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Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
se the existence of a Catholic in Ireland, from political considerations sanctioned on the Saint Chap. LII.} 1774. April. Lawrence the free exercise of the religion of the Church of Rome, and confirmed to the clergy of that Church their accustomed dues and rights. So far the act was merciful; but it extended the boundaries of the Government to the Ohio and the Mississippi, and over he vast region, which included, besides Canada, the area of the present States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin, it decreed an arbitrary rule. The establishment of Colonies on principles of liberty is the peculiar and appropriated glory of England, Edmund Burke. rendering her venerable throughout all time in the history of the world. The office of peopling a Continent with free and happy commonwealths was renounced. The Quebec Bill which quickly passed the House of Lords, and was borne through the Commons by the zeal of the Ministry and the influence of the King, left the people
Plymouth, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ific. Its daring sons held possession of the Wyoming Valley; and learned already to claim lands westward to the Mississippi, seven or eight hundred miles in extent of the finest country and happiest climate on the Globe. In fifty years, said they, our people will be more than half over this tract, extensive as it is; in less than one century, the whole may become even well cultivated. If the coming period bears due proportion to that from the first landing of poor distressed fugitives at Plymouth, nothing that we can in the utmost stretch of imagination fancy of the state of this country at an equally future period, can exceed what it will then be. A commerce will and must arise, independent of every thing external, and superior to any thing ever known in Europe, or of which a European can have an adequate idea. Thus the statesmen of Connecticut pleased themselves with pictures of the happiness of their posterity; and themselves enjoyed a vivid vision of the glory of this New World
Kanawha (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
no courts of any kind in the Province. Martin to Dartmouth, 25 Dec. 1773. Quincy's Quincy, 121, 123. The most orderly and best governed part of Carolina was the self-organized Republic of Watauga, beyond the mountains, where the settlements were extending along the Holston, as well as south of the Nollichucky. Every where an intrepid, hardy and industrious population, heedless of proclamations, was moving westward through all the gates of the Alleghanies; seating themselves on the New River and the Green Chap. LII.} 1774. Feb. Briar, on the branches of the Monongahela, or even making their way to the Mississippi; accepting from nature their title-deeds to the unoccupied wilderness. Connecticut kept in mind, that its Charter bounded its territory by the Pacific. Its daring sons held possession of the Wyoming Valley; and learned already to claim lands westward to the Mississippi, seven or eight hundred miles in extent of the finest country and happiest climate on the Globe.
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 29
power, is, whether the Colonies are or are not the Colonies of Great Britain. Nugent, now Lord Clare, entreated that there might be no divid universally in the one course of maintaining the authority of Great Britain. Yet it was noticed, that he spoke of the indispensable necessal anger, a book was circulating in England, on the interest of Great Britain in regard to the Colonies, and the only means of living in peacny other European State to greater advantage than they can with Great Britain? If they cannot, we shall retain their custom; and he demonstr Nova Scotia King to Lord North, on Dartmouth's Scruples. or Great Britain. As Lord North brought forward this wholesale Bill of indemnitof power in any one branch of the Government. In this manner Great Britain, allured by a phantom of absolute authority, made war on human ury. Holland was ruinagainst ously divided against itself. In Great Britain the House of Commons had become so venal, that it might be aske
Versailles (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ds to the anger of the Government, which gave the first evidence of its weakness by acknowledging a want of power to wreak its will. During the delay attending an appeal to Parliament, pains were taken to quiet the Bourbon powers. Chap. LII.} 1774. Feb. The Secretary of State would speak with the French Minister of nothing but harmony. Never, said he in like manner to Pignatelli, Garnier to the Duke D'Aiguillon, 4 Feb. 1774. the Representative of Spain, never was the union between Versailles, Madrid and London, so solid; I see nothing that can shake it. Yet the old distrust lurked under the pretended confidence. Rochfort to Stormont, 18 March, 1774. The Government at the time encountered no formidable opposition. One day in February, Charles James Fox, who was of the Treasury Board, severely censured Lord North for want of decision and courage. The King was greatly incensed at his presumption. That young man, said the King, has so thoroughly cast off every principle
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ringleaders to condign punishment. Foremost among these, Samuel Adams was marked out for sacrifice as the chief of the revolution. He is the most elegant writer, the most sagacious politician, and celebrated patriot, perhaps of any who have figured in the last ten years, From the minute in the handwriting of John Adams, dated 29 April, 1774. Chap. LII.} 1774. April. is the contemporary record of John Adams. I cannot sufficiently respect his integrity and abilities, said Clymer of Pennsylvania; all good Americans should erect a statue to him in their hearts. Clymer to Quincy, 1774. Time proved that he had been right, even where his conduct had been questioned; and many in England esteemed him the first politician in the world. Quincy's Quincy, 258. He saw clearly that the rigorous measures of the British administration would the sooner bring to pass the first wish of his heart, the entire separation and independence of the Colonies, which Providence would erect into a mig
Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
and subdue. At the meeting of the Commons, on the twenty-eighth, Lord North asked leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay On this occasion, Lord George Germain showed him- Chap. LII.} 1774. March self anxious to take a lead. I wish, said he, to see the Council of that countrwere hoisted on deck and emptied into the slip. America had chosen her part, so too had the British Ministry. The second penal Bill for the Government of Massachusetts Bay, which was introduced into Parliament on the twenty-eighth, without any hearing or any notice to the Province, abrogated so much of its Charter as gave to itnd recommended by the King, transferred the place of trial of any magistrates, Revenue officers, or soldiers, indicted for murder or other capital offence in Massachusetts Bay, to Nova Scotia King to Lord North, on Dartmouth's Scruples. or Great Britain. As Lord North brought forward this wholesale Bill of indemnity to the Gove
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
ces, il pourra produire un jour dans son pays des effets pareils à ceux qui yont a jamais illustre la carriere politique de Milord Chatham. Written in 1773 by the French Ambassador De Guines. Memoire sur l'angleterre; In the French Archives, Angleterre, Tom. 502. The cause of liberty obtained in him a friend who was independent of party allegiance and traditions, just at the time when the passion for ruling America by the central authority was producing anarchy in the Colonies. In South Carolina, whose sons esteemed themselves disfranchised on their own soil by the appointment of strangers to every office, the Governor had for four years negatived every taxbill in the hope of controlling the appropriations. In North Carolina, the law establishing courts of justice had expired; in the conflict of claims of power between the Governor and the Legislature, every new law on the subject was negatived, and there were no courts of any kind in the Province. Martin to Dartmouth, 25 De
Alleghany Mountains (United States) (search for this): chapter 29
the subject was negatived, and there were no courts of any kind in the Province. Martin to Dartmouth, 25 Dec. 1773. Quincy's Quincy, 121, 123. The most orderly and best governed part of Carolina was the self-organized Republic of Watauga, beyond the mountains, where the settlements were extending along the Holston, as well as south of the Nollichucky. Every where an intrepid, hardy and industrious population, heedless of proclamations, was moving westward through all the gates of the Alleghanies; seating themselves on the New River and the Green Chap. LII.} 1774. Feb. Briar, on the branches of the Monongahela, or even making their way to the Mississippi; accepting from nature their title-deeds to the unoccupied wilderness. Connecticut kept in mind, that its Charter bounded its territory by the Pacific. Its daring sons held possession of the Wyoming Valley; and learned already to claim lands westward to the Mississippi, seven or eight hundred miles in extent of the finest co
Glocester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 29
e unanimous voice of the Commons. The King cheered his Minister on by sneers at the feebleness and futility of the Opposition. King to Lord North, 23 March, 1774. In the midst of the general anger, a book was circulating in England, on the interest of Great Britain in regard to the Colonies, and the only means of living in peace and harmony with them, which judged the past and estimated the future with contemplative calmness and unerring sagacity. Its author Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester, a most loyal churchman, though an apostle of Free Trade, saw clearly, that the reduction of Canada had put an end to the sovereignty of the Mother Country; that it is in the very nature of all Colonies, and of the Americans more than others, to aspire after independence. He would not suffer things to go on as they had lately done, for that would only make the Colonies more headstrong; nor attempt to persuade them to send over a certain number of deputies or representatives to sit in Parl
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