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severe. Let every highwayman find his 

 own pistols." l 



1 Gouverneur Morris in his Diary states, "A firm union 

 of the Northern States is the only means, under God, to 

 preserve American freedom." He then goes on to specify 

 the states that will form the new union, and expresses fear 

 lest Pennsylvania may go with the South. "A Federal- 

 ist," he continues, "whose vote should in any way support 

 the war, would be guilty of treason." Diary and Let- 

 ters of Gouverneur Morris, p. 545. 



