We cannot realize that your Honors, our wise political fathers, have adverted to the present inequality of representation in this Colony, to the growth of the evil, or to the fatal consequences which will probably ensue from the continuance of it.
He expresses concern about the current inequality of representation and its potential consequences, addressing the political leaders directly.
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