New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS

from the mother country forms the SUBJECT Oh
this volume. II covers space Of three years
from I,63 70 1865, and of course, is chiefly
occupied will the Parliamentary debates in re-
gard 10 III. taxation of America, closing with
the repeI Of the Stamp Act, March Is loo.
The Development of British policy for the op-
pression Of the colonies, and the successive
seps By which resistance so arbitrary power
was ripening for revolution, have never before
been presented in such comprehensive and
luminous form. No one, however conversant
with the history of this epoch, can peruse the
present narrative without gaining clearer
and more harmonious view of the subject
The leading outlines are no doubt familiar TO
most readers, but with the light derived from
parliamentary records, personal memsirs and
autograph letters, such = variety of fresh de-
tails are here set forth, that the history as
sumes a new aspect, and mere symmetrical
proportions. TIE union of minuteness and
brevity with which the most important events
are related, ferns striking feature Of this vol
ume. and challenges a favorable comparison
with any previous writer on the period ia ques-
ton. Strongly inclined as is Mr.. Bancroft to
bold philosophical congratulations in his eI-
position of abstract ideas, the moment he en-
tiers the sphere Of events, he is remarkable for
the patient and minute touches with which he
gives both fidelity and expression to his his
torical portrai,ures He never loses himself
in a cloud of vague descriptions. He seizes
the event with the full grasp Of his mind and
places it bodily before you in the unmstakeable
lineaments of life As a specimen OF this
graphic minuteness of narrative, we select al
most at random, the following passage describ-
ing the proceedings of the people Of Connecti-
cut in relation to Jared Ingersoll. the stamp
distributor for the colony.
HOW CONNECTICUT DEALS WITH IT'S STAMP oFF1cER.
Connecticut, which from Us compact population aud
wealth. was in military resources, second only 20 Mas
sachuses loved IL charter, OF which dreaded u risk
the forfeiture by involving IL legislature. The people
therefore systematically assumed the direction Of opn-
ion Assured OF the protection OF Fitch, the Governor,
who Of heart was mkewarm rOyalist lnyersoh sought
10 reason the people into lOrbearance The act 10 80
coniriyed sand h., 20 make your interest % BUY
tie stamps When undertook the Office meant ser
vice TO YOU" stop advertising your wares, he was
answered, til they arrive SAFE az market "Iae Two
FIRST letters OF bis none SAID another are those OF
that traitor Of old IL was decleed our saviour mould
,ufer: Lut WAS il better for Judas scarllt 10 beuAy
him 20 that the price oi bis blood might be saved by
his friends = The multitude, surrounding ms house,
demanded II he would re-iru. II know NOT, ~ re
piled. II have power 20 reign Bl. he promls-
ed if stamps came % him, to resaip them, or leave
he doors open to the people 70 DO wiki taem as they
would
New Haven, hi. own town, spoke or: with authority
IN town meeting GA Tuelday tue seventeenth oi sep
tember they elected one OF their representatives.
Roger sherman. of tue gr,as men OF his time.
Mrultrs son, who had been educated az tue common
fchool 1iler The custom Oi ewEnyltnd, AID havug
begun LIE shoemaker by trade, developed hIgh ca
pncity o. iuris nnd statesmsn They next b. pub
icyoie earnestly desired ln,enO 70 resign his stamp
oGcc Immediately "The vote 10 needless interposcd
friend 81 shall await" said iugert0e "tD .e3 how
the General Assembly a inclined" But H. cautious
people anxious 20 save their rcpres 'natycs from
direct conflict with the British parii meLr; and al
ready several hundreds OF them, parcu ry three di-
visions ron Norwich, from New Oul0n, aud from
Wncham, and al accent towns Lad come out On horse
bsok With eeit days provisions, resolved to scolr the
colony through, TIL ;her stamp officer ehJud be un-
e RI. ard rPrkCued with.
To save his house from the peril Of an stack Ingar
scll rode out from Ncwiisycn, in COMPANY with Jhe
Governor intending % plsce hlsct uader III prOtec-
non OF thc legislature which % convene on TAurs
dsy. Meeting two men Oh horseback, with newly bark.
ed cudee IN their hands Fitch charged them to 20 and
tel their companions 20 return back
1--WE look up0h thu they answered, "a the cause
Of The people viii not take directions about from
any one; and lnge-ao cent word b. them hattie would
meet the concOurse 10 Hartford.
On Thmsday morning insrrson soy forward alone
Two or three miles below Nethe- lcid he met an al
yauced party Of Jour or re; hair tls further anJth
oT another Vi thirty and tie .u body OF about
i've hundred men, farmers ant n ssn)lier. ali bearing
long and large staVes, white from being freshly iei
all horseback, two abreast. preceded by three
tnupefers. aud led by two militia officers in full uni
form. They opened and received lngersol, and then,
10 The sound Of trumpct rode fcrwart 'hrOu ID nc a.
lu'al farms that grace the banks Of the lovely" Con
ueCtcut u they into Wetherslel. There m
the orosd main street. twenty rods wide in the midst
o.. neat dwelling house,, and of people thgt OTRsd
the soil oud thenseves held tue plough, u the very
hCar.Cf New-EuglaIa culture, where tre old Puritan
spt it had existed among the Bet In the DAYS
OF Milton bad been pres efvet with toe laaSs a3miEr
the csyalcade baked saying. We cannOs all hear and
20 well IN house We hsd a. good have the bus.
nee done here" ami they bsde nsersol rasiyn 81" Il
u fair said he that the Counties o. Neg-LondJn Gad
W.a6hsm should dictate 70 all the rot Vi the colony
eft don't signify - psTiey, they snvered; hers are
q gresi many people waiting, and You must rss ~"
Il wat" SAID he, u know the OF the Govern
nent Be-ides, were % rssign, the Governor nas
over - put III auOLAer. Here, ssId they, IA the
ten,e Of sne Government; and no u shall exercise
your oGce" What vii follow II ! won. resgaiH
YOU tte" 81 can de" sad l1gersOil- aad per
haps, wei uow ~ a. Gay time can die but once"
Don't .rrilaie TIE PEE pie, sa4 the leader vac kaeT
tia, the sensh ever cngs 10 lie seeking only 70
multiply is comforts. ireersol asksi leave - 20 D
Hartford You shall nor, = /. was an wsrsI 20 Two
rode I'll you haze resigned" Entering hoGss Sith a
Committee Ne sent word 70 TIE Governor sni Assembly
o. BIZ situation AMI Tor three hours Kept the people
sfy BY eTGsve proposGl. "Getthe mltta over before
he Assembly has time 20 anything sbOu. II" sad sew
eral o, the members. . TINS delay said O1lers, en-
rsged 81 hs uteng ia biz article 20 wneele the mat
ter along uH tte Assembly shah ger ensnEred in Il -
cen keep the peoples Io Onycr" ssif tie leader
coming up isom below, win crowd following IA tae
passsge III time 70 sIl1,iS thought lngersol and
saying, the case Is Tot worth dying lJr h publicly
resigned making wri;en declarst0n TIA: = vas NJ
own free set without sny eouyecaion or uasn,sl re-
seTvtuCn. swear 70 H." seid the crowd But from
tit h excused himself Thea said they shout
Liberty AID Property three times" and throwing his
nat oio the ar, hc shouted, Liberty and Properly
Liberty ard Property, Liberty and Property - On which
TIE multitude gave three loud huzzas
Ahsr d.rnsr esvslcsde, vhich BY ths time had IN
creased % the number o: hear one thousand men es
eoEted him along the rOat studded with farm house,
from Wethenned INTO H.rt.ord and disnlounted with.
Tho house yEh@-e rha