James Otis, the Pre-revolutionist: A Brief Interpretation of the Life and Work of a PatriotUniversity Association, 1898 - 112 halaman |
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... the colonies . By the terms of the Act heavy duties were laid on all the sugar , molasses , and rum which should be imported into the colonies . The customs were exorbitant and were from the first evaded as. 34 JAMES OTIS .
... the colonies . By the terms of the Act heavy duties were laid on all the sugar , molasses , and rum which should be imported into the colonies . The customs were exorbitant and were from the first evaded as. 34 JAMES OTIS .
Halaman 36
... duty would be offered by the land merchants rather than by the sea traders ; for the merchants did not desire that the cost of the merchandise to themselves and their cus- tomers should be doubled without some equivalent ad- vantage ...
... duty would be offered by the land merchants rather than by the sea traders ; for the merchants did not desire that the cost of the merchandise to themselves and their cus- tomers should be doubled without some equivalent ad- vantage ...
Halaman 37
... duties , and thus getting themselves into the category of smugglers . It was this precise condition of affairs which led to a still more stringent measure on the part of the home government . It was determined in Parliament to put an ...
... duties , and thus getting themselves into the category of smugglers . It was this precise condition of affairs which led to a still more stringent measure on the part of the home government . It was determined in Parliament to put an ...
Halaman 44
... duty to support the petition of the custom - house officers in upholding the Writs of Assist- ance and in constraining the executive officers of the province to support them in doing so . This contingency brought out the mettle of the ...
... duty to support the petition of the custom - house officers in upholding the Writs of Assist- ance and in constraining the executive officers of the province to support them in doing so . This contingency brought out the mettle of the ...
Halaman 46
... duty . These statutes Mr. Gridley claimed as a warrant for the like usage in America . In answer to Gridley , Oxenbridge Thatcher , * himself a lawyer of no mean abilities , spoke for the counter peti- tioners . His plea was a strong ...
... duty . These statutes Mr. Gridley claimed as a warrant for the like usage in America . In answer to Gridley , Oxenbridge Thatcher , * himself a lawyer of no mean abilities , spoke for the counter peti- tioners . His plea was a strong ...
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Halaman 49 - oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is.
Halaman 52 - the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book;" since they placed "the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.
Halaman 49 - It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book.
Halaman 107 - Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle.
Halaman 85 - Approach : but awful ! lo ! the /Egerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John* sat and thought ; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor...
Halaman 49 - I must, therefore, beg your honors' patience and attention to the whole range of an argument, that may, perhaps, appear uncommon in many things, as well as to points of learning that are more remote and unusual: that the whole tendency of my design may the more easily be perceived, the conclusions better descend, and the force of them be better felt.
Halaman 47 - Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Halaman 101 - Charlestown, who raised his piece at the same moment with a British soldier, each exclaiming, "You are a dead man!" The Briton dropped, shot through the heart. James Hayward fell mortally wounded.
Halaman 91 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might — Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Halaman 54 - It shall be lawful for any person or persons authorized," etc. What a scene does this open! Every man, prompted by revenge, ill humor, or wantonness to inspect the inside of his neighbor's house, may get a writ of assistance. Others will ask it from self-defense; one arbitrary exertion will provoke another, until society be involved in tumult and in blood.