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5202. MILITIA, Equalization of duty.—[further continued].

The spirit of disobedience
* * * in your county must be subdued.
Laws made by common consent must not be
trampled on by individuals. It is very much
[to] the [public] good to force the unworthy
into their due share of contributions to the
public support, otherwise the burthen on [the
worthy] will become oppressive indeed.—
To Colonel Vanmeter. Ford ed., iii, 24.
(R. 1781)