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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., The crisis (search)
co-operate with persons of such narrow views in government. But I hope and expect otherwise, trusting that I shall be an instrument among them of preparing a new system. Manuscript Report of the Conclusion of Townshend's Speech, in my possession. The manuscript appears to me to be in the hand writing of Moffat of Rhode Island, and was obtained from among the papers of the late George Chalmers, after their sale. Rigby was ably supported by Lord North and Thurlow; and especially by Wedderburn, who railed mercilessly at the Ministers, in a mixed strain of wit, oratory, and abuse; Rigby to Bedford, 4 June, 1766. so that, notwithstanding a spirited speech from Conway, and a negative to the motion without a division, their helplessness stood exposed. America was taken out of their control and made the sport of faction. The very same day on which Townshend proclaimed a war of extermination against American Charters, similar threats were uttered at Boston. In communicating th
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 29: (search)
iver, Oliver to T. Whately, 7 May, 1767. with perseverance equalled only by their duplicity, sought to increase their emoluments, to free themselves from their dependence on the people for a necessary support, and to consolidate their authority by the presence of a small standing army. The opinions of Hutchinson were of peculiar importance, for while he assented to Bernard's views, and was forming relations with Israel Mauduit and Whately, and through them with Jenkinson, Grenville and Wedderburn, his plausible letters to Richard Jackson had so imposed upon the more liberal statesmen of England, that they looked forward with hope to his appointment as Bernard's successor. We are arrived at the last moment in American affairs, when revolution might still have been easily postponed; and must pause to ask after the points in issue. As yet they were trifling. The late solemn deliberation of the Peers was but a frivolous caviling on the form of a royal veto. The papers are many
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 44: (search)
ontradictory measures that had been pursued since his friends had been dismissed, but carefully avoiding any indication of the policy which the party in power should adopt. W. S. Johnson to Gov. Trumbull, 21 May, 1770. Burke was supported by Wedderburn, who equally had no measures to propose. Nothing, said he, offers itself but despair. Lord Hillsborough is unfit for his office. The nation suffers by his continuance. The people have a right tosay, they will not be under the authority of teat themselves; questioned the veracity of Wedderburn; and treated the ill-cemented coalition, as having no plan beyond the removal of the present Ministers. God forgive the noble Lord for the idea of there being a plan to remove him, retorted Wedderburn; I know no man of honor and respectability, who would undertake to Chap XLIV.} 1770. May. do the duties of the situation. The Opposition was plainly factious; and the resolutions which only censured the past were defeated by a vote of mor
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 46: (search)
rty and the Court, and even though he himself was never again to be intrusted with the conduct of affairs. The cause of royalty was, for the time, triumphant in the cabinets; and had America then risen, she would have found no friends to cheer her on. At the same time the British Ministry attracted to itself that part of the Opposition which was composed of Grenville's friends. Now that he was no more, Suffolk became Secretary of State, instead of Weymouth; and Thurlow being promoted, Wedderburn, whose credit for veracity Lord North so lately impeached, and who in his turn had denied to that Minister honor and respectability,—refused to go upon a forlorn hope; and with unblushing effrontery, leased his powers of eloquence to the Government in return for the office of Solicitor General. King to Lord North, 19 Dec. 1770. By these arrangements Lord North obtained twelve new votes. Frances to the Duke de Lavrilliere, interim Minister for Foreign Affairs 12 January, 1771. But
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 47: (search)
aryland congratulated Hillsborough, on the return of confidence and harmony. Robert Eden to Hillsborough, 4 August, 1771. The people, thus Johnson, the Agent of Connecticut wrote after his return home, appear to be weary of their altercations with the Mother Country; a little discreet conduct on both sides, would perfectly reestablish that warm affection and respect towards Great Britain, for which this country was once so Chap. XLVII.} 1771. Sept. Remarkable. W. S. Johnson to Alexander Wedderburn, 25 Oct. 1771. Hutchinson, too, reported a disposition in all the Colonies to let the controversy with the kingdom subside. Hutchinson to Gov Pownall, 14 October, 1771. The King sent word to tempt Hancock by marks of favor. Hancock and most of the party, said the Governor, are quiet; and all of them, except Adams, abate of their virulence. Adams would push the Continent into a rebellion to-morrow, if it was in his power. Hutchinson to John Pownall, Secretary to the Board o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
ey must, they will, in a little time issue in the total dissolution of the union between the mother country and Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Dec. the Colonies. Votes and Resolves of Pembroke, 28 December, 1772, in Journals of C. C. i. 44. Compare Wedderburn on Pembroke, in his speech against Franklin. And in a louder tone the freemen of Gloucester, accustomed to thoughts as free as the ocean which dashes on their bold shore, and brave as became men who from childhood had in their small fishing boaed, wrote Hutchinson plaintively; Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 8 Dec. 1772, and to John Pownall, Remembrancer, 1776, II. 60. and he called for aid from Parliament. But the excitement increased still more, when it became known, that Thurlow and Wedderburn had reported the burning of the Gaspee to be a crime of a much deeper dye than piracy, Dartmouth to Hutchinson, 4 Sept. 1772. Same to Wanton, Governor of Rhode Island, 4 September, 1772. and that the King, by the advice of his Privy Council
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
men of Boston and the neighboring towns to meet at the same time and place as witnesses. Handbills posted up the 2d and 3d of November, 1773. On the appointed day, a large flag was hung out on the pole at Liberty Tree; the bells in the Meetinghouses were rung from eleven till noon. Adams, Hancock and Phillips, three of the four Representatives of the town of Boston, the Selectmen, and William Cooper the Town Clerk, Abstract of the Correspondence from America, made by Thurlow and Wedderburn. with about five hundred more, gathered round the spot. As the consignees did not make their appearance, the Assembly, appointing Molineux, Warren and others a Committee, marched into State Street to the warehouse of Richard Clarke, where all the consignees were assembled. Molineux presented himself for a parley. From whom are you a Committee? asked Clarke. From the whole people. Who are the Committee Nothing is now to be kept secret, replied Molineux; I am one, and he named all the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 51: (search)
1774. Jan. Massachusetts, and Mauduit, with Wedderburn, for Hutchinson and Oliver, appeared before mong his papers for proofs of Treason; while Wedderburn openly professed the intention to inveigh peuduit, the old adviser of She Stamp Tax; and Wedderburn the Solicitor General. It was a day of greaion that Hutchinson ought to be superseded. Wedderburn changed the issue, as if Franklin were on tr, but disapproved by the Secretary of State; Wedderburn pronounced it a masterly one, which had stunnction of secrecy with regard to the sender; Wedderburn maintained that they were sent anonymously ay witnesses are: The pamphlet of Mauduit and Wedderburn; Franklin's Report as Agent to his Constitueoffered through their Agent. Franklin and Wedderburn parted; the one to spread the celestial fire throughout the world as his eulogists; when Wedderburn died, there was no man to mourn; no senate swas read, embodying the vile insinuations of Wedderburn; and the Petition which Franklin had present[2 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 52: (search)
xemplary punishment. But after laborious examinations before the Privy Council, and the close attention of Thurlow and Wedderburn, it appeared that British law and the British Constitution set bounds to the anger of the Government, which gave the fihe good temper with which the subject had been discussed, and refused to make any opposition The leading question, said Wedderburn, who bore the principal part in the debate, is the dependence or independence of America. The Address was adopted withnd; I see their propriety, Chap. LII.} 1774. March and wish to adopt them; and the House directed North, Thurlow, and Wedderburn to prepare and bring in a bill accordingly. On the twenty-ninth of March, the Boston Port Bill underwent in the Housssion. He was directed to shut the port of Boston, and having as a part of his instructions the opinion of Thurlow and Wedderburn that acts of High Treason had been committed there, he was directed to take measures for bringing the ringleaders to co