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Fellow Citizens,

NEW ADMINISTRATION for our country, able fellows, citizens ashamed to write the of election as a committee, to propose the meeting of Towns Ross, it was far during the winter of any, by the crop fa- of niol,i:ol our timber. to become in- d intie rn.ph .nt taSz of commenting ie condncr of the oicofite candidate, or or Ire adrc.atea'The fantimenis we tiingi on tifobja have alrendy bepn Mec. to yotr and we mny fafely chil- vie anjitverarate of our opponcnss, wi.a -at - jugle inRare: in which we d troa cur profToss,by mgk- : Ci:i:nents a:i,the charader or : we hauld havs beh:ld in tiis at lcast,, ue had Puworthy of their imi. : : :ix' .Sutinn will frrquentiy mp- Vlous efeasr i the miris v, Chan a direct charge, while icm athas hren made, may cons- va Suicient Mhelter to ticir san any inontation of inacey- "and' Thete regedionis will i na a sandid peraiat of the Karagragh of an addrefs to zhe ia, Pritiaia, dated the 7th r; and puigilhed noder the Ex n"NicTrs. Peter Mublrmb:g, Sa. Ri, A. "T. "Dallas, Mictael-Lab Rh: Peon. F, and Teoch Coxi; acand. re. d. bad-cof Mir."MoKean. ih which rarid: that wiant of the prafes, whe. r condugkd bi forzin enifuries wita a rito infner adcoatmonl tix cpyiation our govert ine, en ernt-d bvi:-.rf. agents witt Reew reeagef th-ea ni of cegtain ir-c. rerion o eiv ahd rig.s. the eal pary Lare d with t:ga has.e- ton aihe tdnitierevidgdvtoint is o A mioda , ht un.fes of bi irferitian, ard T'ppwdiar ae tea Exted, exit sniryg vand reefed wiged hytne mrnrhy fa.part wthar whic'rathirg is snore e trnt. r auy jees condnlehy f roign emitfarks. Iwhom the irbrgation oridinated moe jntims;dde accuaired with pofs a.nd coniudlors thanine can acr, to be, : nisa finzs opposed to Mr. M Kean, h tgeo Pith havrir aumed to them- thie excluive right of thinking and in the oujaics of our country, and thirz ns trsitors to it all the citizeis tom them in relation to pmbhic lee r palife meaures; with repect to e, e wttery deny the truth of tbe , ard beheve it would be dificnlt to utite it in a ingle intancet wko it ha ha bten charged as : traitor, and th isafsfachao wnr tint Mr. M Kean's cominittee ier mnake any enquiry inte them, it they iave auy regard for the chacac- an. i ferliogs of a very diflinguithed mem- o. their body. t e sefrral umanimity manifefted iaT : 6f Mn, Rofs by the-grand jories in dif. wut yarts of tke State, as it afords the nried evideuce of the puble fartin,ient, id ner sail to sxcite the dieort chocrin hs op,ponents; it is neverthales ane- at txiraordinary in. thoe whe harg hi rtitontemied, thar ths eercife ot"the wtsof the hnidividoal thod net.te ot ved ar delrcved by his uodor's.a lir rSrer, to montion the conduC :Ft1 kvidual timpofing she feveral gran.! iu- : as a fujra df complains; efrtcizily wen it is confuiered, that iher are grre- y :nrn the uroft refpeeable in thcir fove al u:vir larvirtue and rudertanditii aid sedhy the therift ay cihceret propu.ar ocirtent..' .." . :x.-s....: We Sitmit te yoi the hander muteng ahie gunerat a.haye af.interce,tingfot.t withindlt, and deftroino dhe ietnex of cairinice aho fvie thes telves epul.l 3. and futfitntig orers tetming gi Sor tirrisetand indcreney; weknn Carh-rnofedtion-iffone folitary Ef di'tiis kind has.cven erurred, it Toitifing that even among the triegd Arral gcveninenti to whom fo nia: Syner opyolers-Have rrceufly at- D:rlves, fcne -unworthy charac- fou5d: arts of detreftion, iptsigne and Fe boen afiducugyepratifed to ?rpubtian candidate to odiim, co bring tecorpubhi,an principle self Jiicreditand contirprwitl-thereople," pihith.eof,ah charges,doubtlefeinterted arply to fote or all'of the Eamanitrr of ra Knfs, "as thp calumniaiors, int-igth hs, . ahd to Mr. M'E-aa'as the rapuilizan nlidate.i; We know of no foundaticn. for fuch charge, nor are we wrgiaited with 5 jut, groynd ed wjich thele, wantlp an inguiihr thenfelves, and tier canddace the,extlgnve ajprllaticp:nt 'ronudlian 3 e piok ouagral ienahcnl egi" we.rhave' never arranged oifeives nog the fupgoters of royalty,idemocra icobiaik. The comnittee hiyve tahen fomr piis to wipats their candidate tronnthe charge bf og a r:itive af Ireland ard a. menher of Cathlk chuth.:Wt.Leleve Fioitobe her t"and, tas Ke bech toth, fiogid oive n far.Frini teoanding it as s.fuhigetof fon or rep.cactrOu/ excited comi. cn-afajnrtbejatres of pm soui- an epptuntrto breediizyad avs tcny' peron, etherwife qealifd, wK Cid-Pr tcrt y whzh we tangot pamgeir aent. We believe nim to be o to a de- gree that, adopted in aur public councils, or fanctioned by the voice of the people, would have a teudency preiudicial, if not ruinous, to the honor, independence and intere of out common country; his friends mut ac- knowledge, that he was privy to the em- 1 barkation of Dr. Logan, on his aumed embay to the Directory, and that he fur- nihed him with: a letter or certihicate, cal- culated to inu.ne his favorable reception, and which, from the known character and tation of the writer, gave ome color of authority to his inolent intererence in the negotia. tions of our government. That Mr. M' £ean is friendly to France, that he defends and justisies most of her mea- sures towards this country, and repr bates thoe of our own government, is too gene- rally known to adniit of controvery; among his numerons declarations of entiments of this kind, made publicly and without re- erve, which might be referred to and etab- lished, we hall only lay before the public the following extract of a letter from Cas. Smith, Ef. of Lancater, a gentlema of character and integrity, who, ater tating the wifl expreed by Mr. M·Kean, " that twenty thouand United Irillnmen would come into this country," goes on in the fol- lowing words " The expreions did not stand alone--his abuse of the federal govern- ment was repeated and violent, o as to hew a marked dilike, and decided oppoition; the great characiers who condut it were brl nded with the epithet of conpirators, wining to introduce a inonarchy; and his approbation of French meaures, and their preent ambitious purluits, was unequivocal." Few of the citizens of Pennylvania, are at this time o uninformed, or o miled, as to be blind to the projects m-ditated by France againt the United States to the varied and uowearied efforts with which he bas proe- cut d our ruin-to the violence, perfidy, falfhood and intrigue, by which he has en- deavored to accomplifh her infanous ends, and ink us into digrace and miery. How then can we be willing to receive as our go- vernor, one who has justird their meaures, applauded their conduct and princirles, and exaited the bleflings of their ytein of L berty? You annot, Fellow Citizens, be igno. rant, that they have made Liherty and Equality the pretences, whilft plunder and doninion bave been tleir cbjects; that their phileophic enthuiam has not been ia tisfired with preading uproar and wretchednes over a great portion of tke globe, and drenching ins urface with blood, but that they have attempted to change the noral, as well as the political, tate of mat; with th is view the Chriflian Sabl ath has been abclithed,- religious obligation: treated with rilicule and contempt, and national rights, alike in- conitent with the precepts of natural and revealed religion, have been etabl flr d. Du- pont, one of the members of the French o a What! Thrones are overturned! Scep- Conventión, has thus expreed hin. if- ters broken! Kings exp:re! And yet the Altars of God remain ! A single breath of e enlightened reason will now be fusicient to n, make them diappear. Nature and Reaon, thee ought to he the gods of men! Thee 7- are my gods! For myelf, I honetly arow to the Convention, I am an Atheift." Such a- have been the entiments operly promulgated and adopted by the Rep fentatives of the natiou to whom Mr. M'Kean has not hei- tated to avow his attacbmnent. Altbough our county hus withdrawn a little from the precipice corards which the was not loug ince rushing with wild and inconiderate teps, and our government, up- ported oy the riing pirit of the people, has oppoed a more manly attitude td the iufult- ae ing aggreions of an implacable foe, we mut not yet conider our afety to be insured, or the hour of danger past, if men who either are, or are believed to be, attached to France, and oppoed to the ytein of energy ard defence which has hitherte pre- erved us from the rapacious grafp of her Di- P rectory. lhould be exalted by the people to places of trut and power, our danger will h be reuewed ; a nation ever expert in intrigue, boaing of her diplomatic kill, will not fail to avail herelf of o unhoped for an advan- tage. w We know nothing of the charge, that Mr. M Kean is desirous of provoking a war 1.ss with Great Britain. The auwer to thus upposed accuatiou, if not introduced for the purpoe, has at leat aforded his com- mitte an opportunity of pouring forth their cenures on the treaty with that nation. They oberve, " that it has been o contru- ed and acted upon as to entail upon this country the payment of two enormous claes of debts." and peak of the eceion of the American Commiioners-" shrink. ing from the tak of announcing to the public the extent of Britifh demands." The committee certainly was not aware that one of the mot ofenive and exorbitant de- mands which has been made on that Board is for almot half a million of dollars by the Agent of the Penii fainily, who has accom- panied his menorial with a pamphlet under the ignature of Mr. M'Kean, in which he defends and jutiies the claim. One of the points of difference in the caes on which the Commiioners have eparated is the date of our Independence-the General Agent for the United States contended, that we he- caine a free and independent nation from the fourth day of July, 1776,-the General A- gent for the Britith Claimants aerts, that we were not o until the peace of 1783, when we received our independence from the King of Great-Britain. In the Aurora of February 22, I798, an opinion is published with the ignature cf Thomas-M Kean, agreeing with that now maintained before the Britih Commiioners. It exprely declares, that the civil war continued until the definitive treaty with deEtrine, coroborated by Mr. M Kral, is true, you have beep mitaken in olserving the fourth day of July, a77b, as the birth day of your Independence-vou nut have been (according to Mr. M Kean's opinion) in a ftate of civil war, and, of coure, rebels until King George the third granted vou, in the year I783, the rights of au indepen- dent nation. What are we now to ay of the eceion of the American Commilioners to which which they were driven by exorbi- tant denands jutified by Mr. M'Kean's opinion. Ifhe is right great fums of money will indeed be necefiary.-Many perfons, hitherto conlidered as deerters, refrgees, and traitors, were in fact (according to Mr. MKean's doctri ) loyal lubjeas. and mut b paid or all they bave offer. d by this mi- takr. We prete ,not to give ary opinion on thee quhrons, but leave chemn where the governmient has placed them-atisfied that they will ultimately receive a proper decoion and that what in jufice ought to be paid will he paid, and no more; but urelv Mr. M'Kean's cominittee should not have told us of the enormity of Britifh demands. Mr. M·Kean's committee ay, that he had bern " charyed with being a Diorgani- zer, a Jacobin ; but that in truth there does not xilt a firmer advocate, a more ucces. ful supporters of law, of public tranquility, of private property and public creqit." How far his contiuc repecting the diturbance that took place on Sunday the tenth of Fe- bruary lat, in the vard of St. Mary's Church in Phil-delphia, correponds with thee aer. tions of bis commnittec, we ubmit to the public on the following tatement of the part Mr. M'Kean took on that dccaion. Whilft Robert Whirton, Eq. Mayor of the city, was engared in taking the recognizances of J. Cummins and Dr. Reynolds, two of the p-rons accued as authors of the riot, ome perfon knork.d violently at the door and demandedt admiion ; the contables refuing to open it, Mr. M Kean called out " I am Chief Jutice of the tate." The Mayor ip- on heo-ing that the Chief Jutice was there ordered the contables to open the door and give Mr. M Kean admittance. No Sooner had he entered than he caled cut with a loud voicey accoipanied by a m acing air, " What is the reaon, Mr. Mayor, of all this fus that vou keep the citv in uproar with a muob marching thee gentlemen up one treet and down ano:her, hand-cuffed and tied. f r half the day together." The Miayor attempted to tate the na- ture oftheir offence-the evidence of their having inulted the congregation at the Church, and that one of them had preen. ted a loaded piftol to the breast of one of the Members, that the prioners had been treated with all poible attention and ci- vility-had been neither hand euffed nor tied, but, in as polite and tender a manner as the nature of the cae would admit, had been permitted to walk with the peacn of.- ficers in earch of bail ; to the M vor's tatement of the manner in wbich h nad been treated Dr. Reynolds canlidly ailen- ted;but MrMKean wrj baren to nothing from thor M yo sGeiemen prefent, and charged th Meinbers f d- Congregation with havny cunnicted no afault on the prioners, an tshiny and not the prioners, wer r a that he would have difmiffec Eatter jo a quarter of an hour, for the i ere had a right to takc up their hats aad a their buines. " The Mayor pron-d-io take the recognizances and Mr Na oon afterwands left the room parcary in great paiion. Many of the fupporters of Mr. M Kean are mieu who profes their attachment to as equalitv of righte and their aphorreuce ol politrcal diftinctions founded on wealth Cr family ; it would be well for thefe to seall der, bow far the principles advecated b their candidate, aud oppoed by Mr. Ros, in the Convention that formed the itate con- titution, are conitent with their opinion. —In page 7.2 of the minutes cf the body, they will find the ollowing motion made by Mr. MeKeail-" No peron hall be capa- ble of being choen a Senator who is not eized, in fee fimple, of five hundred acres of land wi hin this commonwe Ith, or po. efed of real and peronal etate to tbe value of five hundred pounds; '-In page I62, they will find him (Mr. M'Kean) secon- ding a motion. That the Governor hall be legally siezed ana polef d of a clear real and peronal etate, within this common- wealth, cf the value of four thouaud dol- lars, ix months before i election ; and in page i7l, renewing, at an adjourned meeting, his firt motion, in which it ap- pears, from the Yeas and Navs, he was op- poed by Mr. Ros and upported by but eight members of the Convention. Of the merits of thee everal propoitions we do nct conider it neceary to expres oui opi- nien ; but when of two candidates for the the sirst office in our government, one is branded with the imputation of aritocracy, and theother held up to the people, in the words of his committee, as " a friend of equal rights, under the freet of govern- ments," as one who " advocates uo di- tinction among his felow-citizens, but the diftinction of the good and the bad "it is jull to meaure them by ,me public and known tandard, etablihed at a time when it cannot be fairly preumed that either party had any expeCtation f becoming a candidate for the office of Goveruor. The committee has thought proper to de- ny, in poitive terms, Mr. M Kean's hav- ing ever expreed a wil, " that twenty thouand United Irifhmer would come over to the United States, for that, in his opi. nion, they were thie only men who under. ftood true liberty." To this we oppole the letter of Mr. Smith already recited, apd the annexed certificate of Mr, Watts of Carlifle, both men of known character, indepcn- dence and integrity. . If any further proof of the converation, tated by. Me rs. Smith and Watts were neceary veral o:her Gentlemen, who were preent, ara ready to corroborate their tetimony. The inac- curacy of the information on which the committse ground theirdenial of the charge, and the alertion, that Mr. M Kean "ad. voeates no diftinction among his fellow citi. zens, but tbe diftinction of the good and the had," is a fair tet by which you may judge what weight is due to the other parts of their tatement. Several other charges have been lated i and replied to by the committee, ome of them probably unfounded and orhers of little importance if true ; on thee w: deem it uperfluous to make a ingle ooervation -to thoe who made the charges re cheer- fully relign the tak of lupporti g them. We have deemed it unworthy of our elves, either as a committee or individu- ally, to make any anonymous attacks on the public or private character of Mr. M Kean: and it may, perhaps,. be conidered as u: neceary for us to notice anv of the un- avowed landers circulated repeCting Mr. Rofs.One accufation, however, has been io frequently made, o trenuouly inilted on, and, if true, is of o erious a nature. that we camnot forbear to notice it.Mr. Rofs is charged with being a Deift.-Some of us have known him from his outet in life, and never before heard uch a uggeton. When he was choen a member of the State Convention, and when he was elecied ioto the Senate of the United States, be was warmly oppoed-manv objeCtions were urged by ome who had long knowo bim, but this charge was reerved for the preent occaion. - Believing, as fron all thee cir- cumtances we were jutified in, doing, that there was no found tion for it, we have been happy to be able to refer you to the an. nexed certificates which we have received from the Rev. John Smith and Mers. A. Swearenger, Robert Stockton, Ieph Whorrv, John Cotton, James Brice, James Mitchell, John Mercer, James Al. lion, Craig Ritchie, and Alexander Cun- ningham, pious and devout men-the for- mer a Minifter of the Gopel, and the lat- ter Elders of the different Prefbyterian Con- gregations in whoe neighbonrhood he has for many vears laft reided, which will be found to contain a complete refutation of this malicious calumny. Thus, ellow-citizeus, we bave conider. ed the obervations of the adverse committee in reply to the charges they ugget to have been made againt their candidate : and, in o doing. have found it neceary to travel into a more perfonal enquiry than was agree- able to us ; much of what has been aid would have been avoided had not the tafk been impoed on us by our opponents. To whom the appellarion of a defamatory ingui- fition, which they have politelr betowed on us, mot properly belongs you can de. termine --We are now both before you— judge between us. : Withi refpeck to Mr. Rofain.ionlmarfu- perduotis to remind you of his juft and uni. f.rm principles--hia. unexceptionable de- pertment and muqueitionable qualifications, Hs manners are fipple, but his understand- ;ng is profound his accomplilhinents plain, trt his talents brilliant...He.is not tairited "ih the novgl plilofophy of France, which alie fts,morality aud religiin at defince. bit is content with being .an 'upright uiid raiticntiovs Chriftian as- hris fathers were L::i: tim,' Flis ufefulngfs, jutrgrity: and capaciiv, in the inportant public ftations to which te bas birrn called, haye placed hir bevond thv reach of injury from the fyafts ef evw and'Osuder.; 'He. is not,' he, canjnot by duubted on tlicfo"pointe. i He is vet in thd prinne a:rd viyor of life; with a mind and ec:titvtionkavabie-of. encountering every dth.-:htv aad fitigue to which his office may txo::-him." It is tiu:be is not a, refideut of the cty-be ih. if you pleafr,,a country- inin;'bh, furly this can in, no dapreedif. qualify lim frosr teing your Gor-tnor, 'or render l.rlil" valuable and refpectables 1uiowCit:zch,2- We hav enceavoured to place before you the tho Cnd,iatea theyappear to us up- on our bet koexledge and information. We have incereiv end avoured " nothing to extenutte or aught itt down in malice." We are acuatcc hv a pure and onmixed aux- iety foi the pe ce a:d welfure of our country, which ha be a, a d is even . new, flrugg- ling with ay iuvctrrate oyny, who cat. nei- ther be awedby jullice v hc iated by hu- miliation, rLt ws, refore, arnetly u- nite in this iopertant wrrk eexet all your influencecati into (tr al vercuergi s to bring it toas haopynfos: and tarct- tantlv in mind, th red . iriving in the caxeef your conilit sion-your country- your religion-vourelves and your children; in a word-for all that is dear to MaN. Levi Hollingsworth. Samuel Morris. Robert W harton. Benjamin R. Morgan. Henry Pratt. Michaet Kepple. Zacbariab Poulson, jun. Daniel Smith. Fobn Mall. Larrence Seckel. Documents refeired to in the preceding Addrefs. Certificate of Mr. Watts. I DO hereby Certify, Iiat I heard Tho- mas M' Kean, Chief Juft ee of Pennlylvania, declare, " That be wished Twenty Tbousand United Irisbnen would come into this Coun- try, tbat tbey were a Peoble wbo understood true Liberty and the Rigbts of Man," which I am willing to attelt upoh dath, if it Ihould be neceary. DAVID WATTS. August 10, 1799 N. B. A dozen affidavits can he procured to the abov fact, if neceflary. The Letter fran tbe Committee of Corres- pondence for tbe County of Wasbington zybich accompanied the Certificates allu- ded to in tbe preceding Address. Washington, dugust 28, 1799. SIR, THE committee in this county or pro- moting the eleCtion of Mr. Ros, have karnt where Mr. Ros is les known than here, cur- rency is given by the enemies to his eleclion, (the ame concientious men who upported the election of Mr. Jesferon,) to a report, that Mr. Ros is a Deist. Io prevent the effect of this report, one of the committee in this town, where Mr. Ros lived more than ten vears, and until about five years ago, applied to uch elders and other persuns, noted for their piety and resard for religion. as hare known Mr. Ros during the v. gole f shs time, and as eaily could be applied to, and ther chearfully fign- ed the encloted certificate. It was regretted that the abcnce of the Rev. John M' Millan, (who is the wriniter nearet to this place, is intinat-ly and has besn about twenty years well acquainted with Mr. Ros, and is zeal- ous or his election,) and of the other Pre. byterian miniters in this neighbourhood, who are now fittihg in Prebytery, inc.re than fixty miles from this town, preveuted the obtaining of their contradiction to this falfe and malicious report. Bat it was not tho't prudent for the, sake of this, to uffer the report to gain force, by the delay of anotler week's pot: epecially as thoe who-bave igned, are diftinguithed charaCters, for good ene, honety and piety, and repectable for their tations in ociety. Mn. Alion is judge of this couuty, Mr. Swearenger, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Ritchie are juftices of the peace, and the lat bas been a member of a enibly. Mr. Cott n and Mr. Brice, are county cou niioners, and the lat has been a member cf aembly. Mr. Cunningham is a ubtantial merchant and Mr. Mercer a uhstantial farmer. Thee gentlenen being all in ton at the time, were- readily appljed to, and you may be aured, that the certifi- cate of any one of them, is iicient to out- weigh the report. Many more names conld have been obtained, but to eek numbers was thought to be riving too much repect to the ¶inder, and a felection nf a few uy quetion able characters was ihourht beft. The preence of the- Rev. Jobn Smith, of Cannonfburgh, a learnod and repectable Se- ceder miniter, who, about three years ago, removed to this country fron Otorara, in Lancaftercounty, enabled us to procure his e rtificate alo, and upon this we are content to ret the character of Mr. Ros and of oure elvee. We c uld with as much eae have obtair ed as poitive a denial of all the other mall cious reports lately propagated againt M: Ros, and we do pledge ourselves that they are fule. But we thought it not of cone- quence to do o, as they are, we trut, ge- nerally known to be fale; and as fuch re- ports from unprincipled and deigning men are uually expeed on uch ocrasions. But there are o few means of acertaining the credit due to a repert of infclelity and a re- pect for religion is of uch importance in public tations, that we thought it a duty to our f llow citizens to diprove the aperien of deism. Leat, thereore, this aperion should mi- lead good people, unacquainted with Mr. Ros, the coinmittee here requet that you will publish, if you think proper, thee do- cuments in the newpapers or in hand bils, as you think bet, and in uck manner as you think mot fit. The original of thee certificates is in the hands of the committee of Franklin county. A. ADDISON, Chairman of the committee of Wasbington co Wabinglen, ( P.) Aug. 26th 1799. TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. WE ths uberibers, regular members of undry Prebyterian congregations in the county of Washington, have heard with furprife and regret, that among the many flanderous reports propagated against the repectable character of James Ros, Esq. of Pirtburgh. who,has been propoed to be ehcen governir of Pennylvania, one is that he is a Dit. We trut that we have a incere regard fo truth and religion, and we feel ourelves boond by the duties we owe to both, o far as our tetimony can go to remove fiom our fellow citizens, this cbtruction to the free exercie of our votes in favour of Mr. Ros. God forbid that we hould ait in plaring in uck au important a ation, a mao defeCtive in repect for religion. And we but ohey the dicta es of our own conlciences in ma- king the following declaration of wbat we know of Mr. Rois, from our own oberva- tion and induhitable information. Mr. Ros was born of repectable and pious parents. of the Prebyrerian cnurc i in York county in this tate, and received f:om them a religous education. He is well in- structed in the criptures and the doctrines of chritianity aa held by our church ; and we are peruaded believes and repecto them. He lived long in this town, and long- er in this c unty, and we have had good opportunitics of knowing kim. Where he has lived, there bas not heen any tated miniter, and only occaional upplies for public worhip. But he bas contributed to the support of public worh p where he liv- ed, and attended it regularly and there is nothing known to us to jntify the imputa- tion that be is an infidel or deit, vand we think this imputation fal- and malicious. In witnes whereof we hase hereto et our hands. A Swearenger 7 E'de rs of Wahington Robert Stockton Cengregation. Joseph Wherry John Cotton Elders or Buffaloe Congre Jares Brice gation.
James Mitchel, Elder of Peters Congregation.
John Mercer
Elders of Chartiers
James Allison
Congregation.
Craig Richie
Alexander Cunningham.

Since I lived in Washington county, I have had opportunity of conversing and being well acquainted with James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh, and of knowing his character from serious and respectable persons well acquainted with his opinions and conversation, and I am well persuaded that he is inclined sincerely respectful of the Christian Protestant Religion, and do verily believe that the report of his being an infidel or deist is altogether without foundation.

JOHN SMITH
Minister of Associated Congregation Chartiers.