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delegates ymfelves have been re-
markedly clofe-mouthed There was
no gag rule, however.
Ye delegates began to assemble
here Taft May. By We 10th, enough
had arrived to make quorum and
We fefsion began. At firft We dele
gates, TO obfervers in parleurs of
We taverns faid, feemed Hght-heart-
ed. They complained about We Diff
ficulties of We Journey; We poore
food; We bad fpring roads, We
wretched inns, and We poor horfes.
Ye news of Col. Ethan Aliens
brilliant Capture Of TT. Tioonderoga
We day We fefsion opened, frightened
We tenfion Of affairs. Gen. Geo.
Warrington, faid to be a folder of
no mean Ability, was named
Comdr. -in-chief. and We new refpon-
fibilities began to have their effect
on We Delegates.
Ye more radical leaders-Ye
fiery Saml. Adams, who planned We
Bottom Tea party and other focial-
istic actions in We Massachusetts
Bay colonie, his coufin Jno., elo-
quent, forcefulle. We. recklefs Lee of
Va, and Thos. Jefferfon, We fluid
ent. Benz. Franklin, ye fage-all
were bufy urging we other dele
gates to We point of radical action.
Ye tavern rooms and We publick
Grog fhops faw little of we Dele
gates. They talked much together
in fmall knots till late at night 1t
wkas know vt petitions and mef-
sages were coming in to YIN from
all We Colonies-for and againft.
Lee, We author of We refolution of
Independence, was called home Ill
weeks ago on account of We illnefs
of his wife and Jefferfon with
Franklin, John Adams, Robt. Liv-
ingftOn, of New York, and Roger
Sherman of Ct, were given author
ity to draw up formal declaration
to have ready in cafe ye congrefs
took favourable action.
Jefferfon drafted We refolutions
at his quarters, two fmall rooms at
a houfe at Market and Seventh fits.
1t was congenial' work for him.
He was well acquainted with We
philofophies of government of
Locke and Hobbies and fuch other
radical thinkers. =
Ye Declaration, it is learned,
though no copies of it have yet
reached We light, confifts of short
introduction, dealing with We theory
of government, YIN a recital, of We
many grievances We colonifts have
fuffered at We hands of Ct. Britain.
Ye debate, it is faid, was long
and bitter. Jno. Dickinson, We lead
err of ye oppofition, argued vt it
would be better to wait till We
troops took We field and won a de-
cifive victory, TO vt assurances of
help from fome foreign power,
France perhaps, could be had
de declaration" he declared in
imprisoned tones. won't ftrength-
en- We colonies by Jingle folder or
a bit of supplies. 1t will rather ex-
pofe We folders to greater cruelties.
We ought not commit we nation to
a policy we may find it Impossible
to hold, and from which it will be
a national difgrace to withdraw"
Rutledge Of South Carolina and
Livingston of New York were Dick.
infon's chief aids. But We argu-
ments of Adams and Franklin and
others wore them down. Ye vote
was called on We Lee refolution day
before yefterday. If found Pa. and
Delaware oppofed, South Carolina
divided, but willing to favour We
verdict of We majority, and New
York rot voting.
Ye Jefferfon draft then was
taken up. 1t was found acceptable
In all but few points flush as a
most anarchiftic fuggeftion to do
away with flavery.
1t was ftricken out at once and
final vote was had today. It was
unanimous with We reception of
New York. Dickinfon, We infurgent,
giving up We fight and abfenting
himself from We fefsion.
Ye weather has grown very hot