Author : Great Britain Royal Commiss Manuscripts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780266209874
Book Description
Excerpt from The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth, Vol. 2 Though Lord Dartmouth in the month of January 1766 moved the Lords' reply to the King, vaguely pledging their utmost endeavours to support the King's dignity and the legislative authority Of the kingdom over its colonies, yet almost immediately we find, apparently, his mind made up for the repeal Of the Act, and the Earl Of Huntingdon and the Earl of Chesterfield Offering him their proxies in most impressive terms for that purpose (pp. 33, In the month of February 1766 Lord Rockingham seems to have been so thoroughly disturbed by the conduct Of the Court party as to threaten an immediate resignation, and it now became Lord Dartmouth's turn to urge the claims Of country against personal inclination. The letter is found in the Memoirs of Rockingham. The case is not yet desperate, and while there is the least shadow of hope of doing good, I would on no account give up the game to those who will, undoubtedly, do mischief. The Act once repealed, I shall heartily congratulate your Lordship upon a release from your fatigue. Your successors may then be left to enjoy the sweets of an honourable coalition and hug themselves in the possession of employment, which nothing but concern for the public good could make it worth your while to hold. It will be some time before they can contrive to get us into such another scrape; when they do it will be time enough to call upon Yourself 85 CO to deliver us from it. The Stamp Act once repealed, the overthrow of the Whigs followed, and Lord Dartmouth held no Office for some years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.