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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 27: (search)
ixth day of January, the House of Commons, in Committee of Supply, considered the estimates for the land forces and garrisons in the Plantations. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal De Guerchy to the Duke of Choiseul, 27 Jan. 1767. of the Stamp Act. He enforced the necessity of relieving Great Britain from a burden which the Colonies ought to bear, and which with contingencies exceeded £ 400,000; reminding the country gentlemen that this sum was nearly equal to one shilling in the pound of the land tax. He spoke elaborately; and against Chatham was even more rancorous than usual. Beckford to Chatham, 27 Jan. 1767. Administration, replied Townshend, has applied its attention to give relief to great Britain from bear- Chap. XXVII.} 1767. Jan. ing the whole expense of securing, defending, and protecting America and the West India Islands; I shall bring into the House some propositions that I hope may tend, in time, to ease the people of England upon thi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 28: (search)
to pay the Manilla ransom, was planning how to drive the English from the Chap Xxviii} 1767. Feb. Falkland Islands, and called on France to prepare to go to war in two years; for Spain said Grimaldi, cannot longer postpone inflicting chastisement on English insolence. The Marquis de Grimaldi to Prince Masserano, 20 Jan. 1767; De Guerchy at London to Choiseul, 12 Feb. 1767; D'Ossun at Madrid to Choiseul, 24 Jan. 1767. Compare Choiseul to De Guerchy of 2 Jan., and Choiseul to D'Ossun, 27 Jan. 1767. This is the rhodomontade of a Don Quixote, said the French Minister, and Choiseul kept the guidance of affairs in his own hand, and for the time was resolved not to disturb the peace. Executive moderation might still have saved England from a conflict. Undismayed by the disorder in the cabinet, the ill health of Chatham, the factions in a corrupt Parliament, or the unpromising aspect of foreign relations, and impressed with the necessity of giving up trifles that created uneasiness,