of March, 509-Unanimous Address to the King, 510-Penal measures against Boston, 511-Debate on the Boston Port Bill, 512—Advice of Josiah Tucker, 514-Of John Cartwright, 516-Of Lord George Germaine, 517-The Bos- ton Port Bill in the House of Lords, 518-Debate on repealing the Duty on Tea, 519-Position of Edmund Burke, 521—Gage sails for Boston, 523-His instructions, 523-Public esteem for Samuel Adams, 523-New York Tea Ship, 525-The second Penal Bill, 525—The third, 525-Bill for quarter- ing troops, 526—The Quebec Bill, 527-Decline of liberty in Europe, 527— HOW GREAT BRITAIN ESTRANGED AMERICA. CHAPTER XXV. THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS IN PERIL.-THE FALL OF THE MAY-JULY, 1766. 1 XXV. 1766. May. THE satisfaction of America was not suffered to con- CHAP. tinue long. The King, regarding the repeal of the Stamp Act as "a fatal compliance," which had for ever "wounded the majesty" of England, and “planted thorns" under his own pillow, preferred the hazard of losing the colonies to tempering the British claim of absolute authority. Their denial of that claim and their union were ascribed by his friends to the hesitation of his Ministers, whose measures, they insisted, had prevailed by "artifices" against the real opinion of Parliament; and "the coming hour" was foretold, "when the British Augustus would grieve for the obscuring of the glories of his reign by the loss, not of a province, George the Third to Lord North, 4 February, 1776. A short history, &c., &c., &c., 18, 19. Considerations on the Present State of the Nation, &c., &c., by a late Under-Secretary of State, 50. |