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Rh “ abetted, encouraged, and rewarded:

“ civil magiſtracy rendered contemptible by the appointment of improper and incapable perſons:

“ civil magiſtrates tampered with by adminiſtration, and neglecting and refuſing to diſcharge their duty:

“ and rioters hired and raiſed by the miniſtry, in order to juſtify and recommend their own illegal proceedings, and to prejudice your majeſty’s mind by falſe inſinuations againſt the loyalty of your majeſty’s ſubjects:

“ freedom of election violated by corrupt and undue influence, by unpuniſhed violence and murder:

“ juſt yerdicts of juries, and the opinion of the judges, over-ruled by falſe repreſentations to your majeſty; and the determinations of the law ſet aſide, by new, unprecedented, and dangerous means; thereby leaving the guilty without reſtraint, and the injured without redreſs, and the lives of your majeſty’s ſubjects at