Smith's second pamphlet, A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania, For the Year 1755 (1756), actually went so far as to suggest that while one way of "ridding our Assembly of Quakers" would be to require an oath, "another way of getting rid of them" would be "by cutting their Throats." Smith's virulent attacks on Quakers alienated him from Franklin, who was closely allied with the Pennsylvania Assembly.
Smith's second pamphlet, A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania, For the Year 1755 (1756), actually went so far as to propose that one method of "eliminating our Assembly from Quakers" would be through an oath requirement, while another method would involve "cutting their throats." Smith's harsh attacks on Quakers caused him to distance himself from Franklin, who was closely aligned with the Pennsylvania Assembly.