Excerpt from The History of Georgia, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day India Company, for the exportation of a large quantity of that article, to be disposed of on their fiwn account, in the American ports. This mea sure produced that kind of commotion, from one end of the continent of America to the other, which the contrivers of the plan might have fore seen. These and many other similar designs, which have been noticed by almost every Ameri can historian, created a jealousy and hatred against great-britain. For the purpose of uniting in some general plan of operations in this critical state, of affairs, With the other provinces in America, a meeting was called in Savannah. But the powerful arm Of the royal government in the hands of a man of Sir James vvright's sagacity and talents, at the head of an influential train Of civil officers, pro hibited an open expression Of the public senti ment. Many of the most wealthy inhabitants, foresaw, that their pecuniary ruin would be the inevitable consequence of participating with the other colonies, in resistance to the aggressions of the crown. Another class composed of the dissi pated and idle, Who had little or nothing to risk, perceived their advantage in adhering to the royal government. A wide field for pillage would be Opened, and the strong hold of St. Augustine in East Florida, would furnish a safe and secure re treat for themselves, and a deposit for their booty, in the event of a revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.