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"It is vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentle men may cry peace, peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are al ready in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Al mighty God I know not what course others may take; but ...as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. " As he closed there was a sigh, a gasp, but no ap plause. The speech was the mausoleum of the op position. The resolutions were adopted, and the Committee of twelve appointed, the Chairman being Patrick Henry, and his lieutenants, George Wash ington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Ben jamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton. The plan for arming the colony was drawn and adopted. Governor Dunmore of Virginia now followed the example of Governor Gage of Massachusetts, seizing twenty barrels of gunpowder in the city of Williams- burg, which he placed on board of an armed schoon er.
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