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Horace Walpole (search for this): chapter 5
Gov. Sharpe, 20 Feb. 1767. A week later, Camden, who had pledged himself to maintain to his last hour, that Taxation and Representation are inseparable, that Taxation without Representation is a robbery, seized the occasion to proclaim as loudly, that his doubt respecting the right of Parliament to tax America, was removed by the declaration of Parliament itself; and that its authority must be Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. maintained. Garth to the Committee of South Carolina, 12 March 1767; Walpole, II. 418. By this time the friends of Grenville, of Bedford and of Rockingham, men the most imbittered against each other by former contests, and the most opposite in character and tendencies, were ready to combine to aim a deadly blow at the existing Ministry, whatever might be the consequence of its destruction. Compare Grenville in his Diary, Papers, IV. 214. During the war, and ever since, the land-tax had been at the nominal rate of four shillings in the pound, in reality at but
Charles Townshend (search for this): chapter 5
by the Mosaic Opposition. January—March, 1767. The day after Townshend braved his colleagues Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Jan. the Legislature ohat. Corr. III. 191; S. Sayre to J. Reed, 3 Sept. 1766. with Charles Townshend, had sent a very temperate Petition, Prior Documents, 165.ade, and freedom from all subordination and dependence. Besides; Townshend, whom Chatham had thrice Chatham to Grafton, 7 Dec. 1766, Ms.;b. 9. The third letter of Chatham to Grafton, in which he calls C. Townshend incurable, is a letter really dated 9 Feb. 1767. See Grafton's am rose from his bed, and ill as he was, hastened to London. Charles Townshend was warm in the sunshine of majesty; Trecothick in Cavendind Lord North was invited to become Chancellor of the Exchequer. Townshend knew well what was passing; Shelburne to Chatham, 13 March 176 endure no more. We cannot remain in office together; said he of Townshend, and he asked the Duke of Grafton himself to call the next Counci
C. Townshend (search for this): chapter 5
nst Chatham, whom no one rose to defend. Rigby, stinging the self-love of the Ministers, reproached them with being but the servile instruments of their absent chief; incapable of acting but on orders from his lips. To prove his independence, Townshend explained his own system for America, and openly combated Chatham's of the year before. Compare Guerchy to Choiseul, 20 Feb. 1767. I would govern the Americans, said he, as subjects of Great Britain. I would restrain their trade and their menville Papers, IV. 212, with Sir Geo. Saville to Rockingham in Albemarle's Rockingham, II. 41. The ancient whig Connection, which had ruled England so long and still claimed to represent the party of Liberty, by creating an apparent excuse for Townshend's system of American taxes, only doomed itself more surely to a fruitless opposition. For so small a benefit, as a reduction on but one year's rental of nine farthings in the pound, and for a barren parliamentary triumph, it compromised its pr
Chatham (Canada) (search for this): chapter 5
s well as secure the public magazines. For Chatham, who wished to keep the affections of the col 7, 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 193; Shelburne to Chatham, Feb. in Chat. Corr. III. 186. and between hed to purposes of oppression. Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767, and 16 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. alk a great deal about America; Bristol to Chatham, 9 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 199. and he tby the public to be at stake; Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 207, 209. andesides; Townshend, whom Chatham had thrice Chatham to Grafton, 7 Dec. 1766, Ms.; Chatham to GrafChatham to Grafton, 23 Jan. 1767. This letter is printed in the Chat. Corr. III. 200, with the erroneous date ofWalpole's Memoirs II. 417; Compare Grafton to Chatham, 13 March 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 233. None h Feb. 1767, in Albemarle, II. 430; Grafton to Chatham, 28 Feb.; King to Chatham, 3 March. Dowdeswelcould be named. This was a new humiliation. Chatham saw his adversary exposed defenceless to his [16 more...]
Ticonderoga (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
Assembly. Gage to Shelburne, 20 Feb. 1767, and accompanying papers; Prior Documents, 130, &c. The Crown Officers in the Colonies busied themselves with schemes to check every aspiration after Independence. Carlton, the able Governor of Canada, advised against granting legislative immunities to its people. Compare Carlton to Shelburne, 20 Jan. 1768. The more he considered the state of affairs, the more he was convinced, that it was indispensably necessary to keep Crown Point and Ticonderoga in good repair; to have a citadel and place of Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. arms in New-York, as well as a citadel in Quebec; and to link the two provinces so strongly together, that on the commencement of an outbreak, ten or fifteen thousand men could be moved without delay from the one to the other, or to any part of the continent. No pains, no address, no expense, he insisted, Carlton to Gage, Quebec, 15 Feb. 1766; compare Shelburne to the Board of Trade, 5 Oct. 1767. would be too gr
Chatham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
Chapter 28: The British aristocracy reduce their own taxes—defeat of Chatham's Administration by the Mosaic Opposition. January—March, 1767. The day after Townshend braved his colleagues Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Jan. the Legislature of Massachusetts convened. Hutchinson, having received his compensation as a sufferer by the riots, restrained his ambition no longer, and took a seat in the Council as though it of right belonged to the Lieutenant Governor. Bernard to Secretary of State, 7 Feb. 1767, and 21 Feb. 1767. The House resented the lust of power, manifested by his intrusion into an elective body of which he had not been chosen a member. Answer of the House, 31 Jan. 1767, in Bradford, 104; and Letter from the House to Dennys De Berdt, 16 March, 1767 The Council, by a unanimous vote, denied his pretensions. The language of the Charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt; Opinion of the Attorney General in England, cited in a Minute relative to Massachusetts Bay
Bristol (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 5
Compare Secretary Calvert to Lieut. Gov. Sharpe, June, 1763. that the Colonies shared in the licentious- Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. ness of opinion, which he thought was infusing itself into all orders of men; and that a due obedience and submission to law must in all cases go before the removal of grievances. Otherwise, said he, we shall soon be no better than the savages. King to Conway, 20 Sept. 1766, 8 minutes past 9 P. M. He was now accustomed to talk a great deal about America; Bristol to Chatham, 9 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 199. and he told Shelburne plainly that the Billeting Act should be enforced; though he declined to suggest the mode. Besides; the dependence of the Colonies was believed by the public to be at stake; Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 207, 209. and New-York underwent the imputation of rebellion. Shelburne to Chatham, Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 187. The difficulties that beset Shelburne were infinitely increased by th
Madrid (Spain) (search for this): chapter 5
would no longer defer breaking the peace of which they began to number the days. Spain was resolved not to pay the Manilla ransom, was planning how to drive the English from the Chap Xxviii} 1767. Feb. Falkland Islands, and called on France to prepare to go to war in two years; for Spain said Grimaldi, cannot longer postpone inflicting chastisement on English insolence. The Marquis de Grimaldi to Prince Masserano, 20 Jan. 1767; De Guerchy at London to Choiseul, 12 Feb. 1767; D'Ossun at Madrid to Choiseul, 24 Jan. 1767. Compare Choiseul to De Guerchy of 2 Jan., and Choiseul to D'Ossun, 27 Jan. 1767. This is the rhodomontade of a Don Quixote, said the French Minister, and Choiseul kept the guidance of affairs in his own hand, and for the time was resolved not to disturb the peace. Executive moderation might still have saved England from a conflict. Undismayed by the disorder in the cabinet, the ill health of Chatham, the factions in a corrupt Parliament, or the unpromising asp
Vermont (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
American Episcopate, lest ecclesiastical courts should follow; Shelburne expressed his opinion openly, that there was no manner of occasion for American Bishops. Rev. Dr. Johnson to Sir William Johnson, 6 July, 1767. He reprobated the political dependence of the judges in the Colonies; and advised that their commissions should conform to the precedent in England. Garth to South Carolina, 12 March, 1767. Compare Sir Henry Moore to Shelburne, 1 Feb. 1767. The grants of lands in Vermont under the seal of New Hampshire, he ordered to be confirmed, and this decision was not less wise than just. Shelburne to Moore, 11 April, 1767. Massachusetts and New-York had a controversy about limits, which had led to disputed land-titles and bloodshed on the border; instead of keeping the question open as a means of setting one Colony against another, he directed that it should be definitively settled; and Massachusetts did not scruple to place Hutchinson at the head of its bound
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
he judges in the Colonies; and advised that their commissions should conform to the precedent in England. Garth to South Carolina, 12 March, 1767. Compare Sir Henry Moore to Shelburne, 1 Feb. 1767. The grants of lands in Vermont under the seaeasier exchange of products with the West Indies. W. S. Johnson's Journal, Monday, 16 Feb. 1767; Garth to Committee of S. C., 12 March, 1767. The reasonable request provoked universal dislike; Grenville and his friends appealed to it as fresh evican duty. W. S. Johnson to Jared Ingersoll, 18 Feb. 1767; Charlemont to Flood, 19 Feb. 1767; Garth to Committee of South Carolina, 12 March, 1767; Walpole's Memoirs II. 417; Compare Grafton to Chatham, 13 March 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 233. None he Parliament itself; and that its authority must be Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. maintained. Garth to the Committee of South Carolina, 12 March 1767; Walpole, II. 418. By this time the friends of Grenville, of Bedford and of Rockingham, men the mo
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