...their consent." " We are told America is obstinate," he said, " and is almost in open rebellion. Sir, I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest." " The Americans have been wronged ! They have been driven to madness by injustice !...

...resisted. Three millions of people so dead " to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to sub" mit to be slaves would have been fit instruments " to make slaves of all the rest. I come not here " armed at all points with law-cases and Acts of " Parliament, with the...

...alarm Pitt declare that 'I rejoice that America has resisted: three millions of people so dead to all feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest.' The duke of Grafton, on the other wing, had been more than ever convinced that the administration...

...behind William Pitt's famous plea for the repeal of the Stamp Act. "I rejoice, " Pitt told the Commons, "that America has resisted. Three millions of people...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. "22 These warnings did not bestir many Britons, but on the colonial side of the Atlantic...

...realized it. WH AUDEN (1907-73). Anglo-American poet. The Dyer's Hand, pi. 6, "American Poeiry" (1962). 3 n of criticism the rest. WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER, LORD CHATHAM (1 708-78), English statesman. Address. 1 4 Jan. t 766,...

...almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. I come not here armed at all points, with law cases and acts of Parliament, with the statute...

...almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three million of people so dead to all feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. I come not here armed at all points, with law cases and acts of parliament, with the statute...

...the colonies . . . Sir, I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest." The "Speedwell" arrives with the stamps which are Dec. transferred to Fort Halifax for safe...

...calumniates it might have profited. He ought to have desisted from his project. The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion....would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. I come not here armed at all points, with law cases and acts of Parliament, with the statute-book...

...I but give expression to the noble sentiments of Pitt in the British Parliament, when he declared: "I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest." Take notice, Mr Saulsbury tells us that people denied the right of self-government are "slaves,"...