Nevertheless, the Provincial Congress, whose members had been trained by harsh experience to be stubborn in defence and sturdy in defiance, declined to assume the responsibility of forming such a government as the Continental Congress recommended.
This statement reflects the reluctance of the Provincial Congress to take on the responsibilities suggested by the Continental Congress during a tumultuous time in American history.
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And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
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But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
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