Extract of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly

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Extract of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of NEW-YORK, JANUARY 26 1775.

A motion made by Colonel TEN BROECK, in the words following, to wit:

"MR˙ SPEAKER: I move that this House take into consideration the Proceedings of the Continental Congress held in the City of Philadelphia, in the months of September and October last." Then Colonel PHILIPS moved, "That the previous question be first put, whether the question upon Colonel TEN BROECK' S motion should be now put;" and debates arising upon the said motion, and the previous question being accordingly put, it was carried in the negative, in the manner following, to wit:

For the question being put on Colonel TEN BROECK' S motion:

Colonel WOODHILL, Colonel SCHUYLER, Colonel P˙ LIVINGSTON, Mr˙ CLINTON, Mr˙ VAN CORTLANDT, Mr˙ DE WITT, Captain SEAMAN, Colonel TEN BROECK, Mr˙ NlCOLL, Mr˙ BOERUM.

Against the question being put on Colonel TEN BROECK' S motion:

Mr˙ Walton, Mr˙ De Lancey, Mr˙ Jauncey; members for the City of New-York, which first proposed a Congress, and was represented there.

Colonel Philips, Mr˙ Wilkins; members for the County and Borough of West Chester, which were represented in Congress.

Mr˙ Rapalje; member for Kings County, represented in Congress.

Mr˙ VAN KLEECK; member for Dutchess County, whose District was represented in Congress.

Colonel Seaman, Mr˙ BILLOP; members for Richmond County, containing less than four hundred freeholders, not represented in Congress.

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Mr˙ Kissam; member for Queens County, not represented in Congress.

Mr˙ BRUSH; member for Cumberland County, not represented in Congress.

N˙ B˙ The Members' names in Italick were of the Assembly' s Committee of Correspondence, who approved, in their Letters to the other Colonies, of a Congress. Mr˙ JAUNCEY was also a Member of the Committee of fifty-one, for the City of New-York; and was present when their Letter of the 23d of May last, to the Committee of Boston was reported, and unanimously approved. And Colonel PHILIPS was Chairman of the Convention of the Committees of his County, who authorized the Delegates of New-York to act for them; and was zealous for their appointment: so that they must have had but little regard to their publick reputations, to vote against an inquiry into the Proceedings of the Congress. As to the vote, it can have no important influence on the cause of the Continent, if it be considered, that but two members, Representatives of one County, and one for each of two others unrepresented in Congress, were all the members of unrepresented Counties, against the inquiry. The Counties of the other seven members, on that side of the question, were represented in Congress, as above-mentioned. And the inhabitants of such of them as are of any importance to the publick cause are determined to maintain the Association.

The Counties and Districts of the Members who voted for the inquiry, are warmly attached to the American cause: so that in this, as well as in every other point of view in which the sense of the Colony is considered, there are a great majority of it disposed to maintain the measures of the Congress.