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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 30: (search)
nnecticut to the Agent of Connecticut in London, 17 November, 1767. The Americans have been firmly attached to Great Britain; nothing but severity will dissolve the union. At Boston, revolution was rapidly advancing. Faith in the integrity of Parliament was undermined; From the Craftsman, in the Boston Gazette, 12 October, 1767. 654, 2, 2. men were convinced that arbitrary will might be made the sole rule of government by a concert with Parliament; and they called to mind the words of Locke, that when the constitution is broken by the obstinacy of the Prince, the people must appeal to Heaven. Boston Gazette, 19 Oct. 1767; 655, 1, 1 and 2. Locke on Civil Government, c. XIV. The nation had the right to resist; and they who deserved to enjoy liberty would find the means. A petition to the Governor Cushing and others to Bernard, 7 Oct. 1767. to convene the Legislature having been rejected with contempt, Bernard to Shelburne, 8 and 15 of October. the inhabitants of Bost
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 45: (search)
caprice, to inflict wanton injury. There was no precedent for the measure but during the worst of times in England, or in France, where a Parliament had sometimes been worried into a submission by exile. The Assembly expressed in the strongest terms the superiority of the Legislative body to royal instructions; and in answer to the old question of what is to be done upon the abusive exercise of the prerogative, they went back to the principles of the Revolution, and adopted the words of Locke: In this as in all other cases, where they have no judge on earth, the people have no remedy but to appeal to Heaven. They drew a distinction between the King and his servants; and attributed to wicked Ministers the daring encroachments on their liberty, as well as the impudent mandate to one House, to rescind an excellent resolution of a former one. Hutchinson made haste to expose his Sovereign Aug personally to contempt. On the third day of August he communicated to the House, that t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 51: (search)
ed beforehand, was immediately signed; and they went away, almost ready to throw up their hats for joy, as if by the vehement Philippic against the hoary-headed Franklin, they had obtained a triumph. C. J. Fox's Speeches, VI. 527. And who were the Lords of the Council, that thus thought to mark and brand the noblest representative of free labor who for many a year had earned his daily bread as apprentice, journeyman, or mechanic, and knew the heart of the working man, Kingsley's Alton Locke. and felt for the people of whom he remained one? If they who upon that occasion pretended to sit in judgment had never come into being, whom among them all would humanity have missed? But how would it have suffered if Franklin had not lived! The men in power who on that day sought to rob Chap. LI.} 1774. Jan. Franklin of his good name, wounded him on the next in his fortunes, Mignet's Life of Franklin. by turning him out of his place in the British American Post Office. That in