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i "With a heart full of loyalty to my Sovereign, I went into Congress -- 1 and from that loyalty I never deviated, in the leaBt. I proposed a Plan " of Accommodation in the Congress, agreeable to my Instructions ; -- some " of the best men, and men of the best fortunes, espoused the Plan, and "drew with me." -- {Examination of Joseph Galloway before the Rouse of Commons, 18 Jnne, 1779, London : 1779, 47-54.)

" Hia scheme" framed "in secret conceit with the Governor of New "Jersey and with Colden of New York," "held out a hope of Continental " Union, which was the long cherished policy of New York ; it was sec- "ouded by Duane and advocated by Jay, but opposed by Lee of Yir- *'ginia." -- (Bancroft's History of the United States, original edition, vii., 140,141 ; thesame, centenary edition, iv., 402.)

" The scheme was intended to perpetuate the dependence of the Colo- " nies on England : and was proposed with the approbation of the loyalist Governors, Franklin of New Jersey, and Colden of New York. "Galloway urged it in an elaborate speech ; and it was supported by " Duane, Jay, and Edward Rutledge. 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 Jour- " nals. This result was an end to the loyalist influence in Congress." -- (Frothingham's Rise of the Republic, Boston: 1872, 367, 3G8.)