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As the exercise of committee government took root and.
expanded, Governor Martin realized that by his failure to
call the last royal assembly he had not only failed to im-
prove the state of affairs, he had, quite the contrary, pro-
vided the stimulus needed by the Whig movement. By closing
the legitimate avenues of procedure, he had left the people
with no discemable choice but to proceed by extra-legal
means. In a final effort to stem the tide of revolution he
summoned the assembly to meet at New Bern on April 1775.
Speaker John Harvey, in a determined act of defiance, quickly
Issued a public call to the several counties and towns urging
them to elect delegates to represent them at the second ses-
sion of the Provincial Congress to meet at New Bern on April 3
1775. Thus the final clash between these two opposing forces
appeared imminent.
In an attempt to forestall the meeting of the Provincial
Congress, Governor Martin again summoned his Council and after
informing them of the impending meeting, which he described
as "highly derogatory to the dignity of the legislature,"
illegal, and in every sense Inconsistent with the good order
of government, he sought their advice on the proper measures
to prevent it. As they had done previously, the Council re-
sponded with a unanimous vote of ."detestation" for the Con-
gress and advised the Governor to Issue a proclamation
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Ibid,, pp. 1125-1126.
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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/m1/53/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .