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Indians (search for this): chapter 13
ert independence. September—October, 1774. Gage, who came flushed with confidence in an easy Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. victory, at the end of four months was care-worn, disheartened and appalled. With the forces under his command, he hoped for no more than to pass the winter unmolested. At one moment, a suspension of the penal acts was his favorite advice, which the king ridiculed as senseless; at the next he demanded an army of twenty thousand men, to be composed of Canadian recruits, Indians, and hirelings from the continent of Europe; again, he would bring the Americans to terms, by casting them off as fellow-subjects, and not suffering even a boat to go in or out of their harbors. All the while he was exerting himself to obtain payment for the tea as a prelude to reconciliation. His agents wrote to their friends in congress, urging concessions. Such was the advice of Church, in language affecting the highest patriotism; and an officer who had served with Washington sought
George Washington (search for this): chapter 13
recruits, Indians, and hirelings from the continent of Europe; again, he would bring the Americans to terms, by casting them off as fellow-subjects, and not suffering even a boat to go in or out of their harbors. All the while he was exerting himself to obtain payment for the tea as a prelude to reconciliation. His agents wrote to their friends in congress, urging concessions. Such was the advice of Church, in language affecting the highest patriotism; and an officer who had served with Washington sought to persuade his old companion in arms, that New England was conspiring for independ- Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. ence. It was, moreover, insinuated, that if Massachusetts should once resume its old charter, and elect its governor, all New England would unite with her, and become strong enough to absorb the lands of other governments; that New Hampshire would occupy both slopes of the Green Mountains; that Massachusetts would seize the western territory of New York; while Connecticut
May (search for this): chapter 13
d the wife of John Adams, like the body of a departed friend, has only put off its present glory, to rise finally to a more happy state. Nor did its citizens despair. Its newly elected representatives were instructed never to acknowledge the regulating Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. act; and in case of a dissolution, to join the other members in forming a provincial congress. The assembly was summoned for the fifth of October, at which time the councillors who had been legally commissioned in May, intended to take their seats; their period of office was a year, and the king's good will was not the condition of their tenure. Against so clear a title the mandamus councillors would not dare to claim their places without a larger escort than they could receive. Gage was in a dilemma. On the twenty-eighth of September, by an anomalous proclamation, he neither dissolved nor prorogued the assembly which he himself had called, but declined to meet it at Salem, and discharged the representa
October 5th (search for this): chapter 13
, and cheered its inhabitants in their sufferings. This much injured town, said the wife of John Adams, like the body of a departed friend, has only put off its present glory, to rise finally to a more happy state. Nor did its citizens despair. Its newly elected representatives were instructed never to acknowledge the regulating Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. act; and in case of a dissolution, to join the other members in forming a provincial congress. The assembly was summoned for the fifth of October, at which time the councillors who had been legally commissioned in May, intended to take their seats; their period of office was a year, and the king's good will was not the condition of their tenure. Against so clear a title the mandamus councillors would not dare to claim their places without a larger escort than they could receive. Gage was in a dilemma. On the twenty-eighth of September, by an anomalous proclamation, he neither dissolved nor prorogued the assembly which he himse
September 28th (search for this): chapter 13
, to join the other members in forming a provincial congress. The assembly was summoned for the fifth of October, at which time the councillors who had been legally commissioned in May, intended to take their seats; their period of office was a year, and the king's good will was not the condition of their tenure. Against so clear a title the mandamus councillors would not dare to claim their places without a larger escort than they could receive. Gage was in a dilemma. On the twenty-eighth of September, by an anomalous proclamation, he neither dissolved nor prorogued the assembly which he himself had called, but declined to meet it at Salem, and discharged the representatives elect from their duty of attendance. Meantime, the continental committee on the rights of the colonies having been increased by one member from each of the three provinces, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, extended their searches to the statutes affecting industry and trade. But in a body whose
October 1st (search for this): chapter 13
the table. Its mover boasted of this small courtesy as of a triumph, though at a later day the congress struck the proposal from its record. With this defeat, Galloway lost his mischievous importance. At the provincial elections in Pennsyl- Oct. 1. vania, on the first day of October, Dickinson, his old opponent, was chosen almost unanimously a representative of the county. Mifflin, though opposed by some of the Quakers as too warm, was elected a burgess of Philadelphia by eleven hundred vfirst day of October, Dickinson, his old opponent, was chosen almost unanimously a representative of the county. Mifflin, though opposed by some of the Quakers as too warm, was elected a burgess of Philadelphia by eleven hundred votes out of thirteen hundred, with Charles Thomson as his colleague. The assembly, on the very day of its organization, added Dickinson to its delegation in congress, Chap. XII.} 1774. Oct. and he took his seat in season to draft the address of that body to the king. During the debates on the proper basis of that address, letters from Boston announced that the government continued seizing private military stores, suffering the soldiery to treat both town and country as declared enemies, fo
1774 AD (search for this): chapter 13
e, who came flushed with confidence in an easy Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. victory, at the end of four months was care-worn, di that New England was conspiring for independ- Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. ence. It was, moreover, insinuated, that if Massachinstructed never to acknowledge the regulating Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. act; and in case of a dissolution, to join the otherow far the retrospect for grievances should be Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. carried, was the next inquiry. South Carolina would taxation, internal or external, for raising a Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. revenue on the subjects in America without their conuane, and advocated by Jay; but opposed by Lee Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. of Virginia. Patrick Henry objected to entrusting tadded Dickinson to its delegation in congress, Chap. XII.} 1774. Oct. and he took his seat in season to draft the address o and twenty pounds of tea, on which the owner Chap. XII.} 1774. Oct. of the vessel made haste to pay the duty. The people
October (search for this): chapter 13
dred, with Charles Thomson as his colleague. The assembly, on the very day of its organization, added Dickinson to its delegation in congress, Chap. XII.} 1774. Oct. and he took his seat in season to draft the address of that body to the king. During the debates on the proper basis of that address, letters from Boston announimpetuous; confident in their strength they scorned the thought of obedience, except on conditions that should be satisfactory to themselves. About the middle of October the brig Peggy Stewart, from London, arrived at Annapolis, with two thousand three hundred and twenty pounds of tea, on which the owner Chap. XII.} 1774. Oct. oOct. of the vessel made haste to pay the duty. The people of Maryland resented this voluntary submission to the British claim which their delegates to the general congress were engaged in contesting. The fidelity and honor of the province seemed in question. A committee therefore kept watch, to prevent the landing of the tea; success
1765 AD (search for this): chapter 13
r external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. revenue on the subjects in America without their consent. This article was contrary to the principles of Otis at the commencement of the contest; to the repeated declarations of Samuel Adams; to the example of the congress of 1765, which had put aside a similar proposition, when offered by Livingston, of New York. Not one of the committee was fully satisfied with it; yet, as the ablest speaker from Massachusetts was its advocate, the concession was irrevocable. It stands as a monument that the congress harbored no desire but of reconciliation. I would have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began; said John Adams at a later day. His resolution accepted that badg
September (search for this): chapter 13
12: The continental congress Seeks to avert independence. September—October, 1774. Gage, who came flushed with confidence in an easy Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. victory, at the end of four months was care-worn, disheartened and appalled. With the forces under his command, s, that New England was conspiring for independ- Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. ence. It was, moreover, insinuated, that if Massachusetts should oe instructed never to acknowledge the regulating Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. act; and in case of a dissolution, to join the other members in for How far the retrospect for grievances should be Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. carried, was the next inquiry. South Carolina would have included of taxation, internal or external, for raising a Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. revenue on the subjects in America without their consent. This a Duane, and advocated by Jay; but opposed by Lee Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. of Virginia. Patrick Henry objected to entrusting the power of tax
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