succeed the old citizens will be involved in continue[al] Larcenies & neighborhood broils & crimes the end of which cannot <​now​> be foreseen. We deprecate such evils <​and calamities​> because we desire the good of all mankind as our gratuitous labors <​of the greater portion of citizens​> in spreading truth throughout the world under much poverty & suffering abundantly prove. As for us, our course is fixed & while we are peaceable & Loyal to the constitution of the <​& laws of our ​> & are ever willing to join hands with the honest virtuous & patriotic in suppresing crime & punishing criminals we are firmly <​we will leave leave our enemies to judge whether it would not be better​> resol[v]ed as the God of Israel is our help never to yield to oppression, however artfully devised & executed. As the Roman muti◊◊s burnt his hand in a slow fire in token of the bravery of the army to which he belonged So our enemies may rest assured that this <​​> shall be <​to make​> one universal burying ground before we will suffer ourselves to be driven from our hard earned and lawful homes but <​by​> such high handed oppression.* But for the satisfaction of all concerned we reiterate in the following resolutious sentiments that we have always expressed in all places as occasion demanded.