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was to increase the trade of others upon the ruin of North
Carolina. The members of the House had not yet given up hope
of receiving redress of their grievances from the King, for
to accept such an idea would be to "impeach the Justice of
the British Government and to distrust the virtues of the
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King." This they were not yet prepared to do.
The following,day, December 21, the Governor's secretary
delivered a verbal message to the House requiring the "im-
mediate attendance" of the members at the palace. Fearing
the dissolution of their body, the House decided a committee
should be immediately appointed to prepare an address to the
King urging him to reconsider his decision, and permit Gov-
ernor Martin to pass a law including the attachment clause,
but so framed as to be, in no way, harmful to Great Britain.^
They further decided to appoint an eight-man committee to
confer with former Governor William Tryon, presently Governor
of New York, and urge him to exercise his influence at Court
in their behalf.?6 This act no doubt caused Governor Martin
to suffer great mortification to be so slighted.
Arriving at the palace, the members of the House were
informed by the Governor that in light of their refusal to
adopt any plan for the administration of Justice with which
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*W, p. 786.
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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/m1/34/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .