: — The  humble  address  of  some  of  the
'^  people  called  (Quakers,  residing  in  the  city  of  Phi-
"  ladelphia,  on  behalf  of  themselves  and  many
"  others  : —


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"  With  hearts  sorely  distressed  and  deeply  affect-
''  ed  with  the  calamities  of  our  fellow  subjectSj  and
^"^  painfully  apprehensive  of  the  desolation  couse-
"  quent  of  an  Indian  war,  we  address  the  governor,
"  and  earnestly  entreat  thy  favourable  attention  on
'^  this  solemn  and  important  occasion,  in  which  the
"  lives  and  liberties  of  the  people  of  this  province
^'  are  so  nearly  concerned. We  have,  with  the  most
"  sensible  concern  and  pain  of  mind,  observed  the
^*  sorrowful  alteration  in  the  state  of  this  late  peacc-
'^  ful  province,  now  become  the  theatre  of  bloodshed
'^  and  rapine,  and  distressed  by  the  cruel  devasta-
^*  tion  of  a  barbarous  enemy,  which  justly  excites
^'  the  most  aggravating  reflections  in  every  conside-
^^  rate  mind ;  yet,  when  we  consider  that  all  wars
^'  are  attended  with  fatal  consequences,  and  one
^^  with  enemies  so  savage  as  those  who  have  now
'^  become  ours,  with  circumstances  the  most  shock-
**  ing  and  dreadful,  we  cannot  omit  beseeching,  that
^^  before  the  resolution  of  declaring  war  against  them
^^  be  carried  into  execution,  some  further  attempts
*^  may  be  made  by  pacific  measures  to  reduce  them
^'  to  a  sense  of  their  duty,  and  that  a  further  oppor-
"  tunity  may  be  offered  to  such  as  may  be  willing
"  to  separate  from  those  who  had  been  the  wicked
'*  instruments  of  perverting  them. 