Causton, who at once began
to argue the matter, and a spirited debate ensued, of which the following
is a resume.
Causton. "Everybody must go to the war and fight for his own safety,
and if you will not join the army the townspeople will burn down your house,
and will kill you all."
Toeltschig. "That may happen, but we can not help it,
it is against our conscience to fight."
Causton. "If you do not mean to fight you had better go and hide
in the woods, out of sight of the people, or it will be the worse for you;
and you had better go before the enemy comes, for then it will be
too late to escape, the townspeople will certainly kill you."
Toeltschig. "You forget that Gen. Oglethorpe promised us
exemption from military service, and we claim the liberty he pledged."
Causton. "If the Count, and the Trustees and the King himself
had agreed on that in London it would count for nothing here,
if war comes it will be FIGHT OR DIE. If I were an officer on a march
and met people who would not join me, I would shoot them with my own hand,
and you can expect no other treatment from the officers here."
Toeltschig. "We are all servants, and can not legally be impressed.
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