Note 762 — Chapter V · (continued 2)

We should add along with this avowal of loyalty, which was no doubt sincere, the prophetic language of Colonel Rhett, in December, 1719, as mentioned in Chalmers, ii. p. 93: If this “revolt is not cropt in the bud, they will set up for themselves against his majesty.” And in the same strain we understand the extract of a letter (Nov. 14, 1719, in S. C. Hist. Soc. Coll., ii. p. 237), concluding, “I must tell you, sir, if the much greater part of the most substantial people had their choice, they would not choose King George’s government.”