A seasonable ADVERTISEMENT to the Freeholders and Freemen of the City of New-York, and all the real Friends to Liberty, and Lovers of their Country.
AS Nothing can be more essential to the Safety of the Country than the conducting of Elections free from Corruption on the one Hand, and Threats and Terror on the other. And as a Number of resolute Freeholders and Freemen of easy Circumstances, who utterly abhor and detest such scandalous Practices, are credibly informed, that such Artifices are made use of, to destroy the Freedom of the ensuing Election, they do hereby give Notice to all upon whom any Attempts of that Kind have been, or may be made, that as soon as the Election is over, they will devise a Mode for laying the Proofs before the Publick, and bringing the Delinquents to due Punishment, for the double Purpose of exposing those atrocious Invaders of the Rights of the People, and to do Honour to those who shall nobly stand to their Integrity; whose Losses will doubtless be amply recompenced by those worthy Citizens who cannot bear the shocking Spectacle of seeing Freemen and Englishmen, on Account of their Poverty, treated like the most abject Slaves. And all Persons are particularly desired to take Notice, whether any, and who of his Majesty's Council of this Province, are concerned in influencing the ensuing Election; and to give the proper Intelligence by leaving an Account thereof with the Printer.
New-York, Ianuary 12, 1769.