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& good Government will soon revive. What has passed was
the Common Cause of all, but, whilst Society shall be Prefer-
able to a State of nature, and Liberty & Property to anarchy
& Confusion, those will ever be bad Politicians, who shall
think of Supporting a worse cause by the aid of the Multi-
tude: who, like the Great enemy of Mankind, are easier
raised than Laid, & for want of other work may soon turn
upon their Employers. But, thank Heaven, no mischief "has
ensued, & the Experiment has only served to do still greater
honor to those, who, like the Senators of Antient Rome, were
ready to receive the Barbarians wth so good a Countenance
The Repeal of the Stamp Act is a most Jiappy Event,
rendred more particularly so by the unparallelled example of
British Moderation. Had Government here suffered itself to
be Provoked & proceeded Vindictively, with as little Temper
as those who have now prevailed, (say from the goodness of
their cause, for they were certainly bad Sollicitors) I shudder
to think what might have been the consequences. But no
Acts of Oblivion are now wanting, the Printers have nothing
to apprehend for their past Performances, and the Justices of
Frederick County may lye down with their Clerk in Security.
The present Turn Inclines not only to Forget & Forgive, but
to Challenge a Reconciliation & future harmony; Let not
then the Colonies baulk so good a Disposition, but meet at
least half way: Let them not Exult & Triumph, as upon a
Victory gained over the Mother Country: but as was said in
one of the Houses of Parliament, Let the past, like the Falling
out of Lovers, Prove only the renewal of Love: & above all,
May that unruly Spirit, wch has gone forth, be hushed in
Peace, & never more opposed to the Calmer Voice of reason:
For, as was likewise said upon the same occasion, "Non per
Seditionem & Turbas, Desideria ad Caesarem Deferenda "
His Lordship, in Perusing the Journal as far as it has been
transmitted, observes there is an omission of the names of
the Members, the places where Elected, and how they voted,
Indeed the Clerk mentions its being returned Incompleat for
want of time, but when it is perfected, his Lordship desires
care may be taken to Supply these Omissions in the usual
manner.
His Lordship, ever attentive to the Interests of his people,
has Conceived that Copper Coinage may be of use in Pro-
moting a Circulation of Specie. If your Excellency should be
of the same opinion, & should find it agreable to the Province,
His Lordship is very willing to undertake, witht any advantage
to himself the Coining a proper quantity of Copper, Equiva-
lent to the English Standard, to answer a requisite Currency:
Or, If it will be more agreable to you to have the Coinage at
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