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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., The crisis (search)
army, whose officers still compared the Americans to the rebels of Scotland, and wished them a defeat like that of Culloden. Leake's Life of John Lamb. My message, said he at the end of his narrative, is treated merely as a Requisition made here; and they have carefully avoided the least mention of the Act on which it is founded. It is my opinion, that every Act of Parliament, when not backed by a sufficient power to enforce it, will meet with the same fate. Gov. Moore to Conway, 20 June, 1766. From Boston, Bernard, without any good reason, chimed in with the complainers. This Government, said he, quickened and encouraged by the occurrences at New-York, cannot recover itself by its own internal powers. The making the King's Council annually elective, is the fatal ingredient in the constitution. The only anchor of hope is the sovereign power, which would secure obedience to its decrees, if they were properly introduced and effectually supported. Bernard to Lords of Tr
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
} 1766. July. as he directed against the Bourbons the treasure and the hearts of the united empire, his life was the life of the British people, his will was their will, his uncompromising haughtiness was but the image of their pride, and his presumptuous daring the only adequate expression of their self-reliance. His eager imagination bore him back to the public world, though to him it was become a riddle, which not even the wisest interpreter could solve. Pitt to Countess Stanhope, 20 June, 1766. In Mahon's History of England, v. Appendix, VII. 4 While he was in this tumult of emotions, a letter was brought from the King's own hand, reminding him that his last words in the House of Commons had been a declaration of freedom from party ties, Rigby to Bedford, 24 April, 1766. Bedford Correspondence, III. 333. and inviting him to form an independent Ministry. The King to Pitt, 7 July, 1766. Chatham Correspondence, II. 436. Northington to Pitt, 7 July, 1766. Chat. Cor.