What did the colonial Whigs think of the new program ?
I found that great , and almost systematick pains were taken to discredit that work in the Party , to get its principles disclaimed ; and of course ( for medium there is none ) to get the Principles of Paine , Priestley , Price , Rouse , Mackintosh , Christie & ca & ca & ca magnified and extolled , and in a sort of obscure and undefined manner to be adopted as the Creed of the party .