ject, but only to repeat an observation I made to a former Assembly, on a similar occasion. "Every breach of the Constitution, whether it proceeds from the Crown or the People, is in its effects equally destructive to the rights of both." It is the duty, therefore, of those who are entrusted with Government, to be equally careful in guarding against encroachments from the one as the other. But it is, says one of the wisest of men, a most infallible symptom of the dangerous state of liberty, when the chief men of a free country show a greater regard to popularity than to their own judgment.

WM. FRANKLIN.

Council Chamber, January 13, 1775.

Ordered, That his Excellency's Speech be read a second time.

Saturday, January 14, 1775.

Ordered, That Mr. Wetherill, Mr. Crane, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Ford. Mr. Kinsey, Mr. Price, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Hand, be and they are hereby appointed a Committee of Grievances, and they or any three of them, may meet together at such times and places as they or any three of them shall think proper to appoint, either during the sitting of the Assembly, or at any other time, and make report of their proceedings to the House.

Monday, January 16, 1775.

His Excellency's Speech was read the second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Ordered, That the Committee sit to-morrow morning.

Tuesday, January 17, 1775.

The House, according to order, Resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on his Excellency's Speech; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported that the Committee had made some progress in the matters to them referred, and desired leave to sit again, to which the House agreed.

Friday, January 20, 1775.

The House again, according to order, Resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, on his Excellency's Speech; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported that they had made some further progress in the matters to them referred, and had come to two Resolutions, which he was ready to report whenever the House would please to receive the same, and that the Committee desired leave to sit again.

Ordered, That the said Report be made immediately, and that the Committee have leave to sit again;

Whereupon, Mr. Fisher reported the Resolutions of the Committee, as follows:

1. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to his Excellency, in answer to his Speech.

To which the House agreed.

2. Resolved, That the Government of this Colony be honourably supported from the first day of October, 1774, to the first day of October, 1775.

To which the House agreed.

Saturday, January 21, 1775.

The House again, according to order, Resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on his Excellency's Speech; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported that they had made some further progress in the matters to them referred, and desired leave to sit again; to which the House agreed.

Monday, January 23, 1775,

The House again, according to order, Resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on his Excellency's Speech; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, reported that they had made some further progress in the matters to them had made some further progress in the matters to them referred, and desired leave to sit again; to which the House agreed.

Ordered, That Mr. Wetherill, Mr. Kinsey, Mr. Fisher Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Crane, be a Committee to prepare and bring in the draught of an Address to his Excellency, in answer to his Speech.

Ordered, That Mr. Price, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Dey, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Roy, Mr. Sykes and Mr. Elmer, be a Committee to bring in a Bill for support of Government.

Tuesday, January 24, 1775.

Mr. Crane and Mr. Kinsey laid before the House the following Memorial, which was read, and is as follows, to wit:

To the Honorable the House of Representatives of the Colony of New-Jersey, in General Assembly met:

Gentlemen: We the subscribers, having been appointed and requested by the Committees of the several Counties in this Colony, including a majority of the Members of your House, to represent the Colony of New-Jersey in the Continental Congress of Delegates from the other American Colonies, at Philadelphia, in September last, beg leave to report to the House that we attended the said Congress, and did every thing in our power to answer the intention of our appointment; and hope and trust that the Proceedings of the said Congress, which we now lay before you for your consideration, will receive your approbation, and have the desired effect in producing that peace, happiness, harmony, and confidence, between Great Britain and the Colonies, so ardently wished for by all good men.

We are, gentlemen, your most obedient servants,

January 11, 1775.

Mr. Crane and Mr. Kinsey also laid before the House the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, in September last, which were read. On the question, whether the House approve of the said Proceedings? It passed in the affirmative.

Resolved, That this House do unanimously approve of the Proceedings of the Congress; such as are of the people called Quakers, excepting only to such parts as seem to wear an appearance, or may have a tendency to force, (if any such there be,) as inconsistent with their religious principles.

Resolved unanimously, That James Kinsey, Stephen Crane, William Livingston, John De Hart, and Richard Smith, Esquires, or any three of them, be and they are hereby appointed to attend the Continental Congress of the Colonies, intended to be held at the City of Philadelphia, in May next, or at any other time and place; and that they report their proceedings to the next session of the General Assembly; instructing the said Delegates to propose and agree to every reasonable and constitutional measure for the accommodation of the unhappy differences at present subsisting between our mother country and the Colonies, which the House most ardently wish for.

The House also being informed, that at the Congress held at Philadelphia, the 6th of September last, a motion was made to give some of the Colonies a greater number of votes in the determination of questions to be agitated therein, than to others; and conceiving such motion lo be of dangerous consequence, do also instruct their Delegates not to agree to a measure of that kind, unless it should be agreed at the same time that no vote to be taken on such principles, shall, in future, be obligatory on any Colonies whose Delegates do not consent thereto.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do transmit a copy of the foregoing Resolutions to the Speakers of the Assemblies of New-York and Pennsylvania.

Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this House be given to James Kinsey, Stephen Crane, William Livingston, John, De Hart, and Richard Smith, Esquires, for their faithful and judicious discharge of the trust reposed in them at the late Continental Congress.

Wednesday, January 25, 1775.

The House again, according to order, Resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on his Excellency's Speech; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Fisher Chairman of the Com-