The History of England: From the Accession of King George the Third, to the Conclusion of Peace in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-three, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802 |
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... therefore , in this houfe we give and grant , we give and grant what is " our own . But in an American tax , what do " we do ? We , your majefty's commons for 66 66 66 ( 6 " Great 66 66 46 1 1766 . " Great Britain , 222 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... therefore , in this houfe we give and grant , we give and grant what is " our own . But in an American tax , what do " we do ? We , your majefty's commons for 66 66 66 ( 6 " Great 66 66 46 1 1766 . " Great Britain , 222 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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Page 221 - The commons of America, represented in their several assemblies, have ever been in possession of the exercise of this, their constitutional right, of giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it.
Page 228 - Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America, that she will follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of Prior's, of a man's behaviour to his wife, so applicable to you and your colonies, that I cannot help repeating them: Be to her faults a little blind: Be to her virtues very kind.
Page 225 - Act, as well as into the right, he would follow him through the whole field, and combat his arguments on every point.
Page 218 - I have no local attachments. It is indifferent to me whether a man was rocked in his cradle on this side or that side of the Tweed. I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it, in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men...
Page 431 - ... be redressed. On that foundation I would take the lead in recommending peace and harmony to the people. On any other, I would never wish to see them united again. If the breach in the Constitution be effectually repaired, the people will of themselves return to a state of tranquillity ; if not, may discord prevail forever.
Page 219 - Majesty as a minister, it was not the country of the man by which I was moved, but the man of that country wanted wisdom, and held principles incompatible with freedom.
Page 228 - The gentleman must not wonder he was not contradicted, when, as the minister, he asserted the right of parliament to tax America. I know not how it is, but there is a modesty in this house which does not choose to contradict a minister.
Page 221 - Would to God that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number! Or will you tell him that he is represented by any representative of a borough? a borough which, perhaps, its own representatives never saw! This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution.
Page 218 - I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men — men who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last.
Page 227 - Omitting the immense increase of people by natural population, in the northern colonies, and the emigration from every part of Europe, I am convinced that the whole commercial system of America may be altered to advantage. You have prohibited where you ought to have encouraged ; and you have encouraged where you ought to have prohibited.