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November 23rd, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
on this occasion recommended caution, and warned against giving offence to Great Britain. Bernard to Shelburne, 30 Oct. 1767. Even the twentieth of November passed away in quiet. Nov. Images and placards were exhibited; but they were removed by the friends of the people. A Town Meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Otis, in a long speech, which was said to have been entirely on the side of Government, Bernard to Shelburne, 21 Nov. 1767. Compare also Boston Evening Post of 23 Nov. 1767, and a Card from Otis in Boston Gazette, 30 Nov. 1767. went so far as to assert the King's right to appoint officers of the customs in what manner and by what denominations he pleased; and he advised the Town to make no opposition to the new duties. But months elapsed before any ship arrived laden with goods that were dutiable. The prospect of having their avarice gratified, blinded Hutchinson and Bernard. The latter reported that the faction dared not show its face, that the Province
June 10th (search for this): chapter 7
New-York Assembly of 6 June, 1767. Message of Moore of 18 Nov. 1767. Board of Trade to the King, 7 May, 1768. and the Assembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transactions that were going forward, he was scarce even a spectator, and seemed to be unconcerned in the event. De Guerchy to Choiseul, 10 June, 16 June, 8 July, 1767. T. Whately to Lord Temple, 30 July, 1767. About nine o'clock in the evening of the twentieth, the leaders of the two branches of the Oligarchy met at Newcastle House. When Rockingham had explained the purpose of the meeting, Bedford, on behalf of Temple and Grenville, Grenville to Rigby, 16 July, 1767; Temple to Rigby, 16 July, 1767. Joint letter of Temple and Grenville, 17 July, 1767. declared their readiness to support a comprehensive administration, provi
August 1st, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
fluence. Very honest, truly liberal, of a merciful and generous nature, his intellect bore no comparison to his virtues, his conduct no analogy to his good intentions. Deceived by his reverence for the past, without ability to plan a system suited to his age, he left the field open to those who wished ill to liberty in America and in England. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required; the King was never in better spirits. E. Burke to Rockingham, 1 August, 1767. Grafton, too, obtained the credit of moderation by his seeming readiness to retire; and, after the rejection of all his offers to Rockingham, people saw him at the head of the Treasury with less dissatisfac- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. tion. He retained the confident expectation of an alliance Walpole's Memoirs, III. 99. with Bedford, who could not keep his party together without official patronage; Durand to Choiseul, 7 August, 1767. but for the moment, he relied on Townshend.
August 3rd, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
g, united, and permanent administration and that he himself could not form one of any kind. He did not omit to add some reproaches about the past; but the King was in the best humor. He bowed very graciously, and Rockingham bowed, and so they parted. What did the King say to you? asked Grafton and Conway eagerly, as Rockingham came out; and the only answer he could make was— Nothing. Once more Rockingham was urged to join with the friends of Chatham; Compare Durand to Choiseul, 3 August, 1767. but he was unaccommodating and impracticable. Whately to Temple, 30 July, 1767; in Lyttelton, 729. He has managed it ill, thought Hardwicke. Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, III. 459. Richmond and others were anxious and uneasy. E. Burke to Rockingham, 18 August, 1767. A leader of a party had never Aug. done so much to diminish its influence. Very honest, truly liberal, of a merciful and generous nature, his intellect bore no comparison to his virtues, his conduct no analog
November 30th, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
st giving offence to Great Britain. Bernard to Shelburne, 30 Oct. 1767. Even the twentieth of November passed away in quiet. Nov. Images and placards were exhibited; but they were removed by the friends of the people. A Town Meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Otis, in a long speech, which was said to have been entirely on the side of Government, Bernard to Shelburne, 21 Nov. 1767. Compare also Boston Evening Post of 23 Nov. 1767, and a Card from Otis in Boston Gazette, 30 Nov. 1767. went so far as to assert the King's right to appoint officers of the customs in what manner and by what denominations he pleased; and he advised the Town to make no opposition to the new duties. But months elapsed before any ship arrived laden with goods that were dutiable. The prospect of having their avarice gratified, blinded Hutchinson and Bernard. The latter reported that the faction dared not show its face, that the Province would recover its former reputation for loyalty. Our
September, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
At the beginning of this excitement, Charles Sept. Townshend was seized with fever, and after a short illness, during which he met danger with the unconcerned levity that had marked his conduct of the most serious affairs, Walpole's Memoirs of George III. III. 99. he died at the age of forty-one, famed alike for incomparable talents, and extreme instability. W. S. Johnson to E. Dyer, 12 Sept. 1767, and other letters of Johnson. Where were now his gibes? Letters of Lady Hervey, Sept. 1767. Where his flashes of merriment that set the table in a roar; his brilliant eloquence which made him the wonder of Parliament? If his indiscretion forbade esteem, his good-humor dissipated hate. He had been courted by all parties, but never possessed the confidence of any. He followed no guide, and he had no plan of his own. No one wished him as an adversary; no one trusted him as an associate. He sometimes spoke with boldness; but at heart he was as Chap. XXX.} 1767. Sept. timid as h
August, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
at contest with oppression, he had no better reliance than on the English constitution as it was, and the charitable purchase of venal boroughs by opulent noblemen of his connection. May the anarchy in the British government last for ages, wrote Choiseul. Choiseul to Durand, Cornpiegne, 4 August, 1767; La minute de cette Depeche étoit de la main du Due de Choiseul. Your prayer will be Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. heard, answered Durand, then in London as Minister. Durand to Choiseul, August, 1767. No date of the day. The P. S. is 22 August. The opposition during this reign will always be strong, for the cabinet will always be divided; but the genius of the nation, concentrating itself on commerce and Colonies, compensates the inferiority of the men in power, and makes great advances without their guidance. My position, observed Choiseul as he contemplated, alike in Asia and in America, the undisputed ascendency of the nation which he called his enemy, From the Dispatch of the
November, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
Chapter 30: How Townshend's American taxes were received by France and America.—coalition of the King and the aristocracy. July—November, 1767. the anarchy in the Ministry was agreeable Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. to the King, for it enabled him to govern as well as to reign. Grafton made no tedious speeches in the closet, and had approved the late American regulations; persuading himself even that the choice of tea as the subject of taxation was his own; Grafton of himself, in his the system which had flourished during his long career; and the two parties met once more at his house. But the difficulty about America could not be got over. Rockingham again avowed his distrust of Grenville Compare Lyttelton to Temple, Nov. 1767, in Lyttelton's Life and Corr. II. 740. and Temple, and insisted on Conway's taking the lead in the House of Commons. This left no possibility of agreement; and we broke up, says Bedford, with our all declaring ourselves free from all engagem
August 24th, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
utes do not bind them, says Lord Coke, because they send no knights to Parliament. The same reason holds good as to America. Consent only gives human laws their force. Therefore the Parliament of England cannot extend their jurisdiction beyond their constituents. Advancing the powers of the Parliament of England, by breaking the rights of the Parliaments of America, may in time have its effects. If this writer succeeds, said Bernard, a civil war must ensue; Bernard to Shelburne, 24 August, 1767. and the prediction was well founded, for the King, on his part, was irrevocably bent on giving effect to the new system. Minute Book, XXXVIII. 459. Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 27 August, 1767. The Act suspending the legislative functions of New-York increased the discontent. The danger of the example was understood; and while patriots of Boston encouraged one another to justify themselves in the eye of the present and of coming generations, Sui Imperator, in Boston Gazett
August 27th, 1767 AD (search for this): chapter 7
England cannot extend their jurisdiction beyond their constituents. Advancing the powers of the Parliament of England, by breaking the rights of the Parliaments of America, may in time have its effects. If this writer succeeds, said Bernard, a civil war must ensue; Bernard to Shelburne, 24 August, 1767. and the prediction was well founded, for the King, on his part, was irrevocably bent on giving effect to the new system. Minute Book, XXXVIII. 459. Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 27 August, 1767. The Act suspending the legislative functions of New-York increased the discontent. The danger of the example was understood; and while patriots of Boston encouraged one another to justify themselves in the eye of the present and of coming generations, Sui Imperator, in Boston Gazette, 648, 3, 1; 31 August, 1767. Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. they added, Our strength consists in union. Let us, above all, be of one heart and one mind.—Call on our sister Colonies to join with us.—Shou
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