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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, led by Speaker Gerardus Wynkoop, responds to Governor Thomas Mifflin's speech, praising prosperity and institutions, lamenting opposition to federal measures, noting few outrages in the state with prosecutions, and assuring concurrence in efforts to promote harmony and confidence in the Union.
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To THOMAS MIFFLIN, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SIR,
THE continuance and increase of general prosperity, the honorable discharge of our pecuniary engagements, and the extensive progress of public and private improvements, throughout the Commonwealth, whilst they afford to our fellow citizens the strongest evidence of the wisdom of our political institutions, must also impress their minds with the most favorable sentiments towards those from whose virtue and ability in the administration of government, the principles of our constitution, and the mandates of our laws, derive their fullest and most beneficial operations.
We join you in lamenting that in any part of the Union, unwarrantable opposition has been made to the measures of a government founded on principles of equality and freedom, and brought into existence by the free and unbiased voice of the people; but are at the same time happy to learn, that the result of your enquiries, how far the citizens of Pennsylvania have been concerned in any riotous or violent opposition, is, that you have found the instances of outrages but few, that the offenders have been generally prosecuted, and that in every case of a prosecution, legally supported, conviction and punishment have ensued.
Impressed with the necessity of a strict and faithful attention to our federal obligations, we assure you of our hearty concurrence in any legal measures which may be adopted, to allay the spirit of discontent, to cultivate the means of harmony, to repress every species of unjustifiable opposition to the laws of the Union, and to excite merited confidence in the measures of the general government.
The remaining objects of your address shall receive an attention proportioned to their urgency and importance; in affording which, we shall proceed with confidence and alacrity, relying on the support of our constituents, and your aid and concurrence in every measure directed to the promotion of their happiness and prosperity.
GERARDUS WYNKOOP, Speaker.
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The House of Representatives addresses Governor Thomas Mifflin, affirming prosperity and wise institutions, lamenting opposition to federal government measures, noting few outrages in Pennsylvania with prosecutions and convictions, assuring concurrence in legal measures to promote harmony and confidence in the Union, and committing to address remaining matters with urgency.