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Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
On the night of the fifth of February, the same question came up in the House of Commons, where chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. Pitt spoke at length, with tact and gentleness. The coalition was, for the moment, thoroughly defeated; and at last the house,to enforce the execution of all acts, meaning chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. specially the Stamp Act. With instant sagacity, Pitt, who at the time was far too ill to be in the house and yet was impelled by a sense of duty to be present, seized the adva Early the next day, every seat in the House of Commons had been taken; between four and five hundred members attended. Pitt was ill, but his zeal was above disease. I must get up to the house as I can, said he; when in my place, I feel I am tole; fresh, as from a full mind, connecting the argument for repeal with a new kind of political philosophy. About eleven, Pitt rose. With suavity of manner he conciliated the wavering by allowing good ground for their apprehensions; but calmly, and
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
per of the Circaean draught, and the measures of our iniquities were filled up. I am persuaded, with God's blessing, we shall not fall, or disgrace our sister colonies at this time. Still more bold, if that were possible, was the spirit in North Carolina. The associated freeholders and inhabitants of several of its counties, mutually and solemnly plighted their faith and honor, that they would, at any risk whatever, and whenever called upon, unite, and truly and faithfully assist each other , Virginia, 27 Feb. 1766, in Holt. 1214. 2. 1 of 10 April. The magistrates composing the court for Northampton, unanimously decided that the Stamp Act did not bind or concern the inhabitants of Virginia, and that no penalties would be in- North Carolina Association, 18 Feb. 66. curred by those who should proceed to execute their chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. offices. Pennsylvania Journal, 13 March, 1766. Trecothick then answered rightly in the House of Commons, that nothing but the repea
Northampton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
ly assist each other to the best of their power in preventing entirely the operation of the Stamp Act. In the Ancient Dominion, men pledged themselves to one another for the same purpose, with equal ardor; and in case an attempt should be made to arrest an associate, they bound themselves at the utmost risk of their lives and fortunes, to restore such associate to liberty. Asssociation, Virginia, 27 Feb. 1766, in Holt. 1214. 2. 1 of 10 April. The magistrates composing the court for Northampton, unanimously decided that the Stamp Act did not bind or concern the inhabitants of Virginia, and that no penalties would be in- North Carolina Association, 18 Feb. 66. curred by those who should proceed to execute their chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. offices. Pennsylvania Journal, 13 March, 1766. Trecothick then answered rightly in the House of Commons, that nothing but the repeal of the Stamp Act would satisfy America. Yet the opponents of concession claimed for their side the nam
West Indies (search for this): chapter 23
se, according to the general chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. perceptible workings of Providence, where the crime most commonly, though slowly, yet surely, draws down a similar and suitable punishment, that slavery begets slavery. Jamaica and our West India islands demonstrate this observation, which I hope will not be our case now, whatever might have been the consequence had the fatal attempt been delayed a few years longer, when we had drank deeper of the Circaean draught, and the measures of our i that the exports from the province to Britain could not exceed forty thousand pounds; that the balance was paid from remittances to England for American produce, carried to our own islands, or to the French, Spaniards, Danes, and Dutch in the West Indies, or to other colonies in North America, or to different parts of Europe, as Spain, Portugal, and Italy; that these remittances were greatly interrupted by new regulations, and by the English men-of-war and cutters stationed all along the coast
France (France) (search for this): chapter 23
in favor of the right to tax; but the conflict would ruin both countries. In three thousand miles of territory, the English had but five thousand troops, the Americans one hundred and fifty thousand fighting men. If they did not repeal the act, France and Spain would declare war, and protect the Americans. The colonies, too, would set up manufactories of their own. Why then risk the whole for so trifling an object as this act modified? Jenkinson, on the other side, moved, instead of the re members, elected as they then were by a dependent tenantry, or in the boroughs by close corporations, voted to enforce the tax, the mind of Scotland was as much at variance with its pretended representatives in parliament, as the intelligence of France was in antagonism to the monarchy of Louis XV. Hutcheson, the reforming moralist of the north, had, as we have seen, declared as an axiom in ethics, the right of colonies to be independent when able to take care of themselves; David Hume confess
Sandwich, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
e into the Irish. Charles Townshend, boasting that he had not yet declared as to whether he should vote for or against the repeal, seizing the safe opportunity of winning an advantage over Grenville, praised the general purport of his proposal, and yet censured him vehemently for anticipating the decision of the house. Grenville remained obdurate, and denounced curses on the ministers who should sacrifice the sovereignty of Great Britain over her colonies. He had expected great support. Sandwich had estimated the strength of the Bedfords at one hundred and thirty; their new allies had claimed to be eighty or ninety; and now, though Lord Granby, and all the Scotch and the king's friends, voted with him, the motion was rejected, in a very full house, by chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. more than two to one. The minority were astonished as well as overwhelmed with mortification. Some of them ungenerously blamed Grenville for his imprudence. At the palace, the king, when informed of thi
Grafton, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
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 usage, went to court and proposed the removal from office of one or two of those who had appeared to be the most hostile; but the king, recently so eager to dismiss those who opposed him, refused his assent. Grafton's Autobiography. On the night of the fifth of February, the same question came up in the House of Commons, where chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. Pitt spoke at length, with tact and gentleness. The coalition was, for the moment, thoroughly defeated; and at last the house, with considerable unanimity, contente
Fort Bedford (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
dminis-Tration continued. February, 1766. on Tuesday, the fourth of February, the party of chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. Bedford and the old ministry of Grenville coalesced with the friends of prerogative to exercise over the colonies the power, whiy would not trust, Lloyd's Conduct, &c., 134. and whose written word convicted them of falsehood. On the same day, Bedford and Grenville went to an interview with Bute, whom they had so hated and chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. wronged. It was a po so. De Guerchy au Duc de Praslin, 3 Mars. The Duke of York interposed his offices, and bore to the king the Duke of Bedford's readiness to receive the royal commands, should his majesty be inclined to pursue the modification, instead of the totn one and two o'clock on the morning of the twenty-second of February, the division took place. Only a few days before, Bedford had confidently predicted the defeat of the ministry. The king, the queen, the princess dowager, the Duke of York, Lord
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 23
n beaten, said Bedford to the French minister, but we have made a gallant fight of it. If the Scottish members, elected as they then were by a dependent tenantry, or in the boroughs by close corporations, voted to enforce the tax, the mind of Scotland was as much at variance with its pretended representatives in parliament, as the intelligence of France was in antagonism to the monarchy of Louis XV. Hutcheson, the reforming moralist of the north, had, as we have seen, declared as an axiom in ethics, the right of colonies to be independent when able to take care of themselves; David Hume confessed himself at heart a republican; Adam Smith, at Glasgow, was teaching the youth of Scotland the natural right of industry to freedom; Reid was constructing a system of philosophy, based upon the development and freedom of the active powers of man; and now, at the relenting of the House of Com- chap. XXIII} 1766. Feb. mons concerning the Stamp Act, I rejoice, said Robertson, the illustrious
England (search for this): chapter 23
ns; but calmly, and with consummate and persuasive address, De Guerchy, 23 Feb. he argued for the repeal, with eloquence which expressed conviction, and which yet could not have offended even the sensitive self-love of the warmest friends of the act. He ac- chap. XXIII.} 1766. Feb. knowledged his perplexity in making an option between two ineligible alternatives, pronounced, however, for repeal, as due to the liberty of unrepresented subjects, and in gratitude to their having supported England through three wars. The total repeal, replied Grenville, will persuade the colonies that Great Britain confesses itself without the right to impose taxes on them, and is reduced to make this confession by their menaces. Do the merchants insist that debts to the amount of three millions will be lost, and all fresh orders be countermanded? Do not injure yourselves from fear of injury; do not die from the fear of dying; Junius, 19 Dec. 1767. the merchants may sustain a temporary loss,
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