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Loucks Tavern Resolves
From the first Meeting of the Tryon Committee of Safety:
Whereas the British Parliament has lately passed an act for raising a Revenue
in America without the Consent of our Representative to abridging the Liberties and privileges of the American Colonies and therefore blocking up the Port of Boston; the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Palatine Dist., in the County of Tryon aforesaid, looking with Concern and heartfelt Sorrow on these Allarming and calamitous Conditions, Do meet this 27th Day of August 1774, on that purpose at the house of Adam Loucks Esq. At Stone Arabia and Concluded the Resolves following: Vizt.
I. That King George the Third is Lawful and Rightful Lord and Sovereign of Great Britian and the Dominions thereto belonging, and that as Part of his Dominions We hereby testify, that we will bear true Faith and Allegiance unto him, and that we Will with our Lives and Fortunes support and maintain him upon the Throne of His Ancestors and the just Dependence of these his Colonies upon the Crown of Great Britian-
II. That we think and consider it as our gratest Happiness to be governed by the Laws of Great Britian, and that with Chearfulness We will always pay Submission thereunto, as far as we consistently can, with the Security of the Constitutional Rights and Liberties of English Subjects, which are so sacred, that we cannot permit the same to be violated.-
III. That We think it is our undeniable Privilege to be taxed only with our own Consent given by ourselves (or by our Representative). That Taxes otherwise laid and exacted are unjust and unconstitutional. That the Late Acts of Parliament declarative of their Right of laying internal Taxes on the American Colonies are obvious Incroachment in the Rights and Liberties of the British Subjects in America-
IV. That the Act for blocking up the Port of Boston is oppressive and arbitrary, injurious in its principles and particularly oppressive to the Inhabitants of Boston, who we consider as Brethren suffering in the Common Cause.
V. That We will unite and join with the different Districts of this County, in giving whatever Relief it is in our power to the poor distressed Inhabitants of Boston, and that we will join and unite with our Brethren of the Rest of this Colony in anything tending to support and defend our Rights and Liberties-
VI. That we think the sending of Delegates from the different Colonies to a general Continental Congress is a Salutary Measure, and absolutely necessary at this alarming Crisis, and that we intirely approve of the five Gentlemen chosen Delegates for this Colony by our Brethren of N. York, hereby adopting and choosing the same persons to represent this Colony at the Congress-
VII. That We hereby engage faithfully to abide by and adhere to such Restrictions and Regulations, as shall be made and agreed upon by the said Congress-
VIII. That we conceive it necessary, that there be appointed a standing Committee of this County, to correspond with the Committees of N. York and Albany, and we do hereby appoint
Christopher P. Yates-
Isaac Paris
John Frey
Andrew Fink jun.
who together with persons to be appointed by the other District of this County shall
compose a Committee of Correspondence to convey the sentiments of this County in
a Sett of Resolves to New York-
IX. It is voted by this meeting, that Copies of the proceedings of this Day Certified by the chairman be transmitted to the Supervisors of the different Districts of this County.- And we recommend it to the Inhabitants of the said Districts to appoint persons, to compose also a Committee of Correspondence-
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