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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
firmness of his character. Heedless of the prime minister and the chancellor, the young man of eighteen, with many professions of duty to the king, expressed his desires, nay, his fixed resolutions, to have the free choice of his servants. Chatham Corr. i. 171. This family, said Granville of the Hanoverian dynasty, always has quarrelled, and will quarrel from generation to generation. Walpole's Memoires, II. 63, 85, 86. Having wantoned with the resentment of the successor and his mother, and from the young heir to the throne, expressions were repeated, so decisive of determined purposes of favor, in the present or chap. X.} 1756. any future day, that his own lively imagination could not have suggested a wish beyond them. Chatham Corr. i. 191, 192. For the chief of the Treasury Board, he selected the Duke of Devonshire, with Legge as chancellor. Temple presided over the Admiralty. George Grenville was made treasurer of the navy. To Charles Townshend, who could ill brook
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
gives the account of all this. I made suitable returns. My Lord Bute, said the king, is your good friend. He will tell you my thoughts at large. And before the ashes of the late king were cold, William Pitt to Nuthall, 10 Dec., 1765. Chat. Corr. II. 349. It was not known how literally true was the accusation of Pitt, till the publication of Newcastle's letter to Hardwicke, 26 Oct., 1760, con containing his own account of his interview with the king. the faithless duke was conspiring witGeorge III, IV. 144. Adolphus, i. 44. The Duke of Newcastle was never seen in higher spirits, Sir George Colebrooke's Memoirs in a note to Walpole's Geo. III., i. 82. than on this occasion. His experienced hand Pitt to Nuthall, in Chatham Corr. II. 345. chap XVII.} 1761 had been able to mould and direct events so as to thwart the policy of Pitt by the concerted junction of Bute and all the great Whig Lords. The minister attributed his defeat not so much to the king and Bute as to
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
possible under the various entanglements. Grenville Papers, II. 149, 218, 239. Chatham Correspondence, II. 261. So when parliament assembled, Yorke was with the court in principle, and yet a leader of the opposition. On the first night of the session there were two divisions relating to Wilkes, and on both the ministers had a majority of nearly three to one. In the debate on the king's speech and the address, Pitt spoke with great ability; Barrington to Mitchell, quoted in Chat. Corr. II. 262. Grenville, in answer- chap. IX.} 1763. Nov. ing him, went through all the business of the summer, and laid before the house his plans of economy; contrasting them with the profusion which had marked the conduct of the war. He was excessively applauded during the whole course of his speech, and afterwards complimented and congratulated by numbers of people upon the firmness of his conduct and the establishment of the king's government, which now seemed thoroughly settled. The king
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
andles, vinegar, salt, bedding, utensils for cooking, beer, or cider, or rum; and the sums needed for the purpose were required to be raised in such manner as the public charges for the province are raised. 5 Geo. III. c. XXXIII. ยง 8. Thus the bill contained, what had never before been heard of, a parliamentary requisition on the colonies; it enjoined things different from the general principles of the constitution, and passed without attentive examination Shelburne to Chatham, in Chatham Corr. III. 208. on the part of the govern- chap. XI.} 1765. April. ment. To soothe America, bounties T. Whately to Commissioners of Stamps, 20 April, 1765. Treasury minute, 26 April, 1765. were at the same time granted on the importation of deals, planks, boards, and timber from the plantations. Coffee of their growth was exempted from an additional duty; their iron might be borne to Ireland; their lumber to Ireland, Madeira, the Azores, and Europe, south of Cape Finisterre; the pro
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
ty of parliament to tax all the world under British dominion. See, said Beckford, how completely my prophecy about America is accomplished. Some one said that Great Britain had long arms. Yes, it was answered, but three thousand miles is a long way to extend them. Especially it is observable that Lord George Sackville, just rescued from disgrace by Rockingham, manifested his desire to enforce the Stamp Act. Letter from London of Dec. 22 and 24, 1765, in Boston Gaz. 17 Feb. 1766. Chatham Corr. II. 352. The amendment was withdrawn, but when three days later Grenville divided the house on a question of adjourning to the ninth instead of the fourteenth of January, he had only thirty-five votes against seventy-seven. Baker, in the debate, called his motion insolent, and chid him as the author of all the trouble in America; but he threw the blame from himself upon the parliament. Out of doors there was a great deal of clamor, that repealing the Stamp Act would be a surrende
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 23: (search)
parliament rightfully possessed. The ministry desired to recommend to them to compensate the sufferers by the American riots. The opposition, by a vote of sixty-three to sixty, changed the recommendation into a parliamentary requisition. Chatham Corr. II. 376. Grafton's Autobiography. De Guerchy to the Duke de Praslin, 4 Feb. and 7 Feb., 1766. The new tory party already had a majority of votes in the House of Lords. The next morning, Rockingham and Grafton; much irritated at this usa the proposition of the ministry into a resolution, declaratory of its opinion. Garth to S. Carolina, 9 Feb., 1766. It was known that the House of Lords would nevertheless persevere; and on Thursday, the sixth, it attracted the world Chatham Corr. II., 376. The letter is strangely misdated. Its true date is 6 Feb. to witness its proceedings. To keep up appearances, Bute rose and declared his most lively attachment to the person of the king, yet the interest of his country must weig
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
recalled, except in the utmost emergency. Yet the motion for a postponement of the subject was not pressed to a division, and the bill itself was passed, with its two clauses, the one affirming the authority of parliament over America, in all cases whatsoever; and the other declaring the opposite resolutions of the American Assemblies to be null and chap. XXIV} 1766. Mar. void. The bill for the repeal of the Stamp Act, was read a second time upon Tuesday, the eleventh of March. Chatham Corr. II., 384, note. The date of every one of the letters of W. G. Hamilton is wrongly given. For 15 Feb., read 8 March; for 17 Feb., read 10 March; for 19 Feb., read 12 March, &c., & c. How could these dates have been so changed? The House of Lords was so full on the occasion, that strangers were not admitted. Ten peers spoke against the repeal, and the lords sat between eleven and twelve hours, which was later than ever was remembered. Once more Mansfield and Camden exerted all their
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
and friendship grow from every act of our lives. Townshend to Grafton, 25 July, 1766, in Grafton's Autobiography; and C. Townshend to Pitt, 26 July, 1766. Chatham Corr. II. 464, 465. Thus he professed himself a devotee to Pitt and Grafton, being sure to do his utmost to thwart the one, and to supersede the other. The lead his health. My friend, said Frederic of Prussia on hearing of it, has harmed himself by accepting a Peerage. Andrew Mitchell to Chatham, 17 Sept. 1766; Chat. Corr. III. 70. It argues, said the King of Poland, a senselessness to glory to forfeit the name of Pitt for any title. Charles Lee to King of Poland, 1 Dec. 1766; Lesultation on European alliances. Grafton's Autobiography. The next day Chatham, with the cheerful consent of the King, King to Chatham, 25 Sept. 1766; Chat. Corr. III. 75. retreated to Bath; but its springs had no healing for him. He desired to control France by a northern union; and stood before Europe without one power as
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 27: (search)
moval of Lord Edgecombe from an unimportant post. Charles Townshend to Grafton, 2 Nov. 1766, in Grafton's Autobiography; Conway to Chatham, 22 Nov. 1766, Chat. Corr. III. 126. Saunders and Keppel left the Admiralty, and Keppel's place fell to Jenkinson. The Bedford party knew the weakness of the English Ximenes, and scorned tdebt, seventy millions of which thou hast employed in rearing a pedestal for thy own statue. Sir Matthew Fetherstonehaugh to Lord Olive, 30 Dec. 1766, in Chat. Corr. III. 145, 146, Note. And the very next day, in the House of Lords, Chatham marked his contempt of the bitter mockery of Rockingham's partisans by saying to the Dud, a firm advocate for the Stamp Act, Charlemont to Flood, 29 Jan. 1767. for its principle and for the duty itself, Shelburne to Chatham, 1 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 184, 185. only the heats which prevailed made it an improper time to press it. I laugh at the absurd distinction between internal and external taxes. I know
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 28: (search)
hatham to Shelburne, Bath, Feb. 3, 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 188; Chatham to Shelburne, Bath, Feb. 7, 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 193; Shelburne to Chatham, Feb. in Chat. Corr. III. 186. and between his opCorr. III. 186. and between his opinions as a statesman and his obligations as Minister, he knew not what to propose. H. Hammersley Shelburne to Chatham, 16 Feb. 1767; in Chat. Corr. III. 209. would no longer defer breaking the pica; Bristol to Chatham, 9 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 199. and he told Shelburne plainly that te; Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 207, 209. and New-York underwent the impuion. Shelburne to Chatham, Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 187. The difficulties that beset Sheled Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 191; S. Sayre to J. Reed, 3 Sept. 1766. wan. 1767. This letter is printed in the Chat. Corr. III. 200, with the erroneous date of Feb. 9. mpare Grafton to Chatham, 13 March 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 233. None heeded the milder counsels of C[1 more...]
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