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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 52: (search)
ld the conflict with England, and when his son and grandchildren smiled at his credulity, You, Robert, said he to his grandson, will live to see this country independent. At the news of the retreat of the British from Concord, the octogenarian's eye kindled with the fire of youth, and he confidently announced American independence. Soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, he lay calmly on his deathbed, and his last words were: What news from Boston? From such a family circle the county of Dutchess, in April, 1775, selected Montgomery as a delegate to the first provincial convention in New York, where he distinguished himself by unaffected modesty, promptness of decision, and soundness of judgment. On receiving his appointment as brigadier general he reluctantly bade adieu to his quiet scheme of life; perhaps, he said, for ever, but the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed. On the sixth of August, from Albany, he advised Cha
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 55: (search)
United America. We have nothing to expect from the mercy or justice of Britain, argued Jay; vigor and unanimity, not petitions, are our only means of safety. Wythe of Virginia spoke for a few minutes to the Chap. LV.} 1775. Dec. same purpose, and the well-disposed assembly of New Jersey conformed to their joint advice. Simultaneously with the intrigues to allure New Jersey into a separate system, Tryon, who, since the thirtieth of October had had his quarters on board the armed ship Dutchess of Gordon, in New York harbor, recommended a similar policy to the inhabitants of New York; but William Smith, the historian, who busied himself with opening the plan privately to members of the provincial congress, met with the most signal rebuke. Roused by the insidious proposal, the New York convention, while it disclaimed the desire to become independent, attributed the existing discontent to the hostile attempts of the ministry to execute oppressive acts of the British parliament, des