. Address of the representatives of the religious Society of Friends. nations, to influence thehearts of those who are placed in authority to seek forhis counsel, and incline the inhabitants of these UnitedStates to feelings of tenderness for the oppressed, thatthere may be a hearty co-operation between the peopleand our rulers, in according to all, without distinction ofnation or colour, the free enjoyment of their civil andreligious rights. Thus we may hope to experience thefulfilment of the evangelical prophecy, I will make thineofficers, peace, and thine exactors, righteousness ; violences
. Address of the representatives of the religious Society of Friends. nations, to influence thehearts of those who are placed in authority to seek forhis counsel, and incline the inhabitants of these UnitedStates to feelings of tenderness for the oppressed, thatthere may be a hearty co-operation between the peopleand our rulers, in according to all, without distinction ofnation or colour, the free enjoyment of their civil andreligious rights. Thus we may hope to experience thefulfilment of the evangelical prophecy, I will make thineofficers, peace, and thine exactors, righteousness ; violenceshall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruc-tion within thy borders; and that the Most High will ( 15 ) still extend to our country the blessings of harmony andpeace, and make us a light to the surrounding nations. Signed in and on behalf of a Meeting of the Repre-sentatives of the Religious Society of Friends,commonly called Quakers, in Pennsylvania,New Jersey, &c., held in Philadelphia, the 14thof the Fourth Month, 1837. JONATHAN EVANS, Clerk. 54 W.
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