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ature, he should play out his part as Governor. In choosing the new House in Massachusetts, many towns, stimulated by the rhapsodies of Otis, Advertisement by Otis, 14 April, 1766. put firm patriots in the places of the doubtful and the timid. Plymouth sent James Warren, the brotherin-law of Otis; and Boston, at the suggestion of Samuel Adams, gave one of its seats to John Hancock, a young merchant of large fortune and a generous nature. At their organization, on the last Wednesday in May, the Representatives elected James Otis their Speaker, and Samuel Adams their Clerk. Otis was still the most influential Member of the House; had long been held in great esteem throughout the province; had been its Delegate to the New-York Congress; and had executed that trust to universal acceptance. John Adams: Diary, 203. Though irritable, he was also placable, and at heart was truly loyal. Bernard ostentatiously Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. negatived the choice. The negative, as unwise
June 3rd (search for this): chapter 2
e till a better temper and understanding shall prevail. The recent election of Councillors is an attack on government in form, and an ill-judged and ill-timed oppugnation of the King's authority. Speech of Governor Bernard to the Council and House of Representatives, 29 May, 1766, in Bradford's Massachusetts State Papers, 74. Concurrently, Rigby, as the leader of the Bedford June. party, Rigby to the Duke of Bedford, 4 June, 1766, in Bedford Correspondence, III. 336. on the third day of June, proposed in the British House of Commons an Address to the King, censuring America for its rebellious disposition, as well as the Ministry for its dilatoriness; pledging Parliament to the coercion of the colonies; and praying that there might be no prorogation till positive assurances should be received from the provincial Governors of the return of the people to obedience. Journal of the House of Commons, XXX. 841. From the ministerial benches Charles Townshend, professing to
June 20th (search for this): chapter 2
own over. Whoever repeats the story of American liberty renews his fame. The time for intercolonial correspondence was not come; but to keep up a fellow-feeling with its own constituents, the House, setting an example to be followed by all representative bodies, opened Vote of the House of 12 June, 1766. a gallery for the public to attend its debates. It also sent a grateful Address to the King, Address to the King, in Brad ford, 91. and voted thanks Vote of Thanks, &c., & c., 20 June. to Pitt and to Grafton; and, among many others, to Conway and Barre, to Camden and Shelburne; to Howard, who had refused to draw his sword against the colonies; to Chesterfield, who left retirement for their relief. But as to compensating the sufferers by the late disturbances, it upheld its right of deliberating freely, and would only pro- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. mise at its next session to act as should then appear just and reasonable. House to the Governor, 25 June—Governor to Ho
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ks, &c., & c., 20 June. to Pitt and to Grafton; and, among many others, to Conway and Barre, to Camden and Shelburne; to Howard, who had refused to draw his sword against the colonies; to Chesterfield, who left retirement for their relief. But as to compensating the sufferers by the late disturbances, it upheld its right of deliberating freely, and would only pro- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. mise at its next session to act as should then appear just and reasonable. House to the Governor, 25 June—Governor to House, 27 June the—House to Governor, 28 June,—all in Bradford. Also, Bernard's Observations, in Prior Documents, 107. Further: Letters from Ber-nard of 29 June, and 19 July, 1766. Connecticut, Gov. Pitkin to Secretary Conway, 4 Aug., 1766. overjoyed at the repeal of the Stamp Act and applauding its connection with Great Britain, elected as its Governor the discreet and patriotic William Pitkin, in place of the loyalist Fitch. The Legislature of South Carolina, retaini<
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Pitt and to Grafton; and, among many others, to Conway and Barre, to Camden and Shelburne; to Howard, who had refused to draw his sword against the colonies; to Chesterfield, who left retirement for their relief. But as to compensating the sufferers by the late disturbances, it upheld its right of deliberating freely, and would only pro- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. mise at its next session to act as should then appear just and reasonable. House to the Governor, 25 June—Governor to House, 27 June the—House to Governor, 28 June,—all in Bradford. Also, Bernard's Observations, in Prior Documents, 107. Further: Letters from Ber-nard of 29 June, and 19 July, 1766. Connecticut, Gov. Pitkin to Secretary Conway, 4 Aug., 1766. overjoyed at the repeal of the Stamp Act and applauding its connection with Great Britain, elected as its Governor the discreet and patriotic William Pitkin, in place of the loyalist Fitch. The Legislature of South Carolina, retaining, like Georgia, Sir Ja<
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many others, to Conway and Barre, to Camden and Shelburne; to Howard, who had refused to draw his sword against the colonies; to Chesterfield, who left retirement for their relief. But as to compensating the sufferers by the late disturbances, it upheld its right of deliberating freely, and would only pro- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. mise at its next session to act as should then appear just and reasonable. House to the Governor, 25 June—Governor to House, 27 June the—House to Governor, 28 June,—all in Bradford. Also, Bernard's Observations, in Prior Documents, 107. Further: Letters from Ber-nard of 29 June, and 19 July, 1766. Connecticut, Gov. Pitkin to Secretary Conway, 4 Aug., 1766. overjoyed at the repeal of the Stamp Act and applauding its connection with Great Britain, elected as its Governor the discreet and patriotic William Pitkin, in place of the loyalist Fitch. The Legislature of South Carolina, retaining, like Georgia, Sir James Wright (nephew to Lord Chan<
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colonies; to Chesterfield, who left retirement for their relief. But as to compensating the sufferers by the late disturbances, it upheld its right of deliberating freely, and would only pro- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. mise at its next session to act as should then appear just and reasonable. House to the Governor, 25 June—Governor to House, 27 June the—House to Governor, 28 June,—all in Bradford. Also, Bernard's Observations, in Prior Documents, 107. Further: Letters from Ber-nard of 29 June, and 19 July, 1766. Connecticut, Gov. Pitkin to Secretary Conway, 4 Aug., 1766. overjoyed at the repeal of the Stamp Act and applauding its connection with Great Britain, elected as its Governor the discreet and patriotic William Pitkin, in place of the loyalist Fitch. The Legislature of South Carolina, retaining, like Georgia, Sir James Wright (nephew to Lord Chancellor, Northington) to the Secretary, 23 July, 1766. its avowed sentiments on internal taxation, marked its loyalty <
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ation. Once, to delay his fall, Rockingham suggested a coalition Duke of Richmond's Journal in Albemarle, i. 349. with the Duke of Bedford. In saloons, female politicians, at their game of loo, divined the ruin of the Ministry, and were zealots for governing the colonies by the hand of power. Rigby to Bedford, in Bedford Cor., 4 June, 1766. In America half suppressed murmurs mingled with the general transport. Arbitrary taxation by Parliament Philalethes in Holt's Gazette, No. 1218, 8 May, 1766. began to be compared with restrictions on industry and trade, and the latter were found to be Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. the more slavish thing of the two, and the more inconsistent with civil liberty. The protesting Lords had affirmed, that if the provinces might refuse obedience to one statute, they might to all,—that there was no abiding place between unconditional universal submission and independence. Alarmed that such an alternative should be forced upon them, the colonis
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of the Stamp Act. The Americans, said the press of Virginia, Gage to Conway, 1766. are hasty in expressing their gratitude, if the repeal of the Stamp Act is not at least a tacit compact that Great Britain will never again tax us; and it advised the different Assemblies, without mentioning the proceedings of Parliament, to enter upon their journals as strong declarations of their own rights as words could express. A British American, Virginia, 20 May, 1766, reprinted in Holt's Gazette, 1226; 3 July, 1766. Compare Moore to the Secretary of State, 11 July, 1766. To the anxious colonies, Boston proposed union as the means of security. While within its own borders it sought the total abolishing of slavery, and encouraged learning, as the support of the constitution and the handmaid of liberty, its representatives Records of the Town of Boston for 26 May, 1766. Boston Gazette, 2 June, 1766; 583, 2, 1. were Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. charged to keep up a constant intercourse
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f America was not suffered to con- Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. tinue long. The King, regarding the rep more extensive than that of Rome; Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. not of three legions, but of whole natioe, and the latter were found to be Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. the more slavish thing of the two, and ttte, 2 June, 1766; 583, 2, 1. were Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. charged to keep up a constant intercoursuly loyal. Bernard ostentatiously Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. negatived the choice. The negative, as to liberty. Samuel Adams to Dennys De Berdt, 1766. The ballot had conformed strictly to the chartn conciliatory—sought to constrain Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. the election of Hutchinson, Oliver, and ament, take all the necessary pre- Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. vious steps for compassing so desirableon of colonies appeared to me in a Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. strong light. Would it not be decorousrtillery; the Fields near the Park Chap. XXV.} 1766. June. were spread for feasting; and a tall ma[6 more...]
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