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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
of policy, and of justice, I am for receiving the petition of a people from whom this country derives its great- chap. XI.} 1765 Feb. est commerce, wealth, and consideration. Letter from London to New-York, 16 Feb. 1765, in Boston Gazette of 3 June. In reply, Charles Yorke entered into a very long and most elaborate defence of the bill, resting his argument on the supreme and sovereign authority of parliament. The colonies, he insisted, with a vast display of legal erudition, were but corpnor hear chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. counsel. . All the efforts of the agents of the colonies were fruitless. Within doors less resistance was made to the act than to a common turnpike bill. Letter to New-York, 16 Feb. 765, in Boston Gazette of 3 June. We might, said Franklin, as well have hindered the sun's setting. The tide against the Americans was irresistible. We have power to tax them, said one of the ministry, and we will tax them. Letter from London, of Oct. 1765, quoted in R. H.