of " land tax " and " excise." All the government influence was arrayed againsl Morris, and with a f..m.alii.v ami .ht.T.ninaiion most The Morris party, on the other hand, stood just as unconspicuous. mistakably and resolutely for the principle of popular defiance of op The electors of the county were conscious thai pressive government. the verdict which they were called upon to render would have the greatesl moral weight, and would be taken as n crucial test oi the In these cinu instances, emphatic as was atate of public opinion the majority i<>r Morris, the character and composition of his fol his lowing were even more significant than the mere proportions of the We are told that his supporters from the lower pari of vote. county " numbered onlj aboul seventy horse." 'I he remainder came wide, run I nl.ii I .-.| hv ,-vrrv p.,rli..n -,f Hi" (Oimty excepl
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i tie borough Town of Westchester, which was a constituency by itself, ,,,,1 the Manor of Philipscbu . L- 1. , whirl,, under the influence of its proprietor, waj t. I rom L'elhara and New imi for his antagonii ,r i lie Manor of I lort landl I he word Uochelle to th( ,i i iastchester earlj on the had gone forth to gather on the Un • I-. Kven the Quakers, the parti «>f 0< niMinni;. mI M. mm lav, tl..- L".Hli strictest oi Sabbath observers, joined in the throng which began to m,,vr
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