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November 6th, 1776 AD (search for this): chapter 12
He pledged himself to the House, and to the Public, that while he had a leg to stand on, he would come down day after day to express the most marked abhorrence of the measures hitherto pursued, and meant to be adhered to in respect to America. In the Commons, on the same night, Mr. Fox said: The noble Lord who moved the amendment, said that we were in the dilemma of conquering or abandoning America; if we are reduced to that, I am for abandoning America. In the Commons, Nov. 6th, 1776, Mr. Burke said: You simply tell the Colonists to lay down their arms, and then you will do just as you please. Could the most cruel conqueror say less? Had you conquered the devil himself in hell, could you be less liberal? No! In the Commons, Feb. 18th, 1777, Col. Barre said: America must be reclaimed, not conquered or subdued. Conciliation or concession are the only sure means of either gaining or retaining America. In the Commons, May 14th, 1777, another debate
November 4th, 1846 AD (search for this): chapter 12
Viii. Ten days later—Nov. 4, 1846—on the eve of the Congressional Election, at a meeting in the Tremont Temple to advance the cause of the Election of Dr. Howe in opposition to Mr. Winthrop, the regular Whig candidate, Mr. Sumner made one of his most effective speeches, in which he said: When in the month of July, 1830, the people of Paris rose against the arbitrary ordinances of Charles X., and, after three days of bloody combat, succeeded in that Revolution, by virtue of which the Dynasty of Orleans now occupies the throne of France, Lafayette, votary of Liberty in two hemispheres, placing himself at the head of the movement, on the second day, walked from his residence to the City Hall, through streets impassable to carriages, filled with barricades, and strewn with the wrecks of war. Moving along with a thin attendance, he was unexpectedly joined by a gallant Bostonian, who, though young in life, was already eminent by seven years of disinterested service in the struggle f
April 24th, 1776 AD (search for this): chapter 12
ounded on oppression, and that if I was in America, I should resist to the last such manifest exertion of tyranny, violence, and injustice. In another debate in the Commons, Dec. 8th, 1785, Mr. Fox said: I have always said that the war carrying on against America is unjust. In the Commons, March 11th, 1776, Col. Barre, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fox, all vied in eulogies upon General Montgomery, the account of whose death before Quebec had arrived some days before. In the Commons, April 24th, 1776, a debate arose on the Budget, containing resolutions to raise taxes to carry on the war against America. Mr. Fox then said: To the resolutions he should give a flat negative, and that not because of any particular objection to the taxes proposed (although it might be a sufficient ground for urging many) but because he could not conscientiously agree to grant any money for so destructive, so ignoble a purpose as the carrying on a war commenced unjustly, and supported with no othe
November 15th, 1775 AD (search for this): chapter 12
ld not be easy in my own mind, without entering the strongest and most public protestations against measures which appear to me to be fraught with the destruction of this mighty Empire. I wash my hands of the blood of my fellow-subjects; and shall at least have this satisfaction, amidst the impending calamities of the public, not only to think that I have contributed to, but that I have done all in my power to oppose and avert the ruin of my country. In another debate in the Lords, Nov. 15th, 1775, that strenuous friend of freedom, and upholder of Whig principles, Lord Camden. said: Peace is still within our power; nay, we can command it. A suspension of arms on our part, if adopted in time, will secure it for us; and I may add on our own terms. From which it is plain, as we have been the original aggressors in this business, if we obstinately persist, we are fairly answerable for all the consequences. I again repeat, what I often urged before, that I was against this unn
May 14th, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 12
In the Commons, Nov. 6th, 1776, Mr. Burke said: You simply tell the Colonists to lay down their arms, and then you will do just as you please. Could the most cruel conqueror say less? Had you conquered the devil himself in hell, could you be less liberal? No! In the Commons, Feb. 18th, 1777, Col. Barre said: America must be reclaimed, not conquered or subdued. Conciliation or concession are the only sure means of either gaining or retaining America. In the Commons, May 14th, 1777, another debate occurred on the Budget, in the course of which Mr. Burke said: He was and ever would be ready to support a just war, whether against subjects or alien enemies; but where justice, or a color of justice, was wanting, he should ever be the first to oppose it. In the Lords, May 28th, 1777, Lord Chatham brought forward a motion to put a stop to American hostilities, and said: We have tried for unconditional submission; try what can be gained by unconditional r
December 8th, 1785 AD (search for this): chapter 12
driven by cruel necessity to defend her right, from the united attacks of violence, oppression, and injustice. I contend that America has been indisputably aggrieved. * * * I must still think, and shall uniformly continue to assert, that Great Britain has been the aggressor; that most, if not all, the acts were founded on oppression, and that if I was in America, I should resist to the last such manifest exertion of tyranny, violence, and injustice. In another debate in the Commons, Dec. 8th, 1785, Mr. Fox said: I have always said that the war carrying on against America is unjust. In the Commons, March 11th, 1776, Col. Barre, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fox, all vied in eulogies upon General Montgomery, the account of whose death before Quebec had arrived some days before. In the Commons, April 24th, 1776, a debate arose on the Budget, containing resolutions to raise taxes to carry on the war against America. Mr. Fox then said: To the resolutions he should give a flat neg
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