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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 31: (search)
Jan. men among them who would not count the consequences. Andrew Eliot to T. Hollis, 5 Jan. 1768; and compare Thomas Hollis to A. Eliot, 1 July, 1768. Of the country Members, Hawley, than whom no one was abler, or more sincere, lived far in the interior; and his excitable nature, now vehement, now desponding, unfitted him to guide. The irritability of Otis had so increased, that he rather indulged himself in rhapsodies The word is Bernard's; compare Bernard to Secretary of State, 5 March, 1768. and volcanic flashes Letter of Hutchinson, of 17 Feb. 1768. of eloquence, than framed deliberate plans of conduct. Besides, his mind had early embraced the idea of a general union of the British Empire, in which every part of its wide dominions should be represented under one equal and uniform direction, and system of laws; and though the Congress of New-York drew from him a tardy concession, The curious inquirer may find this paper in which Otis reconciled himself to the positio
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 32: (search)
ard to Shelburne; and in the most temperate language they wisely suggested the recall of the Governor, House of Representatives to Shelburne, 22 Feb. 1768. of whose accusatory letters they requested copies. Compare Bernard to Shelburne, 5 March, 1768. It is not in the power of these people to move my temper, wrote Bernard. Bernard to Shelburne, 22 Feb. 1768. The indignation of Otis rose almost to a frenzy; a paper in the Boston Gazette, bearing the marks of his excited mind, In the n of their own passions. I shall defend this injured coun- Chap. XXXII.} 1768. March try from the evils which threaten it, arising from the machinations of a few, very few, discontented men. The flagitious libel, Bernard to Shelburne, 5 March, 1768. he wrote home, blasphemes Kingly government itself. But it was only a coarse sketch of his own bad qualities. I told the Grand Jury, said Hutchinson, almost in plain words, that they might depend on being damned, Hutchinson to——26 March
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 33: (search)
in Bradford's State Papers. Here was a colonial system, never before thought of Townshend had suspended the legislative functions of New-York by Act of Parliament. Now a Secretary of State speaking for the King, offered to Massachusetts the option of forfeiting its representative government, or submitting to his mandate. At the same time the Commander-in-Chief in America, who was responsible to no one on that Continent, and in New-York itself took precedence Moore to Shelburne, 5 March, 1768; Gage to Lord Barrington, 28 March, 1768; Hillsborough to Moore, 14 May, 1768. Moore to Hillsborough, 19 August, 1768, &c. of the Governor, was ordered to maintain the public tranquillity. Hillsborough to Gage, 23 April, 1768. But it was characteristic of Massachusetts, that the peace had not been broken. The power of Parliament was denied, but not resisted. Things are fast hastening to a crisis, said Eliot Andrew Eliot to Thomas Hollis, 18 April, 1768. of Boston. Yet none desp