Citation - New York Journal-New York: 1774.09.15

NYJ-N.774.092
15 Sep 1774:31 (1654)
TO THE AMERICANS IN GENERAL.
`There can be no pretence of government,
Till they that have the property consent:
Here, all the kinds of government began,
And here will end; prevent it he who can.
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To the American Congress.
`Prayers and tears no revolutions make,
Pull down no tyrants, will no bondage break;
Heav'n never will our faint petitions hear,
`Till just endeavours supersede our prayer;
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