Their armies protect us within, and their fleets defend us, and our commerce without.

Their government is not only paternal and indulgent, but is wholly gratuitous.

We neither pay these forces, nor feed them, nor clothe them.

We not only raise no taxes, but are not expected to do so.

The blessings of true religion are diffused among us, by the pious liberality of England, and a collegiate establishment at Windsor, supported by British friends, has for years supplied the Church, the Bar and the Legislature with scholars and gentlemen.