. A history of Pennsylvania. fifty men forthe expedition against Canada. Gov-ernor Gookin tried to comply in a waywhich would not arouse the anti-warprinciples of the Quakers. He there-fore suggested that the Assemblyshould make him a grant of £ the Assembly delayed action andthen said, it was contrary to theirreligious principles to hire men to killone another. After some time theAssembly unanimously resolved thatthey could not directly or indirectlyraise money for an expedition againstCanada, but they voted the Queen£500 as a token of their respect and said that the moneyshould be pu
. A history of Pennsylvania. fifty men forthe expedition against Canada. Gov-ernor Gookin tried to comply in a waywhich would not arouse the anti-warprinciples of the Quakers. He there-fore suggested that the Assemblyshould make him a grant of £ the Assembly delayed action andthen said, it was contrary to theirreligious principles to hire men to killone another. After some time theAssembly unanimously resolved thatthey could not directly or indirectlyraise money for an expedition againstCanada, but they voted the Queen£500 as a token of their respect and said that the moneyshould be put into safe hands until they were satisfied fromEngland that it should not be employed for the use of next Assembly after due consideration voted £2000 forthe Queens use, expressing the hope that this action willbe taken in good part and accepted as a token of our duty.^ ^ This action was accompanied by a somewhat ehiboratc statement e.\i)lain-ing that while they were rehgiously persuaded against war and therefore. Court House or CityHall, Chester Erected in 1714; the oldestpublic building in Penn-sylvania yo HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA The war came to an end in 1713, and no other requisitionwas made for about thirty years. The Question of Oaths. — Another difficulty which Gookinhad to face was that connected with the use of legal Quakers^ as has been seen, objected to oaths and werestrenuous in their opposition. In 1711 the Assembly passedan act making an affirmation legal in all cases where a per-son had conscientious scruples against taking an oath. Inthis case the individual was to declare that his evidence was,the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the signed this act, but when it reached England the gov-ernment vetoed it. The Assembly then reenacted the bill. But in 1715 the English law regarding oaths was extendedto all the colonies for five years. This act required that allevidence in legal cases should be confirmed by oath, andadmit
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