...Aug. 25, 1775 — Jefferson's "Works, 2d edition, vol i., p. 151. " I am sincerely one of those. I would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly...than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation." General Washington made it no secret that such were his sentiments. In Mr. Irving' s Life we are treated...

...the letter of the Continental Congress to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London had said : " North America, my Lord, wishes most ardently for a lasting...properly limited, than on any nation on earth, or 27 than on no nation." Not all the blood of Lexington, and Concord, and Bunker Hill, crying from the...

...from so much as mentioning the matter in Congress ? As late as August, 1775, Mr. Jefferson said : " I would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly...than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation." Washington said in May, 1776, " When I took command of this army (June, 1775), I abhorred the idea...

...be thought a hard condition to those who wish for re-union with the parent country. I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on...Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation upon earth, or than on no nation ; but I am one of those too, who rather than submit to the right of...

..." still wish for reunion with their parent country," says most emphatically, " I am one of these ; and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain,...and Bunker Hill, crying from the ground long before thfese words were written, had extinguished the wish for reconciliation and reunion even in the heart...

...wrote to Mr. Randolph: "I am sincerely one of those who still wish for reunion with the parent country, and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain,...than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us assumed by the...

...with the government, was about to leave Virginia for England."! In this letter, he avowed that he " would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly...than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation,^ a predilection repeated by him to the same loyal officer, not long after.§ These letters have been...

..." still wish for reunion with their parent country," says most emphatically, " I am one of these ; and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain,...Declaration. Tell me not, tell me not, that there was anything of equivocation, anything of hypocrisy in these and a hundred other similar expressions which...

...thought a hard condition to those who still wish for a re-union with their parent country. I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any other nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who, rather than submit to...

...thought a hard condition, to those who still wish for reunion with their parent country. I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on...than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us, assumed by...