per, and German steel.

III. We further agree not to import any kind of merchandise from Hamburg
and Holland, directly from thence, nor by any other way whatsoever, more
than we have already ordered, except tiles and bricks.

IV. We also promise to countermand all orders given from Great Britain,
or since the 16th instant, by the first conveyance; ordering those goods
not to be sent, unless the forementioned duties are taken off.

V. And we further agree, that if any person or persons subscribing
hereto shall take any advantage, by importing any kind of goods that are
herein restricted, directly or indirectly, contrary to the true intent
and meaning of this agreement, such person or persons shall by us be
deemed enemies to their country.

VI. Lastly, we agree, that if any goods shall be consigned or sent over
to us, contrary to our agreement in this subscription, such goods so
imported shall be lodged in some public warehouse, there to be kept
under confinement until the forementioned Acts be repealed.]

[Footnote 310: The following is the portrait which Mr. Bancroft has
drawn of the character of Barnard, and I cannot deny its accuracy:

"Trained as a wrangling proctor in an Ecclesiastical Court, he had been
a quarrelsome disputant rather than a statesman. His parsimony went to
the extreme of meanness; his avarice was insatiable and restless. So
long as he connived at smuggling, he reaped a harvest in that way; when
Grenville's sternness inspired alarm, it was his study to make the most
money out of forfeitures and penalties. Professing to respect the
Charter, he was unwearied in zeal for its subversion; declaring his
opposition to taxation by Parliament, he urged it with all his power.
Asserting most solemnly that he had never asked for troops, his letters
reveal his perpetual importunity for ships of war and an armed force.
His reports were often false--partly with design, partly from the
credulity of panic. He placed everything in the most unfavourable light,
and was ready to tell every tale and magnify trivial rumours into acts
of treason. He was despondent when conciliation prevailed in England.
The officers of the army and navy despised him for his cowardice and
duplicity, and did not conceal their contempt." (History of the United
States, Vol. VI., Chap. xli., p. 291.)]

[Footnote 311: History of the United States, Vol. VI., Chap. xlii., pp.
308, 309, 311. For the first non-importation resolutions adopted b