" That the greater part of those who now hold Of- " flees and Commissions under the Crown, and many " others who are generally reputed inimical to Amer- " ican Liberty, will be liable to suffer injuries from "the resentment of the people, 2 and the Colony in " general exposed to great danger from the active ex- " ertions of those among us who are determined to " assist in the subjection of America.

" Your Committee are, therefore, of opinion that, " as well out of regard to the safety of individuals as "for the general welfare of America, it is highly and " indispensably necessary to take speedy and effectual " measures to prevent the hostile intentions of our " foes, to stop the channels of intelligence and com- " munication among the disaffected, and to quell the " spirit of opposition which hath hitherto prevailed.

1 On Tuesday afternoon, on motion of Mr. Sands, Kichmond-county was ordered to be named as one which was especially proscribed ; and on motion of John Morin Scott, an oath of some kind was ordered to " be "extended to all such as refused to sign the Association," to which only Gouvorneur Morris, to his honor be it said, objected. On Wednesday morning, an attempt to authorize the seizure and detention of residents of Queens-county, as hostages, to secure the submission of those who were left within that County, was rejected, only Westchester and Tryoncounties having supported the proposition. " Sundry other amendments " having been made therein," an attempt to commit the mutilated paper to its parent Committee, to re-model it, was rejected. It is evident, from the final entry on the subject, that other important changes had been made during a Bession of the Congress, on Thursday evening ; but the Journal of that Session makes no mention of any action on that subject ; and on Friday morning, the nmended Report, from which many peculiarly obnoxious features had been removed, was adopted.