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Portugal (Portugal) (search for this): chapter 23
commander of the naval forces and pacificator; for it was pretended that the olive branch and the sword were to be sent together. Of the two major generals who attended Howe, the first in rank was Sir Henry Clinton, son of a former governor in New York, related to the families of Newcastle and Bedford, and connected by party with the ministry. The other was John Burgoyne. A bastard son of one peer, he had made a runaway match with the daughter of another. In the last war he served in Portugal with spirit, and was brave even to rashness. His talent for description made him respectable as a man of letters; as a dramatic writer, his place is not among the worst. He was also a ready speaker in the house of commons, inclining to the liberal side in politics; yet ready to risk life and political principles for the dar Chap. XXII.} 1775. Feb. ling object of effacing the shame of his birth, by winning military glory with rank and fortune. His service in America was preceded by a
Bedford, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
shment, subside to the laws. This country must now fix the foundation of its stability with America, by procuring a lasting obedience. At the same time, Lord Howe, the admiral, was announced as commander of the naval forces and pacificator; for it was pretended that the olive branch and the sword were to be sent together. Of the two major generals who attended Howe, the first in rank was Sir Henry Clinton, son of a former governor in New York, related to the families of Newcastle and Bedford, and connected by party with the ministry. The other was John Burgoyne. A bastard son of one peer, he had made a runaway match with the daughter of another. In the last war he served in Portugal with spirit, and was brave even to rashness. His talent for description made him respectable as a man of letters; as a dramatic writer, his place is not among the worst. He was also a ready speaker in the house of commons, inclining to the liberal side in politics; yet ready to risk life and p
New Castle, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
fear of punishment, subside to the laws. This country must now fix the foundation of its stability with America, by procuring a lasting obedience. At the same time, Lord Howe, the admiral, was announced as commander of the naval forces and pacificator; for it was pretended that the olive branch and the sword were to be sent together. Of the two major generals who attended Howe, the first in rank was Sir Henry Clinton, son of a former governor in New York, related to the families of Newcastle and Bedford, and connected by party with the ministry. The other was John Burgoyne. A bastard son of one peer, he had made a runaway match with the daughter of another. In the last war he served in Portugal with spirit, and was brave even to rashness. His talent for description made him respectable as a man of letters; as a dramatic writer, his place is not among the worst. He was also a ready speaker in the house of commons, inclining to the liberal side in politics; yet ready to ri
Switzerland (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 23
t would not willingly bear arms against their kindred in America. In reply to Burgoyne, Henry Temple Luttrell, whom curiosity once led to travel many hundreds of miles along the flourishing and hospitable provinces of the continent, bore testimony to their temperance, urbanity, and spirit, and predicted that, if set to the proof, they would evince the magnanimity of republican Rome. He saw in the aspect of infant America, features which at maturer years denoted a most colossal force. Switzerland and the Netherlands, he reminded the house, demonstrate what extraordinary obstacles a small band of insurgents may surmount in the cause of liberty. While providing for a reinforcement to its army, England enjoined the strictest watchfulness on its consuls and agents in every part of Europe, to intercept all munitions of war destined for the colonies. To check the formation of magazines on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius, which was the resort of New England mariners, the British en
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 23
n the house of commons, inclining to the liberal side in politics; yet ready to risk life and political principles for the dar Chap. XXII.} 1775. Feb. ling object of effacing the shame of his birth, by winning military glory with rank and fortune. His service in America was preceded by a public parade of his principles. I am confident, said the new devotee in the house of commons, there is not an officer or soldier in the king's service who does not think the parliamentary right of Great Britain a cause to fight for, to bleed and die for. The assertion was extravagant; many of the best would not willingly bear arms against their kindred in America. In reply to Burgoyne, Henry Temple Luttrell, whom curiosity once led to travel many hundreds of miles along the flourishing and hospitable provinces of the continent, bore testimony to their temperance, urbanity, and spirit, and predicted that, if set to the proof, they would evince the magnanimity of republican Rome. He saw in t
Suffolk, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
nt to tax; North asserted it; Chatham asked free grants from deliberative assemblies in the full exercise of the right to judge of their own ability to give; North put chains on the colonies, and invited them one by one to make a bid, each for its separate ransom; Chatham proposed to repeal the Massachusetts acts; North was silent about them. Yet even this semblance of humanity was grudged. To recover his lost ground with the extreme supporters of authority, North was obliged to join with Suffolk and Rochford in publishing a paper declaring his intention to make no concessions. The army in Boston was to be raised to ten thousand men, and the general to be superseded on account of his incapacity to direct such a force. If fifty thousand men and twenty millions of money, said David Hume, were intrusted to such a lukewarm coward as Gage, they never could produce any effect. Amherst declined the service, unless the army should be raised to twenty thousand men; the appointment of Wi
France (France) (search for this): chapter 23
ne so unnatural as that of New England, could be ascribed to nothing less than diabolical infatuation. The minister of France took the occasion to request the most rigorous and precise orders to all British naval officers not to annoy the commercendship. A letter from Lord Stormont, the British ambassador at Paris, was also cited in the house of lords to prove that France equally wished a continuance of peace. It signifies nothing, said Richmond; you can put no trust in Gallic faith, except of state, readily agreed; proving, however, from Raynal's History of the two Indies, that it was not for the interest of France that the English colonies should throw off the yoke. The next courier took to the king of France the report, that neitheFrance the report, that neither the opposition nor the British minister put faith in his sincerity; and the inference seemed justified that they themselves were insincere. The English mind was in the process of change. Chap. XXII.} 1775. Feb. The destruction of the tea at Bos
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 23
d that one so unnatural as that of New England, could be ascribed to nothing less than diabolical infatuation. The minister of France took the occasion to request the most rigorous and precise orders to all British naval officers not to annoy the commerce of the French colonies. Such orders, answered Rochford, have been given; and we have the greatest desire to live with you on the best understanding and the most perfect friendship. A letter from Lord Stormont, the British ambassador at Paris, was also cited in the house of lords to prove that France equally wished a continuance of peace. It signifies nothing, said Richmond; you can put no trust in Gallic faith, except so long as it shall be their interest to keep their word. With this Rochford, the secretary of state, readily agreed; proving, however, from Raynal's History of the two Indies, that it was not for the interest of France that the English colonies should throw off the yoke. The next courier took to the king of Fra
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 23
Chapter 22: Has New England a right in the Newfoundland fisheries? February, 1775. on the tenth of February, aftf legislation, next proposed to restrain the commerce of New England and exclude its fishermen from the Banks of Newfoundlandrld were at Boston, and their yards had been closed; the New England fishermen were now to be restrained from a toil in whichod and nature, said Johnston, have given that fishery to New England and not to Old. Dunning defended the right of the Ameriion? But the ministerial measure, which, by keeping the New England fishermen at home provoked discontent and provided recru sin of witchcraft, and that one so unnatural as that of New England, could be ascribed to nothing less than diabolical infate Dutch island of St. Eustatius, which was the resort of New England mariners, the British envoy, with dictatorial menaces, r continental congress, unless on a sudden emergency; but New England alone, said he, can hold out for ages against this count
Newfoundland (Canada) (search for this): chapter 23
New England a right in the Newfoundland fisheries? February, 1775. on the tenth of February, after the speaker reported Chap. XXII.} 1775. Feb. to the house of commons the answer to their address, Lord North presented a message from the king, asking the required augmentation to his forces. The minister, who still clung to the hope of reducing Massachusetts by the terrors of legislation, next proposed to restrain the commerce of New England and exclude its fishermen from the Banks of Newfoundland. The best shipbuilders in the world were at Boston, and their yards had been closed; the New England fishermen were now to be restrained from a toil in which they excelled the world. Thus the joint right to the fisheries was made a part of the great American struggle. God and nature, said Johnston, have given that fishery to New England and not to Old. Dunning defended the right of the Americans to fish on the Banks. If rebellion is resistance to government, said Sir George Savile,
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