New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-31
MR.. DEPGW's ADDRESS.

Inc following extracts from tns IlSIOlcaI
address Of Cnamc,, NJ D,pew present the spirit OF 10
..ud O.. prucpa part of the matter:
The Provincial Congress sitting -' NcW-Nork owed
lt- ,icnce 90 rae necessities o Ia nhr,. ~ was It
v"iuaonaiy body, its onf cA rI 'n election nl ,Ar
.cupir. Du It i'th o NAY p' lad year 'h i"'i''4
Congress, then string n Pm.ale nl adopted % % sHu
ION repuesun. jhe i-SprriF' S-'n''.' ara c.h'rn
iUus OF tHc Cutci C5onies Aheit A. Government
sui sent FOR tac ryi-.uc.rs OF tl"r Affairs Hlt been
.-l1ls,rd 90 atout Sucn Government should IN the
opinion ut hr rr"te>cn aFrs d. thc people Does, rohiI'
% happiness aud sarF OBI tacl- constituents I'D par
ocular ana Am"r't 10 general. or me YIN. ic"n
c.onps cd, except fh'ie Island ana I'uhy, ,'."l.
Adopted tIc recommendation. 4uclr charters dd not
aa- unnecessary. Niruuu's couSi itu-ou was hist.
dud Ncw-YUrk's h!th, m tic order of adoption.
ie" dal- AFTER ''t pas az obi IR!7 I'' '.."i ,.e
then ont twenty -iour years of age ,d zed ns entrance
nto public lne bog dl-in- immediate ac' d. I'D 4 'Yr~rn
presentation Of the tLou-Al or lne umc ne pont! a.
c.ird ur.t Mediation with tlr mother count "tr
only Doe had 10y independent - v hmt'i' an" lhoH.
committee 1c dpio .ted @ draw lr paI l,r 3D.,
uua crsiood principles aud jealous Jt ever assumption of
3"ver tuoust t.t tn!s Congress Was NOS elected Tor
4 committee was finally appointed 70 whom the whole
subject r.trrru ami 900 One -tiIu My ihrl Pc
ing Ciyl Go,oruupnt- anal nt to %, in t4e ueopc,"
tl tlc Old 10 III o. GoVeumcat Na, go -oNc4
a. JoU5 existed wle,her The j. ovnc.i Congress ad
p0wc~ io ici. The p,0pc cd ne C0Iuut he cfle &
the cues ION Of o. NV Government Iiis report
d. rcni, kan.c as DO. earliest, c..arest and mos
cr.gn1 IL Was Ncv-Iogl's contI burou to Amer
ic4u liberty, learned oy m"ie tI.sl halI century o
inrr~aut str .c Of tnr rcDrr,cntv elected Df tAc
r''i " r' %. ',i. ,'te5 .,u IN y, 31- h,
ltp"ii OBJ tH' 'oI.il'-'o "'A' "'t 10 ''' y" 80 'I''
rcs.lut prepared 10y Hr g., we're pas. o.
,r nv "a l,r,, " f.,y t.,.ri,f .u, and I..0l.t..t
as) upou the question o anlied clo o. Aot pehl-uc-
On the 9th of July 70, the neft -ccct,d delegates
uet az tie courthouse IN THAI place and elected Cen
VooduuIl, President ana John VI Fr-srn and Robert
Bcrran Secretaries. During the forenoon a letter was
received from One delegates %. New York. NJ the COnd-
uoural Congress incosins tne Declaration Of American
Independence. walsh mad been adopted on the ith.
T. was immediately read ana referred toa committee,
CONSISTING Of Messrs. JAY Yates. Hobart asi-r Rad
William smith. on ihe afternoon u t-e same day tue
commi,tco reported resolution c0ncur'ng u ;hc Decar
tion. fy adopting IL, aud ustuctns our dele gates in
General C1ngrts- 90 support tae same and give their
united aid TO all necessary obtain JOS Obi .ct.
The convention immediately adopted tAe report
FBAAIISG \ CoESTrrJ TON.
ON the morning of the next day, %. ION of july bis
body Resolved and ordered. tlat the style title
House be- changed IRON hat of The Provincial Con-
cress Of The Colony VI NrU-YOrk, 90 tt Of The Con-
venaou OF the Representatives, Of the state OF New
York. and thus the 1Ofh day Of July, 1916, the State
of New-Yorg was born. IN tAe afternoon Of the l0tb
they resolved TO the I6h upon the formation
a state Government, bat by tat time the sitnation o.
affairs here became zoo alarming for elaboration. Wash
mgton contemplating the abandonment Of New York.
British sni- % anchored oil Tarrvtown. within
six mice of where they sitting. Their whOo attcu-
ton Sus occupied iu r troops ana supplies, and piO
v'aiu the pubic order ON the lbth they postponed
tl, question tIl the l-t OF august.
ON Inc 7tu of July tne convention found t necessary
% remove Harlem, and there on the -i o August ON
uoau of C1veruetr Morris, and seconded boy III. Duer
committee WAS appointed 90 prepare and report CON
-Ifu ou form OF Govern nrui Ils c1iuAl' tr was
composed Of the eminent men u the Convention ana
ID - 10
,s,ci,.~ were ,ovrrncur Morris. Robert r. Livingston
WLuam Duer Abraham AMI Robert Yates, Cen scott
al Ioolue SIR Hobart. COL. DE- Wit;, Samuel Towns
hrud. william smith aud NJ snrr lht com.Ittcr
were O report tAr l6th Of August 1906 but such
WIS lie prliluu- coud ton oil IA de, ana 80 manliOi.
Che duties of the members Of tne eonye iion ht no f
Tie CONVENTION mrauwnc, by the alarming situation
of affair. migrating from place To Wttt' ana per
furlnu. every class of public dniy 10 was comm. Je
of puo e. safety providing tlc ways aud litn7
to continue iAr .'nle'l Us Hrl1 ''l' "'l ,u
ln hc Continental Ongess, ana again "lh iAc army ;
thcy were acting as judges ana hrs"ud'uis. i"-'Hs
tury were flying before tlc enemy. Tomorrow ilrhl'"n2
protection Tor the SoIcl pressed common" ili. az
our time mrttlug 40 klucsDudsc, th.u at Otti7 I'D
Phillips Manor, then al fishku, FongnIerpsir iid
finally al Kingston Az tlsIklI they supplied tAen-ltt
with arms and ammunition and thereafter i'-irlat
atu swords b their sid s. literally 'nnding ine
rlrclu iaDc Ol cOh@illllioLa4 governments l rae very
p e,euce OF the alarms. tIc pcrs and the carnage oI
on inc 9Th of March l777 at Kingston. the Commute
appointed % pr pare % FORM ol government were 81
quied to report ON the iciio"- Nrun'-day ana ihI'
da}. tAe l-t1, Tie commute IiaNc tpoIi "llH "''
reau ~ Mr. Duane The draft Va drawn hy joan Jag,
ana Is ia hls handwriting TINS dfaii Was under dlsc-
,ioo until the 2Oth of April ana underwent some amend
meuts and additions. Tie leading DlnGs u the debates,
and n The reduction of Tine amendments adopted "er
John jay, buuFcIncui MoiilS' is"nel Nv al" ~
Duane The Constitution, however, was nnAut passed
almost as IL from tine hands 81 Mr. Jay,
and was adopted with one dissenting voice ON
the 10th Of April, 1877 ]. the evening
Of sunday. the Presd, III General Ten Bforca'
wac absent and also tne Nic'Presldent q neral T. RE
Van COrtlandt, nut revolutions know neither days nor
individuals: Gen Leonard GanseYoor acting a. Pre-
dent pro ten. attesled tie document Tie same night
Robert T. Livingston, General scott Governor MOrrs
Abraham Yates. JOnn Jay and 1r. Hobart were ap.
poufrd committee 10 port plan for organizing ana
the fOIm OF Government. They next directed
one Of Secretaries 70 proceed Immediately 10 fsh