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L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45
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ably of those who thro' a sence and Desire of doing Good opposed
the same, altho' they may have been mistaken in point of Judgement.
5 ) From many Consequences we find that this Government hath
for some time past pursued it's own Profitt and Benefit, but how far
that turns to the Publick Good those who are Sensible thereof will
best Judge, and we Humbly Conceive that when the Representative
Body of the People refuse any Advantage offered it must proceed
from an Error in Judgment thro' want of Due reflection or Impar-
tial Deliberation which we shall from your kind Recommendation
make the best use of we are Capable in what affairs shall come before
us.
6) This House is not acquainted with the Disposition of the
Clergy in point of their forty p Poll, and shall always bear a Just
regard for that Reverend Body, nor Attempt to intrud any Terms
on them which may not Suit their own Inclinations to Accept of,
but shall always be ready and Willing to receive such Proposals as
they may Judge Suitable to Make.
Your Excellency is pleased to Vouch for his Lordships Officers
good Inclination for the Publick Good, this is in your Excellency's
Power to command, nor do we see any Reason to Joyn the Income of
the Church and State on the present Occasion, the former being
Grounded on Law, the latter not.
This House have so many recent Instances of the People of this
Province being made a Property to his Lordships Officers and the
many Evils that proceed therefrom that they are under the Greatest
Apprehension of every Act that may put them into their Power
or Mercy, the Effects of which hath too often and daily doth Demon-
strate itself in the ruin and Oppression of Many.
We wish we had not good reason to be assured that the little
Credit given by his Lordships Officers to a Currency Struck by his
Lordship and the People here, on the best Security, has not been the
Means in a great Manner to Depreciate the same.
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p. 792
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We acknowledge it is of the utmost Importance to this Province
to Circulate and give a Credit to their Currency, but the former
Reasons and great Apprehensions of further Evil will weigh with
us to let it take it's Chance on the Foundation whereon it now Stands,
which we are well assured must give it a Due Credit in time, against
all the Attempts and Designs of the Enimies to that and our
Welfare
7) As we Judge our Attempts or Endeavours would be fruitless
and Dangerous in relation to a General Law relating to the Paper
Currency we shall at present Decline Entring thereon.
And we Humbly conceive that it is in his Lordships, his Ministers
and Officers Power to Encourage the Settlement of the Back and
remote Parts of this Province, but how far that is done by the
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