ii' v \\-*' "•• ADDRESS •,. . "■■&-'r' : --.l* ■ T^+ks'. ""' : r F&EEMEN o/PENNSYLVANIA. \ Friends and Fellow Citizens s WHEN a numerous meeting of our inofl refpe&able fellow citizens affigrrtd to us the duty of endeavoring, as a committee, to pro mote the eleflion of James Rofs, it was far from being the wish of any, or the expecta tion of mod, of our number, to become in volved in the unpleasant talk of commenting on the condutt of the oppoGte candidate, or tfcat of his advocates. The fentiuients w: ontertained on this fubjeft have already been expressed to you, and \vc m;:y lately chal lenge the most inveterate of our opponents, to point out * iingle inflance in which we deviated from our profeflions, by inak eonducft of either; we fliould have beheld with plea! tire, thut, in this at lead, we had not been considered unworthy of their imi tation. i An artful infiiuiation will frequently pro duce more pernicious eflfe<£U, in the minds of the unwary, than a direst charge, while those by whom it has been made, may con Ci der its ambiguity * fufßeient flielter to theii characters, from any imputation of inaccu racy and falHiocd. These refleftions wil naturally arise on a candid perusal of the the ftfeond paragraph of an address to the Republicans of Pennsylvania, dated the 7th of Augufl 'aft, and publilhed under the sig natures ft MelJYs. fcter Muhlenberg, Sa muel Miles, A. J, Dallas, Michael Lsib William Penrofe, and Tench Co*e, a com mittee on behalf of Mr. M'Kean, in wJiieh I is afiet Led, that " force rf the p reflet, whe ther con-luCted by foreign emiflaries v/itb a 6f our government, or employed by domes- ■ tic agents with a view to encreaf'e the emolii- ; menu of certain arift&cratical persons, who , deceive ■ and mi dead the federal party, have | »itb. the groftcft flinders the in- ' tentiorv of the committee evidently is to im the above description, and supported for the purport;* stated, among ns, and are uftd and encouraged by the .party who support Mr. Rot's, than which nothing is more re mote troni truth. If there are any presses Mmferig us conducted by foreign emissaries, .those trom whom the indnuation originated ImiH be more intimately acquainted with their purposes and conductors than we can jufHy pretend to bt. - -The meetings opposed to Mr. M'Kean, are charged with having afTumed to theni ielves, the excluliv/; right of thinking and acting in the politics of our country, and profcriVing as traitors to it all the citizens who chffet from them in relation to public men or puhh.c nieafures; with refpod to 011 rfelves, v. e utterly deny the truth of the charge, and believe it would be diilicuk to fubllantiate it in a tingle iuftancr ; who it is that has been charged as a traitor, and .what are the proofs of the charge, are fn 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 diflinguifhed mern der of their Imdy. The general unanimity tnanlfefted in fa vor of Mr. Rofs by the grand juries in dif ferent parts of the State, as it affords the ftrongcfr evidence of the public frirtimeni", could not fail to excite the decpclt clvagrin 4 i his opponents; it is neverthi less fome •what extraoidinaiy, in those who have hi therto. contended, that the exercise of the rights of the individual should not be fuf perded fir destroyed by his funfliens as a public officer, to meption the condaft of the 1 idividu'al? cotnpoling- the fevers I grand ju ries as a fubjeil of complaint, especially ■when it is considered, that they are genie- rally men the moll refpeflnlile in their fevcraf counties for virtue and underflanduig, and felecled by the (heriff-—an officer of popular appointment. We submit to you the candor manifefted in the general charge of intercepting, treat ing with insult, and destroying the letters of the committee who flyle themselves republic cans, and fubflituting others teeming with sedition, difrefpeft and indecency ; we know ' no such tranfa&ion— solitary in ->£ this kind has even occurred, it js "Sg that even among the friends Government, to whom Co ma- Njpoferv have recently at ~>e unworthy charac- .jicit furpn 1 the ftderal njr cis its fornier taehed ters way be found. \. " That arts of detra&ion, intrigue and falfhood have been affiduonfly pradlifed to expote the republitan candidate to odium, and to bring the republican principle itfelf intp discredit and contempt with Hie people," ! 'V another 6f the charges,jjoiibtlefs intended to to some or all of the supporters of *4 th« «?li»niniators, intriguers, Itc. and to. Mr. M'lean as the republican candidate. We know of no foundation for any such charge, nor are we arquainted with any just ground d/i which tbefe fentlemeiv diftinguilh themfelvts, and their candidate, by the exclusive appellation of republicans : We profefs ourselves real republicans, al though we hate never arranged qtarfelve* among the supporters of royalty, democracy, or jacobinism. The cemmittee have taken fonie pains to ejeculpats their candidate from the charge of being a native of Ireland and a member of tbe catholic church. We believe him to be neither ; and, had he been both, fliould have been far from regarding it 4s a fubjedt of eenfnre or reproach: Our excdlent confti- tution affords to the natives of every coun try an opportunity to become citizens, and declares every person, otherwise qualified, equally eligible to office. That Mr. M'Kean is a friend to France is a charge to whith vre cannot rcfufe our .(Tent. WV believe him to be so to a de-j gree that, adopted in our public councils, or ianctioiied by the voice of the people, would have a tendency prejudicial, if not ruinous, to tlie honor, independence and interest of our common country; his friends must ac knowledge, that he was privy to the em barkation of Dr. Logan, on his aflumed embassy to the Dire&ory, and that he fur nifl>ed him with a letter or certificate, cal culated to tnfure tiis favorable reception, and which, frciu the known character and station of the writer, gave Came color of authority to his insolent interference in the negotia tions of our government. That Mr. M' Cean i 9 friendly to France, that he detends and jultifies moll of her mea sures towards this country, and repr.Kites thpfe of our own government, is too gene rally known to admit of controversy ; among his numerous declarations ef febtitncMtJ ot this kind, made publicly and without re serve, whict&night be referred to and eftab lifhad, we ftiall «nly lay before the public the following extract of a .letter from Chas. Smith, Esq. of Lancaster, a gentleman of chara&er and integrity, who, after flafing the willi expressed by Mr. M'Kcan, " that twenty thousand United Irilhinen would come into this countiy," got* op in the fol lowing words—" Thcle expressions did not fland alone—his abuse of the federal govern ment was repeated and violent, so as to fliew a marked dislike, and decided eppofition ; the great chara&eri who conduit it were brrnded with the epithet of conl'pirators, wishing to introduce a monarchy; and his approbation of French meafurss, and their present ambitious pursuits, was unequivocal." Few of the citizens of Pennfylyania, are at this time so uninformed, or so milled, 2s to be blind to the prpjedts meditated by France : against the United States—to the varied and j unwearied efforts with which flic has prose cuted our ruis—to the violence, perfidy, fallhood and intrigue, by which she has en deavored to accomplilh her infamous ends, and fink us into disgrace and niifery. How j then can we b« willing to receive as our go vernor, one who has juflified their measures, applauded their conduit and principles, and exalted the blessings of thtir fyflem ol i liberty ? You cannot, Fellow Citizens, be igso ! rant, that they have made Liberty and s Equality the pretences, whilst plunder and ' dominion ]iaVe been their obje/U ; that their j pbilofophic enthusiasm has not been (atisfkd ■ with (pleading uproar and wretchednefi 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 I the Cbriftian Sab'.iath has been abcliflied, — religious obligations treated*.with ridicule and contempt, and national rights, alike in ! confident with the precrpts of natural «nd; revealed religion, have been tftabliihed. Du pont, e»e of the members of the French! Convention, has thus exprefied, h'mlHf—i " What! Thrones are overturned! Scep ters broken! Kings expire! And yet the. Altars of God remain ! A linyle breath ol enlightened reason will notf be fwffitier.t to m?kr tliem dilappear. Nature and Reason, these ought to be the gods of men ! Thcfc are my gads! For myfelf, I hone illy avow to the Convention, I are an Atheist." Such have been the fentimmts openly prcujMllgated; and adopted by the Reprrfentatives of the nation to whom Mr. M'Kfin has not hesi tated to avow his attachment. Although our county ha 9 withdrawn a little from the precipice towards which the was not long since rufhi.ig with wild and inconsiderate steps, and our government, sup ported by the rising spirit of the people, has" opposed a more manly attitude-ta the iul'uit ing- aggrcfiions of an implacable foe, we must not yet consider our fafety to be insured, or the hour of danger part, if men who either are, or are believed to be, attached to Nance, and opposed to the system of energy and defence which has hitherto pre served us from the rapacious grasp of herD - reftory, fheuld he exalted by the people to places of trust and power, our dunger will be renewed ; a nation ever expert in intrigue, boaP.ing of her diplomatic Ikill, will not fail to avail hcrftlf of so unhoped for an advan tage. i We know nothing of the charge, that Mr. M'Kean is desirous of provoking a war with Breat Britain. The anftver to this supposed accusation, if not introduced for the purpose, has at least afforded his c«m mitte an opportunity of pouring forth th-.ir ' censures on the treaty with that nation. They obfcrw, " that it has been so conftru- I ed and a&ed upon as to entail upon this I country the payment of two enormous clafles of debts." and fptak of the ftceflion of the American Commissioners—" Ihrink ing from the taik of announcing to the public the extent of ttvitiih demands." The c omnaittee certainly was not aware that one of the most offenfive and exorbitant de mands which has been made en that Board is for almost half a million of dollars by the Agent of the Penn family, who |ias accom panied his memorial with a pamphlet under the signature of Mr. M'Kean, in which he defends and juflifies the claim. One of the points of difference in th« cases 011 which the Commissioners 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 day of July, 1776, —the General A gent for the Britifli 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 #f February 32, 1798, an opinion is publiflied with tlie lignatuie of Tharoas-M'Kean, agreeing with tlratnow maintained before the Britifll Commissioners, —lt expressly declares, that the civil war continued until the definitive treaty witk Great Britain in 1783., Americans, if-this de&riiie, corroborated bv TvTr. M'Kean, is true, you have been initUken in bblcrvirg the fourth day of July, 1776, as the birth day of your ludependencc—you reuft. I been (according to Mr. M'Kean's opinion) in a state otiiivil war, an; 4, ot courts, rebels until King George the third granted you, in the year 1783, the rights of an indepe.i dent nation. What are wc now to i.iy ot the feceffian of the American Coniniitlioners to which which they were driyen by exorbi tant demands juftified by Mr. M'Kean » opinion. If lie is right great sums of money will indeed be neccfiary—Maiiy p?rfoUs, hitherto considered as del'erters. reii'gees, and traitors, were in fa ft (according Mr. M'Kean's doctrine) loyal fubjeds, aiidoiuft be paid for all they have lufier.d by ibis 1111- We pretend not t»gi»e any opjriiil on these qu<Rions, but l»ave chem where the government has placed them/—fatisfied that 1 they will ultimately receive a proper decibon and that wbat 'in jufhee ougll't to be paid will be paid, and no more ; but 1 uifly Mr. M'Kean's committee fhcukl not have told us of the enormity of British deaiands. Mr. M'Kean's convmittie fay, that lie had-been " charged with being a Diforgani aer, a Jacobin ;"but that in truth there does not exitl a firmer advocate, a more fuccels ful supporters of law, ot public tranquility, of private propertyand public credit." How far his conduct refpeaing the diflurbance that took place 911 Sunday the tenth of Fe bruary lass, in tbe yard of St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia, corresponds with these asser tions of hi? coinmittee, we submit to the public on the following Hatemtnt of the part Mr. M'Kean took on that occasion. Whilst Robert Whartojjj Esq. Mayor of the city, was engaged in taking the recognizances of J. Cummins and Dr. Reynolds, two of the persons accused as authors of the riot, some person knocked violently ,at the door and demanded adraiffion ; the conflables refufing to open it, Mr. M'Kean called out " I am Chief Judice of the Hate." The Mayor up on hejiring<hat the Chief Justice was there ordered the conflables to open the door and give Mr. M'Kean admittance. No foq:ur had he entered than he called out with a loud voice, otcompan'wd by a menacing air, ".What is the reason, Mr. Mayor, of all this suss that you ke?p the city in uproar with a mob marching these geiitlemen up one flreet and down another, hand-cuffed and tied, Ton half the day together." The Mayor attempted to slate the na ture of their offence—the evidence of their having insulted the congregation at the Church, and that one of thtm had prcfen teda loacJed pill.;] to the bread of one of the Memberc, th3t the prifo: ers had been treated with all poflible attention ind ci vility—had been neither hand cuffed nor tied, but, in as polite and tender 3 manner as the nature of the cafe would admit, had been permitted to walkwith the peace "of ficers in feardi of bail; to the Mayor' 3 statement of tie manner in which they had ; been treated Dr. Reynolds candidly assen ted ; but Mr. M'KeaH would hearken to nothing from th® Mayor or Gentlemen present, and charged the Members of the Congregation with having committed an assault on the prisoners, and said " that they, and not the prifouer?, were the aggressors, that he wou'd have dismissed the matter in a quarter <f an hour, for the prifyners had a ri k bt to lake up their hats and go ahont their bufintfs. 1 ' The Mayor proceeded to [ take the recognizances and Mr. M'Kean soon afterwards left the room apparently in great pafiion. Many of the supporters of Mr. M'Kean are men who profefs their attachment to an equality of rights and their aphorrence of political diftinaions founded on wealth or I family ; it would be well for these to coafi der, how far the principles by ' their caßdidatej and oppofrd by Mr. Rofs,, in the Convention that formed the state con llitution. are confident with their opinions —ln page 72 of the minutes of the body, they will find the following motion made by Mr. M'Kean—" No person (hall be capa ble of being chosen a Senator wbo is not seized, in (ec simple, of five hundred acr'S of land wi hin this common we lih, or pos sessed of real and personal estate to the value of five hundred pounds;''—ln page 162, they will find him (Mr. M'Kean) fecon. ding a motion. " That the Governor shall ! be legally fiezed ana puffefifd of a clear real ; and personal estate, within this common wealth, of the value of four thoufar.d dol [ lars, fix months Kefore his eleaion ; and in page 171, renewing, at an adjourned meeting, his firtl 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, Of the merits of these several propositions we do not conlcjer it! necessary to express our opi nian ; but when of two candidates for the the firtl office in our government, one is braided with the imputation of aristocracy, and the other held up to the people, in the words of his committee, as " a fritnd of equal rights, under the freed of govern ment'," as one who " advocates no dif tinaion among his fellow-citizens, but the diftiaieo ot the good and the bad." it is jutl to measure them by some public and known dandard, edablifhed at a time when it cannot be fairly preftimed that either party had any expiation of becoming a candidate for the office of Governor. The committee hat thought proper to de ny, in pofciive terms, Mr. M'Kean's hay ing ever expressed a wish, «< that twenty thousand United Irilhmen would come over to the United for that, in hi* opi nion, they were the »nly men who under, stood true liberty." To this we oppose the letter of Mr. Smith already recited, and the annexed certificate of Mr, Watt» of Carlisle, both men of known character, indepen dence and integrity. If any further proof of the conversation, stated by Mc-flVs. Smith and Watts, were m-ceffary ftveral other Gentlemen, who were pre ft nt, ara ready to corroborate their teflimony. T;ie inac curacy of the information on which the committee ground theirdenial of the charge, and the afferlioo, that Mr. M Ktao ad vocate* 110 diftinaion among hi< Mow citi zens, but the diftin&ion of the good aiid the bad," is a fair ted by which you may fudge what weight is due to the other parts fj! their tla'ement. Several other charges bs*e been dated and replied to fey. the cerarrfitt-ee, some of them p; o bablyi' tJjtfou n ded and others or little importance."if true ; on th«f« we deem it fwperfluotis to make a (ingle obicrvation —to th«fe who made the charges yt cheer fully resign the task of lupporii g them. We have deemed it unworthy of our selves, either as a committee or individu a'ly, to make any anonymous attacks on the public or private character of Mr. M'Kean ; and it may, perhaps, be confidired as un necessary for uj to notice any of the un arowed {landers circulated refpefling Mr. Rofs.— One acpufation, however, has been so frequently made, so ftrcnuotifly infilled Sand, if true, is of so feriousa nature, t we cannot forbear to notice it.—Mr. Rofs is charged with being a Deilt.—Seme of us have ki>own him from his outset in life, and never before heardfuch a fuggefton. When he was cliefen a member of the State Convention, and when he was ele&ed into the Senate of the United States, he was warmly opposed—many objeftioiis were urged by some who had long know* him, but this charge was refcrved for the present occaCon.— Believing, as from all' these cir cumdanccs we wcr; judified in doing, that there was no foundation for it, we have been happy to be able to refer yo« to the an nexed certificates which we have received from the Rev. John Snith and Messrs. A. Swearerger, 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 Elder* of the different frefbyterian Con. gregations in whose neighbourhood he has for many years lail rvfided, which will be found to contain a complete refutation of this malicious calumny. Thus,. feUow-citizeni, we have confidir ed the observations of the advert committee io reply to the charges they fugged to have been made their candidate ; and, in so doing, have found it neceJTary to travel into a more personal enquiry than was agree able to i! 8 ; much of what has b«en said would have been avoided had not the talk been impoied on us by our opponent!. To whom tlie appellation of a defamatory jnqui fition, which they have politely bellowed on us, rtioß properly belongs you cao ds teTmioe.—We are now both before you— judge between u». With refpedl to Mr. Rofs it is almost fu perfluous to remind you of his jutl and urni lorin principle,—his unexceptionable r'e portir.ent and unquedionable qualifications, His manners are tiraple, but his underftand ir.g is profound—his acconiplidiments plain, but his talents brilliant. He is not tainted with the. novel philosophy of France, which alike sets morality and religion at defiance, but is content with being an upright and conscientious Christian as his fathers were before tnm. His ui'cfuhiefs, integrity arid capacity, in the important public stations to which he has been called, have placed him beyond the reach of injury from the (hafts ot evcy and ilander. He is not, he cannot be, doubted on these point*. He is vet in the prime and vigor of life, with a mind and constitution capable of encountering every difficulty and fatigue to which his office may expol'e him. It is t:« lie is not a resident ot the eity—he is, if you please, a country man ; but, surely this can in 110 dif q« ilify him from being your Governor, or render him let's valuable and refpeftable. Fellow Citizens ? We have endeavoured to place before you the two Candidates as they appear to us up on our belt knowledge- and information. We have (incerely endeavoured " Hothiug to extenuate or aught set down in malice." Wc are att'uated by a pure arid unmixed anx iety forthe'peace and welfare of ourcountry, which hHs been, and is »ven now, flrujrg fing witjhan inveterate enemy, whe car. nei ther be awed by jultice or conciliated by hu miliation, Let us, therefore, parneftly u nite in' this important work— all your induence—call into aftion all your enctgi 5 to bring it to an.happy iff'.e ; and bear con (lantly in mind, that you are striving in the of your conftitntion—your country your religion—yr.urfelves and your children; in a word—for ail that "is dear to Man. Levi Hollingsivorth. S amis I Morris. Robert si hurt on, Benjamin Ji. Morgan, Hcnrj Pratt. Michael Xe/> pie. Zacbartab Paulson, jun, Daniel Smith. John Willi. Lawrence SecUl. Documents referred to in the preceding Addrels. Certificate of Mr. Waits. I DO hereby Certify, I heard Tho mas M'Kean, Chief Justice of Peunfylvania, declare, " That be -wished Twenty Thousand United irishmen would come into this Couii trJi tbet t'bty were a People who understood true Liberty andtbe Rights of Man," which I am willing to attelt upon oath, >f it (hould be necessary. DAVID WATTS* August 10, 1799; ' iV. B. A dozen affidavits can procured tp theabov»faft,lfneg«(rarj'. , The Letter fro n the Committee of Corns, pondence fur tbe County of Washington tvbicb accompanied tbe Certificates allu did to in tbe preceding Address. Washington, August zB, 1799. Sia, THE committee in this county for pro* '.noting the ele&iori of Mr. Rofs, have learnt where Mr. Rofs is less known than here, cur rency is given by the enemies to his eleAiofi, (the lame coiifoientious men who fupportcd elf&iofi of Mr. Jelierfon,) to a report, J ;hat Mr. Rofs is a Deist. I To prevent the effedl of ,this one i of the committee in- this town, where Mr. Sol's lived moie than ten years, and until about live ycap ago, applied to such elders and other pfcrfunsj noted for their piety and regard for religion, as have known Mr. Rofs during the whole cjf this time, and as cafily coulS be applied to, and they chearfully sign-" j<d the enclufed certificate. It was. regretted that the ab fence of the Rev. John M'Millan, (who is the minister nearest to this place, is intimately and has been about twenty year* well acquainted witji Mr. Rofs, and is zcal | ous for hij eledtion,) and of the other Pref I byteriaa ministers in this neighbourhood, who are now fitting in Prfbytery, more than sixty miles from this town, prevented the obtaining of their contraction to this falfe and malicious report. But it was not tho't I prudent lor the fake of this, to fuffer the report to gain force, by the delay of another week's post: especially as those who have signed, are dirtinguilhed ehara&ers, for good sense, honesty and piety, and refpe&able for their Rations in society. Mr. Allifon is judge of this coonty, Mr. Swearenger, Mr. j Mitcliell and Mr. Ritchie are jußlces of the peace, and the lafl has been a member of af frmbly. Mr. Cott- n and Mr. Brice, are county eopuniffioners, and the Jaft hns been a nn mber cf afftinbly. Mr. Cunningham is a substantial merchant and Mr. Mercer a fubdantial farmer. '1 hefe gentlemen being all in town at the time, were readily applied to, and you may be alTared, that the certifi cate of any one of th«m, is fufHcient to but» weigh the report. Many jhioi'e names could have beefi obtained, but to feck numbers was thought to be giving too much refpeft to the [lander, and aftle&ion of a few unqueßion able charafters was thought befL TV pr<*£ nee of the Rev. John Smith, of Ciiifioiifbui-gh, a learnad and refpeftable Se ceder mjtlifter, who, about thret years ago, removed to this country from Odior»ra, in Lancafler county, enabled us to procure his ccrti Seated I so, and upon this we are content to reft the of Mr. Rofi and of our- it-Ives. We cotild with as much eale have obtain ed a'i politive a denial of all the other mali clous reports lately propagated against Mr, Rols, and we do pledge eurfelveg tjiat they arc falk. IJut we thought it not of eonfe cjuence to do so, as they are, we trust, ge- - nrrally known to be filfe; and as fucti re ports from, unprincipled and defining mtrt are ufnally expetiled on fucli ncralions. But there are so few means of alcertaining the credit due to a re pert of infidelity and* fpetl for religion is of fu«V importance in public Rations, that we thought if a duty t» . j" ocir fellow citizens to tiifprove the aspersion of deism. o . ; Least, therefore, this aspersion ffcolild roif- ' lead good pcoplt, unacquainted) with Mr. Rofs, the committee here request that yon will publith, if you thir.k proper, these do cuments in the riewfpapers or in hand bills, as you think best, ai-.d in fuck manner as 1 you think most fit. The original of tliefe certificates is in the htfnds of the committee of Franklin county. A. A DDISON, Cbairmau of the committee of Washington cc. Wajhtngiohs ( Z 5 -) stug- 26th TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. WE tlie fubferibers, regular members of sundry Prefbytcriap congregations in the county of Walhington, have heard with fnrprife and regret, that among the many flaudcrous reports prapagrted agafnft the rcfpc&able chara&er of James Rofs, Esq. of I'ittfburgh. who ha» been proposed to be chosen governor of Peiinfylvania, one i» that he is a D IJI. We trust that we have a finoere regard so truth and religion, and we feel ourfelve# bound by the duties we owe to both, so far as our tellimony can go to remove finm our ftllow citizens, thin <;bflru&ion to the free excrcife of our votes in favour of Mr. Rofs. sJod forbid that we should asM in placing in fuc!" an important a ftatinn, a man defe&ive in refpefi for religion. And we but obey the di<3aiea of our own consciences in ma king ;he following declaration of what we know of Mr. Roia, from our own observa tion avid indubitable information. Mr. Rofs was bom of refpe&able and pious parents, of Presbyterian churc lin York county in this ftatr, and received f<ora them a religoua education. He is well in ftrucicd in the fcripture»*and the doftrincs of chriitiariity as held by our church ; and we are persuaded believe# and refpeftl them. He lived long in this town, and long* er in this county, and we have had good opportunities of knowing him. Where he hat lived, there has not been any llated minister, and only occasional fuppliet for public worlhip. But he has Contributed to the support of public worfh p where he liv ed, and attended it regularly and there f$ nothing known to us to juftify the imputa tion that he is an infidel or deist, and we think this imputation sals.- and malicious. In witne'fs whereof we have hereto set »ur hands. J.fcph Wherry j Congr«g.t,=n. |ohn Cotton 1 Elders 6t Buffalee Cop.gra- Jatres Brice 3 gation- .•V 1
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