This dreadful situation," he added, "has alarmed every man of principle and property in New England.

They start as from a dream, and ask--what has been the cause of our delusion?
What is to afford us security against the violence of lawless men?
Our government must be braced, changed, or altered, to secure our lives and our property.

We imagined that the mildness of the government, and the virtue of the people were so correspondent, that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws.

But we find that we are men, actual men, possessing all the turbulent passions belonging to that animal; and that we must have a government proper and adequate for him.

Men of reflection and principle are determined to endeavour to establish a government which shall have the power to protect them in their lawful pursuits, and which will be efficient in cases of internal commotions, or foreign invasions.