 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1903 - 384 Seiten
...the mother country. So late as October 1774 the First Congress thus addressed the British people. " You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies." Among those who voted that address... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1907 - 588 Seiten
...and another to the people of British America, including Quebec. To the English people it was said: "Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall...to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness ;" and this expressed, without doubt, the feeling of a large majority of the Americans of the day,... | |
 | John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton - 1910 - 404 Seiten
...independence. Their feeling was expressed by Jay in his address to the people of Great Britain : " Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall...be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness." Before 1775 there was no question of separation. During all the Revolution Adams declared that he would... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1910 - 304 Seiten
...the republic. ' "Permit us to be as free as yourselves," they said to the people of Great Britain, "and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness." "No," answered Parliament. "Protect us as a loving father," they said to the king, "and forbid a licentious... | |
 | John Warwick Daniel - 1911 - 818 Seiten
...brethren what their fathers and our fathers said to England through the Colonial Congress of 1774: "Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall...to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness ; but we must tell you that we will never submit to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for any... | |
 | John Andrew Doyle - 1911 - 386 Seiten
...to remain loyal. Sir George Trevelyan quotes the words of congress, officially delivered in 1774 : " You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence. Be assured that these are not facts but calumnies." Samuel Adams was not an irresponsible... | |
 | Basil Williams - 1913 - 450 Seiten
...: ' you have been told that we are impatient of government and desirous of independency. These are calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,...be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness.' To Chatham the petition seemed ' decent, manly, and properly expressed ' ; he called Congress ' the... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - 1913 - 488 Seiten
...proportion, and far beyond our ability T" After these appeals they repel the charges brought against them. "You have been told that we are seditious, impatient...government, and desirous of independency. Be assured," they said, "that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we... | |
 | Charles Franklin Warwick - 1913 - 454 Seiten
...addressed to the people of Great Britain, it said: "Permit us to be as free as yourselves and we will ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness. We will ever be ready to contribute all in our power to the welfare of the Empire. We will consider your... | |
 | Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami - 1914 - 278 Seiten
...appeal. You have been told that we are impatient of government and desirous of independence. These are calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves,...be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness. But if you are determined that your ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of mankind: if neither... | |
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You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory,... 
