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Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
influence to be pledged towards perfecting the happiness of all his people. Burk's Virginia, III. 352. Botetourt was so pleased with their Address, that he found his prospect brighten, and praising their loyalty, wished them freedom and happiness, till time should be no more. The flowing and confident assurances of Botetourt encouraged the expectation that the unproductive tax on tea would also be given up. Such was his wish; and such the advice of Eden, the new Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. Eden to Hillsborough, 23 Nov. To the Legislature of New-York, Colden, who, on account of the death of Moore, now administered the Government, announced unequivocally the greatest probability that the late duties imposed by the authority of Parliament, so much to the dissatisfaction of the Colonies, would be taken off in the ensuing session. Journal of the General Assembly, 4; Speech of the Lieutenant Governor, 22 November, 1769. Compare Hillsborough to Colden, 18 January, 1770. Ch
Rockingham, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
, 1770, 1770. Jan. would decide, whether the British Empire was to escape dismemberment. Chatham recommended to the more liberal aristocracy Fitzwilliam to Rockingham, 1769; in Albemarle, II. 142. Chatham to Rockingham, Id. 193. that junction with the people, which, after sixty years, achieved the Reform of the British ConstRockingham, Id. 193. that junction with the people, which, after sixty years, achieved the Reform of the British Constitution; but in that day it was opposed by the passionate impulses of Burke, Burke in Albemarle, II. 195. and the inherent reluctance of the high-born. The debate on the ninth turned on the capacity and rights of the people, and involved the complaints of America and of Ireland, not less than the discontent of England at the opposed him by a vote of more than two to one, the actual Ministry was shattered; and Chatham, feeble and emaciated as he was, sprang forward with the party of Rockingham, to beat down the tottering system, and raise on its ruins a Government more friendly to liberty. But the King was the best politician among them all. Dismis
Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 19
ight have returned full freighted with skilful artisans. T. Pownall to S. Cooper, 25 Sept. 1769. In the history of the English people, this year marks the establishment of Public Meetings, Albemarle's Rockingham, II. 93. under the lead of Yorkshire. The principle of representation, trampled upon by a venal Parliament, was to be renovated by the influence of voluntary assemblies. The Press, too, came forward with unwonted Chap. XLII.} 1769. Dec. boldness, as the interpreter of public Serjeant Glynn, do not depend upon birth and fortune; they hold their rights as Englishmen, and cannot be divested of them but by the subversion of the Constitution. Were it not for petition-hunters and incendiaries, said Rigby, the farmers of Yorkshire could not possibly take an interest in the Middlesex election of representatives in Parliament. But supposing that a majority of the freeholders had signed these petitions without influence and solicitation; the majority, even of this class, i
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ier letters; see for example, Hutchinson to Secretary Pownall, 5 Dec. 1770; to Sir Francis Bernard, Jan. 1771; to Secretary Pownall, 24 Jan. 1771; to——, 5 June, 1771; to Secretary Pownall, July, 1773, &c. &c. the diminution of the liberties of New England Towns; Hutchinson to——, 9 Jan. 1770; a mere hint for a close corporation for Boston. Again to Sec. Pownall, 21 March, 1770; to Hillsborough, 26 July, 1770; a hint, If the town were a corporation as New-York; to Sec. Pownall, 20 Nov. 1770; the 30 colonies in the 27th and 29th books of Livy. This cunning way of hinting advice is characteristic. See Livy, XXVII. Sees. IX. x., and XXIX. Sec. XV. Compare other letters. to England; the Chap XLII.} 1769. Aug. prohibition of the New England fisheries Hutchinson to Sir Francis Bernard, 20 October, 1770. Exclude them from the fishery, and the like; they cannot long subsist without trade. with other measures, which he dared not trust to paper, For example, Hutchinson to Sir F
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
he town before dark, marched round the State-House, and quietly retired each to his own home. J. Adams's Works, II. 219. Massachusetts was sustained by South Carolina, whose Assembly, imperfectly imitated by New Jersey, Gov. Wm. Franklin to Hillsborough, 27 September, 1769. Hillsborough to Gov. Franklin, December, 1769.anuary, 1770. disregarded the appeal from MacDougall, to the betrayed inhabitants of the city and Colony, and sanctioned a compromise by a majority of one. South Carolina Bull to Hillsborough, 6 Dec. 1769. was commercially the most closely connected with England. A Colony of planters, it numbered about forty-five thousand whing on the consent of the public reason. The colonists had friends in the friends of liberty in England. As the cause of the people was every where the same, South Carolina in December remitted to London ten thousand five hundred pounds currency, to the Society for supporting the Bill of Rights, that the liberties of Great Britai
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
1769. said Bernard, as he transferred the Government. Hutchinson was descended from one of the earliest settlers of Massachusetts and loved the land of his birth. A native of Boston, he was its representative for ten years, during three of which no one was so familiar with its history, usages and laws. In the Legislature he had assisted to raise the credit of Massachusetts by substituting hard money for a paper currency. As a Judge, though he decided political questions with the subservdesign aside, &c. &c. as well as those of Rhode Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. Island and Connecticut; the dismemberment of Massachusetts Besides earlier letters; see for example, Hutchinson to Secretary Pownall, 5 Dec. 1770; to Sir Francis Bernard, Jafore dark, marched round the State-House, and quietly retired each to his own home. J. Adams's Works, II. 219. Massachusetts was sustained by South Carolina, whose Assembly, imperfectly imitated by New Jersey, Gov. Wm. Franklin to Hillsbor
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
e suspected by the people here of having suggested any alteration. And again to Sir F. Bernard, 23 January, 1771; I wished for a delay, rather than to lay the design aside, &c. &c. as well as those of Rhode Chap. XLII.} 1769. Aug. Island and Connecticut; the dismemberment of Massachusetts Besides earlier letters; see for example, Hutchinson to Secretary Pownall, 5 Dec. 1770; to Sir Francis Bernard, Jan. 1771; to Secretary Pownall, 24 Jan. 1771; to——, 5 June, 1771; to Secretary Pownall, Juliberty wherever it is planted. America was settled upon ideas of liberty, and the vine has taken deep root and spread throughout the land. Long may it flourish. W. S. Johnson's Report of Chatham's Speech, in his letter to Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, 10 January, 1770; and in a letter to the Rev. Dr. W. S. Johnson, of the same date. The report of the American Debate on America is the safest guide. The American understood the figure of the vine to refer to liberty in America. Chatham nev
Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
103, 105, &c. &c. Under the pretext of framing common regulations of trade with the Indians, the Assembly of New-York at its present session, with the concurrence of its Lieutenant Governor, Colden to Hillsborough, 21 Feb. 1770, and Hillsborough to Colden, 14 April, 1770. invited each Province to elect representatives to a body which should exercise legislative power for them all. It was a great step towards the American Union. Virginia, when she heard of the proposal, made choice of Patrick Henry and Richard Bland, to appear as her Representatives. Henry and Bland to Golden, 1770. But the cherished scheme was defeated for the time by the British Ministry, who saw in Union the certain forerunner of independence. A general tendency to conciliation prevailed. Chap XLII.} 1769. Dec. Since the merchants of Philadelphia chose to confine their agreement for non-importation to the repeal of Townshend's Act, Letter of Robert Morris, Charles Thompson, and Thomas Mifflin to the Me
Chatham (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 19
er the British Empire was to escape dismemberment. Chatham recommended to the more liberal aristocracy Fitzilliam to Rockingham, 1769; in Albemarle, II. 142. Chatham to Rockingham, Id. 193. that junction with the peopby a very large majority. In the House of Lords, Chatham, whose voice had not been heard for three years, p Long may it flourish. W. S. Johnson's Report of Chatham's Speech, in his letter to Gov. Trumbull of Connectfigure of the vine to refer to liberty in America. Chatham never meant to say it had embraced whole nations. Ces from the extremity to the heart. Camden, whom Chatham's presence awed more than office attracted, awoke tg philosophy by the aid of Common Sense and Reason; Chatham transplanted the theory, so favorable to democracy, two to one, the actual Ministry was shattered; and Chatham, feeble and emaciated as he was, sprang forward wite forms of the Constitution, the aged and enfeebled Chatham, once more the man of the people, rose to do servic
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
nce the merchants of Philadelphia chose to confine their agreement for non-importation to the repeal of Townshend's Act, Letter of Robert Morris, Charles Thompson, and Thomas Mifflin to the Merchants of London. the merchants of Boston for the sake of Union gave up their more extensive covenant, and reverted to their first stipulations. Cooper to Gov. Pownall, 1 Jan. 1770. Hutchinson to Hillsborough, P. S. 5 Dec. 1769. The dispute about the Billeting Act had ceased in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; the Legislature of New-York, pleased with the permission to issue colonial bills of credit, Compare Colden to Hillsborough, 4 Oct. 1769; and Same to Same, 6 January, 1770. disregarded the appeal from MacDougall, to the betrayed inhabitants of the city and Colony, and sanctioned a compromise by a majority of one. South Carolina Bull to Hillsborough, 6 Dec. 1769. was commercially the most closely connected with England. A Colony of planters, it numbered about forty-five thousand wh
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