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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)
nor Cushing and others to Bernard, 7 Oct. 1767. to convene the Legislature having been rejected with contempt, Bernard to Shelburne, 8 and 15 of October. the inhabitants of Boston, ever sensitive to the sound of Liberty, Hutchinson to [T. Pownall, probably,] 10 Nov. 1767. assembled on the twenty-eighth of October, in Town Meeting, and voted to forbear the importation and use of a great number of articles of British produce and manufacture. They appointed a committee for obtaining a general subscription to such an agreement, and, to extend the confederacy, ordered their resolves to be sent to all the towns in the Pro- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Oct. vince and also to the other Colonies. Hutchinson to [T. Pownall,] 10 Nov. 1767. Bernard to Shelburne, 30 Oct. 1767. It was observable that Otis, heretofore so fervid, on this occasion recommended caution, and warned against giving offence to Great Britain. Bernard to Shelburne, 30 Oct. 1767. Even the twentieth of November passe
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 32: (search)
being in the wrong. The Crown officers in Boston were resolved that instead of concessions, America should suffer new wrongs. The annual election of Councillors, wrote Bernard, Compare also Bernard to the Secretary of State, 12 March, 1768. is the canker worm of the constitution of this government, whose weight cannot be put in the scale against that of the people. To keep the balance even, argued Hutchinson, there is need of aid from the other side of the water. Hutchinson to Thos. Pownall, 23 Feb. 1768. How to induce the British Government to change the Charter, and send over troops was the constant theme of discussion; and it was concerted that the eighteenth of March, the anniversary of the Repeal of the Stamp Act, should be made to further the design. Reports were industriously spread of an intended insurrection on that day; of danger to the Commissioners of the Customs. The Sons of Liberty, on their part, were anxious to preserve order. At day-break the effigy
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 37: (search)
of a ruinous building, belonging to the Province; but its occupants had taken the opinion of the best lawyer, and kept them at bay. Bernard to Hillsborough, 18 Oct. 1768. Bernard next summoned all the acting justices to meet him, and renewed the General's demand for quarters. Not till the barracks are filled, they answered, conforming to the law. Compare Samuel Adams to Dennys De Berdt, Esq., Boston, 3 October, 1768. How absurd and ungrateful, cried Hutchinson. Hutchinson to T. Pownall, 8 Nov. 1768. The clause Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Oct. wrote Gage, is by no means calculated for this coun– try, where every man studies law. Bernard to Hillsborough, 1 Nov. 1768; Gage to Hillsborough, 31 October, 1768. I am now at the end of my tether, said Bernard to his Council, and he asked them to join him in naming a commissary. To join in such appointment, answered the Council, would be an admission that the Province ought to be charged with the expense. The officers themselves co
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 39: (search)
main Chap. XXXIX.} 1769. Jan. objection to Parliamentary authority, by the offer to the colonists of such a plan of representation in the British Parliament, as he knew they must reject; Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, 24 Jan. 1769, and to Gov. Pownall, 29 Jan. 1769. informed against the free constitutions of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island as tending to produce another Congress; From the Draft by Hutchinson. and advised and solicited and importunately demanded such an extensi of January after a delay of many weeks, he asked the House of Commons to agree with the Resolves and Address of the House of Lords. Parliamentary History, XVI. 485, &c. Ms. Letters and Diary of W. S. Johnson; Cavendish Debates, i. 191 &c. Thomas Pownall to S. Cooper, 30 Jan. 1769. T. Whately to Hutchinson, 11 Feb. 1769. No lawyer, said Dowdeswell, will justify them; none but the House of Lords who think only of their dignity, could have originated them. Suppose, said Edmund Burke, you do ca
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 40: (search)
769. The intrepid Calvinist knew the end at which he aimed; but the British Ministry had no system. We have but one word, that is, our sovereignty, wrote Thomas Pownall, describing the opinion of all parties; T. Pownall to Cooper, 22 March, 1769. and it is like some word to a madman, which whenever mentioned throws him intT. Pownall to Cooper, 22 March, 1769. and it is like some word to a madman, which whenever mentioned throws him into his ravings and brings on a paroxysm. The Representation, Chap. XL.} 1769. March therefore, of New-York, though carefully written, was rejected by the House of Commons, because it questioned the right of Parliament to tax America. But this sovereignty being asserted, the Ministry, terrified by the recovery of Chatham which friend, he prepared a scheme to be offered at the coming session of the Virginia House of Burgesses. While the British Ministry was palsied by indecision, Thomas Pownall, the predecessor of Bernard as Governor of Massachusetts, stepped forward in the House of Commons to propose that repeal, by which harmony could be restored.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
on the subject of provincial grants for the support of Government, coupled his new demand of a year's salary with an intimation, that he should give his assent to no Act, which the grant did not precede. The House, having disdainfully rejected his de- July. mand, Answer of the House of Representatives, 4 July, 1769; in Bradford, 180, 181. adopted nearly word for word the three Resolutions of Virginia Bradford's State Papers, 176, 177, and 180. on taxation, Compare S. Cooper to T. Pownall, 12 July, 1769. intercolonial correspondence, and trial by a jury of the vicinage. They also enumerated their grievances, and declared the establishment of a standing army in the Colony, in a time of peace, without consent of its General Assembly, an invasion of the natural and chartered rights of the people. For the troops thus quartered in Boston against the will of the Province, Bernard demanded Message of Bernard, 6 July, 1769; Bradford, 183. the appropriations which the Billeti
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 42: (search)
enville. Hate him, said he to Grattan; I hope you hate him. And it was Grenville's speeches and Grenville's doctrine, that roused Grattan to enter on his great career in Ireland. Grattan's Life of Grattan, i. 135, 136. The laboring people of England, also, in the manufacturing districts, especially in Birmingham, longed to enjoy the abundance and freedom of America, and the ships which refused to take English merchandise might have returned full freighted with skilful artisans. T. Pownall to S. Cooper, 25 Sept. 1769. In the history of the English people, this year marks the establishment of Public Meetings, Albemarle's Rockingham, II. 93. under the lead of Yorkshire. The principle of representation, trampled upon by a venal Parliament, was to be renovated by the influence of voluntary assemblies. The Press, too, came forward with unwonted Chap. XLII.} 1769. Dec. boldness, as the interpreter of public opinion and a legitimate power in the state. Can you conceive, wr
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 43: (search)
s New Year's prayer to Heaven asked deliverance from their presence. Rev. S. Cooper to Gov. Thomas Pownall, 1 Jan. 1770. The Massachusetts Assembly was to meet on the tenth of January, and dis. Determinatus, in Boston Gazette, of 8 January, 1770. The merchants, Dr. Cooper to Gov. Pownall, 30 January, 1770. in pursuance of a vote at a very full meeting, went in a body to the housed. The capitulation was immediately reported to the meeting and accepted. Dr. Cooper to Gov Pownall. Hutchinson to Sir Francis Bernard, and several letters in January. This, said Bernard's fied the Customs' Commissioners of Hutchinson, and he can never recover them. Dr. Cooper to Gov. Pownall, 30 January, 1770. I am a ruined man, said he despondingly to Phillips. I humbly hope, thus Soldiers &c. fired without the least reason to justify so desperate a step. Dr. S. Cooper to Gov. Pownall, 26 March, 1770. 4. No one of the soldiers was hurt, nor was there any of the things. Ch
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 44: (search)
y to succeed, it is in our power to make laws, and so to check the manufactures in America for many years to come. This method I will try, before I will give up my right. Gentlemen talk of the harsh measures pursued by this country towards America. Every session has produced some mark of affection towards her; bounty after bounty; importation of flax; permission to export rice. We are treated as hard task-masters, because we will not give up an undoubted right of the Legislature. Thomas Pownall moved the repeal of the duty on tea also. The House of Commons, like Lord North in his heart, Franklin to Dr. Cooper, 8 June, 1770; Franklin's Works, VII. 475. And compare VII. 467. was disposed to do the work of conciliation thoroughly. It was known that Grenville would not give an adverse vote. Compare Du Chatelet to the Duke of Choiseul, No. 38; 27 Feb. 1770. It is the sober opinion of the Americans, said Mackay, fresh from the military Command in Boston, that you have no rig