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It certainly has become highly necessary to lose
no time in putting an end to the existence of
an Assembly which seems to have so little regard
for the true interests of their constituents and
to have acted upon principles so inconsistent
with the public faith'and justice.21
While expressing the hope that the action of Speaker Caswell
In delivering the Assembly's resolutions to the treasurer was
a result of "fears of the resentment of the Assembly," rather
than that of a willing participant, Hillsborough, nevertheless,
ordered that should Caswell again be elected Speaker, the
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Governor should refuse his consent.
The question of the tax did not come before the Assembly
again until December, 1773 at which time resolutions were
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again passed declaring that the special tax "had long since
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had its effect.With vivid recollections of their past '
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efforts in abrogating the tax, the Assembly went a step fur- j
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ther. On March 24, terming the tax a "great grievance to vl
the Inhabitants of this Province," they issued an order to
the sheriffs not to receive from any of the citizens the
poll tax for the year 177^ or for any subsequent year. It
was further asserted that failure on the part of any collector
to comply with the Assembly's order would be deemed a "great
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contempt" of the House and would "merit its highest censure."
^Saunders, Colonial Records, IX, 301•
22Ibid.
23ibld., p. 943.
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Ibid., p. 944.
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McCarty, Jerry L. The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776, thesis, January 1970; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131213/m1/14/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .