"
Causton. "If the Count himself were here he would have to
take his gun on his shoulder, and all his servants with him.
If he were living on his estate at Old Fort it would make no difference,
for the order of the Magistrates must be obeyed. If the English,
to whom the country belongs must fight, shall others go free?"
Toeltschig finally yielded so far as to tell him the number of men
in their company, "it could do no harm for we could be counted any day,"
but their names were resolutely withheld, and service firmly refused.
Then the townspeople took up the cry. Should they fight for these strangers
who would not do their share toward defending the land?
They would mob and kill them first! They only injured the colony at any rate,
for they worked so cheaply that they lowered the scale of wages;
and besides they received money from many people, for their services,
but spent none because they made everything they needed for themselves!
Still the Moravians stood firm in their position, indeed they could do
nothing else without stultifying themselves. The instructions
from Zinzendorf and the leaders of the Church at Herrnhut,
with the approval of the lot, were definite, -- they should take no part
in military affairs, but might pay any fines incurred by refusal.
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