The well-considered and, under the circumstances, the judicious determination of the majority of the General Assembly, to unite in the general opposition to the Colonial policy of the Home Government, in the general demand for a redress of the a.ssumed grievances of the Colonies, and in the generally expressed desire to restore the harmony between the Colonies and the Mother Country, which the infliction of those grievances had disturbed, without, however, recognizing the existence of any other opposition thereto, in any other person, in any other organization, or in any

1 Jovrnid of the Hmtse, "Die Martis, TO ho., A.M., the 21st Febniarj-, "1775j;" Lieutenant-Governor Colden to General Gnge, "New York 20th "Febry, 1775."

^ Journal of the Houte, "Die Jovis, in ho., .\.M., tlie 2'iii February, " 1775." Lieulenmit-governor CoUhn to Gemral Gage, "New York, 2iith " Febry 1775 ; " the same to the Earl of Dartmouth, " New York, 1st Jfarch, " 177.5."

'Speeches, made by Brush and Wilkins, on that occasion, may be seen in Force's American Archires, Fourth Series, i., 1290-1207, the former re-printed from Rivington'it New-York Gazetteer, No. 9H, New-York, Thursday, March 2, 1775 ; the latter from tlie Siime paper, No. 103, New- York, Thursday, April 6, 1775. Students of the history of the Eevolution in the Colonies will be well paid for the time occupied in a careful perusal of those Speeches, in connection with the other literature of that subject, published during that period.

* Journal of the House, "Die .lovis, 10 ho., A.M., the 23d of February, " 1775 ; " Lieuienant-gocemor Colden to the Eurl of Dartmouth, " New York, " 1st March, 1775."