 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 656 pages
...— " Mr. Strahan, — You are a member of parliament, and are of that majority which has doomed mj country to destruction. You have begun to burn our...your hands; they are stained with the blood of your relatives ! You aaJ I were long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I SL: yours, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN."... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1875 - 542 pages
...PHILADELPHIA, 5 July, 1775. " MB. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to...our people. Look upon your hands : they are stained loith the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1875 - 558 pages
...murder our people. Look ulion your hands : they are ttaiurd with the blood of your relations ! Yon and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours, " B. FRANKLIN." 1 The struggle in Mexico against the United States, and that of our lathers against... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 652 pages
...j™- through whom he had formerly communicated with Lord North, he wrote, on the fifth of July : " You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." But still Franklin did not attempt to overrule or defy the scruples of his colleagues. The second petition... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 650 pages
...July. through whom he had formerly communicated with Lord North, he wrote, on the fifth of July : " You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." But still Franklin did not attempt to overrule or defy the scruples of his colleagues. The second petition... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 676 pages
...England, "Americans will fight: England has lost her colonies for ever,' 624; writes to Strahan, saying, " You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours," v. 12; had not been active in continental congress; after consultation with Jefferson and others, reports... | |
 | John Seely Hart - English language - 1877 - 392 pages
...Strahan, of about the same date: Another Example. — "You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN." Eemark. — In regard to both of these examples, it may be remarked that they can more... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - United States - 1877 - 362 pages
...friend in London,1 — MR. STRAIIAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority who has doomed my country to destruction. You have begun...long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. The tone of this letter shows that public spirit in the Colonies had already grown determined... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1878 - 648 pages
...July, through whom he had formerly communicated with Lord North, he wrote, on the fifth of July : " You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." But still Franklin did not attempt to overrule or defy the scruples of his colleagues. The second petition... | |
 | English literature - 1880 - 588 pages
...fresh from England, in 1775, to his old friend, William Strahan, the King's printer : ' Mr. Strahan, you are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to bum our homes and murder our people. Look at your hands ; they are stained with the blood of your relations.... | |
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MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations... 
