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1 " With a heart full of loyalty to my Sovereign, I went into Congress -- 'and from that loyalty I never deviated, in the least. I proposed a Plan "of Acriimmodation in theCongress, agreeable to niy iKSlructioim ; -- Bonie " of the best men, and men of the best fortunes, espoused the Pluii, and "drew with nie." -- {ExaiiiiimtiuH of Josiph Gulluictttf be/un- thv House of Commons, liJune, 1770, London : 1770, 47-.51.)

" His scheme" framed "in secret concert with the Governor of New " Jersey and with Coldcu of New York," " held outahopeof Cuntiuental " Union, which was the long cherished policy of New York ; it waa sec- " onded by Dnane and advocated by Jay, but opposed by Lee of Vir- " ginia."-- (Bancroft's iZ^iVorv o/ the Vnilid States, original edition, vii., 140, 141 ; Ihi snmr, centenary eilition, iv., 402.)

" Tlie scheme was intended to peri>etuato the dependence of the Colo- " nies on England : and was proposed with the approbation of the loy- "ali.st Governors, Franklin of New Jersey, and C'olden of New York. "Galloway urged it in an elaborate speech; and it was supported by " Duane, .Jay, and Edward Kutledge. It was not only rejected, however, " but the menbers came at last to view it with so much odium that the " Motions in relation to it were ordered to be expunged from the Juur- " nuh. This result was an end to the loyalist intluence iu Congress." -- (Erothingham's llise of the R-imhUr, Boston: 1872, 3ii7, 3i)8.)