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Cambria (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 21
not here armed at all points with law cases and acts of parliament, with the statute-book doubled down in dogs' ears, to defend the cause of liberty; if I had, I would myself have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham, to show, that even under arbitrary reigns, parliaments were ashamed of taxing a people without their consent, and allowed them representa- chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. tives. Why did the gentleman confine himself to Chester and Durham? He might have taken a higher example in Wales that was never taxed by parliament till it was incorporated. I would not debate a particular point of law with the gentleman, but I draw my ideas of freedom from the vital powers of the British constitution—not from the crude and fallacious notions too much relied upon, as if we were but in the morning of liberty. Moffat. I can acknowledge no veneration for any procedure, law, or ordinance, that is repugnant to reason, and the first elements of our constitution; and, he added, sneering a
France (France) (search for this): chapter 21
t of framing regulations without number for their trade? The laws of this kind, which parliament is daily making, prove that they form a body separate from Great Britain. While you hold their manufactures in the most servile restraint, will you add a new tax to deprive them of the last remnants of their liberty? This would be to plunge them into the most odious slavery, against which their charters should protect them. Ibid. If this house suffers the Stamp Act to continue in force, France will gain more by your colonies than she ever could have done if her arms in the last war chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. had been victorious. Precis in the French Archives. I never shall own the justice of taxing America internally until she enjoys the right of representation. In every other point of legislation, the authority of parliament is like the North star, fixed for the reciprocal benefit of the parent country and her colonies. Moffat. The British parliament, as the supreme gove
Newcastle, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
reception among them as their head. This vague and indefinite offer of place, unsanctioned by the king, was but a concession from the aristocratic portion of the Whigs to a necessity of seeking support. Pitt remembered the former treachery of Newcastle, and being resolved never 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 heseason for credulity; confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. By comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I discover the traces of overruling influences. This he said referring to the Duke of Newcastle. Lord Charlemont to Henry Flood, Jan. 28 (by misprint in the printed copy Jan. 8) 1766. It is a long time, he continued, since I have attended in parliament. When the resolution was taken in the house to tax America, I was ill in bed. I
New Castle, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
ifferences in politics between Lord Temple and me, said the Commoner, have never till chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. now, made it impossible for us to act on one plan. The difference upon this American measure will, in its consequences, be felt for fifty years at least. He proposed to form a proper system, with the two present Secretaries and first Lord of the Treasury, the younger and better part of the ministry; if they would willingly co-operate with him. Honors might be offered the Duke of Newcastle, but not a place in the Cabinet. I see with pleasure, said he, the present administration take the places of the last. I came up upon the American affair, a point on which I feared they might be borne down. Of this conversation the Duke of Grafton made so good a use, that, by the king's direction, he and Rockingham waited on Pitt, on Saturday the eighteenth, when Pitt once more expressed his readiness to act with those now in the ministry, yet with some transposition of places. At th
Grenville (Canada) (search for this): chapter 21
t was never taxed by parliament till it was incorporated. I would not debate a particular point of law with the gentleman, but I draw my ideas of freedom from the vital powers of the British constitution—not from the crude and fallacious notions too much relied upon, as if we were but in the morning of liberty. Moffat. I can acknowledge no veneration for any procedure, law, or ordinance, that is repugnant to reason, and the first elements of our constitution; and, he added, sneering at Grenville, who was once so much of a republican as to have opposed the whigs, I shall never bend with the pliant suppleness of some who have cried aloud for freedom, only to have an occasion of renouncing or destroying it. Ibid. The gentleman tells us of many who are taxed, and are not represented—the India Company, merchants, stockholders, manufacturers. Surely, many of these are represented in other capacities. It is a misfortune that more are not actually represented. But they are
Rockingham, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
Chapter 21: Has parliament the right to tax America—Rocking-Ham's administration continued. January, 1766. during the recess of parliament, Egmont, Conway, chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. Dowdeswell, Dartmouth, and Charles Yorke, met at the house of the Marquis of Rockingham. To modify, but not to repeal the American tax, and to enact the penalty of high treason against any one who, by speaking or writing, should impeach the legislative authority of parliament, were measures proposed in this assembly; but they did not prevail. The ministry could form no plan of mutual support; and decided nothing but the words of the speech. The world looked from them to an individual in private life, unconnected and poor, vainly seeking at Bath relief from infirmities that would have crushed a less hopeful mind; and Pitt never appeared so great as now, when at a crisis in the history of liberty, the people of England bent towards him alone as the man in whose decision their safety and their gl
St. Stephen (Canada) (search for this): chapter 21
finite offer of place, unsanctioned by the king, was but a concession from the aristocratic portion of the Whigs to a necessity of seeking support. Pitt remembered the former treachery of Newcastle, and being resolved never 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,
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
at the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation, that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent. Let us be content with the advantages which Providence has bestowed upon us., We have attained the highest glory and greatness. Let us strive long to preserve them for our own happiness and that of our posterity. French Precis. Thus he spoke, with fire unquenchable; like a man inspired; Thos. Penn to J. Hamilton, 17 Jan. 1766. greatest of orators, for his words chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. swayed events, opening the gates of futurity to a better culture. Impassioned as was his manner, there was truth in his arguments, that were fitly join
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
n from the aristocratic portion of the Whigs to a necessity of seeking support. Pitt remembered the former treachery of Newcastle, and being resolved never to acceptf the administration to repeal the American tax. In the course of a long debate, Pitt entered most unexpectedly, having arrived in town that morning. The adherentstion could be given up, without giving up the rest. If Pitt was able to see it, Pitt saw further than he could. His wishes were very earnest to keep the whole body onestly of that opinion; and Rockingham, after proceeding so far, and finding in Pitt all the encouragement that he expected, let the negotiation drop. Conway and Gre. Neglected by Rockingham, hated by the aristocracy, and feared by the king, Pitt pursued his career alone. In the quiet of confidential intercourse, he inquiredember out of this House into another, with more leisure for better reflections. Pitt, without saying one word, fixed his eye steadily on him, with an air of most mar
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
reflections I have made in my retirement, which I hope long to enjoy, French Precis. beholding, as I do, ministries changed one after another, and passing away like shadows. Ibid, and Walpole, II. 262. A pause ensued as he ceased, when Conway rose and spoke: I not only adopt all that has just been chap. XXI.} 1766. Jan. said, but believe it expresses the sentiments of most, if not all the king's servants, and wish it may be the unanimous opinion of the house. Moffat. Garth to South Carolina, 19 Jan. 1766. I have been accidentally called to the high employment I bear; I can follow no principles more safe or more enlightened than those of the perfect model before my eyes; and I should always be most happy to act by his advice, and even to serve under his orders. French Precis. Walpole, II. 263 and 268. Yet, for myself and my colleagues, I disclaim an overruling influence. The notice given to parliament of the troubles in America, he added, was not early, because the firs
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