Their
very numbers, he said, would only add to the facility of their defeat
when brought into action. Beyond this, the commons did little more
before the Christmas recess than receive petitions which had been got
up by Franklin and his agents in the North, and counter petitions which
were concocted through the agency of Adam Smith, Dr. Roebuck, and others
who seem to have been set to work by ministers, although they pretended
some surprise when they were presented. In the house of lords, in the
meantime, one important resolution had passed on the motion of the Duke
of Manchester. This was to admit not only the members of the house of
commons, but also other strangers, to hear the debates of the upper
house. This put an end to a bitter contention which had existed between
the lords and commons for four years.
CHAPTER VI.
{GEORGE III. 1775-1776}
Debates on America..... Pacific Measure of Lord North.....
Burke's Plan of Conciliation..... Close of the Session.....
Petition of the City of London..... Departure of
Franklin..... Proceedings of the Americans..... Expedition
to seize Stores at Salem..... Affair at Lexington, etc......
Meeting of the Assemblies and General Congress..... Battle
of Bunker's Hill..... General Washington..... Expedition
against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, etc,..... Expedition
against Canada..... Disposition and Revolt of the
Virginians.
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