New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . wasspringing from the marshes, Paterson and New-ark had their manufactories, population was cen-tering, and in embryonic form was taking on earlyphases of city life. Therefore New Jersey hadmuch at stake. But in times of peace the lessons of the Revo-lution had been forgotten. As in a past century,the State was unprepared in the organization ofits militia. Occasional training days, with theirfights and frolics, were little better than success in arms came it was only throughadaptability and shrewdness, not throug
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . wasspringing from the marshes, Paterson and New-ark had their manufactories, population was cen-tering, and in embryonic form was taking on earlyphases of city life. Therefore New Jersey hadmuch at stake. But in times of peace the lessons of the Revo-lution had been forgotten. As in a past century,the State was unprepared in the organization ofits militia. Occasional training days, with theirfights and frolics, were little better than success in arms came it was only throughadaptability and shrewdness, not through disci-pline and technical military knowledge. It was not apathy alone, however, that renderedthe position of New Jersey insecure. There wasin the State, and had been since the first mutter-ings of war, a large and influential peace party,composed politically of Federalists, and havingas its adherents two classes of citizens who soughtpeace from widely different motives., One of these^as opposed to hostilities upon purely hu- lanita^ian grounds. Once more the story. A BATTLESHIP OF 1812. ONY AND AS A STATE 83 of the Eevolution was repeated. The So-ciety of Friends, as a body, arrayed them-selves against the war, not so much inany spirit of disloyalty as in obedience tothe oft-expressed declarations of influence of such a position was far , when in the midst of hostilities, when NewJersey was most exposed to attack, GovernorWilliam S. Pennington, an administration leader,delivered an inaugural message recognizing thejustice of the ethical position taken by the the 13th of January, 1814, the governorcalled attention to this virtuous, respectable,and useful class of citizens, and asked the Legis-lature if it would not best comport with thehonor and interest of the State wholly to exemptsuch members of this religious society as comewithin our militia laws from all military duty,both in war and peace. In addition thegovernor suggested a
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