Some were Quakers, with pale, determined countenances, still holding to their stubborn policy of non-resistance to the enemy, but of obstinate resistance to the Governor and the proprietaries.

The sight of these men seemed to inflame the rest of the populace, and they were hustled and hooted as they made their way into the Assembly; whilst the Governor was cheered as he went by with a grave and troubled face, and on the steps of his house he turned and addressed the people.
"My friends," he said, "I am doing what I can.

I have written to the proprietaries and to the government at home.

I have told them that the conduct of the Assembly is to me shocking beyond parallel.
I am asking for fresh powers to deal with this horrible crisis.

But I cannot look for an answer for long; and meantime are all our helpless settlers in the west to be butchered?
You men of the city, rise you and make a solemn protest to these obstinate rulers of yours.