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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
was the fixed purpose of Samuel Adams. He would have no delay; no waiting for increased strength; for, said he, when our liberty is gone, history and experience will teach us, that an increase of inhabitants will be but an increase of slaves. Through the press he appealed to the Continent for a Congress in order to insist effectually upon such terms as would not admit of any other authority within the Colonies than that of their respective Legislatures. In the Boston Gazette of Monday, 13 Sept. 1773; on second page, 1st and 2d column, 962, 2, 1, and 2. Hutchinson to Dartmouth, 23 Sept., 1773. It was not possible to join issue with the King more precisely. The first difficulty to be overcome existed in Boston itself. Cushing, the Speaker, who had received a private letter from Dartmouth, and was lulled into confiding in the noble and generous sentiments of that Minister, advised that for the time the people should bear their grievances. Our natural increase in wealth and po