(1775, CONTINUED.)
PARLIAMENT PROCEEDS TO PASS AN ACT TO PUNISH THE NEW
ENGLAND COLONIES FOR SYMPATHISING WITH MASSACHUSETTS, BY
RESTRICTING THEIR TRADE TO ENGLAND AND DEPRIVING THEM OF
THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. 433-441
Parliament passes a second Act to punish in the same way
all the Colonies, for the same reason as those of the New
England Colonies, except New York, Delaware, North Carolina;
these Provinces decline the exception 433
Much expected from the General Assembly of New York, which
had not endorsed the first Continental Congress; the
Assembly meets and adopts a petition and remonstrances on
the grievances of all the Colonies, including Massachusetts;
this address, adopted as late as May, 1775, a Loyal United
Empire Document; extracts from this admirable and statesmanlike
address 434
Mr. Burke, in a conciliatory speech, proposes to present
this memorial to the House of Commons 437
Lord North opposes it 438
Mr. Fox defends it, and moves against its rejection 438
Governor Johnstone justifies the reception of it by example 439
Lord North's amendment to reject the petition adopted by a
majority of 186 to 67 439
The memorial, after debate, rejected by the House of Lords 440
Reflections of the royal historian on the effect upon the
public mind in England from the rejection of the New York
Assembly's appeal by both Houses of Parliament (in a note) 440
The Colonists still persist in hopes of reconciliation and
the maintenance of their constitutional rights, without
entertaining a thought of independence 441