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uary last, respecting a call thereof to be made on this day being read,
Resolved, That the call of this House be postponed till Friday next.
Mr. Kissam, from the Committee of the Whole House, to whom was referred his Honour the Lieutenant-Governours Speech, Messages, &c., reported, that he was directed by the Committee to report to the House, that they had made some further progress therein, and to move for leave to sit again; which Report he read in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the same was again read, and thereupon it was
Resolved, That his Honour's Speech, Messages, &c., be taken into further consideration on Friday next.
Die Jovis, 10 ho., A. M., the 16th February, 1775.
A motion was made by Colonel Schuyler, in the words following, viz:
Mr. Speaker: I move that a certain Letter, dated Hartford, June 4, 1774,* directed, Honourable John Cruger, Esquire, James De Lancey, James Jauncey, &c, Esquires, Committee of Correspondence, New-York, and subscribed by Silas Deane, in behalf of, and per order of the Committee of Correspondence, Connecticut. And also a certain Letter enclosed within the foregoing, dated Hartford, June 3, 1774;* together with the copy of a Letter dated New-York, June 24, 1774,* directed to the Committee of Correspondence of the Colony of Connecticut, and subscribed by John Cruger. James Jauncey, Frederick Philips, James De Lancey, Jacob Walton, Simon Boerum, John Rapalje, Daniel Kissam, Zebulon Williams, late Zebulon Seaman, Benjamin Seaman. And also a Letter from the Committee of Correspondence appointed by this House, dated September 5, 1774, to Edmund Burke, Esq., Agent of this Colony, at the Court of Great Britain, be forthwith entered on the Journals of this House, and that the Clerk of this House be ordered to deliver copies of the same to the Printer of this Colony, that they may be by him inserted in the publick Newspapers.
And debates arising upon the said motion, and the question being put thereon, it was carried in the negative, in manner following, viz:
| For the Negative. | For the Affirmative. |
| Mr. Walton, | Mr. Jauncey, | Mr. Thomas, |
| Colonel Seaman, | Mr. De Lancey, | Mr. Clinton, |
| Mr. Billopp, | Colonel Wells, | Mr. Van Coitlandt, |
| Mr. Brush, | Mr. Nicoll, | Colonel Ton Broack, |
| Colonel Philips, | Mr. Rapalje, | Colonel Woodhull, |
| Mr. Kissim, | Mr. Brinckerhoff, | Colonel Schuyler, |
| Mr. Van Kleeck, | Mr. Galo. | Mr. De Witt, |
| Mr. Ten Eyck, | | Col. P. Livingston, |
| Mr. Wilkins, | | Captain Seaman. |
Resolved, That his Honour's Speech, Messages, &c., be taken into further consideration on Tuesday next.
Die Voneris, 10 ho., A. M., the 17th February, 1775.
A motion was made by Colonel Woodhull, in the words following, viz:
Mr. Speaker: I move that the thanks of this House be given to Philip Livingston, Isaac Low, John Jay, John Alsop, James Duane, Simeon Boerum, William-Floyd, and Henry Wisner, Esquires, for their faithful and judicious discharge of the trust reposed in them by the good people of this Colony, at the Continental Congress held at Philadelphia, in the months of September and October last.
And debates arising upon the said motion, and the question being put thereon, it was carried in the negative, in manner following, viz:
| For the Negative. | For the Affirmative. |
| Mr. Walton, | Mr. Van Kleeck, | Mr. Clinton, |
| Mr. Teji Eyck, | Colonel Wells, | Mr. Thomas, |
| Mr. Jauncey, | Mr. Brush, | Mr. Brinckerhoff, |
| Colonel Seaman, | Mr. Billopp, | Mr. De Witt, |
| Mr. Gale, | Mr. Kissam, | Colonel Woodhull, |
| Mr. Rapalje, | Mr. De Lancey. | Colonel Schuyler, |
| Mr. Nicoll, | | Colonel Ten Broeck, |
| Colonel Philips, | | Captain Seaman, |
| Mr. Wilkins, | | Col. P. Livingston. |
Mr. Boerum, on request, being excused in voting on the above motion, he having been one of the Delegates.
Die Martia, 10 ho., A. M., the 21st February, 1775.
A motion was made by Colonel P. Livingston, in the words following, viz:
Mr. Speaker: I move that the thanks of this House be given to the Merchants and Inhabitants of this City and Colony, for their repeated, disinterested, publick-spirited, and patriotick conduct, in declining the importation or receiving of Goods from Great Britain, and for their firm adherence to the Association entered into and recommended by the Grand Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, in the months of September and October last; and that Mr. Speaker signify the same to the President of the Chamber of Commerce in this City, at their next meeting, and order a copy of the same to be published in the publick prints.
And debates arising on the said motion3 and the question being put thereon, it was carried in the negative, in manner following, viz:
| For the Negative. | For the Affirmative. |
| Mr. Jauncey, | Mr. Kissam, | Mr. Thomas, |
| Colonel Philips, | Mr. Walton, | Mr. De Witt, |
| Mr. Brush, | Mr. Wilkins, | Mr. Van Cortlandt, |
| Mr. Nicoll, | Mr. De Lnncey, | Mr. Bosrum, |
| Mr. Billopp, | Mr. Ten Eyck. | Colonel Schuyler, |
| Mr. Gale, | | Colonel Woodhull, |
| Mr. C03, | | Mr. Clinton, |
| Colonel Wells, | | Captain Seaman, |
| Mr. Van Kleeck, | | Colonel Ten Broeck, |
| Mr. Brinkerhoff, | | Colonel P. Livingston. |
Die Jovis, 10 ho., A. M., the 23d February, 1775.
Mr. Brush, from the Committee appointed by this House, the 31st ultimo, to prepare a state of the grievances of this Colony, reported that he was directed by the said Committee to report to the House, that they had prepared a state accordingly, which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the same was again read; and thereupon it was
Resolved, That the said state of the grievances of this Colony be referred to the consideration of a Committee of the Whole House, and be proceeded on by the said Committee on Wednesday next.
A motion was made by Mr. Thomas, in the words following, viz:
Mr. Speaker: I move that the sense of this House be taken, on the necessity of appointing Delegates for this Colony, to meet the Delegates for the other Colonies on this Continent, in General Congress, on the 10th day of May next.
And debates arising on the said motion, and the question being put thereon, it was carried in the negative, in manner following, viz:
| For the Negative. | For the Affirmative. |
| Mr. Walton, | Mr-Rapalje, | Mr. Clinton, |
| Mr. Jauncey, | Mr. Nicoll, | Colonel Woodhull, |
| Mr. Brinckerhoff, | Mr. Billopp, | Mr. Thomas, |
| Colonel Seaman, | Colonel Philips, | Mr. Boorum, |
| Mr. Brush, | Mr. Ten Eyck, | Captain Seaman, |
| Mr. De Lancey, | Colonel Wells, | Colonel Ton Broeck, |
| Mr. Coe, | Mr. Wilkins, | Mr. De Witt, |
| Mr. Van Kleeck, | Mr. Kissam, | ColoneJ Schuyler, |
| Mr. Gale, | | Colonel P, Livingston, |
SPEECHES OF MR. BRUSH AND MR. WILKINS, ON Mr. THOMAS'S MOTION.
[On Thursday, February 23, the General Assembly now sitting, entered into the consideration of Mr. Thomas's motion for the appointment of Delegates on the part of this Colony, to attend the General Congress to be held at Philadelphia, in the month of May next. The House being divided on this important question, the matter was fully debated on both sides. In the course of the debates, Mr. Brush, Member for Cumberland, offered his sentiments on the subject; in the answers given to which, that gentleman being frequently charged with using expressions which threw indecent reflections both on the conduct of the gentlemen of the Opposition, and on the proceedings of the last Congress, in order that the publick may form their own judgment on this subject, the Printer has been favoured with the following, by a friend, who assures him it contains nearly the very words made use of by Mr. Brush on that occasion.]
MR. SPEAKER: The time and attention of this House during the present session, has been principally engaged by a series of motions tending to extort our approbation of the measures dictated by the late Congress, The address that has been shown in varying the expressions of the several motions for that purpose, may evince the ingenuity of
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