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sreeriy   rrifinner,    the^r   sentiinents    c^    the    riresent    Inter'estinR    and    <*l  arraing
situation  of  Amerioa.  "    'y-^ithouFh   the   Alexan-^ria  oorainittee    exppesserl    the
heartiest   synmathy   for  the    inhabitants   o-^  Postcn,    whom  they   deemed   to
be    suffering    in   the    oominon   oause,    they    declined    to    enter   into    any    resolu-
tions  until    the    sense   o"^  the  House   of  Rurf esses   oould   he   determined.    O'f
the    -i^aot    that   their  renresentat ives   v.culd    sunport    any  nians    for  safe-
guarding American   liberties,    they  were    assured   by  the    action  of  the    leg-
islature   in   the   rast    that   the    "snirit   whicli  has    distinguished  Vir-ginia
as    the    intrenld    Guard  j  an   of   jimerican   J.ibertv,    will    again   shine   forth    in
all    its    former  Lustre."    In   commenting   on   the    s^^irit    shown    in   the    resolu-
tions  from  Annapolis,    which   they    applau^^ed    and    admired,    the   committee
wrote    "v/e   cannot  -]^a3P.  he  in   thinkinp   that   the    determinations   of  the    In-
habitants  of  Virginia,    when    authenticated  by   the    resolutions  of  their
Assembly,    v/ili    be   more    decisive   than    any   nartial    and   local    resolves."
However,    as  has   been   shown,    the   action   of  Lord   D'lnmore    forced   the    renre-
sentatives   to   dissolve   trieir   assembly,    as    soon    as   the .  resolutions   for  a
fast   had   been   published.
