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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
he frequent example of the British parliament; and he dwelt on the danger to the inhabitants of England if the ministers could disfranchise a million and a half of subjects in America. Thacher's Sentiments of a British American. Here, said Mayhew, Mayhew to Hollis, received by Hollis, 23 Aug. 1764. as he lamented the cold adhesion of the timid good, Bryant. and for himself, trod the thorny path of resistance to the grandeurs of the world—here there are many who see the right, and yeMayhew to Hollis, received by Hollis, 23 Aug. 1764. as he lamented the cold adhesion of the timid good, Bryant. and for himself, trod the thorny path of resistance to the grandeurs of the world—here there are many who see the right, and yet the wrong pursue. But it is my fixed resolution, notwithstanding many discouragements, in my little sphere to do all I can for the service of my country; that neither the republic nor the churches of New England may sustain any injury. And every where men began to enter into a solemn agreement notto use a single article of British manufacture; not even to wear black clothes for mourning. To encourage the growth and manufacture of wool, nearly all Boston signed a covenant to eat no lamb.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
uoted as demanding deference to all in authority? This, it was insisted, is to add dulness to impiety. For chap. XIV.} 1765. June. tyranny, they cried, is no government; the gospel promises liberty, glorious liberty. The gospel, so preached Mayhew, of Boston, always, the gospel permits resistance. Sentinel, in N. Y. Gaz. Mayhew to Hollis. And then patriots would become maddened with remembering, that some high or low American had had a hand in procuring every grievance. England, iMayhew to Hollis. And then patriots would become maddened with remembering, that some high or low American had had a hand in procuring every grievance. England, it was said, is deceived and deluded by placemen and office-seekers. Yes, exclaimed the multitude; it all comes of the horse-leeches. When the friends to government sought to hush opposition by terror of the power of parliament and its jealousy of its own supremacy, you are cowards, was the answer; you are fools; you are parasites; or, rather, you are parricides. Boston Gaz. Otis's Considerations. N. Y. Gaz. Hutchinson's Correspondence. Power is a sad thing, said the Presbyterians of Ph
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
ers be allowed in America at all I am clear in this point, declared Mayhew, Mayhew to Hollis, 8 August. that no people are under a religiouMayhew to Hollis, 8 August. that no people are under a religious obligation to be slaves, if they are able to set themselves at liberty. The Stamp Act, it was said universally in Boston, is arbitrary, u65. We have sixty thousand fighting-men in this colony alone, wrote Mayhew. Mayhew to Hollis, August. And we will spend our last blood in tMayhew to Hollis, August. And we will spend our last blood in the cause, repeated his townsmen. Hutchinson directed the colonel of the militia to beat an alarm. My drummers, said he, are in the mob. Whinson, it would not be possible to commit them. The prisons, said Mayhew, would not hold them many hours. In this town, and within twenty mthe like disorders for the future. I had rather lose my hand, said Mayhew, than encourage such outrages; and Samuel Adams agreed with him; bu the speedy repeal of the Stamp Act. If Astraea were not fled, said Mayhew, there might be grounds for the hope; and the colonies, mingling do
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 18: (search)
Hollis, Hollis: Diary, 23 Oct. who perceived in the ugly squall, that had just reached them from America, the forerunner of the gen- chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. eral hurricane, waited on Rockingham, with the accounts which he had received from Mayhew, Mayhew to Hollis, 26 Sept. that the Stamp Act, and the power given to the Admiralty courts to dispense with juries, were detested as instances of grievous oppression, and scarce better than downright tyranny, not by Boston only, but by the peMayhew to Hollis, 26 Sept. that the Stamp Act, and the power given to the Admiralty courts to dispense with juries, were detested as instances of grievous oppression, and scarce better than downright tyranny, not by Boston only, but by the people throughout the continent; that it could never be carried into execution, unless at the point of the sword, by at least one considerable army in each province at the hazard of either the destruction of the American colonies, or their entire revolt and loss. The ministry shrunk from enforcing by arms the law which a part of them in their hearts disapproved; and on the twenty-fourth of October, the last day but one of the session of the American Congress, and only seven before the time for th
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
otism and the joy of success. The Americans would not have submitted, said Chauncy. History affords few examples of a more general, generous, and just sense of liberty in any country than has appeared in America within the year past. Such were Mayhew's words; and while all the continent was calling out and cherishing the name of Pitt, the greatest statesman of England, the conqueror of Canada and chap. XXIV} 1766. May. the Ohio, the founder of empire, the apostle of freedom;—To you, said MMayhew, speaking from the heart of the people, and as if its voice could be heard across the ocean, to you grateful America attributes that she is reinstated in her former liberties. The universal joy of America, blessing you as our father, and sending up ardent vows to heaven for you, must give you a sublime and truly godlike pleasure; it might, perhaps, give you spirits and vigor to take up your bed and walk, like those cured by the word of Him who came from heaven to make us free indeed. Ame