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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 6: (search)
d they testified against cruelty towards the least creature in whom his breath had kindled the flame of life. Conscious of an enlargement of gospel love, John Woolman, a tailor by trade, content in the happiness of humility, stood up like a trumpet, through which the Lord speaks to his people, A testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Friends, held in Burlington, N. J. to make the negro masters sensible of the evil of holding the people of Africa in slavery; The Testimony of Friends in Yorkshire. and chap VI.} 1754 by his testimony at the meetings of Friends, recommended that oppressed part of the creation to the notice of each individual and of the society. Having discerned by a bright and radiant light the certain evidence of divine truth, and not fearing to offend man by its simplicity, he travelled much on the continent of America, and would say to thoughtful men, that a people used to labor moderately for their living, training up their children in frugality and business, h
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
ious preparations from sheepskins and hides, far exceeding in value all others of all kinds put together; and for these the land-owner furnished all the raw material; so that his prosperity was bound up in that of the manufacturer. The manufacture of wool was cherished as the most valuable of chap. III.} 1763. all. It had grown with the growth and wealth of England, and flourished in every part of the island; at Kidderminster, and Wilton, and Norwich, not less than in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It had been privileged by King Stephen, and regulated by the lion-hearted Richard. Its protection was as much a part of the statute-book as the game laws, and was older than Magna Charta itself. To foster it was an ancient custom of the country, coeval with the English constitution, and it was so interwoven with the condition of life in England that it seemed to form an intimate dependency of the aristocracy. The land-owner, whose rich lawns produced the fleece, sympathized with the i
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 42: (search)
ight have returned full freighted with skilful artisans. T. Pownall to S. Cooper, 25 Sept. 1769. In the history of the English people, this year marks the establishment of Public Meetings, Albemarle's Rockingham, II. 93. under the lead of Yorkshire. The principle of representation, trampled upon by a venal Parliament, was to be renovated by the influence of voluntary assemblies. The Press, too, came forward with unwonted Chap. XLII.} 1769. Dec. boldness, as the interpreter of public Serjeant Glynn, do not depend upon birth and fortune; they hold their rights as Englishmen, and cannot be divested of them but by the subversion of the Constitution. Were it not for petition-hunters and incendiaries, said Rigby, the farmers of Yorkshire could not possibly take an interest in the Middlesex election of representatives in Parliament. But supposing that a majority of the freeholders had signed these petitions without influence and solicitation; the majority, even of this class, i
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource], Self-made Nobility. (search)
at Canterbury; he received a very poor education, but obtained the means to go to college; while there he enjoyed from a company in the city of London an exhibition of £3 per year until he took his degree. Lord Gilford--prior to his being called to the bar, was many years a poor clerk to a solicitor near Exeter. Lord Langdale, the master of the rolls, was many years a poor practicing surgeon. Sir John Williams, one of the judges of the Queen's bench — son of a very poor horse dealer in Yorkshire Lord Truc--son of a very poor man in Cornwall, married a first cousin of Queen Victoria, Mr. Baron Gurney--his mother kept a small bookstore for pamphlets in a court in the city of London. Lord Campbell, the present Lord Chancellor, was for many years reporter to the Morning Chronicle. Lord St. Leonard--son of a barber, and was formerly a clerk. Chief Justice Saunders, whose precepts to this day form the best text book to pleaders, was a beggar boy, first taken notice of by an attorney, w
The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], An opinion at law. (search)
An opinion at law. --Mrs. Maden, the wife of an artist in Rochdale, Yorkshire, (Eng.) appeared at the Court in that town as plaintiff for the recovery of a valuable piano-forte, wrongfully, as she alleged, detained from her. She did not object to make oath, but before she was sworn, defendant's attorney interrogated Mrs. Maden as to her religious belief. She avowed her belief in the Bible, her conviction that a falsehood would be punished, but her disbelief in a future state; whereupon the Judge nonsuited her, gave costs to the defendant, and told Mrs. Maden that "it people would outrage public opinion, they must take the consequences."--His disposition of the case called forth much resentment. Public subscriptions have been entered into there and in neighboring towns to present Mrs. Maden with a new piano-forte, and to procure a new trail.
The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], How a Minister's pocket was picked. (search)
ow to make one. The more they extend their borders into the Indians' land, the weaker will the national cohesion be.--But I look upon the States as splendid masses, to be used by-and-by in the composition of two or three great Governments" "April 10th, 1833. "But when New England, which may be considered a State in itself, taxes the admission of foreign manufactures, in order to cherish manufactures of its own, and thereby forces the Carolinas, another State of itself with which there is little-inter-communion', which has no such desire or interest to serve, to buy worse articles at a higher price, it is altogether a different question, and is, in fact, downright tyranny of the worst, because of the most sordid, kind. What would you think of a law which should tax every person in Devonshire for the pecuniary benefit of every person in Yorkshire? And yet that is a feeble image of the actual usurpation of the New England deputies over the property of the Southern States."
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (search)
e, Burns and Bunyan were all men of low degree; but kings and nobles are proud to do them reverence. Some of the brightest lights of the English bar and Parliament were men of humble extraction. Lord Eldon was the son of a barge maker; Lord Stovell, of a small coal dealer; Lord Tenteeden, of a barber; Lord Gifford, prior to his being called to the bar, was the poor clerk of a solicitor; Sir Jno. Williams, one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench, was the son of a very poor horse dealer in Yorkshire; Lord Truro (who married a first cousin of Queen Victoria,) was son of a very poor man in Cornwall; Mr. Baron Gurney, son of a poor lady in London; Lord Campbell, the present Lord Chancellor, was for many years reporter to the Morning Chronicle; Lord St. Leonards was son of a barber; Chief Justice Saunders was a beggar boy; Lord Kenyon, boot-black and errand boy; Lord Hardwick, an errand boy; Geo. Canning, son of a poor strolling player. Hundreds of others, titled and untitled, have risen
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1860., [Electronic resource], Death of a famous Horse. (search)
Death of a famous Horse. --The famous imported stallion Yorkshire died on the farm of his owner, John M. Clay, near Lexington, Ky, on Sunday. He was nearly 27 years old. Yorkshire was the sire of Waterloo, Austerlitz, Magenta, and a host of other fine racers. Death of a famous Horse. --The famous imported stallion Yorkshire died on the farm of his owner, John M. Clay, near Lexington, Ky, on Sunday. He was nearly 27 years old. Yorkshire was the sire of Waterloo, Austerlitz, Magenta, and a host of other fine racers.
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
e her place from Liverpool on the 20th. The Etna passed numerous icebergs, some over two hundred feet high. England The weather was fine for the crops, causing a decline in breadstuffs, while cotton was in active demand at steady prices. In the House of commons the bill for the abolition of the church rates was lost through the casting vote of the speaker. Mrs. Smith O'Brien died at Limerick on the 15th. M.Blondin had made his second provincial ascent at Bradford, Yorkshire, in presence of a large assembly. The American ship Peter Marcy, from New Orleans, passed Spithead and stood out to the southward for Havre, with the flag of the Confederate States flying from the peak. English Views of American affairs. The London Times, in an article speculating upon the probable course of events in America, says: "With whichever side victory may rest, the battle is likely to be a hard one, and though the main effort of the Washington Government may
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. McCulloch. (search)
lence, from respect for the municipal law? Just as soon as England and France will abstain from forcing their way to our marts, when their people are starving, because they have not our cotton. Mr. Bright, not content with giving his views upon the cotton question, enlightens his constituents upon the Constitution of the United States. He seems to have derived his notions from President Lincoln. He says: "Well, what is the pith of this question? Do you suppose that if Lancashire or Yorkshire thought they could break off from the United Kingdoms, that these newspapers that are now preaching every kind of moderation to the American Government of Washington would advise the Government in London to allow these two counties to set up a separate Government for themselves? When the people of Ireland asked that they should secede, was it proposed in London that they should be allowed to secede peaceably?" Evidently Mr. Bright has been reading Lincoln's inaugural and speeches by
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