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"hOME LEAGUE" OF THE CON
TlNENATL CONGRESS.
In CoNGREss,
Ihurtday, October 20, 1874.

The association being copied, was
read, and signed at the table, and is as
follows:
We, his Majesty's most loyal sub
iecls, the delegates Of The several colo
mes Of New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut. New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the
three lower counties Of New Castle,
Kent. and Sussex, on Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina q. South
Carolina, deputed TO represent them in
Continental Congress, held in the
city OF Philadelphia, on the fifth day Of
September, l774, avowing our allegi-
ance 10 his Majesty; our affection and
regard for our fellow subjects in Great
Britain and elsewhere; affected with
the deepest anxiety & most alarming ap
prehensIons at those grievances and
diStresses with which his Maesly's
American subjects are oppressed; and
having taken under our most serious
delbe ration the state of the whole con
linent, find that The present unhappy
snualan Of our affairs is occaSioped by
The ruinous system Of colony admins.
iration, adopted by the BRUSH Ministry
about the year 1853, evidently caIcu-
lated for ensaving these colonies, and,
with them the British Empire, In pro,
secUion Of which system, various Acts
Of Parliament have been passed for
raising a revenue in America, for de-.
priVing the AmeV'can subjects, 10 ma
ny Instances, Of the constitutional trial
by Jury, exposing their lives 10 danger
by directing new and illegal trial be
yond the seas Tor crimes alleged TO
have been committed 10 America; and
in prosecution Of the same system, sew.
eraI late, cruel, and oppressive acts
have been passed respecting the town
of Boston and the Massachusetts Bay,
and also an act for extending the Prov =
ince OF Quebec, so as 10 border on The
Western frontiers Of these colonies, es.
tabIishng an arbitrary Government
therein, and discouraging the settle
menl oi British subjects in that WIDE
extended country; thus, by The infn
ence OF cIv,I principles and ancient pre-
iud,ces. To dispose the inhnbiIanls 10 acl
with hoSli ity against the Tree Protes-
tan, colonies. whenever wicked MN
lslry shall choose so TO direct them.
To obtain redress Of these grievances
which threaten destruction 10 the lvr'
liberty, and property Of his MaJesly''
subjects 10 North America, we are o
opinion that a non.imporlalioD, uou
consumption, and non exportatioU agree
menl, faithfully adhered 10, will prove
The most speedy, Eff ctuaI, and peacea
bic measure: and, therefore. we do to
ourselves, and the lnhOb,anls of tht
several colonies whom we represent
firmly agtee and associate, under hi
sacred Ties OF virtue, honor and love 0
our country, as follows:
That from and after The first da!
OF December next, we will not Impor
into British America, from Great BRIT
ain or Ireland, any goods, wares o
mPrchandzes whatsoever, or from am
other place, any such goods, wares o
merchandzes as shall have been ex
ported from Great Britain or Ireland
nor viii we, after that day, import an
East India tea from any part Of III
world; nor any MoIasses, syrups, pane
les, coffee, or pimento, from the Britis
plantations or from Dominica; 10
wines from Madeira or the Wester
Islands; nor foreign indigo,
g. That we vii neither import no
purchase any slave imported alter tn
first day of December next; alter whicI
time we will wholly discontinue tn
slave trade, and will neither be concern
ed IN ii ourselves, nor will we hire ou
vessels, nor sell our commodities o
manufactures to those who are concern
ed in it.
3 Asa non consumption agrecmen
strictly adhered to. will be an efecruc
security for lhe observation Of the nor
lWVullh'lVUl "VS as hUNNCs a"'tIHH'
agree and associate, that from this da
we will not purchase or use any tea in
ported on account Of tho East lnjl
company, or any on which duty hai
been or shall be- paid, and from and al
ter The first day'O March next we wi
not purchase or use sny East ludia le
whatsoever; nor will we, nor shall an
person for or under us, purchase or US
anv of those goods, wares, OF merchar
dies we have agreed not TO impor
which we shall know, or have cause
suspect, were imported after the fir
day oI December. except such as com
under the rules and directions Of tn
tenth article hereafter mentioned.
4. The earnest desire we have not I