They represented, that any delay during dangers and distractions so great and pressing, was not less unsatisfactory and destructive than an absolute denial.
They insisted, that it was their duty to see put in execution a measure so necessary for public safety.

And they affirmed, that the people in many counties had applied to them for that purpose, and in some places were, of themselves and by their own authority, providing against those urgent dangers with which they were threatened.[***] * Rush.

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519.
** Rush.

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