She further emphasises " ladies " as her target audience : I hope I shall not need to beg the patience of ladies to peruse this pamphlet : I have bespoken and do expect your patronage, because it is your cause I plead against an ill custom, prejudicial to you, which men will not willingly suffer to be broken ( Makin 1673 ).
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You have got a congress elected for one fixed period, going out perhaps by fixed installments, which cannot be accelerated or retarded you have a president chosen for a fixed period, and immovable during that period : . . there is no elastic element . . . you have bespoken your government in advance, and whether it is what you want or not, by law you must keep it . ..
