...rt was made to have them re-committed; the friends of Rockingham, pretending to wish a more lenient mea- sure, yet joining with Grenville who spoke for one more severe, effective and general. But Townshend , by surpassing eloquence, brought the House back to his first Resolutions, which were adopted at about nine in the evening without a division. Grenville then moved that many of the Colonies denie...