496 Assembly Proceedings, April 5-22, 1720.

U. H. J.

an Equall Right with Protestants to share in all the Judiciall &
Ministeriall Offices and Imployments in this Government, And
their continual murmurs and Complaints of hardships and
Wrongs done them in that they are not restored to what
they call their Right. We know of no Legal right they have
to any more than what they Enjoy, And we think they Might
have been an happy People, had they Accepted and observed
those Easey Terms offer'd them by your Excy which was as
well their Duty as Intrest
And here we cannot but Joyn with your Excy in that
Christian Prayer to God, that the poor persecuted Protestants
in foreign parts might be endulged with the same Lenity the
Romanists Enjoy here.
We heartily and readily Concurr with and approve of the
wise and Judicious method proposed by your Excellency for
Applying pper remedies to those growing Evils your Excel-
lency mentions which if neglected might possibly in time
prove fatall to all his Majestys plantations on the Continent
and your Condescending goodness notwithstanding all the
Provocations you have met with in giving the Romanists such
a fair Opportunity for asserting their right if any they have
to more or greater privileges than they now Enjoy with a
promise Annex'd to allow them whatever appears to be their
Due.

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This being done we presume Cannot faile to render those
people Easey and Obviate any Cause of Murmur or Com-
plaint against a Governour and Government from whom they
have so much Lenity allowed but at Least if It should faile
herein yett we hope It Cannot faile of Enabling Your Excy
according to your kind intimation of answering for us both
here and hereafter and of preventing their Impositions on
Strangers to their Case and on the Credulity of unguarded
minds by their Amusements.
What other matters and things your Excy shall think p per
during this Sessions to Comunicate to us by way of Message
shall be duly Considered as they come before us And we hope
our Unanimity and Speedy Dispatch of the pceedings of this
Sessions will be a Suff^t Evidence not only to the psent age but
to Posterity that we are good Subjects good Protestants and
hearty Lovers of our Country
Signed p Order M Jenifer Cl Lower House

The House Adjourns untill One a Clock in the Afternoon