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1 / 17) to every attempt to procure a remedy by new grants
of power to Congs. I had founnd moreover that that despair
of success hung over the compromising provision plan of April 1783 for the public
necessities in the plan recommended by Congs in apl. 1783 which had been so
been so carefully elaborated, elaborately planned, and so impressively recommended
to the adoption of the States. Sympathizing, under
thise aspect of affairs, with in the alarm of the friends
of free Govt, at the threatened danger of an abortive
result to the great & perhaps last experiment in its
favour, I felt could not be insensible to the obligation
to co-operate as far as I could in averting the calamity.
With this view I acceded to the desire of my fellow Citizens
of the County that I should be one of its representatives
in the Legislature, hoping that I might there best contribute
to inculcate the critical posture to which the
Country and the Revolutionary cause was reduced, and
the merit of a leading agency of the State in bringing
about a rescue of the Union and the cause blessings of liberty
a staked on it, from an impending catastrophe.
The required but little time after taking my seat in the House of Delegates in May 1784. to discover thatit re- however favorable it the general [?] disposition of the State might be towards to the confederacy the Legislature
[re]tained the aversion of its predecessors to transfers of
power from the State to the Govt. of the Union; notwithstanding
the urgent demands of the Federal Treasury; the
glaring inadequacy of the authorized mode of supplying it, the
rapid growth of anarchy in the Fedl. System, and the animosity
kindled among its members the States by their conflicting regulations.
The failure however of the varied propositions
in the [?] Legislature
The temper of the Legislature & the wayward course of its proceedings may be gathered from theJournals Journals of its Sessions in the years 1784 & 1785.
The failure however of the varied propositions in the Legislature, for enlarging the powers of Congress, the continued failure of the efforts of Congs to obtain see address of Congress from them 7) to every attempt to procure a remedy by new grants
of power to Congs. I had founnd moreover that <del>that</del> despair
<add>of success</add> hung over the compromising provision <add><del>plan</del> of April 1783</add> for the public
necessities <del>in the plan</del> <add><del>recommended by Cong<sup>s</sup></del></add> <del>in apl. 1783</del> which had <del>been so</del>
been so <del>carefully elaborated,</del> <add>elaborately planned</add>, and so impressively recommended
to <del> the adoption of</del> the States. <note>mark for text insertion from bottom of page "see address of Congress"</note>Sympathizing, under
this<del>e</del> aspect of affairs, <del>with</del> in the alarm of the friends
of free Gov<sup>t</sup>, at the threatened danger of an abortive
result to the great & perhaps last experiment in its
favour, I <del>felt</del> could not be insensible to the obligation
to co-operate as far as I could in averting the calamity.
With this view I acceded to the desire of my fellow Citizens
of the County that I should be one of its representatives
in the Legislature, hoping that I might there best contribute
to inculcate the critical posture to which <del>the</del>
<del>Country and</del> the Revolutionary cause was reduced, and
the merit of a leading agency of the State in bringing
about a rescue of the Union and the cause <add>blessings</add> of liberty
a staked on it, from an impending catastrophe.<p-end>
<p-bgn>The required but little time after taking my seat
in the House of Delegates in May 1784. to discover that <del>it re-</del> <add>however favorable <del>it</del> the general <ill> disposition of the State might be <add>towards</add> to the confederacy</add> <add>the Legislature</add>
[<del>re</del>]tained the aversion of its predecessors to transfers of
power from the State to the Gov<sup>t</sup>. of the Union; notwithstanding
the urgent demands of the Federal Treasury; the
glaring inadequacy of the authorized mode of supplying it, the
rapid growth of anarchy in the Fed<sup>l</sup>. System, and the animosity
kindled among its members <add>the States</add> by their conflicting regulations.<p-end>
<p-bgn><del>The failure however of the varied propositions</del>
<del>in the <ill> Legislature</del><p-end>
<p-bgn>The temper of the Legislature & the wayward
course of its proceedings may be gathered from the
<del>Journals</del> <add>Journals</add> of its Sessions in the years 1784 & 1785.<p-end>
<p-bgn>The failure however of the varied propositions
in the Legislature, for enlarging the powers of Congress,
the continued failure of the efforts of Cong<sup>s </sup>to obtain
<note>mark, insert in section above or footnote</note> see address of Congress from them
The required but little time after taking my seat in the House of Delegates in May 1784. to discover that
The temper of the Legislature & the wayward course of its proceedings may be gathered from the
The failure however of the varied propositions in the Legislature, for enlarging the powers of Congress, the continued failure of the efforts of Congs to obtain see address of Congress from them 7) to every attempt to procure a remedy by new grants
of power to Congs. I had founnd moreover that <del>that</del> despair
<add>of success</add> hung over the compromising provision <add><del>plan</del> of April 1783</add> for the public
necessities <del>in the plan</del> <add><del>recommended by Cong<sup>s</sup></del></add> <del>in apl. 1783</del> which had <del>been so</del>
been so <del>carefully elaborated,</del> <add>elaborately planned</add>, and so impressively recommended
to <del> the adoption of</del> the States. <note>mark for text insertion from bottom of page "see address of Congress"</note>Sympathizing, under
this<del>e</del> aspect of affairs, <del>with</del> in the alarm of the friends
of free Gov<sup>t</sup>, at the threatened danger of an abortive
result to the great & perhaps last experiment in its
favour, I <del>felt</del> could not be insensible to the obligation
to co-operate as far as I could in averting the calamity.
With this view I acceded to the desire of my fellow Citizens
of the County that I should be one of its representatives
in the Legislature, hoping that I might there best contribute
to inculcate the critical posture to which <del>the</del>
<del>Country and</del> the Revolutionary cause was reduced, and
the merit of a leading agency of the State in bringing
about a rescue of the Union and the cause <add>blessings</add> of liberty
a staked on it, from an impending catastrophe.<p-end>
<p-bgn>The required but little time after taking my seat
in the House of Delegates in May 1784. to discover that <del>it re-</del> <add>however favorable <del>it</del> the general <ill> disposition of the State might be <add>towards</add> to the confederacy</add> <add>the Legislature</add>
[<del>re</del>]tained the aversion of its predecessors to transfers of
power from the State to the Gov<sup>t</sup>. of the Union; notwithstanding
the urgent demands of the Federal Treasury; the
glaring inadequacy of the authorized mode of supplying it, the
rapid growth of anarchy in the Fed<sup>l</sup>. System, and the animosity
kindled among its members <add>the States</add> by their conflicting regulations.<p-end>
<p-bgn><del>The failure however of the varied propositions</del>
<del>in the <ill> Legislature</del><p-end>
<p-bgn>The temper of the Legislature & the wayward
course of its proceedings may be gathered from the
<del>Journals</del> <add>Journals</add> of its Sessions in the years 1784 & 1785.<p-end>
<p-bgn>The failure however of the varied propositions
in the Legislature, for enlarging the powers of Congress,
the continued failure of the efforts of Cong<sup>s </sup>to obtain
<note>mark, insert in section above or footnote</note> see address of Congress from them