"Nothing, Laban," he said, "except to resolve to support the courts,
enforce the laws, and punish all disorderly persons. Don't forget that
last, Laban, to punish all disorderly persons. Be sure to tell your
friends that. And tell them, too, Laban, that it would be well for
them to leave matters of government to their betters and attend to
their farms," and as Laban turned mechanically and walked back
Sedgwick added, speaking to the gentlemen about him:
"I like not this assembling of the people to discuss political
matters. We must look to it, gentlemen, or we shall find that we have
ridded ourselves of a king only to fall into the hands of a democracy,
which I take it would be a bad exchange."
"Sir," said Edwards, "you must be in need of refreshment, after your
ride. Come in, sir, and come in gentlemen, all. We shall discuss the
Providential issue of the convention more commodiously within doors,
over a suitable provision of Jamaica."
The suggestion seemed to be timely and acceptable, and one by one the
gentlemen, standing aside with ceremonious politeness to let one
another precede, entered the store, Parson West leading, for it was
neither according to the requirements of decorum, or his own private
tastes, that the minister should decline a convivial invitation of
this character.
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