...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when h 7 #`3$ ^) demand ed, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond,...

...Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined his fortune ? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. Sir, if acting on these high motives — if...

...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden* when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would...payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it wademanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamhle, of which you are so fond,...

...never\ 3. Does any one suppose that the payment of twenty shillings, would have ruined Mr. Hambdeu's fortune ? No\ But the payment of half^ twenty shillings,...principle^ it was demanded, would have made him a slave\ 4. I insist^ upon this point\ I urge^ you to it ; I press^ it, demand^ it. 5. All that I have\ all...

...exaction. As Burke said in regard to the resistance of the colonies to the three-penny tax upon tea, " the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made Hampden a slave." His open refusal to pay the tax brought out the whole power of the king to crush...

...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would...duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to hear." In this parliament of 1774 the Tory party was deserted in disgust by one, long the ardent admirer...

...relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty. 58. ON AMERICAN TANATION, APWL 19, 1774.— Id. called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would...are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that th* Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. You arc, therefore, at this moment, in the awkward...

...Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined his fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. Sir, if acting on these high motives — if...

...payment of twenty shillings, would have ruined Mr. Ilampden's fortune? No v . But the payment of half v twenty shillings, on the principle^ it was demanded, would have made him a slave v . 4. I insist^ upon this point v : I urge v you to it; I press v it, demaad x it. 5. All that I have...

...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden, when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden' s fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings on the principle it was demanded...