Lives of James Otis and James Oglethorpe (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846. Excerpt: ... speech was prepared by Mr. Otis, who was appointed the chairman of a committee for this purpose. CHAPTER VI. Two Pamphlets written by Otis.--His Answer to Governor Bernard's angry Message.--His Language on the Repeal of the Stamp Act.--Choice of Councillors.--Letter of Otis to Secretary Conway.--Governor Bernard calumniates Otis to the Ministry.--Compensation to the Sufferers by the Riots.--State' Tapers written by Otis.--The circular Letter.--Speech. During the year 1765, Mr. Otis, in addition to his other labors in the public service, wrote and published two pamphlets on the exciting topics of the day, of which it may be proper to take some notice, although they contain, for the most part, only a repetition of the opinions and arguments expressed in his former works. The first was entitled "A Vindication of the British Colonies against the Aspersions of the Halifax Gentleman, in his Letter to a Rhode Island Friend." At the close of the preceding year, Mr. Howard, of Halifax, had published a letter to a friend in Rhode Island, in which he ridiculed the plan of American representation in Parliament, and openly defended the justice and expediency of taxation by English authority. Mr. Otis answered him with much spirit, though with more acrimony and personal abuse than was warranted by good manners or good taste. Mr. Howard made a sharp personal retort, when Governor Hopkins, of Rhode Island, took up the controversy, defended Otis, and overwhelmed their common opponent with sarcasm and invective. It must be admitted, on the whole, that the political discussions of that period were conducted with as much heat and indecorum, as the worst of those that have appeared in more recent times. The following passage, in which Mr. Otis exposes and ridicules the positi...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846. Excerpt: ... speech was prepared by Mr. Otis, who was appointed the chairman of a committee for this purpose. CHAPTER VI. Two Pamphlets written by Otis.--His Answer to Governor Bernard's angry Message.--His Language on the Repeal of the Stamp Act.--Choice of Councillors.--Letter of Otis to Secretary Conway.--Governor Bernard calumniates Otis to the Ministry.--Compensation to the Sufferers by the Riots.--State' Tapers written by Otis.--The circular Letter.--Speech. During the year 1765, Mr. Otis, in addition to his other labors in the public service, wrote and published two pamphlets on the exciting topics of the day, of which it may be proper to take some notice, although they contain, for the most part, only a repetition of the opinions and arguments expressed in his former works. The first was entitled "A Vindication of the British Colonies against the Aspersions of the Halifax Gentleman, in his Letter to a Rhode Island Friend." At the close of the preceding year, Mr. Howard, of Halifax, had published a letter to a friend in Rhode Island, in which he ridiculed the plan of American representation in Parliament, and openly defended the justice and expediency of taxation by English authority. Mr. Otis answered him with much spirit, though with more acrimony and personal abuse than was warranted by good manners or good taste. Mr. Howard made a sharp personal retort, when Governor Hopkins, of Rhode Island, took up the controversy, defended Otis, and overwhelmed their common opponent with sarcasm and invective. It must be admitted, on the whole, that the political discussions of that period were conducted with as much heat and indecorum, as the worst of those that have appeared in more recent times. The following passage, in which Mr. Otis exposes and ridicules the positi...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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84

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978-1-151-02705-4

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9781151027054

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1-151-02705-7



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