y which followed the era of
religious emancipation ... America's real revolutionary heritage" (p.
138).

[46] _Ibid._, p. 137. It must first be recognized that American
Presbyterianism differed from that of Scotland particularly with regard
to local autonomy. The Presbyterian Church, like the United States under
the Constitution of 1787, was federal in its governmental structure, and
the autonomy of the local religious institutions was later carried into
politics. Leyburn, _The Scotch-Irish_, p. 313, emphasizes the fact that
the Scotch-Irishman's church had accustomed him to belief in government
by the consent of the governed, in representative and republican
institutions. The relationship between the church covenant and the
social compact is quite direct. If men can bind themselves together to
form a church, then it seems quite logical that they can bind themselves
together to form a government. Fair Play democracy was simply political
Presbyterianism. Its impact has been noted by a number of historians.
Dunaway, _The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania_, p. 135, claims
that "The actual means by which Pennsylvania was transformed from a
proprietary province into an American commonwealth was the new political
organization developed by the Scotch-Irish in alliance with the eastern
radical leaders of the continental Revolutionary movement. This
extra-legal organization, consisting of the committee of safety, the
provincial and county committees of correspondence, and the provincial
conventions, supplanted the regular provincial government by absorbing
its functions." Becker, _Beginning of the American People_, p. 180,
calls the Scotch-Irish a people "whose religion confirmed them in a
democratic habit of mind."

[47] Lycoming County Courthouse, Will Book #1, George Quigley's Will, p.
69.

[48] Maynard, _Historical View of Clinton County_, p. 208.

[49] Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger, _The Romance of the
Patchwork Quilt in America_ (New York, 1935), p. 27.

[50] _Journal of William Colbert_, Thursday, Sept. 5, 1793.

[51] Lycoming County Courthouse, Will Book #1, William Chatham's Will,
p. 177. Chatham's bequest is "To Robert Devling My Fidel."

[52] Dunaway, _The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania_, p. 196.

[53] Rev. John Cuthbertson's Diary (1716-1791), microfilm transcript, 2
rolls, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. An
example, found on p. 252, is this "_famous American Rec