A history of the United States . Act was a failure. Asit could not be en-forced, and as itbrought very littlerevenue, it was re-pealed the very yearafter it had become alaw. There are, how-ever, two ways of do- j^^^^ ^^^^ing an act demanded by the people: to do it with a tact that will convey the largestamount of satisfaction; or to do it with some reservation orqualification that leaves a sting behind it. The latter coursewas taken by the British government, which said in substance:We repeal the act, because its enforcement will be injurious toour commercial interests, but in doing so we expr
A history of the United States . Act was a failure. Asit could not be en-forced, and as itbrought very littlerevenue, it was re-pealed the very yearafter it had become alaw. There are, how-ever, two ways of do- j^^^^ ^^^^ing an act demanded by the people: to do it with a tact that will convey the largestamount of satisfaction; or to do it with some reservation orqualification that leaves a sting behind it. The latter coursewas taken by the British government, which said in substance:We repeal the act, because its enforcement will be injurious toour commercial interests, but in doing so we expressly declare the supreme right of Parliament to make laws and statutesof sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and thepeople of America in all ways whatever. First Continental Congress; gave his liberty or death speech in 1775; wasthe first governor of Virginia in 1776-1778; also governor, 1784 and 1785; wasa strenuous believer in states rights, and for this reason opposed the adop-tion of the Federal 96 CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION. [§129 129. The Townshend Acts. — The « Stamp Act was followedby the Townshend Acts in 1767. One of these acts forbade the colonies to tradewith the West Indiesand was evidentlydesigned to force theAmericans to buyWest Indian goods inGreat Britain. An-other provided for anew duty on all im-ports of glass, paper,paints, and teas. Stillanother, and the most(obnoxious of theTownshend Acts, wasone which legalized Writs of Assist-ance. Such writshad formerly beenunlawfully used as a means of enforcing the statute againstsmuggling. These papers, by being signed in blank, so thatnames could be inserted at the convenience of the officer, pro-vided a means by which any sheriff or constable could enter anymans house to search for whatever he wanted to find.
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