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New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ntus; for what, said they, has the church ever gained by that which the courtesy of England calls prudence? Thomas B. Chandler, 12 Nov. 1765. Yet when Moore, the new governor, arrived, he could do nothing but give way to the popular impulse. He dismantled the fort, and suspended his power to execute the Stamp Act. Sir H. Moore to Conway, 21 Nov. When the assembly came together, it confirmed the doings of its committee at the Congress, and prepared papers analogous to them. In New Jersey, Ogden found himself disavowed by his constituents. The assembly, by a unanimous vote, accepted his resignation as speaker, and thanked the two faithful delegates who had signed the proceedings of the Congress. Of those proceedings, New Hampshire, by its assembly, signified its entire approbation. The voluntary Letter from Gadsden, 16 Dec. action of the representatives of Georgia was esteemed a valid adhesion to the design of the Congress on the part of the colony. Its governor was
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
it confirmed the doings of its committee at the Congress, and prepared papers analogous to them. In New Jersey, Ogden found himself disavowed by his constituents. The assembly, by a unanimous vote, accepted his resignation as speaker, and thanked the two faithful delegates who had signed the proceedings of the Congress. Of those proceedings, New Hampshire, by its assembly, signified its entire approbation. The voluntary Letter from Gadsden, 16 Dec. action of the representatives of Georgia was esteemed a valid adhesion to the design of the Congress on the part of the colony. Its governor was met by the same rebellious spirit Sir J. Wright to Lords of Trade, 9 Nov. 1765. as prevailed at the North. The delegates of South Carolina were received by their assembly on the twenty-sixth of November. On chap. XIX.} 1765. Nov. that morning all the papers of the Congress, the declaration of rights, and the addresses were read; in an evening session, they were all adopted witho
Bowling Green (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ov. 1765. upon a sign-post, if he did so. In the evening a vast torchlight procession, carrying a scaffold and two images, one of the Governor, the other of the devil, came from the Fields, now the Park, down Broadway, to within ten or eight feet of the fort, knocked at its gate, broke open the Governor's coach-house, took out his chariot, carried the images upon it round town, and returned to burn them with his own carriages and sleighs, be- chap XIX.} 1765. Nov. fore his eyes, on the Bowling Green, under the gaze of the garrison on the ramparts, and of all New-York gathered round about. He has bound himself, they cried, by oath, to be the chief murderer of our rights. He was a rebel in Scotland, a Jacobite. He is an enemy to his king, to his country, and mankind. At the same time, a party of volunteers sacked the house occupied by James, and bore off the colors of the royal regiments. On Saturday, the second of November, Colden gave way. The council questioned his authori
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
reservedly to the cause of freedom and union. Nothing will save us, wrote Gadsden, but acting together; the province that endeavors to act separately must fall with the rest, and be branded besides with everlasting infamy. The people of North Carolina Letter from South Carolina, 2 Dec. 1765. would neither receive a stamp man, nor tolerate the use of a stamp, nor suffer its ports to be closed. The meeting of its legislature was so long prorogued, that it could not join in the application of the Congress; but had there been need of resorting to arms, the whole force of North Carolina was ready to join in protecting the rights of the continent. Gadsden to Garth, Dec. 1765. It was the same throughout the country. Wherever a jealousy was roused, that a stamp officer might exercise his functions, the people were sure to gather about him, and compel him to renew his resignation under oath, or solemnly before witnesses. Tryon to Conway, 26 Dec. The colonies began also to t
Canterbury (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
1765. the lawyers of this place are the authors and conductors of the present sedition. If judges be sent from England, with an able Attorney- chap. XIX.} 1765. Nov. General and Solicitor-General, to make examples of some very few, this colony will remain quiet. Others of his letters pointed plainly to John Morin Scott, Robert R. Livingston, and William Livingston, as suitable victims. At the same time, some of the churchmen avowed to one another their longing to see the Archbishop of Canterbury display a little more of the resolution of a Laud or a Sextus Quintus; for what, said they, has the church ever gained by that which the courtesy of England calls prudence? Thomas B. Chandler, 12 Nov. 1765. Yet when Moore, the new governor, arrived, he could do nothing but give way to the popular impulse. He dismantled the fort, and suspended his power to execute the Stamp Act. Sir H. Moore to Conway, 21 Nov. When the assembly came together, it confirmed the doings of its commit
Wethersfield (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
he Oct. royal governors took the oath to carry the Stamp Act punctually into effect. In Connecticut, which, in chap. XIX.} 1765. Oct. its assembly, had already voted American taxation by a British parliament to be unprecedented and unconstitutional, Dyer, of the council, entreated Fitch not to take an oath which was contrary to that of the governor, to maintain the rights of the colony. But Fitch had urged the assembly to prosecute for riot the five hundred that coerced Ingersoll at Wethersfield; had talked of the public spirit in the language of an enemy; had said that the Act must go down; that forty regulars could guard the stamp papers; and that the American conduct would bring from home violent measures and the loss of charters; and he resolved to comply; E. Stiles' Diary. on which Pitkin, Trumbull, and Dyer, truly representing the sentiments of Connecticut, rose with indignation and left the room. The governor of Rhode Island stood alone in his patriotic refusal. But
Windham, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
join in protecting the rights of the continent. Gadsden to Garth, Dec. 1765. It was the same throughout the country. Wherever a jealousy was roused, that a stamp officer might exercise his functions, the people were sure to gather about him, and compel him to renew his resignation under oath, or solemnly before witnesses. Tryon to Conway, 26 Dec. The colonies began also to think of permanent chap. XIX.} 1765. Nov union. join or die became more and more their motto. At Windham, in Connecticut, the freemen, in a multitudinous assembly, agreed with one another, to keep up, establish, and maintain the spirit of union and liberty; and for that end they recommended monthly county conventions, and also a general meeting of the colony. At New London, the inhabitants of the county of Dec. that name, holding a mass meeting in December, unanimously decided in carefully prepared resolves, that every form of rightful government originates from the consent of the people; that law
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
e is too chap. XIX.} 1765. Oct. attentive to the public, and not enough so to himself or his family. He is always for softness and prudence, where they will do; but is staunch, and stiff, and strict, and rigid, and inflexible in the cause. The firmness of the new legislator was sustained by the unwavering confidence of the people of Boston beyond what was given to any of his colleagues; and the vacillation of Otis, increasing with his infirmities, ceased to be of public importance. Massachusetts never again discussed with the British ministry the amount of a practical tax, or the inexpediency of taxation by parliament, of the propriety of an American representation in that body. I am resolved to have the stamps distributed, wrote Colden to the British secretary, the day after the Congress adjourned. Officers of the navy and army, with great alacrity, gave him every assistance he required; and they ridiculed the thought that the government would repeal the Stamp Act, as the m
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 19
n Broadway, to within ten or eight feet of the fort, knocked at its gate, broke open the Governor's coach-house, took out his chariot, carried the images upon it round town, and returned to burn them with his own carriages and sleighs, be- chap XIX.} 1765. Nov. fore his eyes, on the Bowling Green, under the gaze of the garrison on the ramparts, and of all New-York gathered round about. He has bound himself, they cried, by oath, to be the chief murderer of our rights. He was a rebel in Scotland, a Jacobite. He is an enemy to his king, to his country, and mankind. At the same time, a party of volunteers sacked the house occupied by James, and bore off the colors of the royal regiments. On Saturday, the second of November, Colden gave way. The council questioned his authority to distribute the stamps, and unanimously advised him to declare that he would do nothing in relation to them, but await the arrival of the new governor; and his declaration to that effect, duly authentica
Lyme (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ian of freedom, and the people ought not to sacrifice it. Com. Gaz. No. 488, Friday, 1 Nov. 1765. Nor let the true lovers of their country pass unheeded the grave of Timothy Green, one of an illustrious family of printers, himself publisher of the New London Gazette, which had always modestly and fearlessly defended his country's rights; for on Friday, the first day of November, his journal came forth without stamps, and gave to the world a paper from the incomparable Stephen Johnson, of Lyme. New London Gaz. No. 108, Friday, 1 Nov. 1765. The liberty of free inquiry, said he, is one of the first and most fundamental of a free people. They have an undoubted right to be heard and relieved. They may publish their grievances; the press is open and free. We may go on to enjoy our rights and liberties as usual. The American governments or inhabitants may associate for the mutual defence of their birthright liberties. A person or people collectively may enjoy and defend
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