. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . the conduct ofthe other States in the Union for our example. The wis-dom and patriotism of Pennsylvania is not inferior to thewisdom and patriotism of other commonwealths. Thisand the supplementary address covered two pages of theGazette. Those who opposed the Constitution were calledupon to make their endeavors even more earnest since therescinding of the call for a new convention. It was signedby eighty-two members from all parts of the State, menlike Meredith, Cadwalader, Clymer, Wilson, Ros
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . the conduct ofthe other States in the Union for our example. The wis-dom and patriotism of Pennsylvania is not inferior to thewisdom and patriotism of other commonwealths. Thisand the supplementary address covered two pages of theGazette. Those who opposed the Constitution were calledupon to make their endeavors even more earnest since therescinding of the call for a new convention. It was signedby eighty-two members from all parts of the State, menlike Meredith, Cadwalader, Clymer, Wilson, Ross, EdwardBiddle, Thomas Smith, Benjamin and Jacob Rush, RobertMorris, Mifflin, Francis Hopkinson, Miles and Blaine. This was replied to on the 31st by one of the leadingConstitutionalists, Timothy Matlack, Secretary of theCouncil, who treated Wilson as the author of it, andwarned them that they were treading close to the dead linemarked Conspirators. His argument was almost whollythe fact that, as he said, Franklin had favored it, and asproof of this he dwelt lovingly on a new picture of Frank-. Le DOCTEUR FrANCKLIN CoURONNE par la LlBERTE, The scroll on the glohe being the Constitution of 1776, to indicate that Franklin was its author Half-tone of engraving in possession of Albert Rosenthal OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTITUTION iii liii which he says Mr. Bache had just received fromFrance, in which is drawn a scroll, inscribed with thewords Constitution of the Government of Pennsyl-vania. ^ On April 28 the friends of the Constitution an-nounced articles of association under the name of theConstitutional Society, of which Charles Wilson Pealewas As good and faithful citizens, reads thefirst article, we will support, both as a natural and consti-tutional right, an equal and universal liberty of conscience,and any man or society of men in the exercise God, and not to man, are all men accountable, and indoing this, we mean to do as zve ivoiild be done by. Thewhole p
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