Thomas J Gargan a Memorial With An Appendix Containing Addresses Delivered By
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The days of King John and the divine rights of kings had long since vanished. Rumors of the attempted imposition of taxes by the British Parliament had crossed the seas, and early in 1764, at the May town-meeting in Faneuil Hall, before it was known that the Stamp Act had passed, Samuel Adams read these instructions from Boston to her repre- sentatives: "There is no room for delay if taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid. Are we not re...duced from the character 91 THOMAS J. GARGAN of free subjects to the miserable state of tribu- tary slaves? We claim British rights, not by charter only; we are born to them. Use your endeavors that the weight of the other North American colonies may be added to this prov- ince, that by united application all may obtain redress. " We know how futile were the efforts of the provinces to obtain redress. It did seem upon the repeal of the Stamp Act that the British ministry had a lucid interval, and was preparing to adopt a statesman-like policy.
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