Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, an Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolu
Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, an Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolu
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 edition. Excerpt: ...with the farther addition, that the money they voted was ts an encouragement to the colonies to exert themselves with vigur. It will not be necessary to go through all the testimonies which your own records have fliven to the truth of my resolutions. I will only refer you to the places in the journals: Vol. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 edition. Excerpt: ...with the farther addition, that the money they voted was ts an encouragement to the colonies to exert themselves with vigur. It will not be necessary to go through all the testimonies which your own records have fliven to the truth of my resolutions. I will only refer you to the places in the journals: Vol. XXVII. 16th and 19th of May, 1757. Vol. XXVIII.--June 1st, 1758, April 26th and 30th, 1759. March 26th and 31st, and April 28th, 1760. January 9th and 20th, 1761. Vol. XXIX. Jan. 22J, and 26lh, 1762; March 14th and 17th, 1763. Sir, here is the repeated acknowledgement of parliament that the colonies not only gave, but gave to satiety. This nation has formerly acknowledged two things; first, that the colonies had gone beyond their abilities, parliament having thought it necessary to reimburse them; secondly, that they had acted legally and laudably in their grants of money, and their maintenance of troops, since the compensation is expressly given as a reward and encouragement. Keward is not bestowed for acta that are unlawful, and encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. My resolution, therefore, does nothing more than collect into one proposition what is scattered through your journals. 1 giye you nothing but 31 your own, and you cannot refuse in the gross, wliat you have so often acknowledged in detail The admission of this, which will be so honorable to them and to you, will, indeed, be mortal to all the miserable stories, by which the passions of the misguided people have been engaged in an unhappy system. The people heard, indeed, from the beginning of these disputes, one thing continually dinned in their ears, that reason and justice demanded that the Americans, who paid no taxes, should be compelled to...
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