"proven by the testimony (or if necessary by the affi- " davits) of a number of persons, of the most unques- " tionable character in this county. What then must " we think of such persons as have propagated a report, " that the friends of government were upon this occa- " sion out-numbered 5 to 1, and that many of the " persons whose names were subscribed to the fore- " going Declaration, were not on that day present at "the White Plains? They must be conscious to " themselves, that they have spread abroad a falsehood, " and they are hereby called upon if they dare to set "their names to those assertions.

"In what manner those Gentlemen who chose the " Committee at the Plains proceeded, we cannot posi- " tively say : But this we can declare with truth, that " we do not believe they can produce to the public "the names of an hundred and fifty persons who " voted for a Committee that day, and we are verily " persuaded that they did their utmost to make their '* party as numerous as possible. How then can they "justify their choice of a Committee? Or how can "they presume to impose upon the world, and to " insult the loyal county of Westchester, in so bare- " faced a manner?

" It is well-known here, that two-thirds at least of " the inhabitants of this county, are friends to order " and government, and opposed to Committees and all " unlawful combinations l ; and it will be made ap- " parent to the world, that they are so, as soon as "certain resolves now signing freely by the people, " shall be ready for publication.-- And one principal " reason why the friends to government did not assem- " ble in greater numbers than they did on Tuesday " last, was, that many of them had already, by sign- "ing those resolves, testified their loyalty to the "King, their attachment to the constitution, their "enmity to Committee*, and their acquiescence in the " prudent measures taken by their Assembly in the "late session, for accommodating the unhappy differ- " ences between the mother country and the colonies ; " and consequently thought they had already done " their duty. 2