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Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 22
determined in the convention of parliament by small majorities of two or three, and four or five only; the almost unanimity in your assemblies and especially in the continental congress, are providential dispensations in our favor, the clearest demonstration of the cordial, firm, radical, and indissoluble union of the colonies. If Great Britain were united, she could not subdue a country a thousand leagues off. How many years, how many millions, did it take to conquer the poor province of Canada, which yet would never have submitted but on a capitulation, securing religion and property? But Great Britain is not united against us. Millions in England and Scotland think it unrighteous, impolitic, and ruinous to make war upon us; and a minister, though he may have a marble heart, will proceed with a desponding spirit. London has bound her members under their hands to assist us; Bristol has chosen two known friends of America; many of the most virtuous of the nobility and gentry are f
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 22
Chapter 21: The spirit of New England. February, 1775. on the day on which the king received the address Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb. of parliament, the membevastate the land like a whirlwind; that the colonies never would unite, and New England, perhaps even Massachusetts, would be left to fall alone; that even in Massahe constitution, and of natural right, and expressing the true sentiments of New England. My friends: Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. very fond of her, and rewarded her all along tenfold for all her care. We New England men do not derive our laws from parliament, nor from common law, but from thcountry, inhabited by a hardy robust people, many of whom are emigrants from New England, and habituated like multitudes of New England men, to carry their rifles onNew England men, to carry their rifles on one shoulder to defend themselves against the savages, while they carry their axes, scythes, and hoes upon the other. We have manufacturers of fire-arms; powder ha
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
ss before the scythe of the mower, while the gibbet and the scaffold would make away with those whom the sword should spare; that Great Britain was resolved to maintain the power of parliament, and was able to do so; that the colonies south of Pennsylvania had barely men enough to govern their numerous slaves, Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb. and defend themselves against the Indians; that the northern colonies had no military stores, nor money to procure them, nor discipline, nor subordination, nor genr acts of parliament, annihilating charters or abridging English liberties. Should the nation suffer the minister to persevere in his madness and send fire and sword against us, we have men enough to defend ourselves. The colonies south of Pennsylvania have a back country, inhabited by a hardy robust people, many of whom are emigrants from New England, and habituated like multitudes of New England men, to carry their rifles on one shoulder to defend themselves against the savages, while they
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
old delegates to congress. They forbade work or supplies for the English troops, for, said they, we may be driven to the hard necessity of taking up arms in our own defence. They urged one of their committees to prepare military stores; and directed reviews of every company of minute men. Aware of the design of the ministry to secure the Canadians and Indians, they authorized communications with the province of Quebec through the committee of correspondence of Boston. A delegation from Connecticut was received, and measures were concerted for corresponding with that and all the other colonies. After appointing a day of fasting, enjoining the colony to beware of a surprise, and recommending military discipline, they closed a session of sixteen days. The spies of Gage found everywhere the people intent on military exercises; or listening to confident speeches from their officers; or learning from the clergy to esteem themselves as of the tribe of Judah. Behold, said one of the m
Bristol (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 22
housand leagues off. How many years, how many millions, did it take to conquer the poor province of Canada, which yet would never have submitted but on a capitulation, securing religion and property? But Great Britain is not united against us. Millions in England and Scotland think it unrighteous, impolitic, and ruinous to make war upon us; and a minister, though he may have a marble heart, will proceed with a desponding spirit. London has bound her members under their hands to assist us; Bristol has chosen two known friends of America; many of the most virtuous of the nobility and gentry are for us, and among them a St. Asaph, a Camden, and a Chatham; the best bishop that adorns the bench, as great a judge as the nation can boast, and the greatest statesman it ever saw. I would ask, by what law the parliament has authority over America? By the law in the Old and New Testament it has none; by the law of nature and nations it has none; by the common law of England it has none; by
Taunton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
he English; fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. On these bustling preparations of men, who had no artillery, very few muskets with bayonets, and no treasury, the loyalists looked with derision; never for a moment doubting that the power of Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb. Great Britain would trample down, repress, and overwhelm every movement of insurrection. To crush the spirit of resistance by terror, and to diffuse a cowardly panic, Daniel Leonard, of Taunton, speaking for them all, held up the spectres of high treason, actual rebellion, and anarchy. He ran through the history of the strife; argued that it was reasonable for America to share in the national burden as in the national benefit; that there was no oppressive exercise of the power of parliament; that the tax of threepence on tea was no tyranny, since a duty of a shilling, imposed as a regulation of trade, had just been taken off; that the bounties paid in England on American produce
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 22
nental congress, are providential dispensations in our favor, the clearest demonstration of the cordial, firm, radical, and indissoluble union of the colonies. If Great Britain were united, she could not subdue a country a thousand leagues off. How many years, how many millions, did it take to conquer the poor province of Canada, which yet would never have submitted but on a capitulation, securing religion and property? But Great Britain is not united against us. Millions in England and Scotland think it unrighteous, impolitic, and ruinous to make war upon us; and a minister, though he may have a marble heart, will proceed with a desponding spirit. London has bound her members under their hands to assist us; Bristol has chosen two known friends of America; many of the most virtuous of the nobility and gentry are for us, and among them a St. Asaph, a Camden, and a Chatham; the best bishop that adorns the bench, as great a judge as the nation can boast, and the greatest statesman it
Louisburg (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
this purpose they were empowered to take possession of the warlike stores of the province, to make returns of the militia and minute men, and to muster so many of the militia as they should judge necessary. General officers were appointed to command the force that should be so assembled. First of those who accepted the trust was Artemas Ward, a soldier of some experience in the French war. Next him as brigadier, stood Seth Pomeroy, the still older veteran, who had served at the siege of Louisburg. Resistance to tyranny, thus the congress addressed the inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay, becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. Fleets, troops, and every implement of war Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb are sent into the province, to wrest from you that freedom which it is your duty, even at the risk of your lives, to hand inviolate to posterity. Continue steadfast, and with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which Heaven gave, and no
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
a committee of correspondence in Boston, did not every colony, nay every county, city, hundred, and town upon the whole continent, adopt the measure, as if it had been a revelation from above? Look over the resolves of the colonies for the past year; you will see, that one understanding governs, one heart animates the whole. The congress at Philadelphia have assured us, that if force attempts to carry the late innovating measures against us, all America ought to support us. Maryland and Delaware have taken the powers of the militia into the hands of the people, and established it by their own authority for the defence of Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb. Massachusetts. Virginia and the Carolinas are preparing. The unanimity in congress can hardly be paralleled. The mighty questions of the revolution of 1688 were determined in the convention of parliament by small majorities of two or three, and four or five only; the almost unanimity in your assemblies and especially in the continental c
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 22
for a moment doubting that the power of Chap. XXI.} 1775. Feb. Great Britain would trample down, repress, and overwhelm every movement of inld would make away with those whom the sword should spare; that Great Britain was resolved to maintain the power of parliament, and was able l, firm, radical, and indissoluble union of the colonies. If Great Britain were united, she could not subdue a country a thousand leagues ted but on a capitulation, securing religion and property? But Great Britain is not united against us. Millions in England and Scotland thin we under, to submit to parliament as supreme? None at all. If Great Britain will resort to force, all Europe will pronounce her a tyrant, ao her, be the danger of disobedience as great as it will. If Great Britain has protected the colonies, all the profits of our trade centreord chancellor. It may as well be pretended that the people of Great Britain can forfeit their privileges, as the people of this province.
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