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treams, and the reduced condition of his artillery horses made pursuit impracticable. But one incident of success was to occur in a campaign of so many disappointments. When Gen. Lee withdrew from the Cheat Mountain region, he left Gen. II. R. Jackson with twenty-five hundred men to hold his position on the Greenbrier River. On the 3d of October, the enemy, about four thousand strong, attacked Jackson's position. A severe artillery engagement occurred, in which Jackson could not bring moreJackson could not bring more than five pieces in action to return the fire of the enemy's eight. Masses of infantry were then thrown forward on Jackson's right and front, marching up the wooded sides of a hill that rose from the river. The location of the hill was such that they could not fire effectively until they crossed the river; and as they attempted to form and deploy, in order to a charge, the 12th Georgia Regiment fired several rapid volleys of musketry into them, which instantly checked their advance. At the
of these constitutional alterations is most fully developed, and where it is said, This business seems only to have waited for a proper time. See, too, the many letters from the colonies, just before the peace, strongly recommending the changes. Lieut. Gov. Colden's paper on the same subject. So, too, the queries of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut, sent, in 1760, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Seeker to Johnson. R. Jackson to Hutchinson, 13 Aug. 1764, and Hutchinson to Jackson, 15 October, 1764, relate to the same subject. The purpose against Rhode Island and Connecticut was transmitted through successive ministries till the Declaration of Independence. be substituted in their stead. The little republics of Connecticut and Rhode Island, which Clarendon had cherished, and every ministry of Charles II. had spared, were no longer safe. A new territorial arrangement of provinces was in contemplation; Massachusetts itself was to be restrained in its boundaries, as
ness. They would have a parliamentary regulation of colonial charters, and a certain and sufficient civil list, Bernard's Letters, passim, from 1763 to 1767. laid upon perpetual funds. But Grenville, accepting the opinions of his secretary, Jackson, refused to become the attorney for American office-holders, or the founder of a stupendous system of colonial patronage and corruption. His policy looked mainly to the improvement of the finances, and the alleviation of the burdens chap IX.}te land-tax in lieu of quit rents, and an excise. See First and Second Editions of his Administrations of the Colonies. In the later editions this is effaced. See, too, New York Gatzette for Monday, 11 June, 1764. But on the other hand, Jackson, Grenville's able secretary, so well acquainted with the colonies, would never himself be privy to any measures taken with respect to the Stamp-Act, after having formally declined giving any other advice on the subject, excepting that which he h
l meetings among themselves; and on Saturday, the second of February, Franklin, with Ingersoll, Jackson and Garth, as agents for Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and South Carolina, waited on the minister,he remarked, that the stamp act would adapt itself to the number and increase of the colonies. Jackson pointed out the danger to the liberties of the colonies, when the crown should have a civil listion, he was resolved chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. on proposing it indirectly through his subordinate Jackson; and he refused to take part in raising the army in America above the civil power. Compare Gxing America for the sake of raising a revenue would never do. Cavendish Debates, i. 41. Jackson, who had concerted with Grenville to propose an American representation in parliament, spoke an. R. Jackson to William Johnson, 5 April, 1774, and 30 November, 1784. Thus calmly reasoned Jackson. Grenville urged chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. the house not to suffer themselves to be moved by rese
rn to Boston, Memorial of Commissioners, in Letters, &c. 120. its inhabitants on the fourteenth met at Faneuil Hall, in a legal town meeting. The attendance was so great that they adjourned to the Old South Meeting House, where Otis was elected moderator, and welcomed with rapturous applause. In the course of a debate, one person observed that every captain of a man-of-war, on coming into harbor, should be subordinate to the Legislature of the Colony. William Cooper Hutchinson to Jackson, 18 June. 1768. proposed, that if any one should promote the bringing troops here, he should be deemed a disturber of the peace and a trai- Chap XXXIV} 1768. June. tor to his country. Bernard to Hillsborough, 16 June, 1768. An address to the Governor was unanimously agreed upon, which twenty-one men were appointed to deliver. On adjourning the meeting to four o'clock the next afternoon, Otis, the moderator, made a speech to the inhabitants, strongly recommending peace and good orde