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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
better. I advised the dissolution, said one of the ministers, lest popular dissatisfaction arising from untoward events, should break the chain of those public measures, necessary to reduce the colonies to obedience. There are now men walking in the streets of London, who ought to be in Newgate, or at Tyburn, said Hillsborough; referring for one to Quincy of Boston. After a long and vehement debate, his motion prevailed by a vote of about five to one. But Rockingham, Shelburne, Camden, Stanhope, and five other peers made a written protest against the inconsiderate temerity which might precipitate the country into a civil war. The king's speech, wrote Garnier to Vergennes, will complete the work of alienating the colonies. Every Chap. XVI.} 1774. Dec. day makes a conciliation more difficult, and every day will make it more necessary. On the fifth of December, the new house of commons debated the same subject. Fox, Burke, and others, spoke warmly. The results of the congres