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Grafton (search for this): chapter 18
America must soon become independent; predicted to his sovereign the nearness of the final struggle between England and its dependencies, and urged earnestly, that France should so increase its naval force, Memorial of Choiseul, communicated to me verbally, by M. de Barante, who has a copy of it. as to be prepared to take advantage of the impending crisis. The amiable, but inexperienced men who formed the active ministry of England, were less discerning. The names of Rockingham, and Grafton, and Conway, must be pronounced with respect; yet suddenly and unexpectedly brought to the administration of an empire, they knew not what to propose. Of the men on whose support they were compelled to rely, many were among the loudest and ablest supporters of the Stamp tax. So orders were given Grey Cooper to Bernard, 8 Oct, 1765. Same to Shirley, 10 Oct. Treasury Letter Book. to Bernard, in Massachusetts, and elsewhere to governors, in cases of a vacancy, to act as stamp-distributors
Lynch (search for this): chapter 18
ingham Adminis-Tration. October, 1765. The cry was the harbinger of an American Congress. chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. The delegates of South Carolina, the fearless Gadsden, who never practised disguise, the upright, able, and eloquent Rutledge; Lynch, who combined good sense, patriotism, and honesty, with fiery energy, conciseness of speech, and dignity of manner, arrived first at its place of meeting. A little delay in its organization gave time for the representatives of New Jersey, where Congress, by the hand of Rutledge, of South Carolina, erased from the declaration of rights the unguarded concession; and the restrictions on American commerce, though practically acquiesced in, were enumerated as grievances. Still Gadsden and Lynch were not satisfied. With vigorous dialectics, they proceeded from a denial of the power of parliament in America, to deny the propriety of approaching either house with a petition. The House of Commons, reasoned Gadsden, with the persevering ea
John Adams (search for this): chapter 18
first man that should either distribute or make use of stamped paper. Assure yourselves, thus the stamp distributors were warned, the spirit of Brutus and Cassius is yet alive. The people grew more and more inflamed, declaring, we will not submit to the Stamp Act upon any account, or in any instance. In this, we will no more submit to parliament than to the Divan at Constantinople. We will ward it off till we can get France or Spain to protect us. From mouth to mouth flew the words of John Adams, You have rights antecedent to all earthly government; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe. In the midst of this intense excitement, the Congress brought its deliberations to a close. Ruggles, of Massachusetts, and Ogden, of New chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. Jersey, pretended that the resistance to the Stamp Act through all America was treason, argued strenuously in favor of the supreme authority of parliament,
Brutus (search for this): chapter 18
eighing each word and phrase which they were to adopt, it was rumored that a ship laden with stamps had arrived. At once, all the vessels in the harbor lowered their colors in sign of grief. The following night, papers were posted up at the doors of every public office, and at the corners of the streets, in the name of the country, threatening the first man that should either distribute or make use of stamped paper. Assure yourselves, thus the stamp distributors were warned, the spirit of Brutus and Cassius is yet alive. The people grew more and more inflamed, declaring, we will not submit to the Stamp Act upon any account, or in any instance. In this, we will no more submit to parliament than to the Divan at Constantinople. We will ward it off till we can get France or Spain to protect us. From mouth to mouth flew the words of John Adams, You have rights antecedent to all earthly government; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Gre
Rutledge (search for this): chapter 18
ess.—Rockingham Adminis-Tration. October, 1765. The cry was the harbinger of an American Congress. chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. The delegates of South Carolina, the fearless Gadsden, who never practised disguise, the upright, able, and eloquent Rutledge; Lynch, who combined good sense, patriotism, and honesty, with fiery energy, conciseness of speech, and dignity of manner, arrived first at its place of meeting. A little delay in its organization gave time for the representatives of New Jerseymake an explicit acknowledgment of the power of Britain to regulate our trade, said the too gentle Livingston, she will never give up the point of internal taxation. But he was combated with great heat, till at last the Congress, by the hand of Rutledge, of South Carolina, erased from the declaration of rights the unguarded concession; and the restrictions on American commerce, though practically acquiesced in, were enumerated as grievances. Still Gadsden and Lynch were not satisfied. With
Adam Gordon (search for this): chapter 18
and fact, or abstract truth; on special privileges, or universal season? Otis was instructed by Boston to support not only the liberty of the colonies, but also chartered rights. Johnson, of Connecticut, submitted a paper, which pleaded charters from the crown. But Robert R. Livingston, of New-York, the goodness of whose heart set him above prejudices, and equally comprehended all mankind, would not place the hope of America on that foundation; R. R. Livingston, jr., to the historian, Gordon. and Gadsden, of South Carolina, giving utterance to the warm impulses of a brave and noble nature, spoke against it with irresistible impetuosity. A confirmation of our essential and common rights as Englishmen, thus he himself reports his sentiments, Ms. Letter of Christopher Gadsden. may be pleaded from charters safely enough; but any further dependence upon them may be fatal. We should stand upon the broad common ground of those natural rights that we all feel and know as men, and a
Fraser (search for this): chapter 18
down the river to New Orleans, indebted for his safety to the circumspection of St. Ange. But Fraser, who arrived from Pittsburg, brought proofs that the Senecas, the Delawares, and the Shawnees, h who was in a manner adored by the nations round about, plighted his word for peace, and kept Fraser to Gage, 18 May. it with integrity and humanity. A just curiosity may ask, how many persons oign lineage had gathered in the valley of the Illinois since its discovery by the missionaries. Fraser was told that there were of white men, able to bear arms, seven hundred; of white women, five hundred; of their children, eight hundred and fifty; of negroes of both sexes, nine hundred; Fraser to Gage, 15 May. The banks of the Wabash, we learn from another source, were occupied by about one nes. Croghan, in Craig's Olden Time, and in Mann Butler's Kentucky. Gage to Halifax, 10 Aug. Fraser sought to overawe the French traders with the menace of an English army that was to come among t
Cassius (search for this): chapter 18
word and phrase which they were to adopt, it was rumored that a ship laden with stamps had arrived. At once, all the vessels in the harbor lowered their colors in sign of grief. The following night, papers were posted up at the doors of every public office, and at the corners of the streets, in the name of the country, threatening the first man that should either distribute or make use of stamped paper. Assure yourselves, thus the stamp distributors were warned, the spirit of Brutus and Cassius is yet alive. The people grew more and more inflamed, declaring, we will not submit to the Stamp Act upon any account, or in any instance. In this, we will no more submit to parliament than to the Divan at Constantinople. We will ward it off till we can get France or Spain to protect us. From mouth to mouth flew the words of John Adams, You have rights antecedent to all earthly government; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislat
Shirley (search for this): chapter 18
crisis. The amiable, but inexperienced men who formed the active ministry of England, were less discerning. The names of Rockingham, and Grafton, and Conway, must be pronounced with respect; yet suddenly and unexpectedly brought to the administration of an empire, they knew not what to propose. Of the men on whose support they were compelled to rely, many were among the loudest and ablest supporters of the Stamp tax. So orders were given Grey Cooper to Bernard, 8 Oct, 1765. Same to Shirley, 10 Oct. Treasury Letter Book. to Bernard, in Massachusetts, and elsewhere to governors, in cases of a vacancy, to act as stamp-distributors; and the resolves of Virginia were reserved for the consideration of that very parliament which had passed the Stamp Act by a majority of five to one. Rockingham had promised nothing to the friends of America but relief to trade, where it was improperly curbed. To rouse the ministry from its indifference, Thomas Hollis, Hollis: Diary, 23 Oct. who
Henry Shelburne (search for this): chapter 18
land, and South Carolina; delegates named by a written requisition from the individual representatives of Delaware and New Jersey, and the legislative Committee of Correspondence of New-York, met at New-York, in Congress. New Hampshire, though not present by deputy, yet agreed to abide by the result; and they were gladdened during their session by the arrival of the express messenger from Georgia sent near a thousand miles by land to obtain a copy of their proceedings. James Otis to Henry Shelburne, Ms. The members of this first Union of the American people were elected by the representatives of the people of each separate colony. While they formed one body, their power was derived from independent sources. Each of the colonies existed in its individuality; and notwithstanding great differences in their respective population and extent of territory, as they met in Congress they recognised each other as equals, without the least claim of pre-eminence one over the chap. XVII
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