The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Extract of a Letter from Liverpool, December 1.

"There is the Devil to pay in this town at present--all mad in Electioneering. The two opponents are Pennant and Gildart: The night we arrived in town Pennant's mob was outrageous; the Talbot, the Golden Lyon, and Milestone, with about a dozen gentlemen's houses, had not a window or a window frame left standing; nay, they even entered the houses, and destroyed all the furniture they could lay their hands on, even the palisadoes before the doors, cut the window-curtains to pieces, and mashed the pier-glasses: In short, they did every mischief they could, but pulling down the houses. Such devastation I never saw before; there is hardly a night but some mischief is done. Where it will end GOD only knows."

Such are some of the high and mighty electors of Virtual Representatives for North America! These are some of those fine gentlemen who will have it that not only the Colonies but also the Colonists are the absolute indefeasible property of the British nobility! Such! Such! are the political creators of a newly invented kind of Trustees, with ample powers to give and grant away Millions not their own nor constituents: Such are some of the Lords of the sea! Such are the times! Such the manners! Let there be no Riots in America!