. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . up through nearlya century of the most persistent fighting between the As-sembly and proprietary. The old Assembly had madePennsylvania liberty and government what they werethrough the long and persistent struggles led by menlike Speakers David Lloyd and John Kinsey, and it wasnot strange that conservative men, even among those whosupported armed resistance to Britain, should hesitate tooverthrow the old Assembly and their charter. It mustbe remembered, too, that the spirit of independence waso
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . up through nearlya century of the most persistent fighting between the As-sembly and proprietary. The old Assembly had madePennsylvania liberty and government what they werethrough the long and persistent struggles led by menlike Speakers David Lloyd and John Kinsey, and it wasnot strange that conservative men, even among those whosupported armed resistance to Britain, should hesitate tooverthrow the old Assembly and their charter. It mustbe remembered, too, that the spirit of independence wasonly a new growth, and, while it was taking root in newsoil every hour, there was some soil it had not yet reached,and this was merely a matter of time. It became evidentthat there was a majority of the old Assembly which pro-posed to cling to the old charter and continue the As-sembly, but Colonel Thomas Smith, while cautious andtactful, was not one of that majority. His was that rareinsight of the pioneer which sees a true middle course ina developing crisis, and that equally rare wisdom which. The Pennsylvania Assemblys Committee which first recommended Freedom for their Congressmen to vote for Independence, except Isaac Pearson WARFARE 69 steers ones course so as to be constructive. This wasrecognized even at that time, and it soon became plainthat he w^as to be chosen to form the nev^ government,which should make Pennsylvania a new and independentcommonwealth, as he was already chosen to cautiously,tactfully and wisely aid in bringing to a close her statusas a Province of the King. VI Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1776 AND THE New Government of Pennsylvania 1776 Out near the western edge of Philadelphia, at the StateHouse square, great events were being enacted in thatmonth of July, 1776. Men from every colony could beseen about the north and south entrances of the Statecapitol and in the hall that joined the two entrances,for in the eastern chamber of the firs
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