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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 36: (search)
and sovereign nation, who acknowledge no dependence; wrote Gage. Sedition, he feared, might be catching, and show itself in New-York. Gage to Hillsborough, 26 Sept. 1768. Your life is in danger from those Catilines, the Sons of Liberty, said Auchmuty Robert Auchmuty to Hutchinson, 14 Sept. 1768. to Hutchinson. Bernard was sure that but for the Romney, a rebellion would have broken out; he reported a design against the Castle, and talked of discovering the very names of five hundred men eRobert Auchmuty to Hutchinson, 14 Sept. 1768. to Hutchinson. Bernard was sure that but for the Romney, a rebellion would have broken out; he reported a design against the Castle, and talked of discovering the very names of five hundred men enrolled for the service; he acknowledged what he called the melancholick truth, that his government was subdued; he trembled for his own safety; two regiments would not be sufficient for his protection. I dare not, said he, publish a proclamation against the Convention, Bernard to Hillsborough, 9 Sept. and 16 Sept. 1768. Letters to the Ministry, 70, 74. without first securing my retreat. I wish I were away, Compare Hillsborough to Gage, 16 Sept. 1768, and Captain Corner's Diary, Thursd
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
ousand men had been sent, in equal disregard of good policy Mahon's England, v. 406. and of an Act of Parliament. For more than ten months, the Colony remained without an Assembly. The servants of the Crown who had placed their Feb. hopes on the plan for transporting to England the principal Sons of Liberty, became irresolute and timid. Hutchinson's Hist. III. 223. The secret Councils which Bernard now held with Hutchinson Bernard to Hillsborough, 25 May, 1769. and Oliver and Auchmuty, ended only in despair. They had furnished ample information; Hutchinson's History. they had got ready to apply the statute of Henry the Eighth; and had persuaded themselves that inferior offenders would have consulted safety by betraying their leaders. Bernard to Hillsborough, 25 May, 1769. Since the propo- Chap. XLI.} 1769. May. sal to ship Samuel Adams, Otis, and their chief supporters across the water had come to naught, the cabal were left without a plan of conduct. The Regi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 43: (search)
His counsel, a determined royalist, was convinced he gave the order. I am afraid poor Preston has but little chance. Mr. Auchmuty who is his counsel, tells me the evidence is very strong to prove, the firing upon the inhabitants was by his order, aations of the parties this is most significant language. The opposite views were the hypothesis for the trial. 9. As Auchmuty before the trial believed that Preston gave the order, so Josiah Quincy, Jr. has left on record his opinion that the verain, Edward Sexby, 12 Oct. 1772; Boston Gazette, 914, 1, 2. But this is not so decisive as the opinion, at the time, of Auchmuty and Hutchinson. 10. The monstrously false insinuations in the Case of Captain Preston. If Preston had given no orderesses and the effect of the testimony on those best able to judge, will show whether the soldiers were endangered. 1. Auchmuty's opinion of the insufficiency of the assault to justify the soldiers has already been cited. 2. Hutchinson, whose te
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 45: (search)
and he recommended the example of Rome, which, on one occasion, seized the leading men in rebellious Colonies, and detained them in the metropolis as hostages. An Act of Parliament, curtailing Massachusetts of all the land east of the Penobscot, was a supplementary proposition. In Letters to Hillsborough, and more distinctly to John Pownall. Less occasion never existed for martial rule than at Boston. At the ensuing trial of Preston, every indulgence was shown him by the citizens. Auchmuty, his Counsel, had the assistance of the patriots, John Adams and Quincy. The prosecution was conducted with languor and inefficiency; the defence with consummate ability; the judges were the partisans of the prisoner; and selected talesmen were put upon the jury. As the slaughter of the citizens took place at night, it was not difficult to raise a plausible doubt, whether it was Preston, or some other person, who had actually cried out to the soldiers to fire; and on that ground a verdict