" And that all persons who have been disarmed for '• refusing to associate with their countrymen, for the " defense of the United Colonies, in the form pre- " scribed by the late Committee of Safety, as afore- " said, may have no pretence to complain of injus- " tice, and that they may have a fair opportunity of " convincing the public that their refusal to sign the " said Association did not arise from a disinclination " to defend the Rights of America, but merely from

" objections to sign to the form of the said Association, " and thereby be restored to the privilege of bearing " arms in support of a cause so important and so " glorious ;

" Resolved, unanimously. That all persons, " other than those whom the Committees of the sev- " eral Counties shall adjudge to be notoriously disaf- " fected to the American cause, who have not asso- " ciated in the form prescribed by the late Committee "of Safety, as aforesaid, be called upon, by persons " to be appointed by the said Committees of the sev- " eral Counties, and requested to subscribe the Asso- " ciation contained and recommended in and by these " Resolutions. And

" Resolved, further. That all such of the said " persons as shall subscribe the same, other than " notoriously disaffected persons, as aforesaid, ought " to be considered and treated as friends to their "country; and that all arms taken from them and " not disposed of to the Continental troops, be re- " stored to them ; and that care be taken that they " respectively be paid the full price allowed, for such " of their arms as may have been delivered to the " Continental troops, as aforesaid.