Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-11
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1876.

. ."eo, 'nvu'u r,quire H. ouVJcet
'his r'gn'' ms Pohcy was 10 cohciiia'
as ,ar as possible ms abstract prii
cip'o % Was just whal .he colonies woul
no. y'ciu' me pripc'p'e 'hey man
sa.nca was 'nas 'aNeS were thc Ire
.pn.'ipu,iohs oi tnc people .hroug
.no,r rePreseh,a'lves' even IN Ehglan
,, unucr Magha maria ana that tax'
! .'on ',nu representation should ever {
sos'tnsi' ~ o.ner worus, that! VIII
1us .,,g pe'ng uhoweu representation
narllanieh. ,,, lney couia not rightly .
: suoJoc, W ,'Aasioh py uhat oody' III
sruggic' therefore, sun went on.
AT the ports Of New York and Phi
adelphla, vessels laden with tea wer
not permitted to enter In Charleston
South Carolina, the tea was landed, bu
stored away in damp cellars, where
was quietly permitted TO rot. In Bos
ton; party of men disguised a
nvnhwh ihu'ahs boarded the ship
lauen win tea' broke open all tn
oncs's ,. !, containing IT, ana cast their con
'.n,s wS,, ,nVo 'he sea IN North carolina
Nv Nv p" lln'hgson, a number OIL men unde
,no icau VI oVrnelius marnett, JONI
Asne anu hugn Waddeii, IN open day
Mienou. ,, any u'sgu,se, boarded q shil
sl,hllariy aden, ana destroyed the tea
% wniie ~ baltimore the obnoxlou
",',1ic m me. win similar late fol
IN 'nese ou'rages,so-caiicd, Boston wa
,no l'i"cc se'ec,eu py the LORD Norti
miiiis'ry 10 make IN example OF, IN th'
maintenance Oh lhelr pollcy. This was
perhaps because they had already col
,cctcu ,nore considerable military
iorce' Eariy IN if4 the port Of Bos
toh was closed by an Act OF Parlia
mt. ment. Inc charter oil The Colony O.
cnuse''s was soon after eiiectualiy
aorogatedp py another ACT oi Parliament
ana inc hoyai oovernor was author
,Aed 10 send persons accused Of crime
W nnsiahu ior triai' Ihese Acts ol
nriiaineht caused an excitement
amounting 10 Jury IN massachusetts
whlch spread rapidly throughout the
o.ner @ ooiVnles, Slii: me House OF Bur
gesses OF virginia being in session in
NAY, Wheh the news Of the first Of
,I .neso avs reached thcn, ana before
'ncy haa heard oil the second, appoint
Gu 1u 'ne ns LIS. uuy ol June ensuing as a
uay VI as'ing, Illumination ana pray
g e'1 anu " invoke ,:, tne ala OF almighty
T,;a TDa "sa'o ' 'nHl'pcr.ies Oh e1oiohies.
in'S W"s Ut 'ho instance Oh MI Jefer-
Ion, p then e, u member OIL that Dody' Inc
L.. H. nosS'"y' lI 1anlnorc, in,ineuiate-
., u,19o'eu n. 'eo iouse oi Durgesses
r,1 'Gi .n,' Nv. VI u'sioya,ty, US nc con
a,ueisu .sa.t F." " os' W hereupon, the
%e.u'..';.. ,no,aps,s iosolNoi themselves ihto u
0oi'''',.'eS' o,,a ''' 9,sa,lAeu s. ah assoclatioh,
tho H. ;p,oyoa, os sso,u',YnS c n ~. 1cyiaring mat
oaoai,.' au m.e'es.' " ", 'no oo,onies were
ed,u",,. odu '. .onees"ou, 'r ~ anu auVlslng tne
" fpys,s,asl. r,n..e' VI irs''lia COMMITTEE
o,io. oi,e,en.s ~sis'l.s W .o''sui. MIN 'he
IsIJi IoII;. No'V,,es 5,0 on ,nc cApeusehce OF
n,hon % ra,a,';ns uSpe'',' O1ngresS oi AL tne
,ta;r n,',,',,. o,o,ss, " aosiSe NJ, ,eaiis ior
mon H. aInIp,sJ p.osJ''.on " % u.'''cN
obusa,, o V s;.h. en '1ea ~ r'gh's u massa- ~
o,,aol, % n,ap m"I ~ " 'onV".u e IN ~ IKE
Cnlon;os ,1 I, ,,sn O' M ~ V; ", ". o.ncr T
,,,;,,,. 's ,.r :" c'n'. III my ,ng,nia oo'n-
r. was a, ,h;s IT, .S ~, "Io -. spPo'neou,
in The aolJ pon,;n;ama ,..nn a, seu
all the Colonies--wTbe Cause of pos,en
Is the Cause of ms Alln The annool ne
Virginia was responded 10 farnrahI,,
by he Colonies ,,enerallv ph;IaJal
pIia was the nlece and tho 5,h ne
September l7Ti was the time fxed
upon for this Convention Of the colo
nies. The first thing settled by the
body, on its meeting. was the nature
of its own character and Organization.
II was settled to be n Congress- of
separate distinct political organisms.
II was styled by them "the Congress
OF the United Colonies of America
In all its deliberations, each Colony
was to be considered as equal and
each was to have an equal vote on NIL
questions coming before il without re.
gard TO size, wealth, population. or the
number of Delegates sent by them re-
spcctively; for the object of ali was
defense and preservation, by Joint ac-
ton and cooperation in Council, Of
what was claimed to be the incstimable
and inalicnable right OF each. that is
the absolute right of Local Self(iov.
ernment.
The vote on all questions was count.
cd, not per capita, or according TO the
of Delegates. but by Colonies.
Georgia was the only one Of the Tbir-
teen not represented in this. the first
Congress Of the Colonies named. The
reason of this was her distance from
the scenes of preparation. and the
want of those facilities in the trans.