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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
in had long arms. Yes, it was answered, but three thousand miles is a long way to extend them. Especially it is observable that Lord George Sackville, just rescued from disgrace by Rockingham, manifested his desire to enforce the Stamp Act. Letter from London of Dec. 22 and 24, 1765, in Boston Gaz. 17 Feb. 1766. Chatham Corr. II. 352. The amendment was withdrawn, but when three days later Grenville divided the house on a question of adjourning to the ninth instead of the fourteenth of January, he had only thirty-five votes against seventy-seven. Baker, in the debate, called his motion insolent, and chid him as the author of all the trouble in America; but he threw the blame from himself upon the parliament. Out of doors there was a great deal of clamor, that repealing the Stamp Act would be a surrender chap. XX.} 1765. Dec. of sovereignty; and that the question was, shall the Americans, submit to us, or we to them? But others held the attempt at coercion to be the ru
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 21: (search)
er to accept office through him or his connections, he treated their invitation as an unmeaning compliment; declaring that he would support those and those only who acted on true revolution principles. The care of his health demanded quiet and absence from the chapel of St. Stephen's, but the excitement of his mind gave him a respite from pain. My resolution, said he, is taken, and if I can crawl or be carried, I will deliver my mind and heart upon the state of America. On the fourteenth day of January, the king acquainted parliament, that matters of importance had happened in America, and orders been issued for the support of lawful authority. Whatever remained to be done, he committed to their wisdom. The lords in their reply, which was moved by Dartmouth, pledged their utmost endeavors to assert and support the king's dignity, and the legislative authority of the kingdom over its colonies. The friends of the king and of the late ministry willingly agreed to words which se
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 22: (search)
nties palatine, from Guernsey and Jersey, from the case of the clergy, as well as those drawn from the colonies of antiquity, and from the states of Holland;— the colonists, by the condition on which they migrated, settled and now exist, are more emphatically subjects of Great Britain, than chap. XXII.} 1766. Feb. those within the realm; and the British legislature have, in every instance, exercised their right of legislation over them without any dispute or question, till the fourteenth of January last. Our colonies emigrated under the sanction of the crown and parliament, upon the terms of being subjects of England. They were modelled gradually into their present forms, by charters, grants, and statutes; but they were never separated from the mother country, or so emancipated as to become their own masters. The very idea of a colony implies subordination and dependence, to render allegiance for protection. If they are not subjects, they ought to pay duties as aliens.