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Views of party; but however this Convention with all its blemishes saved the Nation from the Iron Rod of Arbitrary Power; let that palliate all defects, & tho the Constitution was not ^ addition underline so well /underline /addition establish'd as it might have been at this time, tho' sufficient care was not taken to keep the advantages of our Insular Situation, nor effectual bars put to continental influence, let us still remember we Stand indebted for our Liberty & Religion, to the Success of 1688.