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Boston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
y cannon. Journal of an Officer. King's Lib. Ms. 213. There the authority of the British government was concentrated in the hands of Gage, the general, whose military powers, as ample as those of a Viceroy, extended over all the colonies, and who was extremely exasperated N. Rogers to Hutchinson, N. Y. 16 Sept. 1765. at the course of events, as well in New-York as Massachusetts. But he was at a loss what to do. Besides, the officers of government had no confidence in one another. In Boston, Gage was not esteemed a man of capacity; and he, in his turn, thought Bernard pusillanimous. At New-York, he called upon the civil power to exert itself more efficiently. All civil authority is at an end, Colden to Gage, 2 Sept. 1765. answered Colden; the presence of a battalion is the only way to prevent mischief. It will be more safe for the government, interposed the Council Advice of Counsel to Colden, 7 Sept. of the province of New-York, to show a confidence in the people.
Hutchinson (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ince, and Headquarters of the standing forces in America; having a septennial assembly, a royal council, ships of war anchored near its wharfs, and within the town itself a fort, mounting many heavy cannon. Journal of an Officer. King's Lib. Ms. 213. There the authority of the British government was concentrated in the hands of Gage, the general, whose military powers, as ample as those of a Viceroy, extended over all the colonies, and who was extremely exasperated N. Rogers to Hutchinson, N. Y. 16 Sept. 1765. at the course of events, as well in New-York as Massachusetts. But he was at a loss what to do. Besides, the officers of government had no confidence in one another. In Boston, Gage was not esteemed a man of capacity; and he, in his turn, thought Bernard pusillanimous. At New-York, he called upon the civil power to exert itself more efficiently. All civil authority is at an end, Colden to Gage, 2 Sept. 1765. answered Colden; the presence of a battalion is the only
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ut only in a constitutional way, through its own assembly. Next in time, but first in the explicit declaration of rights, the Assembly of Rhode Island not only joined the union, but unanimously directed all the officers of the colony to proceed in all their duties as usual, without regard to the Stamp Act, and engaged chap XVII.} 1765. Sept. to indemnify them and save them harmless. In the same month, Delaware, by the spontaneous act of the representatives of each of its counties; Connecticut, with the calm approval of its assembly; Maryland, trusting in the express language of its charter, and by the earnest patriotism of its inhabitants, obtaining the consent of every branch of its legislature,—successively elected delegates to the general American Congress. In Massachusetts, Boston, under the guidance of Samuel Adams, set the example to other towns, and in his words denounced to its representatives the Stamp Act, and its Courts of Admiralty, as contrary to the British co
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
l our countrymen, and all their posterity, without the utmost agonies of heart, and many tears. Such were the genuine sentiments of New England, uttered by John Adams, in words which, in part, were promptly laid before the king in council In Maryland, Daniel Dulany, an able lawyer, not surpassed in ability by any of the crown lawyers in the House of Commons, a patriot councillor, inclined to serve the people, discussed the propriety of the Stamp Act, not before America only, but seeking audiStamp Act, and engaged chap XVII.} 1765. Sept. to indemnify them and save them harmless. In the same month, Delaware, by the spontaneous act of the representatives of each of its counties; Connecticut, with the calm approval of its assembly; Maryland, trusting in the express language of its charter, and by the earnest patriotism of its inhabitants, obtaining the consent of every branch of its legislature,—successively elected delegates to the general American Congress. In Massachusetts, B
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
e a necessary incitement to industry, and for many cogent reasons will prove ineffectual. Our courts of judicature, he added, must inevitably be shut up; and if so, the merchants of Great Britain will not be among the last to wish for its repeal. Enlightened by discussions, towns, and legislatures, as opportunity offered, made their declaration of rights, following one another like a chime of bells, and preparing the public mind for the union of the continent. In the infant colony of Georgia, all feeble as it was, the great majority of the representatives, at the instance of their speaker, against the will of the governor, came together on Monday, the second of September, and though they doubted their power, at such a voluntary meeting, to elect delegates to the Congress, they sent an express messenger to New-York to promise their adhesion to its results; for, said they, no people, as individuals, can more warmly espouse the common cause than do the people of this province.
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 17
a native American, who cannot read and write, is as rare an appearance as a comet or an earthquake. There seems to be a direct and formal design on foot in Great Britain, to enslave all America. Be it chap. XVII.} 1765. Sept. remembered, Liberty must at all hazards be defended. Rulers are no more than attorneys, agents, and edents of the previous legislation of the British parliament; that they were equally against the precedents of legislation for Ireland, which was as subject to Great Britain as were the colonies; that they were against the judgment of former British ministers, whose requisitions for revenue were uniformly transmitted to the coloniet to industry, and for many cogent reasons will prove ineffectual. Our courts of judicature, he added, must inevitably be shut up; and if so, the merchants of Great Britain will not be among the last to wish for its repeal. Enlightened by discussions, towns, and legislatures, as opportunity offered, made their declaration of ri
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
cognised the indispensable duty to grant requisite aids cheerfully and liberally, but only in a constitutional way, through its own assembly. Next in time, but first in the explicit declaration of rights, the Assembly of Rhode Island not only joined the union, but unanimously directed all the officers of the colony to proceed in all their duties as usual, without regard to the Stamp Act, and engaged chap XVII.} 1765. Sept. to indemnify them and save them harmless. In the same month, Delaware, by the spontaneous act of the representatives of each of its counties; Connecticut, with the calm approval of its assembly; Maryland, trusting in the express language of its charter, and by the earnest patriotism of its inhabitants, obtaining the consent of every branch of its legislature,—successively elected delegates to the general American Congress. In Massachusetts, Boston, under the guidance of Samuel Adams, set the example to other towns, and in his words denounced to its represe
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
inst Magna Charta is for that reason void. In a more solemn tone, the convictions and purposes of America found utterance through the press. John Adams, of Massachusetts, a fiery Protestant, claiming intellectual freedom as the birthright of man, at once didactic and impetuous, obeying the impulses of a heart that burned for hipatriotism of its inhabitants, obtaining the consent of every branch of its legislature,—successively elected delegates to the general American Congress. In Massachusetts, Boston, under the guidance of Samuel Adams, set the example to other towns, and in his words denounced to its representatives the Stamp Act, and its Courts ofended over all the colonies, and who was extremely exasperated N. Rogers to Hutchinson, N. Y. 16 Sept. 1765. at the course of events, as well in New-York as Massachusetts. But he was at a loss what to do. Besides, the officers of government had no confidence in one another. In Boston, Gage was not esteemed a man of capacity; a
Braintree (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
anch of its legislature,—successively elected delegates to the general American Congress. In Massachusetts, Boston, under the guidance of Samuel Adams, set the example to other towns, and in his words denounced to its representatives the Stamp Act, and its Courts of Admiralty, as contrary to the British constitution, to the charter of the province, and to the common rights of mankind; and built the warmest expectations on the union of the colonies in Congress. A week later, the town of Braintree, led by John Adams, declared the most grievous innovation of all to be, the extension of the power of Courts of Admiralty; in which one judge presided alone, and, without juries, decided the law and the fact; holding his office during the pleasure of the king, and establishing that most mischievous of all customs, the taking of commissions on all condemnations. To the Legislature which convened on the twenty-fifth, Bernard attempted to draw a frightful picture of the general outlawry an
Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
eading, not for truths pregnant with independence, but for exemption from taxes imposed without consent; promoting repeal, but beating back revolution. His opinions were thought to have moulded those of William Pitt, by whom they were publicly Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1765: The American pamphlet, to which your lordship did so much honor last session. noticed with great honor; and they widely prevailed in America. This unconstitutional method of taxation, observed Washington, at Mount Vernon, of the Stamp Act, is a direful attack upon the liberties of the colonies, chap. XVII.} 1765. Sept. will be a necessary incitement to industry, and for many cogent reasons will prove ineffectual. Our courts of judicature, he added, must inevitably be shut up; and if so, the merchants of Great Britain will not be among the last to wish for its repeal. Enlightened by discussions, towns, and legislatures, as opportunity offered, made their declaration of rights, following one another l
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