Legal Aspects of the Controversy Between the American Colonies and Great Britain a Lecture (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Legal Aspects of the Controversy Between the American Colonies and Great Britain a Lecture It does not consist with my purpose to pursue the history of the controversies between the colonies and the mother country; but a glance at the legal aspects of the great contentions is necessary. The contest was, in a large sense, single and common; though it naturally had diverse manifestations, at different times and in the different colonies. It was one assault breaking upon different salients of the fortress of liberty. As a debate it was conducted, on the part of the colonies, with wonderful moderation, with the highest courage, and the most conspicuous ability. The petitions, addresses, and public papers of that time, proceeding from American sources, are not excelled in style or strength by any state papers of that great historical period. In the earlier and middle stages of the controversy the remonstrances and petitions were full of expressions of the most devoted loyalty to the English king. No doubt these expressions were sincere, as such things go. The conception of a free republican state came late and doubtingly into the minds of the most radical of the colonial leaders, and could not be sent out without a cloak until war was flagrant. Habit, family associations, a proud and reverent love for the old kingdom and the old home, and the need of a powerful protector against foreign enemies, kept the colonists loyal, in a sense - much as those who deposed James and set William and Mary upon the throne, under the act of settlement, were loyal Englishmen. The colonists did not desire separation; they were more than willing to remain English subjects; but would suffer no curtailment of the traditional rights of Englishmen. More liberty, rather than less, was the suggestion of their experience and of the conditions that surrounded them. There has been much debate as to the sincerity of the colonists in their frequent protestations of loyalty, in view of their frequent acts of resistance to the royal edicts. 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.
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