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rave fellows, they would produce in the field at least two hundred thousand; the more the better; the easier would be the conquest. At the siege of Louisburg. Sir Peter Warren found what egregious cowards they were. Believe me, my lords, the very sound of a cannon would send them off, as fast as their feet could carry them. He then abused the Americans for not paying their debts, and ascribed their associations to a desire to defraud their creditors. It is memorable, that when on the twenty-first, the debate was renewed and the bill passed, both Rockingham and Shelburne, the heads of the old whigs, and the new, inserted in their protest against the act, that the people of New England are especially entitled to the fisheries. Franklin, as he heard the insinuations of Sandwich against the honesty of his countrymen, turned on his heel in wrath; nothing was left for him but to go home where duty called him. The French minister, who revered his supreme ability, sought with him one l
March (search for this): chapter 25
fe between the citizens and sol- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. diers at Boston, Lord Howe at London broke off negotf the lame, the blind, the sick, Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. and the sorrowful. He could breathe a sigh of tendeed, that they were condemned un- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. heard, he asserted, there is no need of a trial; no mericans were increasing in num- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. bers, wealth, and love of freedom; This talk, said he so despotic as the republican; Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. no subjects are governed in so arbitrary a manner asouse of lords, Camden, on the sixteenth Mar. 16. of March, took the occasion of the motion to commit the bill precedent cheered Franklin as a Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. prediction. But then, subjoined Garnier, they have embarked for Philadelphia. What Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. tidings were to greet his landing He has left witplayed by him in his intercourse Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. with the British government has, in its way, never b
March 2nd (search for this): chapter 25
uinary civil war did not confuse his perceptions or impair his decision. Neither Chatham, nor Rockingham, nor Burke, blamed Franklin for renouncing allegiance; and we shall see Fox once more claim his friendship, and Shelburne and the younger Pitt rest upon him with the confidence which he deserved. He went home to the work of independence, and, through independence, of peace. He was sailing out of the British channel with a fair wind and a smooth sea, when on the twenty- Mar. 22. second of March, on occasion of the bill prohibiting New England from the fisheries, Edmund Burke, for the vindication of his party, but with no hope of success, brought forward in the house of commons resolutions for conciliation. Beyond all others, he had asserted the right of parliament to tax America; and he could not wholly justify its uprising. He began, therefore, with censuring parliament for its many inconsistencies in its legislation on the subject; and Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. then en
March 16th (search for this): chapter 25
Wesley listened with timid trembling, as to the fearful bursting of the floodgates of revolution; and he knew not, that God was doing a work, which should lead the nations of the earth to joy. In the house of lords, Camden, on the sixteenth Mar. 16. of March, took the occasion of the motion to commit the bill depriving New England of the fisheries, to reply not to ministers only, but to their pensioned apologist, in a speech which was admired in England, and gained applause of Vergennes. He justified the union of the Americans, and refuted the suggestion that New York was or could be detached from it. By the extent of America, the numbers of its people, their solid, firm, and indissoluble agreement Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 16. on the great basis of liberty and justice, and the want of men and money on the part of England, he proved that England could not but fail in her attempt at coercion, and that the ultimate independence of America was inevitable. I cannot think him serio
March 22nd (search for this): chapter 25
of the British channel with a fair wind and a smooth sea, when on the twenty- Mar. 22. second of March, on occasion of the bill prohibiting New England from the fisny inconsistencies in its legislation on the subject; and Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. then entered upon a splendid eulogy of the colonies, whose rapid growth from isheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils. Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dextto an interest in the constitution. A revenue from Amer- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. You never can receive it, no, not a shilling. For all service, whether of re you the wealth of the world. Deny them this participation Chap XXIV} 1775. Mar. 22. of freedom, and you break the unity of the empire. It is the spirit of the Emoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the human Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. race. For three hours, Burke was heard with attention; but after a reply
1775 AD (search for this): chapter 25
of the lame, the blind, the sick, Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. and the sorrowful. He could breathe a siAmericans were increasing in num- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. bers, wealth, and love of freedom; This tre so despotic as the republican; Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. no subjects are governed in so arbitrary firm, and indissoluble agreement Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 16. on the great basis of liberty and juse precedent cheered Franklin as a Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. prediction. But then, subjoined Garnier, embarked for Philadelphia. What Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. tidings were to greet his landing He hsplayed by him in his intercourse Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. with the British government has, in its wat is not witness to their toils. Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nstitution. A revenue from Amer- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. You never can receive it, no, not a sumber, the happiness of the human Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. race. For three hours, Burke was [4 more...]
March, 1775 AD (search for this): chapter 25
Chapter 24: Public opinion in England. March, 1775. during this angry strife between the citizens and sol- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. diers at Boston, Lord Howe at London broke off negotiations with Franklin, and the ministry used the pen of Samuel Johnson, to inflame the public mind. Johnson was a poor man's son, and had himself tasted the bitter cup of extreme indigence. His father left no more than twenty pounds. To bury his mother and pay her little debts, he had composed Rasselas. For years he had gained a precarious support as an author. He had paced the streets of London all night long, from not having where to lay his head; he had escaped a prison for a trifle he owed by beg ging an alms of Richardson, had broken his bread with poverty, and had even known what it is from sheer want to go without a dinner, preserving through all his sufferings the unbending spirit of rugged independence. His name was venerable wherever the English was spoken, by his full display
Amer (search for this): chapter 25
m all these causes a fierce spirit of liberty has grown up. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to prosecute that spirit as criminal; to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right, or grant as matter of favor, is to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the constitution. A revenue from Amer- Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. You never can receive it, no, not a shilling. For all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, mytrust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your go
Edmund Burke (search for this): chapter 25
e of Orange. A large part of his last day in London, Franklin passed with Edmund Burke, and however much he may have been soured and exasperated by wrongs and insutwo act together once more? When will an age again furnish minds like theirs? Burke revered Franklin to the last, foretold the steady brightening of his fame; and pleasing hope of ultimate peace. On the morning after his conversation with Burke, Franklin posted to Portsmouth with all speed, and before his departure from Loe his perceptions or impair his decision. Neither Chatham, nor Rockingham, nor Burke, blamed Franklin for renouncing allegiance; and we shall see Fox once more claif March, on occasion of the bill prohibiting New England from the fisheries, Edmund Burke, for the vindication of his party, but with no hope of success, brought forw happiness of the human Chap. XXIV.} 1775. Mar. 22. race. For three hours, Burke was heard with attention; but after a reply by Jenkinson, his deep wisdom was s
Chatham (search for this): chapter 25
ver shunned responsibility, and never assumed too much. In every instance, his answers to the ministry and their emissaries, were those which the voice of America would have dictated, could he have taken her counsel. In him is discerned no deficiency and no excess. Full of feeling, even to passion, he observed, and reasoned, and spoke serenely. Of all men, he was a friend to peace; but the terrors of a sanguinary civil war did not confuse his perceptions or impair his decision. Neither Chatham, nor Rockingham, nor Burke, blamed Franklin for renouncing allegiance; and we shall see Fox once more claim his friendship, and Shelburne and the younger Pitt rest upon him with the confidence which he deserved. He went home to the work of independence, and, through independence, of peace. He was sailing out of the British channel with a fair wind and a smooth sea, when on the twenty- Mar. 22. second of March, on occasion of the bill prohibiting New England from the fisheries, Edmund B
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