"They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so [strong] an adversary (enemy). But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by [uncertainty] and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying on our backs and hugging [false] hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power." Is the author a patriot, loyalist, or neutral?