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“…from Nova Scotia to Georgia”

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Another instance of Nova Scotia mentioned along with the other colonies in reference to the oppressions of the crown, recognized as kindred with regard to a collective state of affairs, its fate connected to that of the others.

“Soon after the first unfriendly attempt upon our chartered privileges, a congress of delegates from nine colonies was assembled at New-York in October, 1765, at the recommendation of Massachusetts, and they digested a bill of rights, in which the sole power of taxation was declared to reside in their own colonial legislatures. This was preparatory to a more extensive and general association of the colonies, which took place in September, 1774, and laid the foundations of our independence and permanent glory. The more serious claims of the British parliament, and the impending oppressions of the British Crown at this last critical period, induced the twelve colonies, which were spread over this vast continent from Nova Scotia to Georgia, to an interchange of opinions and views, and to unite in sending delegates to Philadelphia, “with authority and direction to meet and consult together for the common welfare.” In pursuance of their authority, this first continental congress, whose names and proceedings are still familiar to the present age, and will live in the gratitude of a distant posterity, took into consideration the afflicted state of their country; asserted, by a number of declaratory resolutions, what they deemed to be the unalienable rights of English freemen; pointed out to their constituents the system of violence which was preparing against those rights; and bound them by the most sacred of all ties, the ties of honor and of their country, to renounce commerce with Great Britain, as being the most salutary means to avert the one, and to secure the blessings of the other. These resolutions received prompt and universal obedience; and the Union being thus auspiciously formed, it was continued by a succession of delegates in congress; and through every period of the war, and through every revolution of our government, this union has been revered and cherished as the guardian of our peace, and the only solid foundation of national independence.”

Kent, James, 1763-1847. Commentaries On American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1826. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433008580494&view=1up&seq=208, https://books.google.ca/books?id=cgY9AAAAIAAJ

See also:

From Nova Scotia to Georgia
Constitution of South Carolina: March 26, 1776

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