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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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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)
with the most sanguine expectations, when they heard, that the good Lord Dartmouth was intrusted with a share in Administration. Yet without a greatness of mind, equal, perhaps superior to his goodness, it will be impossible for him singly to stem the torrent of corruption. This requires much more fortitude, than I yet believe he is possessed of. The safety of the Americans depends upon their pursuing their wise plan of union in principle and conduct. Samuel Adams to Joseph Hawley, 13 October, 1773; S. A. Welles, i. 439, 440. Such were the thoughts which Samuel Adams unbosomed to his faithful fellow-laborer. The Press Boston Gazette, 964, 2, 2; and 966, 1, 1 Chap. L.} 1778. Oct. which he directed, continued to demand an annual Congress of American States to frame a Bill of Rights, or to form an independent State, an American Commonwealth. Union, then, Union, was the first, the last, the only hope for America. Massachusetts, where the overruling will of Samuel Adams sway