. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. iberty, and property, against all attempts to deprivethem of them. Thus in the State House Yard originated the first effort on thepart of Pennsylvania to raise its quota towards the Army of tlie Rev-olution, and to assert by force of arms the constitutional rights ofits citizens. It is true thus far it was only a popular movement, but as we shallsee presently, the regularly constituted Legislature, whose prolongedcontroversy Governors on this subject we have traced, soongave its autho
. An historical account of the old State house of Pennsylvania now known as the Hall of independence. iberty, and property, against all attempts to deprivethem of them. Thus in the State House Yard originated the first effort on thepart of Pennsylvania to raise its quota towards the Army of tlie Rev-olution, and to assert by force of arms the constitutional rights ofits citizens. It is true thus far it was only a popular movement, but as we shallsee presently, the regularly constituted Legislature, whose prolongedcontroversy Governors on this subject we have traced, soongave its authoritative sanction. The Royal as well as the Proprietary interest, in the meantime,sought, through their joint influence in Pennsylvania, to break up theUnion of the Colonies, which was being rapidly cemented, and thusgrowing formidable. John Penn in a message to the Assembly, on 2d May, 1775, trans-mitted certain resolutions of the British Parliament, popularly calledLord Norths Olive-branch, which after reciting an existing i%bel-lion in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and that they have been. o Cd THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. 83 countenanced and encouraged by unlawful combinations by several ofthe other Colonies, professed an inclination and desire to payattention and regard to any real grievance. This profession theGovernor had the temerity to call a strong disposition manifested bythat august body to remove the causes which have given rise to dis-contents, etc., and he urged upon them as the jivf^t Assembly towhom this resolution had been communicated and which I have au-thority to tell you is approved of by his Majesty, to contribute theirseparate proportion to the common defense, and thus secure exemp-tion from duty, tax, or assessment. But John Dickinson prepared the refusal of the House. If noother Objection to the Plan proposed occurred to us, we shouldesteem it a dishonorable Desertion of Sister Colonies, connected by anUnion founded on just Motives and mutual
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