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Madrid (Spain) (search for this): chapter 29
anger of the Government, which gave the first evidence of its weakness by acknowledging a want of power to wreak its will. During the delay attending an appeal to Parliament, pains were taken to quiet the Bourbon powers. Chap. LII.} 1774. Feb. The Secretary of State would speak with the French Minister of nothing but harmony. Never, said he in like manner to Pignatelli, Garnier to the Duke D'Aiguillon, 4 Feb. 1774. the Representative of Spain, never was the union between Versailles, Madrid and London, so solid; I see nothing that can shake it. Yet the old distrust lurked under the pretended confidence. Rochfort to Stormont, 18 March, 1774. The Government at the time encountered no formidable opposition. One day in February, Charles James Fox, who was of the Treasury Board, severely censured Lord North for want of decision and courage. The King was greatly incensed at his presumption. That young man, said the King, has so thoroughly cast off every principle of common
Quincy, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
e sons esteemed themselves disfranchised on their own soil by the appointment of strangers to every office, the Governor had for four years negatived every taxbill in the hope of controlling the appropriations. In North Carolina, the law establishing courts of justice had expired; in the conflict of claims of power between the Governor and the Legislature, every new law on the subject was negatived, and there were no courts of any kind in the Province. Martin to Dartmouth, 25 Dec. 1773. Quincy's Quincy, 121, 123. The most orderly and best governed part of Carolina was the self-organized Republic of Watauga, beyond the mountains, where the settlements were extending along the Holston, as well as south of the Nollichucky. Every where an intrepid, hardy and industrious population, heedless of proclamations, was moving westward through all the gates of the Alleghanies; seating themselves on the New River and the Green Chap. LII.} 1774. Feb. Briar, on the branches of the Monongahe
Quincy (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
the last ten years, From the minute in the handwriting of John Adams, dated 29 April, 1774. Chap. LII.} 1774. April. is the contemporary record of John Adams. I cannot sufficiently respect his integrity and abilities, said Clymer of Pennsylvania; all good Americans should erect a statue to him in their hearts. Clymer to Quincy, 1774. Time proved that he had been right, even where his conduct had been questioned; and many in England esteemed him the first politician in the world. Quincy's Quincy, 258. He saw clearly that the rigorous measures of the British administration would the sooner bring to pass the first wish of his heart, the entire separation and independence of the Colonies, which Providence would erect into a mighty empire. S. Adams to A. Lee, April. Indefatigable in seeking for Massachusetts the countenance of her sister Colonies, S. Adams to John Dickinson, 21 April, 1774. he had no anxiety for himself; no doubt of the ultimate triumph of freedom; but as
Springfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
l purchases of powder on account of the Colony, to be stored in a building of its own; and by directing the purchase of twelve pieces of cannon. Don't put off the boat till you know where you will land, advised the timid. We must put off the boat, cried Boston patriots, even though we do not know where we shall land. Thos. Hutchinson to Col. Williams, Boston, 23 Feb. 1774. God will bring us into a safe harbor, said Hawley. Communicated to me by the late Jonathan Dwight, Senior, of Springfield, a contemporary of Hawley. Anarchy itself, repeated one to another, is better than tyranny. Hutchinson to Col. Williams. The proposal for a General Congress was deferred to the next June; but the Committees of Correspondence were to prepare the way for it. Hutchinson to Dartmouth, 23 March. A circular letter explained why Massachusetts had been under the Chap. LII.} 1774. March necessity of proceeding so far of itself, and entreated for its future guidance the benefit of the
Poland (Poland) (search for this): chapter 29
s renounced. The Quebec Bill which quickly passed the House of Lords, and was borne through the Commons by the zeal of the Ministry and the influence of the King, left the people who were to colonize the most fertile territory in the world without the writ of Habeas Corpus to protect the rights of persons, and without a share of power in any one branch of the Government. In this manner Great Britain, allured by a phantom of absolute authority, made war on human freedom. The liberties of Poland had been sequestered, and its territory began to be parcelled out among the usurpers. The aristocratic privileges of Sweden had been swept away by treachery and usurpation. The Free Towns of Germany, which had preserved in that empire the example of Republics, were, like so many dying sparks that go out one after another. Venice and Genoa had stifled the spirit of indepen- Chap. LII.} 1774. April. dence in their prodigal luxury. Holland was ruinagainst ously divided against itself. I
Michigan (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
as legally recognise the existence of a Catholic in Ireland, from political considerations sanctioned on the Saint Chap. LII.} 1774. April. Lawrence the free exercise of the religion of the Church of Rome, and confirmed to the clergy of that Church their accustomed dues and rights. So far the act was merciful; but it extended the boundaries of the Government to the Ohio and the Mississippi, and over he vast region, which included, besides Canada, the area of the present States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin, it decreed an arbitrary rule. The establishment of Colonies on principles of liberty is the peculiar and appropriated glory of England, Edmund Burke. rendering her venerable throughout all time in the history of the world. The office of peopling a Continent with free and happy commonwealths was renounced. The Quebec Bill which quickly passed the House of Lords, and was borne through the Commons by the zeal of the Ministry and the influence of the Kin
Genoa (Italy) (search for this): chapter 29
ne branch of the Government. In this manner Great Britain, allured by a phantom of absolute authority, made war on human freedom. The liberties of Poland had been sequestered, and its territory began to be parcelled out among the usurpers. The aristocratic privileges of Sweden had been swept away by treachery and usurpation. The Free Towns of Germany, which had preserved in that empire the example of Republics, were, like so many dying sparks that go out one after another. Venice and Genoa had stifled the spirit of indepen- Chap. LII.} 1774. April. dence in their prodigal luxury. Holland was ruinagainst ously divided against itself. In Great Britain the House of Commons had become so venal, that it might be asked, whether a body so chosen and so influenced was fit to exercise legislative power even within the realm. If it shall succeed in establishing by force of arms its boundless authority over America, where shall humanity find an asylum? But this decay of the old for
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
stered their own affairs by means of permanent Committees. The people of Massachusetts knew that they had March passed the river and cut away the bridge. J. A it. Hutchinson to Dartmouth, 23 March. A circular letter explained why Massachusetts had been under the Chap. LII.} 1774. March necessity of proceeding so far our duty at all hazards to preserve the public liberty; and in the name of Massachusetts, he prepared her last instructions to Franklin. S. Adams: Draft of letteolonies is a part of the Constitution, said Pownall, the former Governor of Massachusetts. I hope, for the sake of this country, for the sake of America, for the sakr-in-Chief for all North America, was commissioned as the civil Governor of Massachusetts also, and was sent over with four regiments to enforce submission. He was a mighty empire. S. Adams to A. Lee, April. Indefatigable in seeking for Massachusetts the countenance of her sister Colonies, S. Adams to John Dickinson, 21 A
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 29
statesmen of Connecticut pleased themselves with pictures of the happiness of their posterity; and themselves enjoyed a vivid vision of the glory of this New World. From letters written in February, 1774. Already the commerce of Philadelphia and New-York had outgrown the laws of trade; and the Revenue officers in those places, weary of attempts to enforce them, received what duties were paid almost as a favor. Nor was the spirit of independence confined to the western woodsmen; the New England people who dwelt on each side of the Green Mountains, Chap LII.} 1774. Feb. resisted the jurisdiction which the Royal Government of New-York would have enforced even at the risk of bloodshed; and administered their own affairs by means of permanent Committees. The people of Massachusetts knew that they had March passed the river and cut away the bridge. J. Adams, IX. 333. Voting the Judges of the Superior Court ample salaries from the colonial treasury, they called upon them to r
Chatham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
necessity of submission. Arthur Lee to S. Adams, 18 March, 1774; Franklin to Cushing, 2 April, 1774; and Shelburne to Chatham, 3 Feb. 1774. On the seventh of March Dartmouth and North presented to the two Houses a message from the King. Nothfor all may now be recovered. Compensation to the East India Company I regard as no object of the Bill. Shelburne to Chatham, 4 April, 1774; in Chatham's Corr. IV. 339. The sword is drawn, Life of Lord Mansfield in Almon's Biographical AnecdChatham's Corr. IV. 339. The sword is drawn, Life of Lord Mansfield in Almon's Biographical Anecdotes, i. 35. and you must throw away the scabbard. Speech of Barre, 2 May, 1774. Pass this Act, and you will be passed the Rubicon. Garnier to D'Aiguillon, 8 April. The Americans will then know that we shall temporize no longer; if it passes unanimity, Chap. LII.} 1774. March Boston will submit, and all will end in a victory without carnage. Shelburne to Chatham. In vain did Camden meet the question fully, and return very nearly to his former principles; in vain did Shelburne prov
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