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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
pal adviser of Cumberland, of Bedford, and of Halifax. Should Massachusetts reduce his emoluments,ch saw with extreme anxiety the settlement at Halifax. To counteract its influence, a large force lonies. He was therefore able to send from Halifax no more than a party of four hundred men, who A swift vessel was dispatched expressly from Halifax to inform the government, that La Corne and Lislodging the French. In England the Earl of Halifax insisted Lords of Trade to Bedford, 4 Juneined to a pacific adjustment with France; but Halifax was led by his pride and his ambition to disre was sure to seize the occasion to side with Halifax. Act with vigor, said he to his brother, andnd Coxe's Pelham Ad. II. 129. It seemed as if Halifax would at once obtain the seals of the Southerent with the entire charge of the colonies. Halifax, wrote chap. III.} 1750. Pelham, who favorede II. 344. In August a second expedition left Halifax to take possession of Chiegnecto. It succeed
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
uke of Bedford, delayed for the present the decisive interposition of parliament in the government of America. Besides, Halifax with his Board was equally at variance with his superior. The former was eager to chap. IV.} 1751. foster the settlemf that colony Cornwallis to Lords of Trade, 30 Sept. and 27 Nov., 1750. had written impatiently for ships of war; and Halifax in the most earnest and elaborate official papers had seconded his entreaties; Halifax and Lords of Trade to Bedford,Halifax and Lords of Trade to Bedford, 16 Jan. and 7 March, 1751. but Bedford was dissatisfied at the vastness of the sums lavished on the new plantation, and was, moreover, fixed in the purpose of leaving to the pending negotiation an opportunity of success. He was supported by the Admiralty, at which Sandwich was his friend; while Newcastle, with his timorous brother, enforced the opinions of Halifax. The intrigue in the cabinet had come to maturity. Bedford's neglect of the forms of office had vexed the king; his independenc
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
s wise and deliberate act against the wounded hereditary affections and the monarchical propensities of the rural districts of the nation; till at last their fundamental measures had ceased to clash with the sentiment of the people, and the whole aristocracy had accepted their doctrines. Murray, afterwards Lord Mansfield, called himself a Whig, was one of the brightest ornaments of the party, and after Hardwicke, their oracle on questions of law. Cumberland, Newcastle, Devonshire, Bedford, Halifax, and the Marquis of Rockingham, were all reputed Whigs. So were George and Charles Townshend, the young Lord North, Grenville, Conwayand Sackville. On the vital elements chap. VII.} 1754. of civil liberty, the noble families which led the several factions had no systematic opinions. They knew not that America, which demanded their attention, would amalgamate the cause of royalty and oligarchy, and create parties in England on questions which the Revolution of 1688 had not even consider
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
recognise the ascendency and yield to the guidance of the man whom the nation trusted and loved. Made wise by experience, and relying on his own vigor of will for a controlling influence, he formed a ministry from many chap. XII.} 1757 factions. Lord Anson, Hardwicke's son-in-law, took again the highest seat at the Board of the Admiralty. Fox, who had children, and had wasted his fortune, accepted the place of paymaster, which the war made enormously lucrative. Newcastle had promised Halifax a new office as third secretary of state for the colonies. I did not speak about it, was the duke's apology to him; Pitt looked so much out of humor, I dared not. Dodington's Diary, 208. And the disappointed man railed without measure at the knavery and cowardice of Newcastle. Rigby to Bedford, 18 June, 1757, in Bedford's Corr. II. 249. But Pitt reconciled him by leaving him his old post in the Board of Trade, with all its patronage, adding the dignity of a cabinet councillor. Henl
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
was attached sincerely to neither. In the House of Commons, Charles Townshend never feared to appear as the rival of the minister; that there might also be in the cabinet one man who dared to stand up against Pitt, contradict him, and oppose his measures, the Duke of Bedford, though without employment, was, by the king's command, summoned to attend its meetings. The Duke was indifferent to office, and incapable of guile; as bold and as open as Pitt, and more regardless of consequences. Halifax, who had so long been trained at the Board of Trade to the assertion of the prerogative, was sent as Lord Lieutenant to carry out the system in Ireland; while the patronage and chief correspondence with the American colonies were taken from the Board of Trade, and restored to the Southern Department. These changes in the cabinet hastened the period of conflict with the colonies; the course of negotiations for peace between England and France was still more momentous for America. Since
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
ministers. Bedford remained privy seal; Egremont, Grenville's brother-in-law, secretary of state for the Southern Department and America; while the able Lord North retained his seat at the Treasury Board. Early in June, on the death of Anson, Halifax returned from Ireland to join the cabinet as first lord of the admiralty. Charles Townshend was still secretary at war, yet having that confidence in his own genius which made him restless in occupying a station inferior to Grenville's. The he cession of Porto Rico and the Floridas. The king, who persisted in the purpose of peace, intervened. He himself solicited the assent of Cumberland to his policy; he caused George Grenville, who hesitated to adopt his views, to exchange with Halifax the post of secretary of state for that of the head of the admiralty; and he purchased the support of Fox as a member of the cabinet and leader of the House of Commons by the offer of a peerage. These movements enraged both the people and the a