" and disaffected to the American cause and to per- "sons of equivocal character." There is not the slightest allusion to the origin of the Resolutions ; but it is very probable they proceeded from the Committee of which John Morin Scott was the mouthpiece, to whom allusion has been made in the preceding paragraph ; and, possibly, they maybe the Report therein referred to. Notwithstanding the great length of these Resolutions, the notice which was taken of Westchester-county and of Westchester-county interests, in their several provisions, render it necessary that they shall find a place in this narrative. They were in these words :
" Whereas the Continental Congress, by their Re- " solve of the sixth day of October last, did recom- "mend to the several Provincial Assemblies, and "Conventions, and Councils or Committees of Safety, " to arrest and secure every person in their respective " Colonies, whose going at large might, in their opin- " ion, endanger the safety of the Colony or the lib- " erties of America :
" And whekeas, from sundry informations and " evidences exhibited to this Congress, it appears " that the enemies of American Liberty, in this and "the neighbouring Colonies, have a general com- " munication with each- other, by reason whereof " the influence of the British Ministry, however "feeble, is, in some measure, sustained, and the "minds of the people frequently alarmed and poi- " soned by false reports and misrepresentations, pur- " posely framed and propagated with design to pro- " mote the views and machinations of the enemies of " America.