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Newark (Del.) (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
uld not do. But since 'tis down, my friend, and it may be long before it rises again, let us make as good a night of it as we can. We may still light candles. Frugality and industry will go a great way towards indemnifying us. Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments; if we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. For the opportunity of printing the above paragraph correctly, in Franklin's own words, I am indebted to Mrs. Chamberlain, of Newark, Delaware, who has the original in her possession. The copy was made for me, with the utmost exactness, by Mr. A. II. Grimshaw, of Wilmington, and carefully compared with the original by Mr. Grimshaw and one of his friends. There is another version in circulation, which makes Franklin say: Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter. This is not what Franklin wrote. To bear with kings and par
New Castle, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
regulations laid down for the colonies, by a slackness in the execution, I shall look upon him as a criminal and the betrayer of his country. The conditions on which the new ministry took office, were agreed upon at the house of the duke of Newcastle, and did not extend beyond the disposal of offices. They introduced no system adapted to the age, no projects of reform; they gave no pledges in behalf of liberty, except such as might be found in the traditions of their party and their own personal characters. The old duke of Newcastle was the type of the administration, though he took only the post of privy seal, with the patronage of the church. chap. XV.} 1765. July. The law adviser of its choice, as attorney general, was Charles Yorke, whose political principles coincided with those of Mansfield. Its mediator with the king was the duke of Cumberland, who had a seat in the cabinet as its protector. But younger men also came into power, giving hope for the future. In plac
Camden, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
nd to provide for its connection; the other to promote reform. There could be no progress of liberty in England, but from the union of the aristocratic power of the one with the popular principle of the other. The refusal of Shelburne leaves the important office to the earl of Dartmouth, a young man, utterly inexperienced in business, distinguished only for his piety; The one who wears a coronet and prays. A peerage was conferred on Pratt, who took the chap. XV.} 1765. July. name of Camden; though Rockingham was averse to his advancement. But it was through Rockingham himself, that Lord George Sackville, who had been degraded while Pitt was minister, was restored to a seat at the Council Board, and raised to one of the lucrative vicetreasurerships of Ireland. Thus was an administration, whose policy had been sanctioned by large and increasing majorities in parliament, and by the most cordial approbation of the king, avowedly turned out, to gratify his personal disgust at i
William Pitt (search for this): chapter 15
agement to act together in future; and if Temple and Pitt would only be neuter, a removal of the ministry appeain appealed to Cumberland, and through him summoned Pitt to an audience. On Wednesday, the nineteenth of Junistration. On receiving the news by an express from Pitt, Temple broke confidence so far as privately to commle, with a predetermined mind, repaired on Monday to Pitt at Hayes. The two statesmen were at variance on no nt measure except the policy of the stamp act, which Pitt was resolved to abrogate as inconsistent with right,uded, and with whom he had just been reconciled; and Pitt felt himself disabled by this refusal. As they parte desperate enough to form an administration without Pitt and Temple. Northington assured them, that they mi public life. In his college vacations, he had seen Pitt at Stowe, and been fascinated by his powers; he tookt Lord George Sackville, who had been degraded while Pitt was minister, was restored to a seat at the Council
Voltaire (search for this): chapter 15
ge, sullenly predicted to his friends, that every day would produce difficulties in the colonies, and with foreign powers. Within the last twelve years, wrote Voltaire at that time, there has been a marked revolution in the public mind. Light is certainly spreading on all sides. George the Third, without intending it, promoted the revolution which Voltaire anxiously awaited, and hastened results affecting America and the world, of which neither Voltaire nor himself had any preconception. The new ministry did not enter upon their career with any purpose of repealing or changing the stamp act. Many of those whose support was essential to them, amongVoltaire nor himself had any preconception. The new ministry did not enter upon their career with any purpose of repealing or changing the stamp act. Many of those whose support was essential to them, among others, Northington, who remained in the cabinet as chancellor, Yorke, and Charles Towns- chap. XV.} 1765. July. hend, were among its earliest and most strenuous supporters; and the duke of Cumberland was the last man in England to temporize with what he might think to be rebellion. The agents of the colonies seeing among the
Bute (search for this): chapter 15
e coldness of the court, was growing weary of public life and wished to retire. On the twelfth of June, being resolved once more on an explanation, he recapitulated to his sovereign in person what had passed between him and his ministers on their resuming their functions, when he had promised them his countenance and support. chap. XV.} 1765. June. Has this promise, he demanded, been kept? On the contrary, are not almost all our bitter enemies countenanced in public? Has not the earl of Bute, as the favorite, interfered, at least indirectly, in public councils, with the utmost hazard to himself, and risk to the king's quiet and the safety of the public? I hope your majesty will be pleased to give you countenance to your ministers, and for the future let your support and your authority go together; or else that you will give your authority where you are pleased to give your favor. The king only answered, that he was much hurt at being told of consulting Lord Bute. That his sile
Pratt (search for this): chapter 15
ristocracy gained their watchwords. The one was bound to provide for its connection; the other to promote reform. There could be no progress of liberty in England, but from the union of the aristocratic power of the one with the popular principle of the other. The refusal of Shelburne leaves the important office to the earl of Dartmouth, a young man, utterly inexperienced in business, distinguished only for his piety; The one who wears a coronet and prays. A peerage was conferred on Pratt, who took the chap. XV.} 1765. July. name of Camden; though Rockingham was averse to his advancement. But it was through Rockingham himself, that Lord George Sackville, who had been degraded while Pitt was minister, was restored to a seat at the Council Board, and raised to one of the lucrative vicetreasurerships of Ireland. Thus was an administration, whose policy had been sanctioned by large and increasing majorities in parliament, and by the most cordial approbation of the king, avow
Chamberlain (search for this): chapter 15
s setting: that we could not do. But since 'tis down, my friend, and it may be long before it rises again, let us make as good a night of it as we can. We may still light candles. Frugality and industry will go a great way towards indemnifying us. Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments; if we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. For the opportunity of printing the above paragraph correctly, in Franklin's own words, I am indebted to Mrs. Chamberlain, of Newark, Delaware, who has the original in her possession. The copy was made for me, with the utmost exactness, by Mr. A. II. Grimshaw, of Wilmington, and carefully compared with the original by Mr. Grimshaw and one of his friends. There is another version in circulation, which makes Franklin say: Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily get rid of the latter. This is not what Franklin wrote. To be
Ham (search for this): chapter 15
Chapter 15: The Duke of Cumberland forms a ministry—the Rocking-Ham whigs. June—July, 1765. while America was giving force to its resistance by chap. XV.} 1765 June union, divisions that could not be healed, planted confusion in the councils of its oppressors. We left the king quivering with wounded pride at the affront from his ministers. But far from giving way, he thwarted their suggestions about appointments to office, frowned on those whom they promoted, and publicly showed regard to his friends whom they displaced. Grenville, in apparently confident security, continued his schemes of colonial revenue, and by the fourteenth of June, represented to the king, that the Canadians were subject to taxation by virtue of his prerogative. But the duke of Bedford had already filled the palace with more rankling cares. The plain-spoken man, exasperated by the sense of his own unpopularity and by the coldness of the court, was growing weary of public life and wished to r
Northington (search for this): chapter 15
fatality I did not expect; and with grief and disappointment in his heart, he retired into Somersetshire. Let us see, said the ministers, if the duke of Cumberland will be desperate enough to form an administration without Pitt and Temple. Northington assured them, that they might remain in office if chap. XV.} 1765. June they chose. The most wary gave in their adhesion; even Charles Yorke went to Grenville and declared his support, and Gilbert Elliott did the like. Our cause is in you world, of which neither Voltaire nor himself had any preconception. The new ministry did not enter upon their career with any purpose of repealing or changing the stamp act. Many of those whose support was essential to them, among others, Northington, who remained in the cabinet as chancellor, Yorke, and Charles Towns- chap. XV.} 1765. July. hend, were among its earliest and most strenuous supporters; and the duke of Cumberland was the last man in England to temporize with what he might
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