A Vindication of New-England, from the vile aspersions cast upon that countryA Vindication of Nevv-England, from the vile aspersions cast upon that country

Then comes the disbanding of the Standing Forces. A word not so very grateful to the Palate of English Parliaments; Standing Forces! Whom do they mean? what Coats did these Forces wear? do they mean those that were brought a thousand Leagues to keep the Country in awe? A crew that began to teach New-England to Drab, Drink, Blaspheme, Curse and Dam. A crew that were every foot moving Tumults, and Committing Insufferable Riots amongst a quiet and peaceable people, and that without Redress upon frequent Complaints: These were the Standing Forces; but they were fit Instruments for the work to be done, by such a Well Established, and orderly Government.

Then comes the disbanding of the Standing Forces. A word not so very grateful to the Pallate of English Parliaments; Standing Forces! Whom do they mean? what Coats did these Forces wear? do they mean those that were brought a thousand Leagues to keep the Country in awe? A crew that began to teach New-England to Drab, Drink, Blaspheme, Curse and Damm. A crew that were every foot moving Tumul•s, and Committing Insufferable Riots amongst a quiet and peacible people, and that without Redress upon frequent Complaints: These were the Standing Forces; but they were fitt Instruments for the work to be done, by such a Well Established, and orderly Government.

Oh, but by that means, advantage was given to our Enemies French and Indians &c. Indeed for them, to lay upon the late Revolution, all the disasters which afterwards happened in the Eastern Provinces of that Country, is to tell us, that the fall of Tenterdon-steeple was the cause of Goodwin Sands. But does no body know, how these French and Indians became their Enemies? who was it that R•b'd Castion (a French man) who had Married amongst the Indians? Well, but suppose, the French and Indians, were Enemies to New-England; They were all still the Winter before the Revolution! And what? were they not so the Winter after it too? 'Twas the Summer (when the Leaves of […] woods cove••d them) was the season […] them to do their mischief: and S••. Edmond's methods (however by some applauded) could not have prevented it. To charge the present Government (after the Revolution) with […] e Standing Forces and others, Raised and Employed for the defence of the Country, is the […] thing Imaginable; for 'tis manifest that their disbanding of themselves, did make the Revolution: And as for the present Government (of whom they do complain) 'tis certain, they accepted no Interest in the Administration of affairs, till after the Revolution, the cry of the whole Country did even force them there unto. There were several things happened, which made the Armies Suspicious, that Sir. Edmond had conducted 7, or 800 men into the Eastern Wilderness in the Depth of Winter, on purpose to Sacrifice them there. As for Instance; He speaking once to a person of good Quality, about the people of New-England, had seen cause to say, They were a People only itt to be rooted off the face of the Earth. Several of the Soldiers in the Army Testifying, that divers Indians hveing Access to Sir. Edmond Andross in the Fort of Pemaquid, carried away with them considerable quantities of Powder and Bullets. A Captain of the Country-Soldiers, and a great Creature of Sir. Edmond's too, affirmed, he saw there a gold Ring, which was sold to a woman by an Indian, who declared, it was given him by Sir. Edmond. They knew also that when the Justices had Seized the Ringleader of the Indians, who had begun to make their spoil upon the English; Sir. Edmond fell into an Extreme age, and said, (against the mind of some of his Council) he would set that Indian at liberty: