Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-13
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During the American Revolution, or
"Rebelion." as the British called it, Lord
Chatham, an Englishman, nobleman, a
British Senator, made several bold and
powerful speeches in the House Of Lords.
in favor Of peace and conciliation with
the American "rebels," as Burke and Fox
did also in the House Of Commons OF
course they were TRAITORS" and Cooper
heads" in the modern American sense OF
/ the word; but lorsuch treason as that, even
British King and Ministry never dared
TO threaten to send them to the Tower
! (the British "Fort Lafayette"); and noV
they are everywhere applauded as true
patriots and statesmen.
The following are extracts from the
speeches of Lord Chatham
The measures of last year, my Lords, which
have produced the present alarming state OF
America, were founded upon misrepresenta.
ton. They we're violent, precipilate, aud
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only faction in Boston which opposed all
lawful government; that an unwarrautable
! injury had been done to private property, for
winch the justice OF Parliament was called
/ upon to order reparation, that the least an
pedyaHce of frmnesS oouid ace the Ameri
cans into submission, and upon only passing
the Rubicon tPolomac2) we should be sine
Glade victor--vctorious without bloodshed-
! Speech for removing the Kings troops from
| Boston, January 20, 1915
! You may ravaRe, you cannot conquer the
Americans. You talk, my Lords, of your nu-
merous friends among them to annlhiate the
/ Congress- and OF your powerful forces to
dsperss their army. | might AS we'll talk OF
driving them before me with this crutcbl But
! what would you couquer--the mass Of Amer
ica2 What troops you have sent are too mann
/ 10 make peace-tOO teic 10 make Udr Ii you
conquer them, what theu2 You cannot make
them respect you you cannot make them
wear your cloth; you will plant an invincihe
hatred IN their breasts against you Your
trade now languishes; your taxes increase,
| your revenues diminish France at this mo
ment is securing aud drawing to herself that
commerce which created your seameu, fed
! your islands, etc. He reprubated the meas
ures which produced and which had been
! pursued in the conduct of the civil wal, in the
severest language; infatuated measures giving
rise to, and still continuing, a cruel, unnatu.
raj, self destroying war, Success, it is said,
! is hoped for in this campaign Why2 Be
cause our army will be as strong this year as
it was last, when 1t was not strong enough.
The notion Of conquering America, he treat
ed with the greatest contempt
| My Lords, shall no doubt hear it objected,
! why should zoe submit or concede. Has
America done anything on her part to induce
US to agree to so large q ground of conces-
sionr' will tell you, my Lords, why think
you should You have been the aggressors
from the beginning | shall not trouble your
lordships with the particulars they have been
stated and enforced by the noble Lord who
spoke last but one (Lord Camden). in n much
more able and distinct manner than ] could
pretend to state them. II, then, we are the
aggressors, 1t is your Lordshps' business to
make the first overture. say again, this
country has been the aggressor. You have
made descents upon their coasts; yon have
burned their towns, plundered their country
made war upon the inhabitants, confiscated
their property, prescribed and imprisoned
their persons, 1 do affirm, nv Lords that
instead of exactng unconditional submission
from the colonies, we should grant them un-
conditional redress Let then, reparation
come from the hands that inflicted the iniu
ries let cancellation succeed chasRsement
and do maintain that Parliament will again
recover its authority; that His Majesty will
once more be enthrOned in the hearts of his
American subjects and that your Lordships
as contributing to 80 great glorious, saluiary
and benignant work, will receive the pray.
ers and benedlctions of every part Of the
British empire. Speech for putfinq sion 10
hostiiiHes in America, Nay 30, l777, in The
midst of the loar
| No man thinks more highly of our arms
than | do. ! love and honor the English
troops | know their virtues and their yalor
| know they can achieve any thing except
impossibilities, and know that the conquest
OF English America is an impossibility 'You
can not, venture to say it, you can not con.
| quer America. You may swell every eynense
Tsnd every effort still more extrayngantIy; Mia
and accumulate every assistance you can buy
or borrow; traffic aud barter with every little
p'tliul German prince that sells aud sends his
sublects to the shambles of a foreign prinee.
| your efforts are forever vain aud impoient-
doubly so from this mercenary aid on which
you rely, for it irrtates to an incurable re.
sentiment the minds Of your enemies. 10 over.
run them until the mercenary sons of rapine
and plunder, devoting them and their DOS.
sessions TO the rapActy OF hirelingsg If Il
were an American, as am an Englishman.
while foreign troop was landed in my coun,
try, never would lay down my arms-never
-never-neVer
| My Lords, no man wishes for the due de.
pendenee OF America on this country more
than do To preserve il, and not confrm
that state OF independence into which your
measures hitherto have driven them il the
object which we ought to unite in attaining
The Americans contendinR for their rigbts
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