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Shelburne (search for this): chapter 5
elburne to Bernard, 11 Dec. 1766; Bernard to Shelburne, 28 Feb. 1767; Same to Same, 23 March, 1767, and to all former legislation for America. Shelburne disapproved its principle, and, correspondinfter be turned to purposes of oppression. Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767, and 16 Feb. 1767; Cested in the settlement of Canadian affairs; Shelburne listened to the hope of establishing perfecteb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 199. and he told Shelburne plainly that the Billeting Act should be enfas believed by the public to be at stake; Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 2rk underwent the imputation of rebellion. Shelburne to Chatham, Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 187. The difficulties that beset Shelburne were infinitely increased by the condition of parties ilborough on his way to London. Chatham to Shelburne, 16 Feb. 1767, Marlborough. But business wour. Townshend knew well what was passing; Shelburne to Chatham, 13 March 1767. and in the debate[2 more...]
Rockingham (search for this): chapter 5
e 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. Com from it any advantage. The good sense of the country condemned it; the city dreaded the wound given to public credit; Grenville, who joyfully accepted the congratulations of the country gentlemen, deceived himself in expecting a junction with Rockingham, and had in the King an inflexible enemy. Compare Grenville's Diary in the Grenville 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 sti
Rigby (search for this): chapter 5
gh. But business would not wait. On the eighteenth of February, there appeared in the account of the Extraordinaries, a large and unusual expenditure on the continent of America. Grenville advised to lessen the expense, and charge Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. upon the Colonies the whole of what should remain. There was a general agreement, that America ought to alleviate the burdens of England. Every speaker of the Opposition directly inveighed against 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 manufactures as subordinate to the mother coun
W. S. Johnson (search for this): chapter 5
American army in the principal towns, he wished rather that the military should be disposed on the frontiers among the younger Colonies, where their presence might be desired. Shelburne to Gage, 11 Dec. 1766. The people of America, even a majority of those who adhered to the Church of England, feared as yet to see an 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
House (search for this): chapter 5
o British taxation. They inquired if more troops were expected; and when the Governor professed, in pursuance of the late Act of Parliament, to have made provision at the Colony's expense for those which had recently touched at Boston Harbor, they did not cease their complaints, till they wrung from him the declaration that his supply did not include articles prescribed by that Act, but was wholly conformable to the usage of the Province. Bernard to Shelburne, 14 Feb. 1767, 18 Feb. 1767; House to Bernard, and Bernard to the House, Feb. 1767; See Bradford's State Papers, 105, 106, 107; Prior Documents, 133. Upon this concession, the House acquiesced in an expenditure which no longer compromised their rights; and they also declared their readiness to grant of their own free accord such aids as the King's service from time to time should require. Message from the House to the Governor, 4 Feb. 1767. By the authority of the same Act of Parliament, Gage demanded quarters for one
S. Sayre (search for this): chapter 5
zeal for a momentary victory. Men struggled for a present advantage more than for any system of government; and the liberties of two millions of their countrymen, the interests of a continent, the unity of the British empire, were left to be swayed by the accidents of a Parliamentary skirmish. W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 12 Feb. 1767. Merchants of New-York, at the instigation of a Chap. Xxviii} 1767. Feb. person much connected Shelburne to Chatham, 6 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 191; S. Sayre to J. Reed, 3 Sept. 1766. with Charles Townshend, had sent a very temperate Petition, Prior Documents, 165. setting forth some of the useless grievances of the Acts of Trade, and praying for the free exportation of their lumber and an easier 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 evidence, t
Conway (search for this): chapter 5
bedience 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 heof South Carolina, 12 March, 1767; Walpole's Memoirs II. 417; Compare Grafton to Chatham, 13 March 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 233. None heeded the milder counsels of Conway. The mosaic Opposition watched every opportunity to push the Ministry upon extreme measures. H. Hammersley to Lieut. Gov. Sharpe, 20 Feb. 1767. A week later, ut about nine pence in the pound. On Friday, the twenty-seventh of February, Even in Grenville's Diary dates can be wrong. Grenville Papers, IV. 211; King to Conway, 27 Feb. 1767, in Albemarle, II. 430; Grafton to Chatham, 28 Feb.; King to Chatham, 3 March. Dowdeswell, the leader of the Rockingham party, regardless of his own
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
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
England Chatham (search for this): chapter 5
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 aspect of foreign relations, and impressed with the necessity but a repeal of all restrictions on trade, and freedom from all subordination and dependence. Besides; Townshend, whom Chatham had thrice Chatham to Grafton, 7 Dec. 1766, Ms.; Chatham to Grafton, 23 Jan. 1767. This letter is printed in the Chat. Corr. III. 200, with the erroneous date of Feb. 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 Autobiography for all three. denounced to Grafton as incur, hastened to London. Charles Townshend was warm in the sunshine of majesty; Trecothick in Cavendish, i. 212. but as Chatham attributed the disaster to his lukewarmness and wished to dismiss him, the King readily assented; and Lord North was inv
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