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Mount Vernon (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
d changed his mind just in season to accept North to Grafton, 10 Sept. 1767. Charles Lloyd to Lord Lyttelton, 17 Sept. 1767; Lyttelton's Life, 733, 734. before the appointment of another. At that time Lord North was thirty-five years old, having seen the light in the same year with Washington. While the great Virginian employed himself as a careful planter, or fulfilled his trust as a colonial legislator, or, in his hour of leisure, leaning against the primeval oaks on the lawn at Mount Vernon, in full view of the thickly forested hill which now bears the Capitol, mused on the destinies of his country and resolved to preserve its liberty, Lord North entered the cabinet, in which he was to remain for fifteen of the most eventful years in the history of Britain. He was a Minister after the King's own heart; not brilliant, but of varied and extensive knowledge; good-humored and able; opposed to republicanism, to reform, and to every popular measure. He had voted for the Stamp Ac
Rockingham, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
rerogative, he announced to Grafton Grafton to Rockingham, 15 July, 1767; Rockingham to Grafton, 16 July, 1t variance among themselves Compare Bedford to Rockingham, 16 July, 1767, in Bedford's Corr. III. 373. Grirs. Temple to Rigby, 17 July, 1767. Bedford to Rockingham, 17 July, 1767, &c. &c. Grenville to Rigby, 16 Jud Chancellor Hardwicke, III. 459. would not admit Rockingham to an audience; now that he had failed, he Chapy answer he could make was— Nothing. Once more Rockingham was urged to join with the friends of Chatham; nd others were anxious and uneasy. E. Burke to Rockingham, 18 August, 1767. A leader of a party had never King was never in better spirits. E. Burke to Rockingham, 1 August, 1767. Grafton, too, obtained the cre; and, after the rejection of all his offers to Rockingham, people saw him at the head of the Treasury withot engage more of the venal boroughs. Burke to Rockingham, 13 August, 1767. In the great contest with oppre
Grafton, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
he legislative functions of New-York, was marked by moderation and dignity; Grafton's Autobiography. and that abrogating the Charters of the American Colonies would be their emancipation from fetters. Grafton's Autobiography. The King, who wished to retain Conway in office and had looked into his heart to know how to wnd to Choiseul, 7 August, 1767. but for the moment, he relied on Townshend. Grafton's Autobiography. So Charles Townshend remained in the cabinet, treating evnd for his brother, and a Peerage for his wife, to descend to his children; Grafton's Autobiography. and with power, fortune, affection, and honors clustering arorned to the country, and changed his mind just in season to accept North to Grafton, 10 Sept. 1767. Charles Lloyd to Lord Lyttelton, 17 Sept. 1767; Lyttelton's Ls the fatal bequest of Charles Townshend to his successors and his country. Grafton's Autobiography; Compare speeches of Camden, of Grafton, of Shelburne, in the
Bedford (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ed fragments of the old Whig aristocracy. He began with Bedford. Bedford and Grenville are one, said Rigby, by authority; and neither of th Numerous Papers illustrating the negotiation are to be found in Bedford's Correspondence, III. Compare, also, Lyttelton's Life and Corresong themselves Compare Bedford to Rockingham, 16 July, 1767, in Bedford's Corr. III. 373. Grenville to Temple, 18 July, 1767, in Grenvilers, IV. 59. Walpole's Memoirs. Temple to Rigby, 17 July, 1767. Bedford to Rockingham, 17 July, 1767, &c. &c. Grenville to Rigby, 16 July, House. When Rockingham had explained the purpose of the meeting, Bedford, on behalf of Temple and Grenville, Grenville to Rigby, 16 JulyColonies. At this, Rockingham flew into a violent passion, and Bedford's Journal, 20 July, 1767; Durand to Choiseul, 28 July, 1767. complI. 50. This letter has the wrong date, of July 2 for July 20. Bedford insisted with firmness on the declaration. We may as well demand
Chatham (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 7
, III. 68. summoned his political allies to London, Shelburne was quieting the controversy with America respecting the Billeting Act. New-York had foreseen the storm, and without recognising the binding force of the British Statute, or yet conforming to its provisions, it had made a grant of money Moore to Shelburne, 18 June, 1767. for the use of the Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. army, without specifications. This, by the advice of the Attorney General and Solicitor General, Shelburne to Chatham, in Chat. Corr. IV. 325. Shelburne received as a sufficient compliance, Shelburne to Moore, 18 July, 1767. Compare Vote of New-York Assembly of 6 June, 1767. Message of Moore of 18 Nov. 1767. Board of Trade to the King, 7 May, 1768. and the Assembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transaction
Walpole (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
nd Gill, in Boston Gazette, 648, 3, 2. An intimate correspondence grew up between New-York and Boston. They would nullify Townshend's Revenue Act by consuming nothing on which he had laid a duty; and avenge themselves on England by importing no more British goods. At the beginning of this excitement, Charles Sept. Townshend was seized with fever, and after a short illness, during which he met danger with the unconcerned levity that had marked his conduct of the most serious affairs, Walpole's Memoirs of George III. III. 99. he died at the age of forty-one, famed alike for incomparable talents, and extreme instability. W. S. Johnson to E. Dyer, 12 Sept. 1767, and other letters of Johnson. Where were now his gibes? Letters of Lady Hervey, Sept. 1767. Where his flashes of merriment that set the table in a roar; his brilliant eloquence which made him the wonder of Parliament? If his indiscretion forbade esteem, his good-humor dissipated hate. He had been courted by all par
England Chatham (search for this): chapter 7
6 June, 1767. Message of Moore of 18 Nov. 1767. Board of Trade to the King, 7 May, 1768. and the Assembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of tLady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transactions that were going forward, he was scarce even a spectator, and seemed to be unconcerned in the event. De Guerchy to Choiseul, 10 June, 16 June, 8 July, 1767. T. Whately to Lord Temple, 30 July, 1767. About nine o'clock in the evening of the twentieth, the leaders of the two branches of the Oligarchy met at New Grafton and Conway eagerly, as Rockingham came out; and the only answer he could make was— Nothing. Once more Rockingham was urged to join with the friends of Chatham; Compare Durand to Choiseul, 3 August, 1767. but he was unaccommodating and impracticable. Whately to Temple, 30 July, 1767; in Lyttelton, 729. He has manag
Charles Lloyd (search for this): chapter 7
Bute and the Princess of Wales no more, Ministers would not be more stable. Durand to Choiseul, 16 Sept. 1767. Following his own sure instinct, he directed that the vacant place Chap. XXX.} 1767. Sept. should be offered to Lord North. Receiving the summons, North hastened to London, declined the office from fear of his inability to cope with Grenville on questions of finance, returned to the country, and changed his mind just in season to accept North to Grafton, 10 Sept. 1767. Charles Lloyd to Lord Lyttelton, 17 Sept. 1767; Lyttelton's Life, 733, 734. before the appointment of another. At that time Lord North was thirty-five years old, having seen the light in the same year with Washington. While the great Virginian employed himself as a careful planter, or fulfilled his trust as a colonial legislator, or, in his hour of leisure, leaning against the primeval oaks on the lawn at Mount Vernon, in full view of the thickly forested hill which now bears the Capitol, mused on
Josiah Quincy (search for this): chapter 7
like Oliver, be taken to Liberty Tree or the gallows, and obliged to resign.—Should we be told to perceive our inability to oppose the mother country, cried the youthful Quincy, we boldly answer, that in defence of our civil and religious rights, with the God of armies on our side, we fear not the hour of trial; though the host of our enemies should cover the field like locusts, yet the sword of the Lord and Gideon shall prevail. Boston Gazette of 5 Oct. 1767, 653, 1, 2, Hyperion, by Josiah Quincy. As the lawyers of England all now decided, that American taxation by Parliament was legal and constitutional, the press of Boston sought support in something more firm than human opinion, and more obligatory than the acts of irresponsible legislation. The law of nature, said they, G. in Boston Gazette of 5 Oct. 1767. 653, 2, 2, Compare N. Rogers to Hutchinson, London, 30 Dec. 1767. is the law of God, irreversible itself and superseding all human law. It perfectly reconciles the
Bute (search for this): chapter 7
illustrates a proverb of two thousand years ago. The letter of Durand is not conclusive, but Walpole had good means of information; Grafton says that Grenville was never liked by the King; and the Grenville Diary for 1765, fully accounts for the King's invincible repugnance to a minister whose stubbornness had made him turn red and even shed tears.—The King himself has the greatest distrust of those who would rule him, so that he never will let any one prevail, said the Princess Amelia; were Bute and the Princess of Wales no more, Ministers would not be more stable. Durand to Choiseul, 16 Sept. 1767. Following his own sure instinct, he directed that the vacant place Chap. XXX.} 1767. Sept. should be offered to Lord North. Receiving the summons, North hastened to London, declined the office from fear of his inability to cope with Grenville on questions of finance, returned to the country, and changed his mind just in season to accept North to Grafton, 10 Sept. 1767. Charles L
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