" The Committee that was chosen, may, with some " kind of propriety, be said to represent those partic- " ular persons who chose them : But how they can " be denominated the representatives of the County " of Westchester,'who in general abhor Committees " and Committee-men ; and are determined to take " no steps that may have the least tendency to lead "them into Rebellion, we cannot conceive. Certainly "the friends to government who were collected at " Captain Hatfield's, had a better right, from their
1 Vide pages 40, 42, ante.
2The "Rf.soi.vis," referred to in the text, are undoubtedly those which were re-produced on page 43, ante. They originated in Duchess-county, which, at that time, extended, southward, to Westchester-county; and it is understood that they were widely 'circulated throughout the former County, and, to a considerable extent, throughout Westchcster-county.
" number, to determine that there should be no Com- " mittee, than the opposite party had to appoint one, " and might with much greater propriety be said to " shew the sense of the county, than the few who " acted without authority, and in direct opposition to "government, and to the determinations of our worthy "Assembly. And we doubt not but the impartial " public will consider the matter in this light, and " not esteem the act of a few individuals, unlawfully " assembled, as the act (which it most assuredly is " not) of the very respectable, populous and loyal coun- " ty of Westchester." 3