ri-
compl'lh it. And, (hould the draught of
the t'lii itia he inluificient, certainly the Je
g'lQa'Ure wii) enable the Executive to raile
and mirnta'thi (landing body ot' tones, to
lh the "hjert of g veumient.
They 'rill come, at d liferent timer., in dil
ferent'direftions, and accumulated num
ber** for the whole fjrcn"l ths United;
State? wilt be d resed agatyfl o*.; f« ''is
th.* I! tfideiit, never fpe»k; 'till he has
Jetir.ti"ia<V d>sC';i".d by ln» proclamation.
II this count y rejedt the conditions ofkr
■c-d t'.ie svlfri'e cWi;f) willb-confitleied as
in'.i :tal" » rebellion ; every man must be
emifuk'rei eithei as a citizen, ur as an me
inv. 1! Jic fay, he is a citizen, he may be
—Lalvd I>y th.- force niidet the JStSgfi
ty , 7r-~jpreiirment, to unite i'i inbdroijg its
Uiieipiii. IV he ret'ule, he become san ene
my, aid as fuel) may be treated. The ar
my of government may live among us at
fi'V'C (|{i.'.rtei s, and reduce us to obedience
bv (ili.nde., fire and (word.
Will the Bn'ifh receive us ? tl>e gover
r. of Canada da. e not, without authority
from Londm. And it "is not to be fuppo'ed,
tNat Bri laln w■ il rilk t 1 »e 1 ofs of the triend
fn;r> and t'nv?;'of the XJnired State>, for lb
p. '- an obj' a" »itr becoming Iter fii'j ,fts.
i f <li -(i ci. m'i»ht*enot fekpffy that tin?
IjiTitfetJ S.at'cs \f6i-d Teize her dominions on
the eaftei'n pan off Canada and Nova Scotia
ar»t! intercept oy'- conimur.icatioh with luT.
A;?,ai ift the vfiiTi IVnce of the "United
M-r:-s, cXv • t fl as we tinve reafnn to fear,
4?hat h'/vy w/ to reft on ? Where arc ou>
JiVifts wnefe are oiit magazines of niilita
iy ? Or where can we dbta ti a Alppiy
tif ',hyf*e articles, but frohi the Unitvd
Str.tes, with whom we ilia 11 he at wji . All
cyiiniurdcatioo between Us and our fello<v
'f II'.ZLMIS l)(t the east fide of rlie mountain;
Even thi fiipplies «' the
off.
comuio , art eles df life, which we receive
from-them, will he p ercnt^d: ..nd B""t a
finale art it W of fond or cloathiir£, much
lelsof arrn>o r anlmunitidn, will be hi'lolh
ed to us, f- oin that ter. Armv after
army will be lent il*. Iti a (late ol
opto wai, we (ll f i!l be confitered as any o
tl;er enemy, With the additiona. 'rancour
attiiched to a civil war. Our ag. iculfcnre
sri!! be drft-Oved, our field* laid w»fli,' our
houses binnt, and, while we are fighting oui
ftllbSv on one fide, th£ Indians,
(and God knows soon) will attack us oil the
otbc: —The corifciences of mail) among
ourfclves will flir.ihk back with horror* at
the Mea of 'rawing a ("word againll oui
brethren. They Will, call for neunnlity
They will,enrer Into mutual
defene; Many who how from fear of dan
gdr oribfuH, pot on the appearance ot zeal
-and violence, will, when it Comes 10 deci
frv<? exertion, draw back But thofr who
are fdr wuf will ftri\ 4 e, by force; to draw
in thife whoa e for peace. We fhal! at
tack and dell roy * ach cither, and fall by our
own hands. Our ecu firld", will be con
ve--te<i iritri fields til battle. Kn roan will
faf rio aitn-w!!! heTur< tHat sfce-'. fliall
and will
—-in;'' AH iivofupl confidence will
tte'ar on enSl) urdailthe Hands - ot foeiety
xtf II Jse aTcaftf
to l"p:-ak to his ne glihavtr. There will be
n" power «l government to cnnnool th&
V olcnce ol the wicked. No mail's llftN no
man's lioiife, no man'* no man's
wile, rfo frlW dnunlner, will.br fate- A
frene o r general cleftruftidn will take place.
And, fiitfifldi weary el charti
fin£'us9t last leave us to ourftlve? ; we
ftiilf be a nti'erable remnant, without
wealth, c6min?rce, or vr'ne ; a prey to
the fjKges, or slaves to Britain.
Are We pt*fp«;4ii for a separation from
the United"State!., and to exist as an inde
pendent people > This is a quclHon Which
ought to he fettled; previously to our ta
king lip againll government. for to
di'obey a government, while, by remaih
ingiii it, we atlmit its authority to com
mand is too abTuvd, aiid too contrary to
the duty of citizen", for any man of re a
son and virtue to support : efpecialiy where
that like ours, is created and
changeable by the people themselves, tlut
13 bv the whole people, or a majority of the
whole people. Our appeal io arms is there
fore a declaration of independence, and
mull iflTue either in Reparation or obedience.
Government cannot recede farther than
it has done. It has already made facrifices
which entitle it to grateful returns, it of
fers to so rgive offericej, and confjder
its having never erred. It cannotj witu-
Out a total extinction of all au hority, re
peal thislaw, while wedifobeyit ; Govern
ment must either subdue us, or cast us off.
For, however, we may flatter ourselves,
with the deftruefive hope of deleatiug go
vernment, we have no profpeft of subdu
ing it ; and compelling the United State*,
to retain ui in the Union. Suppose Us then
a separate people, what prnPpeiT: have we
of being able to fectlre those obj fts, which
are eflential to the prosperity \ f this coun
try, and cf far more consequence than the
repeal of the excise law* Shallwe at tnir
own expence, subdue the Indians, <eize the
Western pods, and open the Miffifipi ? Or
will hot the British, countenanced by the
United States, retain the posts, and arm
and ihc Indians against us ? and will
not the Spaniards muter the fame counte
nance, block up the' Miffifipi, and refnfe
all tiac'e with us i At present there
is affair profpedt of ah accomodation with
JJritatH, and by the influence of tlic Uni
ted States we have reason to hope for a fur.
render of the western polls, and of conie
rtuence, # peace with the Indians. There
js also a negotiation, indiiftrioully, and not
■unprtomiflngly, conducted with Spain for
the free navigation of tbe Milfifipi. The
continuance of our union With the Unitfiu!
States may therefore, in & short time fe
Cure ns all our favorite objects.
riuft be time : for we have to deal with fc
veveign and po\ve7ful nations, whose rights
we cannot infringe j we roust therefore so
licit, and not ektort. But separated from
the United States, «nd, of course, from
the friendlhip of France, aud the world,
■what hope have tve to bend the haughty na
tions of Britain and Spain. We Jhould be
th«ir sport, or their flavts-
In rejc&itig the conditions now offered
us by government, we cannot liope to ex
tort a rtpeal of the excise law. If we
would remove it by force, we mult liable
to cutourfelves offfiom tlifc Unittd Stifles,
with the loss of our prosperity. our happi
nt(s, end perhaps our existence. A rejec
tion of the conditions is a -declaration of
war, and war is the fare road to rum.
Let us next consider what will be the
consequence of our fubmifiion to govern
ment, on the terms offered. We are res
tored to the peace and prote&ion of go
vernment. We lhall be tried for offences
and delinquences by courts and juries in
our neighbourhood. But with these favor
able terms, we must submit to the excise
law
The peculiar objection which lay in the
mouths of the people ori this fide of the
mountains to this law, was this, that, from
our local circumstances, it drew from us
a font of money which, was difproportion
tcl to our wealth, and would soon exhaufl
our circulating medium. However De
cenary, on these grounds, an opposition
to the eicife law might be three years ago,
it i 3 lej's necefiary now. Since that period,
the progrefa of this country to wealth has
been amazingly rapidj—There have been
mure ptibtic and private buildings raised,
and fewer fheriff sales for debt, within this
period, than for nine years preceding. —
'J hret years agto, I believe there was hard-
Iv a burr millstone in this country : now
there are perhaps a dozen. The quantity
of money circulating among us is since
greatly mcreafed ! in other words the va
lue of money is greatly lefiened, and there
by the value of the'excife to be paid by us.
is greatly lefiened. Then there was hardly
any trade to the Spanilh settlements on the
Miffifippi; it was, at any rate) {mall} and
confined to a few adventurers : the quan
tity of gram exported was but little ; of
course but little was withdrawn from our
own consumption ; and this little was ge
nerally bought with goods. Now a very
refpe£tabl< trade is carried on to the Spa
ftilh settlements; our traders are treated
with great civility by the Spaniards ; the
duty on our trade is reduced to a mere tri
fle ; and there is very little difficulty in
bringing away dollars in return. We ihall
soon have the whole fnpply of that market
to ourfelvesi Last spring, our best flour
was fold there a dollar each barrel dearer
thah flour from New-York..—None of the
traders now depend on goods for the put
chafe bf wheat i but ruuft purchase, at a
realcnable price, in money. From this
ihcreafeii exportation of our grain, the ne
cessity of d iflil Lation is greatly leff'ened in
degree, and will every day lelien. Govern
ment does liot now, as formerly fupplr the
army with whilkey, through contrail ors
purchasing with goods ; but employs agents
to purchase it with money. Last year ten
thoufanddol'nrs was laid out, in this wayj
by one agent in this country ; and the ex
ecution of an order for ten thousand more,
only by the prcftnt trouhles. The
contractors thetn&lvcs-havej these two lafl
ycai s. purdiafed their supplies with cash.
From thefc circum fiances, and the pay,
and other expellees of the army, govern
mtntfends V!if; more to this fide 6f
the mountains, than it would draw back
by the excise. At thfc commencement of
this law, a very great quantity of foreign
spirits was coniumed in this country. But
so ievrre is the duty whlih this law lays on
foreign spirits, that the pebple on the east
fide of the mountains drink such spirits at
a very increased price, and our store-keep
ers cannot afford to bring foreign spirits,
in any cohfiderable quantity, over the
mountains.
As our cifcumftances are thus materially
changed, so the law itfelf is changed alio.
Originally, the duty on a llill was 60 cents
per gallon ; now, it is 54. Originally,
the duty 011 the gallon of whiskey was 9
cents; now, it is 7 cents. Another ma
terial alteration is granting a licence by the
month at ten cents per gallon on the still,
a piovifion peculiarly suited to a country,
where few distillers work in furamcr.
I do not fay, that, by these alterations
in our circuniftanccs, and in the law, our
cbjedlions to the excise law are removed,
but they are surely lejfened. We have
reafoti also to believe, that our rerfton
flrance would be listened to more ef!e<ftu
ally, if, by obedience, we put ourselves in
a capacity of being heard : but it is natu
ral to anlwer, why complain of a law
which you have never obeyed. I will go
yet further, and state an opinion, that the
eafiell and speediest, and I believe the only
way, to accomplish our objedl, a total re
peal of this law, is instantly to accept of
the conditions offered by government, ho
nellly comply with them, and thus come
fairly before the legislature with our re
monstrance.
I have before ftate4 the impossibility,
that the Ic-giflature fliould repeal this law
so long as we refjft it. I will now explain
to you on what grounds I form the opinion
that they will repeal it as soon as possible,
after, by our l'pbmiffion, we have restored
them to their authority, and you may
judge for yourfelver of the probability of
this opinion.
The present profpeft of French affairs,
and the favorable reception which Mr.
Jay our ambaflador has met with in En
gland, give reason to hope for a good un
derstanding between us and Britain, and a
consequent termination of the Indian war,
J estimate two years, as a reasonable pe
riod for tliefe causes to operate, and these
effedts to be produced. If the extraordina
ry expences of the Indian war ceased,
there is reason to expedl, such is the in
creafmg trade of America, that the im
posts would fuffice forthe ordinary expences
of government. If this be true, so gene
rally is the excise on domeltic produce dif
lited, and so imperfectly paid, that we
have no re afon to presume, that the legisla
ture will keep it up, linger than it is ne-
And there
I CtStrx, You haye now the grounds on ,
which I state the opinion, that it niay be
i repealed in two years, li repealed then,
it will*have lalicd five years ; of these five, ,
We shall perhaps, if We comply no\v, ye
compelled to pay for only"l wyears ; and, j
supposing the ta-\ unequal 1 , paying but two
years out of five may corre<ft the mequali-'
ty ; and while we pay, a far greater sum
for the expences ot the war is circulated
among us. Thus the Indian war occasion
ing the excifo, bears with it a remedy ,
aud, when this remedy fails, there in rea
fun to expetSl, the evil may alio fail.
Whether therefore we would avoid
or A'hether we would obtain a repeal of
the excise law, it appears evident to me,
that we have no' way to our point,
but by immediately accepting, and faith
fully performing, the conations proposed.
If we do not, we shall no more get calh
for our whifkev. The army will be sup
plied with whiikey from Kentucky. And
(a la// palled last sessions authorising it)
our whfeejt, if carried any where out of
I this country, will with-the liorfes, carna
j e s or hoa!6, be fcized and forfeited. We
' shall - therefore become the only corifiimers
ofoilr Whifkev. Jt will again ccafe to be
cle, and again become a mere
!
But it is feiri, that if we fubmlt now, we
lave nothlft'j to expect from arelhonilr anc e;
or ciilr pall rfemonftrances have been i:i
ifTeftual. I lay it is too hasty to draw
his conclusion. —Betide* what I formerly
ibferved, tfiit vfe Jiive' never, by obedi
■nce, intitled ourfelrts to relief. I request
kuv attention to the situation of the'Uni
ed States' hilfcerto.,. The imposts have not
>een fulucient foi; tile expences of govern
ment including thpfepf the Indian war.
Hie excise law, therefore, could not be
•epealed, unlcte tome ri6w fund was sub-
Ritutedin its stead. No sv it is impofliWe
to impose any tax whatever, that will
operate equslly on all men. Suppose there
fore some other tax imposed, in lieu of
this, while we continued to refill this.
What would be the consequence ? It might
by as unpopular he>'e, or in some other
place, as riiis exeife ; -the consequence
would be, that from an experience of the
weajtntis.of governmeht, in failing to en
force ekcife, the new tax would be re-
Cfted~aJfo» antl no tax would ■ ever be en
forced. Suppose a direct tax on a general
valuation of property; there would be
£ieat funds. Suppose a direst tax on
l ads. The amount of all direi!l taxes, in
eich state, must )»e in proportion to its
number of inhabitants, .now unlet* lands
OV other property, in (fiiantify or value,
bore the finfe prcportkm iu each state with
the number of inhabitants to the whole ;
tiit? dire ft tax would infbine flatr* Ik- un
constitutional, and of courfc- refilled. I am
ir.forihSd, tluit, in New-England, a diredt
t ; tx would be is unpopular, as the excifc
i here. Government: therefore cs uki not,
with fafety, substitute any other tax, in
iiiad of the excite, till it had tirfl (hewn,
that itfc auJJ»oi ity was iufiieient to enforce
, tlie excite.
Attend efpeciallv to the situation of the
tTnited States during the last session of
Congress, and judge for yourselves was
that a time to release any eitabliflied fub
je<St of taxation, and try a new experi
ment? The whole world seemed to lower
1 pon us. The lndiaas attacked our back
fcttlements i The Algerints plundered,
rnd the British captured our (hips at sea.—
It was judged neceffaty, for fafety and
justice to pquip a fleet, to fortify our har
bours, and to fend out against the Indi
ans loco volunteers from Kentucky. For
all these purposes, the imports (diminilh
ed by the Spoliations and the Embatgo)
would come too (lowly in ; and it was
found neceflsry, to anticipate the revenue,
by enabling the President to borrow a mil
lion of dollars. Was this a time to press
2 repeal of the excise ? From all tbcfe cir
cuit!fiances, the failure of our pad rcmon
ftrances is no fufficient real'on to conclude,
that after we have Submitted to the autho
rity of government, and after its embar
rafrrr.entu are removed, our future remon
ftranees 'will fail of a iufl effect.
Oil all these grounds, I do most earnest
ly exhort to an immediate acceptance of
the conditions offered by the Conißiiflion
ers, and a faithful performance of them
on our part: as the only way in which we
can hope for redress, or efcaperuin.
! have thus expressed my sentiments h#-
rieflly and freely, as, at this crisis, it be
comes every man, who has any regard to
the welfare of this country, to take every
occasion to do. This-is not a time for con
cealment or difiimulation. Let every man
(peak out, and not, by filer.ee or falfhood,
deceive one another. Let a free currency
of opinions restore mutual confidence and
mutual fafety ; that the dagger of the af
fafiin, the torch of the incendiary, and
tongiie of the slanderer be not feared. Let
the energy of government be reffored, lei
the public peace, and the rights of persons
and property be prefervetl sacred ; and let
every individual repose, with confidence
and fafety, on the protection of the Law.
Let the power of puniftiment be exerted
only, as our principles prescribe, by courts
and juries ; let offences be ascertained on
ly by the volumes of our laws ; whiie a
man's words and a&ions are lawful, let
his fafety be untouched ; and let dot indi
viduals assume the public duty of repay
ing vengeance.
Do you, gentlemen, who by your sta
tion can do it so effectually, unite with me
in exprefling, propagating-, and supporting
these sentiments ; and through vou, both
now and hereafter, let them be felt to be
the voice of your country.
They are mine—and wereanangel from
Heaven to charge me, to make to you, as I
fliould answer it at the tribunal of God, a
faithful declaration of my opinion of the
intercfts of this country,- at this important
period, I would, were it the last monjent
of ray life, address you, as I have now
'done. And O ! may the God gf wisdom
and peace inspire this people, wit* discern
ment and virtue, remove from their minds
>)lindnefs and passion, and five this coun
try from becoming a field of blood.
For fit Gazette of the United States.
Mr. Fenno,
I observe that the Insurgents in the
weflern parts of this (late object against
an Excif., and call/or Direß Taxes ;
and forae of their friends have intimat
ed that it will be bell to let then go on
in their opposition to the exilling laws
until the next feffiou of Congress, when
the act will probably be repealed, or if
not, it will then appear that the sense
of the majority is in favor of it, and
" our western brethren," finding this to
be the cafe, will fiibmit. It is not my
intention to expose the abfurdily of a
proposal to fufferany man, or any body
of men, to oppose the laws, bum and
destroy the hejufes and other property
of their neighbors bccaufe they are fup
poigen of the laws, and for the fame
reason proscribe their fellow-citizens, for
months, with impunity ; nor to shew
the folly of expecting that our " west
ern brethren" (now, tQ be sure, acting
a veiy uiibrotherly part) ever be
willing to pay taxes of any kind ; but
my deGgn is to shew the impropriety
of a repeal of the excise law, and that
the voice of the Union is in favor of its
continuance. For this purpose I (hall
refer to official documents.
It wili be recollected (but perhaps
not by some of our "wtjftern brethren")
( that the weight of direst taxes were ve
! 1 y severely felt about tlie time of form
| ing the present Constitution of the li
nked States; —complaints against them
were loud ; and hence the Convention
which formed that constitution (con
fiding of confidential characters ap
pointed by the States for that purpose)
in defining the powers of Congress,
provided,
Art. i, Sec. 8. That "Congress
(liall have power to lay and collect du
ties, imports and excifts," in addition
to taxes—"but all duties, imports, and
efcetfes {hall be uniform throughout the
United Stales
This clause forms the foundation of
present Excise Law. The ConftU
tution containing it, was fuhmitted to
the thbii exilting Congress, and to the
Convention* chosen in each date * by
the people, who a [Tented to, and rati
fied it, but some proposed what they
tliought aiuer.dnr.CQts relative to clirefi
taxes and excise—they are fellows :
Amendments Proposed.
By Maffachiifi its.
" That Congress c]o riot lay divcil
taxes, but when the monies arising from
the impost B id c:;c:fe are infufficient for
the public exigencies."
S. Carolina.
" That the General Government of
the United States ought never to im
pose direst taxes, but where the monies
arising from the duties, imposts and ex
cise, are infufficient for the public exi
gencies."
N. Hampjhire,
" That Congress do not : jay direct
taxes, but when the money arising frojn
impost, excise, and their other resour
ces, are infuilicient for the public exi
gence."
Virginia,
" When Congvef* fliall lay direst
taxes' or excises, they /hall immediately
inform the llixecutive power of each
state, of the quota of such state, and if
the Legislature of any state fnall pass a
la\y which lhall be effectual for raising
such quota at the time required by Con
gtefs, the taxes and excises laid by
Congress fliall not be collected in such
state."
Neiu-Tori.
" That Congress do * not impose
any excise on any article (ardent spirits
excepted) of the growth, produ&ion
or manufa&ure of the United States, or
any of them.
" That Congress do not lay direst
taxes, but when the monies arising from;
the impoit and excise shall fee infuffici
i ent for the public exigencies."
iV. Carolina.
" When Congrefs'fhall lay direst tax
es or exciles, they (ball immediately in
form the Executive power of each fate,"
&c.—as propdfed by Virginia.
It hus been observed before, that the
states had ratified the Constitution in
cluding the excise, and from the above
amendments it appear* that it was not
obnoxious to either of them. New-
York, indeed, objected againlt it so far
as articles of the growth, produ&ifcn or
manufacture of the United States (ar-
* Except Rhadt-ljlaud.
dent f spirits excepted) might t : af
joined with Maflachufeets, S. Carolina,
and N. Hampshire, in giving it a decid
' cd preference to direß taxes, which with
them, she fays, ought not to be laid,
! " but when the monies arising from the
impost and excise (hall be inefficient,"
See.
Hence, then, it is evident that the
voice of the Union was in favor of au
excise at the time of pafling the Conili
tution : that it has been so ever fmte,
appears from the law's remaining unre
pealed to this day, notwithftandiiig' the
obje&ions that have been made again ft
it, and its having been frequen;'v"i evil'- ,
ed by Congress. It is therefore aTto
gither improbable that the law will be
repealed in the next fefiion ; but were
it otherwile, it is the duty of our
" wefttm brethren," quietly and peace
ably tofubmit to it duiing its existence,
and to remember that there is no law
which will juitify their burning houses,
destroying official books and gapers, ba
nishing their fellow-citizens, and rob
bing the public mails.
-)■ Perhaps this exception -would have
been omitted had the Convention of Neiv-
Tork known that " ardent spirits" are
the " common drink of the country," as
appeared afterwards from the Resolutions
of a meeting of our " tuejlern brethren
and that they have since been found to be
" the Cash" of the country.
Legislature of Pennsylvania.
In senate.
Wednejday September 10, 1794.
WHEREAS the difaffeftion of
some of the Brigades of the City Mi
litia of Pennsylvania, to the service
which they are conllitutionally required
to perform, by the Pretideut of the
United States, as communicated in the
: message of the Governor of tht 10th
intt. (involving circumstances highly de
rogatory to the reputation and injurious
I to the interests ot the Commonwealth)
j demands the mod serious attention of
! the Legifiature, to the investigation of
the causes that haxe produced such a
dereliction of duty. Such enquiriei
are more peculiarly necessary in the pre
sent inflance, confide.ing the objefk of
this armament is to quell an infurreAi
oa of a deluded people in our own state,
who have daringly avowed an open re
finance to the operation of the laws—
and further coniidering there is reason
to believe, that our fitter states, who
aie more remotely affeited by the con
sequences, have with lingular alacrity
ftirnifhed their refpedtive quotas—there
fore, in order to obtain the necessary
information on the fubjedt.
Resolve d,
That the Secretary of the Common
wealth be, forthwith,, required to lay
before the Senate, copies of aH official
acts and proceedings of the Executive,
as well as the retnrns that have been
made by the Militia Officers, that have
relation to tire calling out the apporti
oned Militia of this state, iu compli
ance with the requisition of the President
ot the United States, dated the 7th
Ext raft from the Journal,
T. MATLACK, Clerk,
of the Senate.
A.J.DALLAS, Secretary
of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
In obedience to the resolution of th«
Senate pafled this day, requiring " the
Secretary of the Commonwealth forth
with to lay before the Senate, copies of
all official acts and procetdings of the
Executive, as well as the returns that
have been made by the militia officers,
that have relation to the calling out the
apportioned militia of this (late, in
compliance with the requisition of the
President of the United States, dated
the 7th ult."
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
refpeftfully reports :
That copies of all official acts and
proceeding* of the State Executive, in
relation to the Prefulent's requisition of
the 7th ult. were laid before each branch
of the Legislature, together with the
other documents referred to in the Go
vernor's address, at the opening of the
present session.
That besides the written documents,
parole inltru&ions were repeatedly given
to the Adjutant General, and other
militia officers, for the exertion of e»evy
lawful means, to ensure a punctual com,
pliance with the requisition, and it ap
pears that in confequcnce of inch i'r
itru&ions, the Adjutant General has,
at several times, renewed his applicati
ons to the Brigade Infpe&ors.
That the lnfpcftor of the crty of Phi
ladephia Brigade, has, almost daily call
ed at the Secretary's Office, with r%
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G. D.