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Yet Berkeley is in danger . He is the object , the sole object , of the bitter hate of that incensed and indignant soldiery . He has pledged and he has broken his word to them , and when did broken faith ever fail to arouse the indignation of Virginians ? He has denied them the right to protect , by organized force , their homes and their firesides from the midnight attacks of ruthless savages . He has advised the passage of laws restricting their commerce , and reducing the value of their staples . He has urged the erection of forts throughout the colony , armed with a regular soldiery , supported in their idleness by the industry of Virginians , and whose sole object is to check the kindling flame of liberty among the people . He has sanctioned and encouraged the exercise of power by Parliament to tax an unrepresented colony .