Sir, I have the honour to request, that you will be pleased to favour the committee now sitting to investigate the grievances connected with the lands of the colony, with your reply to the following queries. The committee will be obliged by your returning an answer at your earliest convenience, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee, Council Chamber, under cover to the Clerk of the Legislative Council. I have &c. (signed) WM. MACPHERSON, Clerk of the Legislative Council. [...]
Diese schreckliche Umwälzung kann unserer Zeit als nützliches Lehrstück dienen. […] Einem Philosophen […] mag es erlaubt sein, […] Europa als eine große Republik zu betrachten, deren unterschiedliche Bewohner die fast gleiche Höhe der Gesittung und der Kultur erreicht haben.[...]