"If you think them severe enough, print 'em, egad I'' "Gall'way has fled, and join'd the venal Howe, To prove his baseness, see him cringe and bow; A traitor to his country and its laws, A friend to tyrants and their cursed cause. Unhappy wretch! thy interest must be sold For Continental, not for polish'd gold. To sink the money thou thyself cried down, And stabb'd thy country to support the crown. Go to and fro, like Lucifer on earth, And curse the Being that first gave thee birth. Away to Scotland and thyself prepare, Coal dust and brimstone is their only fare; Fit materials for such Tory blood, Who wrong their country and deny their God. There herd with Bute, Mansfield, and his brother; Bite, twist, sting, and poison one another." *** Galloway's estate, valued at $200,000, was confiscated by Pennsylvania. A large part of it was derived from his wife. A considerable portion was restored to his daughter. * This plan is printed in Sabine's Lives of the Loyalists, p. 309. [[[Opinions concerning the Adamses.--Sketch of Galloway's public Life.--Disposition of his Estate.]]] {270}and they regarded the Adamses as men not only too much committed to violent measures by the part they had taken in Boston, but that they were desperate men, with nothing to lose, and hence unsafe guides to gentlemen who had estates to forfeit. [Illustration: 9278] And yet Galloway, when he became a proscriptive Loyalist, and one of the most active enemies of the Republicans, was forced to acknowledge the stern virtues of many of the patriots of that assembly, and among them Samuel Adams. "He eats little, drinks little, sleeps little, and thinks much," he said, "and is most indefatigable in the pursuit of his object. It was this man who, by his superior application, managed at once the factions in Congress at Philadelphia, and the factions in New England." * The proceedings of this first Congress went forth to the world with all the weight of apparent unanimity, and throughout the colonies they were hailed with general satisfaction. The American Association adopted and signed by the delegates was regarded by the people with great favor, and thousands in every province affixed their signatures to the pledge. These formed the fibers of the stronger bond of the _Articles of Confederation_ afterward adopted, and may be considered the commencement of the American Union. * Galloway's Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion: London, 1780. In this pamphlet the writer handles Sir William Howe and other British commanders with severity. * Mr. Adams reiterated this sentiment when debating the resolution for independence twenty months afterward. ** Just before he left Philadelphia he discovered that his daughter was about to elope with Judge Griffin, who was afterward president of Congress. This doubtless hastened his departure.