A FIERCE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY HAS GROWN WITH THE GROWTH OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COLONIES, AND INCREASED WITH THE INCREASE OF THEIR WEALTH; A SPIRIT THAT UNHAPPILY MEETING WITH AN EXERCISE OF POWER IN ENGLAND, WHICH, HOWEVER LAWFUL, IS NOT RECONCILEABLE TO ANY IDEAS OF LIBERTY, MUCH LESS WITH THEIRS, HAS KINDLED THIS FLAME, WHICH IS READY TO CONSUME US. BURKE'S Speech on Conciliation with America. CHARTERS OF THE OLD ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY SAMUEL LUCAS, Esq., M.A. LATE OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD; BARRISTER AT LAW. PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE REFORM OF Checked LONDON: STOR LIBRARY NEW-YORK JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. MDCCCL. May 1913 |