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MG-S.783.021
3 Jun 1783:32 (2/56)
Fore-warned--Fore-armed.
Mr. Printer. It is to be lamented, that the people
throughout these United States (with but few exceptions)
have a great aversion to the Scotch people, not because they
have been our most inveterate enemies in the late war, but
for their ferocious and malicious behaviour, especially to
the unhappy people who, by the fortune of war, fell into
their hands, treating them (without distinction) with
insults, inhumanity, and more than savage cruelty.
Therefore, to prevent their blood, (I wish I could add
innocent) from being frequently shed in this land, and to
warn them of the danger to which they must be exposed in
attempting to settle in any part belonging to these states
for the present, I wish government would give them warning,
in writing set up to view at every public landing place
throughout these states, to include (with submission to my
superiors) the purpose of the following lines, viz.
The Scottish people is rejected,
The world besides will be accepted.
Jews, Infidels and Hottentots
We welcome here--but not the Scots.
I will only add a phrase, frequently mentioned by our
seafaring brethren, that Fair Play is a Jewel; and remain
the public's friend and humble servant, [signed] Balance.
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