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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 30: (search)
the precedent set by Molineux in his argument for Ireland, reasoned the matter through to its logical conclusion. Liberty, said the earnest writer, In the Boston Gazette of the 24th of August, appeared a paper taken from Molineux's Case of Ireland, with variations to adapt it to America. is the inherent right of all mankind. Ireland has its own Parliament and makes laws; and English statutes do not bind them, says Lord Coke, because they send no knights to Parliament. The same reason hoIreland has its own Parliament and makes laws; and English statutes do not bind them, says Lord Coke, because they send no knights to Parliament. The same reason holds good as to America. Consent only gives human laws their force. Therefore the Parliament of England cannot extend their jurisdiction beyond their constituents. Advancing the powers of the Parliament of England, by breaking the rights of the Parliaments of America, may in time have its effects. If this writer succeeds, said Bernard, a civil war must ensue; Bernard to Shelburne, 24 August, 1767. and the prediction was well founded, for the King, on his part, was irrevocably bent on givi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 32: (search)
ging on Liberty Tree; they were instantly taken Chap. XXXII.} 1768. March down by the friends of the people. The Governor endeavored to magnify the atrociousness of the insult, and to express fears of violence; the Council justly insisted there was no danger of disturbance. The day was celebrated Boston Gazette of 21 March, 1768; 677, 3, 1. by a temperate festival, at which toasts were drunk to the Freedom of the Press, to Paoli and the Corsicans, to the joint freedom of America and Ireland; to the immortal memory of Brutus, Cassius, Hampden and Sidney. Those who dined together broke up early. There was no bonfire lighted, and in the evening, these are Hutchinson's Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, 23 March, 1768. words, written within the week of the event, we had only such a mob as we have long been used to on the Fifth of November, and other holidays. Gage Gage to the Secretary of State, 31 October, 1768. too, who afterwards made careful inquiry in Boston, declared th
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 42: (search)
the more liberal aristocracy Fitzwilliam to Rockingham, 1769; in Albemarle, II. 142. Chatham to Rockingham, Id. 193. that junction with the people, which, after sixty years, achieved the Reform of the British Constitution; but in that day it was opposed by the passionate impulses of Burke, Burke in Albemarle, II. 195. and the inherent reluctance of the high-born. The debate on the ninth turned on the capacity and rights of the people, and involved the complaints of America and of Ireland, not less than the discontent of England at the disfranchisement of Wilkes. It is vain and idle to found the authority of this House upon the popular voice, said Charles Jenkinson, pleading for the absolute independence of Parliament. The discontents that are held up as spectres, said Thomas de Grey, brother of the Attorney General, are the senseless clamors of the thoughtless, and the ignorant, the lowest of the rabble. The Chap. XLII.} 1770. Jan. Westminster petition was obtained b