The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

A few OBSERVATIONS in favour of the
NEW CONTINENTAL GOVERNMENT.
now under the consideration of the Citizens of
this state.

1. That it was formed by a convention composed of the most sensible, virtuous, patriotic and independent characters that this, or perhaps any other country on the face of the globe, can produce.

2. That it is ushered to us under the respectable and illustrious signature of George Washington, whose disinterested and invaluable services to his country, has rendered him the admiration of the present age; and, to suppose that any act of his could be intended in the most distant degree, to injure a people, whose freedom he has already established, at the risk of his life and fortune, would be a piece of base ingratitude, that no true American can possibly be guilty of.

3. That it will unite under one head, and bring to one point, the resources strength and commerce of this extensive country, and consequently serve to render as wealthy, respectable and powerful, as a mercantile as well as a warlike people.

4. That equal justice will be administered to each state, in the support of government, in proportion to its abilities and local situation, and no state be induced to furnish its full quota, when many others neglect furnishing a single shilling.

5. That in all probability the first good consequence, arising from a firm and a respectable government, will be the relinquishment of the WESTERN POSTS, by the British, according to the treaty of peace which are now so unjustly detained from us, and for no other reason but a contempt of government.

6. That the late disturbances, in Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and even on the borders of York state, shewing a languor in Our present government, that must alarm every thinking person; and which must if not guarded against in future, end in anarchy and confusion. A situation infinitely more to be dreaded, than all the evils that can be conceived from the tyrrany of an absolute monarch.