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Shall they be heard and regarded when they demand of you to displace your faithful and approved rulers, and commit to them your all?
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Daggett questions whether the demands of certain individuals to replace trusted leaders should be taken seriously.
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The people swore eternal hatred to Monarchy, and eternal fidelity to Constitutions, till, heaven, weary of their perjuries, sent them a despot in his wrath.
Before you neglect an election Count the Cost --If the loss of your Vote should prove the loss of an election of a single man, then will you not have Counted the Cost.
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