Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . merica has causeto treasure the memory of Chatham. He opposed theStamp Act with all the vigor of his tremendous intel-lect, and in the last speech of his life he prophesiedthat the Americans would never submit to taxationwithout representation, and that all the power ofEngland was not great enough to subdue men whowere fighting for their country. Yet his appeal toGeorge III. and his minions was like bombarding afog. But all he said proved the occasion of this last great speech Chatham WILLIAM PITT 173 was attended by his favorite son Wi
Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . merica has causeto treasure the memory of Chatham. He opposed theStamp Act with all the vigor of his tremendous intel-lect, and in the last speech of his life he prophesiedthat the Americans would never submit to taxationwithout representation, and that all the power ofEngland was not great enough to subdue men whowere fighting for their country. Yet his appeal toGeorge III. and his minions was like bombarding afog. But all he said proved the occasion of this last great speech Chatham WILLIAM PITT 173 was attended by his favorite son William, then nine-teen years old. Proud as was this father of his son, hedid not guess that in four short years this boy would,through his brilliancy, cast his own splendid effortsinto the shadow; and that Burke, the querulous,would give the son a measure of approbation nevervouchsafed to the father. William Pitt, the younger, is known as the ** GreatPitt, to distinguish him from his father, who in hisday was known as the greatest man in 174 WILLIAM PITT
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