ny
part of that country; but when the right came to be exercised in the
manner we have seen, the whole country was alarmed, and there was an
unanimous determination to oppose it. The right simply is not regarded;
it is the exercise of it that is the object of opposition. It is this
exercise that has irritated and made almost desperate several of the
colonies. But the noble lord (Lord North) chooses to be consistent, and
is determined to make them all alike. The only province that was
moderate, and in which England had some friends, he now treats with
contempt. What will be the consequence when the people of this moderate
province are informed of this treatment? That representation which the
cool and candid of this moderate province had framed with deliberation
and caution is rejected--is not suffered to be presented--is not even to
be read by the clerk. When they hear this they will be inflamed, and
hereafter be as distinguished by their violence as they have hitherto
been by their moderation. It is the only method they can take to regain
the esteem and confidence of their brethren in the other colonies who
have been offended at their moderation. Those who refused to send
deputies to the Congress (at Philadelphia), and trusted to Parliament,
will appear ridiculous in the eyes of all America. It will be proved
that those who distrusted and defied Parliament had made a right
judgment, and those who relied upon its moderation and clemency had been
mistaken and duped; and the consequence of this must be, that every
friend the Ministers have in America must either abandon them, or lose
all credit and means of serving them in future."

"Governor _Johnstone_ observed that when Mr. Wilkes had formerly
presented a petition full of matter which the House did not think to
enter into, they did not prevent the petition being brought up, but
separated the matter which they thought improper from that which they
thought ought to be heard. The House might make use of the same
selection here. Ministers have long declared they wished for a dutiful
application from one of the colonies, and now it is come they treat it
with scorn and indignity. Mr. Cornwall had said it came only from
twenty-six individuals. These twenty-six are the whole Assembly. When
the question to adopt the measures recommended by the Congress was
negatived by a majority of one only in this Assembly of twenty-six
individuals, the Ministers were in high spirits, and thes