the articles included in the
original motion of Lord North. In the course of his speech in support of
the amendment he said:

"If it be asked whether it will remove the apprehensions excited by your
resolutions and address of the last year, for bringing to trial in
England persons accused of treason in America? I answer, no. If it be
asked, if this commercial concession would quiet the minds of the
Americans as to the political doubts and fears which have struck them to
the heart throughout the continent? I answer, no; so long as they are
left in doubt whether the Habeas Corpus Act, whether the Bill of Rights,
whether the Common Law as now existing in England, have any operation
and effect in America, they cannot be satisfied. At this hour they know
not whether the civil constitution be not suspended and superseded by
the establishment of a military force. The Americans think that they
have, in return to all their applications, experienced a temper and
disposition that is unfriendly--that the enjoyment and exercise of the
common rights of freemen have been refused to them. Never with these
views will they solicit the favour of this House; never more will they
wish to bring before Parliament the grievances under which they conceive
themselves to labour. Deeply as they feel, they suffer and endure with
alarming silence. For their liberty they are under no apprehensions. It
was first planted under the auspicious genius of the constitution, and
it has grown up into a verdant and flourishing tree; and should any
severe strokes be aimed at the branches, and fate reduce it to the bare
stock, it would only take deeper root, and spring out more hardy and
durable than before. They trust to Providence, and wait with firmness
and fortitude the issue."

The statements of Governor Pownall were the result of long observation
and experience in America, and practical knowledge of the colonists, and
were shown by results to be true to the letter, though treated with
scorn by Lord North, and with aversion by the House of Commons, which
rejected his amendment by a majority of 242 to 204.

The results of the combinations against the use of British manufactures
were illustrated this year by the candidates for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts at Harvard College appearing dressed in black cloth manufactured
wholly in New England. The general plan of non-importation of English
manufactured goods was now relinquished on the repeal of the duties