Excerpt from A Few Remarks Upon Some of the Votes and Resolutions of the Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia in September, and the Provincial Congress, Held at Cambridge in November, 1774 1 did not pretend to deny the Jufiice and equi1 we? Paying for it, but obferved that this all might affect all the colonies and that as in all probability there would foon be a continental congrefi it would be our wifdom to do nothing until we had the united fehle of the colonies; and that they did no: doubt they would recommend the payment for the tea, and each colony would willingly advance their, proportion of it whereas, if we fhould immediate] order the payment they may poliihly refent it, and confirue 1t as our fubmitting to the do? Of parlia ment impofing the duty upon that article, and fe the union and harmony which at prefent fubfifis between the colonies would be 111 great danger of being deftroyed -in the mean time it was propofed that we lhould reprefent to the feveral colonies our difirefi'ed condition, praying them for relief for our fufi'ering brethren, who were out of employ by reafon of the port bill. There realons though altogether deflitute of {incerity feemed to be very plaulible, and they accordingly had their effeft And the town did nothing further concerning it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.