. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. , or indeed for any masters. Presently, however. New York rose in such anger, that although thecity was the headquarters of the army, the naval commander, alarmedby the prospect of riots, left the road to the ocean once more free, as ithad all the while been from every other harbor in the thirteen colonies. The Ministry of England were amazed at the turn events were takingin America; and the only Ministry bent resolutely upon enforcing thestamp tax had affronted the king and been dismissed from power. Thegreatest unanimity per
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. , or indeed for any masters. Presently, however. New York rose in such anger, that although thecity was the headquarters of the army, the naval commander, alarmedby the prospect of riots, left the road to the ocean once more free, as ithad all the while been from every other harbor in the thirteen colonies. The Ministry of England were amazed at the turn events were takingin America; and the only Ministry bent resolutely upon enforcing thestamp tax had affronted the king and been dismissed from power. Thegreatest unanimity pervaded the colonies, widely sundered as they werefrom one another; nothing less than the absolute repeal of the odious lawwould be tolerated. They deprecated the necessity of declaring independ-ence, and yet abhoiTed and rejected unconditional submission; they re-pelled the name oi republican, as a slander upon their loyalty, andspurned passive obedience. Meanwhile divisions coniounded the coun-cils of the EnglLsh nation, and the mind of the king tiuctuated like a. Residence of Hon. John Watts. No. 3 Broadway. DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT. 733 weather-vane. Rockingham declared that compulsory taxation was thedoctrine of absolute monarchy, not of the British Constitution. Thei-ightfulness of the Stamp Act was actually in dispute, and sentimentwas about equally divided around the throne. On the 3d of October,the great statesmen of the realm agreed that the American question weighty for their decision, and that Parliament must be consulted. The news which came across the water distressed the king. The sur-render of the stamps at New York to the municipal government of thecity, he regarded as extremely humiliating. This is undoubtedly themost serious matter that ever came before Parliament, he said, and wasimpatient to receive a minute report of all that should occur. There was a succession of stormy debates. Some claimed with greatenergy that the repeal of the Stamp Act would be a
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