago, removed to this country from o<ft«r*ra, in Larcafler county, enabled us to prqcjre his certificate also, and upon this we are content to reft tlx - charafter of Mr. Rcfs and of our- IVlves, We could much ease have obtain ed us positive a denial of all lira other mali cious reports lately propagated against Mr, Eofs, and we do pledge eurfelves that they are f;.lfe. But we thought it not of confir queme to do so, as they art, we trust, ge nerally known to ix- falfe; and as foch re ports from u'lpriiu ipLd and deltgning men are usually expelled on such occasions. But there are so few means of afiemii]ing the credit due to a report of inGdelity and a rc fpeCt for religion is of fu«h importance in pllblic Rations, that we thought it a duty to our fellow citizens to disprove the afperficn of deism. Least, therefore, this nfperfinn ftiould mlt lead good people, unacquainted .-«ith N Miv R'>fs, the coismittee here retjutft tfat you will publith, if you thir.k' tl)tie dft cuments in the newfjwpers or in hand biHj, ;is you think be(\, and in such manner as you think most fit. The original of these certificates is in the hands cf the committee of Franklin county. A. .ADDISON, Chairman of the committee of Washington to. IVa/biagltn. (/*•) slug. 16lb 1799. TO ALL WHOM IT MAV CONCERN. WE the lubferibers, regular members of sundry Prefbyurian congregations in the county of Washington, hate heard with surprise and regret, that : morg the many slanderous repots propagated agairll the rcfpcftable chara&er of Jamts Rofs, Esq. of 1 iitfburgh, who has been proposed to be chofeii governor of Pennsylvania, one i» that he is a D iji. We trust thai we havp a finacrt Tcgtfd • so truth and religion, and we feel buffelvi* t, bound by tlie duties we owe to both, so far ' as our tellimony can go to remove from eur fellow citizens, this ( bftru&ion to t6e free * excrcife of our votes in favpttr of Mr. Rof*. . S< d forbid that we (hou'd affiil in placing in i luc'« an important a liation, a' man defective • in refptdt for religion. And we but the didla cs of our own confcicnce* in ma king ihe following declaration cf ifcrkat we know of Mr. Rois, from our own obferra tion and indubitable information. Mr. Rofs vas bora of refpcdtable and pious parents, of the Presbyterian churc'i in York county in this state, and received f om them a religous education. He is well in ftruded in the fcriplures and tjae doftrincs of bhriitianity a3 held by our church ; and we are persuaded believes and refpe&S them. He lived long in this town, and long er in this county, and we have had good opportunist of knowing bim. Where he has lived, there has not been ai y stated minister, and only occasional fiipplies for public worfliip. But he has contributed to the support of public worfliip whtre I t liv ed, 2nd attended it regularly and the e i« nothing known to u» to juflify the jgft; /■ -r<^l r
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