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... were desirous of regulating their own concerns in their own way, that the British Government should not interfere; that at one 50 The Writings of Ab... ...50 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five time they struggled with the British Government to be permit- ted to exclude the African slave trade,—if... ..., Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, was acquired first, I believe, by the British Gov- ernment, in part at least, from the French. Before the estab- ... ...he Regular Army of the United States be increased by the addition of eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artille... ...ereby em- power him, to receive into the army of the United States as many regiments of volunteer troops from the State of Ken- tucky and from the wes... .... 242 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five MEMORANDUM ABOUT INDIANA REGIMENTS. W ASHINGTON, JUNE 11, 1861 The government has already accepted ... ...riginal ones passed into the Union even before they cast off their British colonial dependence; and the new ones each came into the Union directly fro...

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...d their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from British ports. The Emperor of France has, by a like proceeding, promptly v... ...ged. 3. The troops to be mustered into the service of the United States by regiments, when the regiments are filled up, accord- ing to regulations, to... ...nts are filled up, accord- ing to regulations, to the minimum strength—the regiments to be organized according to the regulations of the War Depart- m... ...o merchandise warehoused under bond the privilege of being exported to the British North American prov- inces adjoining the United States, in the mann... ... other ports, situated on the frontiers of the United States adjoining the British North American provinces, as may hereafter be found expedient, may ... ...I desire, however, to be understood while making this state- ment that the colonial authorities of Canada are not deemed to 230 The Writings of Abrah... ...the fallen have been so few. While corps and divisions and bri- gades and regiments have formed and fought and dwindled and gone out of existence, a ...

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...lours, Spaniards in black and white, Peruvians—orange, Mexicans—red as the British army. Well, it’s just my whim. If I like red, I go at red. I ain’t ... ...ike a kid glove. I am Edward’s ‘resplendent wife.’ A colonel of one of the regiments invited him to dinner (speaking En- glish), ‘with your resplenden... ...i- sons; while Algernon vehemently defended her with a bat- tering fire of British adjectives in superlative. He as much as hinted, under instigation,... ...ands of the Eccleses, by running off one day and entering the ranks of the British army. Those framed letters became melancholy objects for con- templ... ...one was possessed of unlimited power of splitting himself into serviceable regiments, at the call of his lord, Algernon. He scarcely liked to make the... ...ention to become a colonist. He employed the luncheon hour in a visit to a colonial ship- ping office, and nearly ran straight upon Sedgett at the off... ...d an oppres- sion in his head, though it obscured the pretty prospect of a colonial but and horse, with Rhoda cooking for him, far from cares. He did ... ...tion to sternness from this display of alacrity. “I counsel you to try the Colonial Bar.” Edward read in the first sentence, that his income would be ...

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...as a Sowerby’s Botany also, with thousands of carefully tinted pictures of British plants, and one or two other important works in the sitting-room. I... ...orant and wretched and the under-equipped and under-staffed Na- tional and British schools, supported by voluntary contribu- tions and sectarian rival... ...nse of effective contact; we boasted, it is true, an under secretary and a colonial governor among our old boys, but they were never real to us; such ... ... social phenomenon, the German official, so differ- ent in manner from the British; and when one woke again after that one had come to Bale, and out o... ...at prototype, was Herbert Spencer (who couldn’t read Kant); such are whole regiments of prominent and entirely self-satisfied contemporaries. They go ...

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...Say, is my kingdom lost?” —Shakespeare IT WA S A FEA TURE peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wildernes... ...e danger into which he was heedlessly running, saved the rem- nants of the British army, on this occasion, by his decision and courage. The reputation... ...ng of a summer sun. The 10 The Last of the Mohicans loyal servants of the British crown had given to one of these forest-fastnesses the name of Willi... ...pecies of ruins that are intimately associ- ated with the recollections of colonial history, and which are in appropriate keeping with the gloomy char... ... work itself, in which Hawkeye pointed out the presence of those auxiliary regiments that had so re- cently left the Hudson in their company. From the... ...or- tage with his savages, every yell and whoop from whom rang through the British encampment, chilling the hearts of men who were already but too muc... ...ed than described in the preceding chapter, is conspicuous in the pages of colonial history by the merited title of “The Massacre of William Henry.” I...

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...n to geography , or recognised by the muse of History—than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional,... ...ef of Owyhee or Tongataboo should proclaim a momentary independence of the British trident, or should even offer a transient outrage to her sovereign ... ...n echo—or to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune. Parthia, it is true, might pretend to the dignity of an em... ... good deal of delusion prevalent on such subjects. In some English cavalry regiments, the custom is for the privates to take only one meal a day, whic... ... ascertained that the quantity of porter or substantial ale drunk in these regiments does virtually allow many meals, by comparison with the washy tea... ...ullest and amplest form upon their final discharge, viz. in the shape of a colonial estate—large enough to rear a family in com- fort, and seated in t... ...But whatever might be the value or ex- tent of his reforms in the marching regiments, Alexander could not succeed in binding the prætorian guards to h...

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... which we are writing, Oswego was one of the extreme frontier posts of the British possessions on this conti- nent. It had not been long occupied, and... ...ernoon, and then, when you get back to Y ork, ex- amine one of the militia regiments making its greatest efforts.” “Well, to my eye, Sergeant, there i... ...avis! Our Scotch lassies are fair and pleasant; but it must be owned these colonials are of surpassing comeliness.” “Y ou will do well to recollect yo... ...ualities, as it might be.” “A French master is but a poor instructor for a British sailor, notwithstanding.” “I beg your pardon, sir: Jasper Eau-douce... ...honor’s leave.” “It’s a d——d lingo, and never did any one good—at least no British subject; for I suppose the French themselves must talk together in ...

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...I am writing of took place in an almost pre-historic era in the history of British India. Some folk may remember the years before lawn-tennis was born... ...ery—perhaps you will recollect it—of the Maribyrnong Plate. The walls were colonial ramparts—logs of jarrak spiked into masonry—with wings as strong a... ...the Government that he had a scheme whereby a very large percentage of the British Army in India could be fed, at a very large saving, on Pig. Then he... ...ite Hussars by their “side,” which is greater than that of all the Cavalry Regiments on the roster. If this is not a sufficient mark, you may know the... ...e one great and peculiar privilege. They won it at Fontenoy, I think. Many Regiments possess special rights, such as wearing col- lars with undress un...

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...enough to induce him to risk himself within the dangerous precincts of the British capital. This appears from Dr. King’s Anecdotes of His Own Times. ‘... ...fety and future for- tunes, from visiting England; every other part of the British dominions, and a tour, if I pleased, on the Continent, being left t... ...t; this is all which it is neces- sary for you at present to know.’ ‘Every British subject has a right to know why he suffers restraint,’ I replied; ‘... ...on, he took the first opportunity afforded by a pause in the discussion of colonial politics, to say, ‘I must remind you, Provost Crosbie, of your kin... ...rs, upon whom alone the trust of the exiled family reposed, assembled into regiments which act under the orders of the existing dynasty. [The Highland... ...egiments which act under the orders of the existing dynasty. [The Highland regiments were first employed by the celebrated Earl of Chatham, who assume... ... perhaps,’ answered Redgauntlet; ‘but the policy which raised the Highland regiments has provided for that. We have already friends in these corps; no...

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... Oh, the world! Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Eur... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland 146 Moby Dick Fishery, under the corrupted title of Spec... ...ld, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commodore Davis of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r... ...under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British gov- ernment was induced to send the sloop-of-war Rattler on a whal... ... the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of march- ing regiments in the east. But these were the first sharks that had been observ...

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...! Oh, the world! Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Eur... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this ... ...d, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commander Davies of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r... ...under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send the sloop of war Rattler on a whali... ...in the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of marching regiments in the east. But these were the first sharks that had been observe...

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...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...ing demands for equality with the upper class. At the same time that Europe’s colonial empires were crumbling: in each European nation their masses ... ...ger as majestic and powerful as they had been. Basically, their addiction to colonial power turned all of them into imperial power junkies. Left w... ...or of War, was conveniently whitewashed, and made attractive. The battles of colonial empire-building were fought overseas. The Europeans did not ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi... ...ey get used to the European presence on their land, and then the might of the British navy and army can roll in after the vermin have established th... ...he poor had their heroes like Dick Turpin. The rich had their constables and regiments and police. And left the poor to rot. Except… if the poor t...

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...ss caused the gover nor and Sir Francis Wheeler, who was commander of the British forces, to give up all thoughts of attacking Canada. “Soon after th... ...on Harbor. On board of this fleet was the English General Hill, with seven regiments of soldiers, who had been fighting under the Duke of Marlborough ... ...rom morning till night. In about a month the fleet set sail, carrying four regiments from New England and New York, besides the English soldiers. The ... ...ther here explained some of the circumstances that made the situation of a colonial governor so difficult and irk some. There was not the same feelin... ... a mob of the Boston people. They were so in censed at the conduct of the British Commodore Knowles, who had impressed some of their fellow citizens,... ...d at home,” said Grandfather, “and was general of the militia. The veteran regiments of the English army which were now sent across the Atlantic would... ...s of Acadia ever reached the ears of Louis XV . The exiles grew old in the British prov inces, and never saw Acadia again. Their descendants remain a... ...sman Hutchinson. It was by their advice that the king had acted in all the colonial troubles. But the day of recompense was come. “See the old tory!” ...

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...sland to be found there, as the best men in England are to be found in the British House of Commons? A pack, indeed! My father was proud of a seat i... ...s. He had already benefited his country by sitting out one session of the colonial parliament, and had satisfied himself that he did no other good th... ... dare say there will; for we shall have pretty nearly the whole of the two regiments;” and Marian as she alluded to the officers spoke in a tone which...

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... minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me to s... ...r, to make a little heap for Rebecca. And going to her Papa, that generous British merchant, who had promised to give her as many guineas as she was y... ...et except his own; and it is with grief and pain, that, as admirers of the British aristocracy, we find ourselves obliged to admit the existence of so... ...-gallery—there was a ride, or an opera. The bands of 278 V anity Fair the regiments were making music at all hours. The greatest folks of England wal... ... rather than the French, and at once turning tail rode through the English regiments that were behind them, and scat- tered in all directions. The reg... ... furiously canvassed the governor, the commander-in-chief, the judges, the regiments, and ev- erybody whom he knew in the Presidency, and sent home to... ...as been promised an appointment any time these six months. Mr. Martyr, the Colonial Secretary, told him yesterday that it was made out. That unlucky a... ...s of our colonies, and we have no doubt that the gentleman selected by the Colonial Office to fill the lamented vacancy which has occurred at Coventry... ... his means. When the Marquis of Steyne came abroad after his accident, the Colonial Secretary bowed up to him and congratulated him- self and the Serv...

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...New England port during the war of 1812, she had been captured at sea by a British cruiser, and, after seeing all sorts of service, was at last employ... ... we had not the undisputed possession of them. Myriads of cockroaches, and regiments of rats dis- puted the place with us. A greater calamity than thi... ...bound passage. In this way, his country- men frequently enter on board the colonial whaling vessels. There was a man among us who had sailed with the ... ... It purported to be, “the affidavit of John Jennin, first of- ficer of the British Colonial Barque Julia; Guy, Master;” and proved to be a long statem... ...orted to be, “the affidavit of John Jennin, first of- ficer of the British Colonial Barque Julia; Guy, Master;” and proved to be a long statement of m... ...k cheek and black whiskers. According to his own ac- count, he had lost a colonial armed brig on the coast of New Zealand; and since then, had been l...

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...This volume is a collection of articles written by Frank A. Gardner, M. D., giving the organization and history of all the Massachusetts Regiments which took part in the war of the Revolution. They were published quarterly in The Massachusetts Magazine from 1908-1918. ...

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... 11: Colonel Thomas Gardner’s Regiment Chapter 12: Colonel Samuel Gerrish’s Regiment Chapter 13: General William Heath’s and Colonel John Greaton’s Regiments Chapter 14: Colonel Ebenezer Learned’s Regiment Chapter 15: Colonel Paul Dudley’s Regiment Chapter 16: Colonel John Mansfield’s Regiment Chapter 17: Colonel Asa Whitcomb’s Regiment Chapter 18: Colonel John Nixo...

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...f national prowess. This is the principle upon which, very naturally , our British school- boys value a battle. Painful it is to add, that this is the... ...Rusborough’s treasure lay in such coins, gold and silver, from the Spanish colonial mints. Lady Carbery at this period made an effort to teach me Hebr... ...ng men, aged severally sixteen and seventeen years, went out to join their regiments, both regiments be- ing on the Bengal establishment. Very differe... ... Or do we grind her still?” Pretty much the same authority it is which the British public of this day has for its craze upon the subject of English op... ...ling of amateurship. Several great collections have been bequeathed to the British Museum, for instance—not chiefly as a na- tional institution, and u... ...s, as it were, the army, and the colleges express the several brigades, or regiments. To resume, therefore, my own thread of personal narra- tion. On ... ...ion; yet, for all that, such was the regard to a pious inauguration of all colonial enterprises, that no one provision or pledge of pros- perity was h... ...have carried their money to Delphi. Nay, it is certain that even where the colonial coun- sels of the greater oracles seemed extravagant, though a lar... ...t of his, though counting amongst their number many deserters from veteran regiments; but the horses of their own party were in general poor and out o...

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...hat advice will you give him?” Athos fixed upon Monk a proud and resolute look. “My lord,” said he, “with this million, which others would perhaps emp... ...n- ishment and disdain, instead of the terror the officers ex- pected to read in it at this threat. “Scotch or English judges upon me, a subject of th... ...ular, had undergone great changes; the ancient host of the mus- keteers, having become tolerably rich for an innkeeper, had closed his shop, and made ... ...Belle-Isle; it is yours now; it is the same with all garrisons after a fortnight’s occupation. Let things go on, monsieur. Do you see any inconvenienc...

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...e pangs which Nature calls upon mothers to endure. As was the necessity of British opposition to American independence, so was the necessity of Northe... ...ration gave violent offense to the North, and has been taken as indicating British sympathy with the cause of the seceders. I am not going to explain—... ...should be defined. Reticence in the matter was not within the power of the British government. It behooved the Foreign Secretary of State to declare o... ... whipped we shall be.” “We began cowardly, and were afraid to send our own regiments through one of our own cities.” This alluded to a demand that had... ...s ministers whenever called upon to do so by the House of Commons. But the Colonial Minister in Downing Street is the Crown’s Prime Minister as regard... ...own’s Prime Minister as regards the colonies, and he is changed not as any colonial House of Assembly may wish, but in accordance with the will of the... ...climb, providing, of course, that he was used to such work. But Wolfe took regiments of men up there at night, and that in face of enemies who held th... ...ies that this interest shall be duly paid. But it would seem that, if such colonial guar- antee is to go for anything, the colonies might raise the mo... ...o that the Western towns appear to have been peopled with Germans. I found regiments of volunteers consisting wholly of Germans. And the Ger- mans are...

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...between Rockhampton and London, who had risen to the rank of sarang on the British India boats, but wearying of routine musters and clean clothes, had... ...l right. He’s got something on his mind. You’d think that ten years in the British India boats would have knocked most of his religion out of him.” “S... ...ed officer of the regiment, an “unmixed” Bhil, a Companion of the Order of British India, with thirty-five years’ spotless service in the army, and a ... ...d surprised as the Power that had captured the Haliotis? It explained that colonial governors and far-away men-of-war were difficult to control, and p... ...sat on his pilot as he went forward, and on his tender as he returned; and regiments of men ran along the tops of the box-cars beside him, screwing do... ... tune called “Freshly Fresh and Newly New,” just as a warning to the other regiments that the Skidars were fit. All the natives laughed. “And now,” sa...

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...ked as unprosperous a speculation as Dr. Darwin’s scheme for improving our British climate by hauling out all the ice- bergs from the polar basin in s... ...ortation from this or that particular quar- ter, passes into a question of colonial rights. Arrangements of convenience for the management of the paup... ...he Hindoo races, now so entirely dependent upon our wisdom and justice, we British* immediately, by our solemnity of investigation, tes- *It may be th... ...ication. But, in the Christian Scriptures, the rules a case of injury to a colonial child, whom the general mother was bound to protect and avenge; bu... ...tural recognition of witchcraft as a Precisely in that way it was that the British witch operated. She, by her eye, blighted the natural powers of gro... ...der the knowledge that Obi had been set for him. Justly, therefore, do our colonial courts punish the Obeah sorcerer, who (though an impos- tor) is no... ...e of Maida in Calabria. They com- posed a force equal to about six English regiments of infan- try on the common establishment. Every man of these fou...

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... thing they said to me when I called in on Florence in the little ancient, colonial, wooden house beneath the high, thin-leaved elms—the first questio... ... say that her ideal husband would he one who could get her received at the British Court. She had spent, it seemed, two months in Great Britain—seven ... ...d then he spent the best part of a week, in correspon- dence and up at the British consul’s, in getting the fellow’s wife to come back from London and... ...dman of a fellow, a major of one of what I believe are called the Highland regiments. He didn’t drink, but he had an un- governable temper, and the fi... ... of her marrying me. And Leonora, I assure you, was the absolutely perfect British ma- tron. She said that she quite favoured my suit; that she could ...

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...g was known but that she was a Miss Otway, and that he had met her in some colonial quarters. The old lady, with whom the little girl had been left, w... ...had taken a great fancy. “I shall learn the habits of the genuine species, British farmer,” said he, as his mother kissed him, and declared him the be... ...ames’s Indian and Crimean campaigns, and for the comparative merits of the regiments his nephew had beheld at reviews. He was interrupted by a message... ... pers or to bestow his time somewhere—in the picture galler- ies or in the British Museum, where he had a reading order; but it was always uncertain w... ...it was shy, it clung beautifully.” “Then the helmet.” “That was out of the British Museum.” “Has Grinstead seen it?” “No, I kept it for my own public ...

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... about through the Patent-office I also found a hospital for sol- diers. A British officer was with me who pronounced it to be, in its kind, very good... ... impede the celerity of the work to be done, and that a closer copy of the British model might not on the whole increase the efficiency of the America... ... Committee on Foreign Affairs, which position is as near akin to that of a British minister in Parliament as can be attained under the existing Consti... ...me that these were men going on furlough, or on special occasions; for the regiments were of course not received by ordinary passenger trains. 72 Nor... ...er furnished I did not hear; but it was openly stated that the colonels of regiments received large gratuities from certain railway companies for the ... ...appointments of officers. All the regimental appointments to the volunteer regiments— and that is practically to the whole body of the army*— are made... ...d colony, to- gether with the liberties and laws given to it under its old colonial charter. A union might be and no doubt was desirable; but it was t...

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...ngland persecutors was effectual in preventing further martyrdoms; but the colonial authorities, trusting in the remoteness of their situation, and pe... ...ene which has never yet been satisfactorily explained. The officers of the British army, and the loyal gentry of the prov- ince, most of whom were col... ...lfered from some receptacle of the cast-off clothes of both the French and British armies. Portions of their attire had probably been worn at the sieg... ...n in- terview in the mock heroic style, between the rebel warriors and the British commander-in-chief, was received with im- mense applause, which cam... ...h gay and lightsome melodies. The man was drum-major to one of the British regiments. “Dighton,” demanded the general, “what means this fool- ery? Bid... ...ad received intelligence of the arrival of a British fleet, bringing three regiments from Halifax to overawe the insubordination of the people. These ... ... found few opportunities of gratifying in the undecorated dwellings of the colonial gentry. It was said that the early productions of her own pencil e... ... of Castle William must be occupied by the royal troops. The two remaining regiments shall be billeted in the town, or encamped upon the Common. It is... ... now all but extinguished, class, whose attachment to royalty , and to the colonial institutions and customs that were connected with it, had never yi...

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...d of moral convictions, that negro sla very has been put an end to in the British Empire and else where. The serfs in Russia owe their emancipation,... ...stitutional law should itself give them this mas tery. It does not in the British Constitution. But what it does give practically amounts to this: th... ...s is not always apparent on the face of the political institutions. In the British Constitution, each of the three co ordinate members of the sovereig... ...eneral of India or British America, and all who had held for ten years any colonial gov ernorships. The permanent civil service should also be repre ... ...edience to orders. A government thus supported, by keeping its Hun garian regiments in Italy and its Italian in Hungary, can long continue to rule in... ...egulated. This practice was a natural corollary from the vicious theory of colonial policy—once common to all Europe, and not yet completely relinquis... ...t. We were wise enough not to re quire a second warning. A new era in the colonial policy of nations began with Lord Durham’s Report; the imperishabl...

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... a century back (about which period our tale opens) devoted to the sale of Colonial produce. A rudely carved image of a negro, with a fantastic plume ... ...her mind was duty above every other feeling!— so strong may it be in every British maiden!) the lovely girl kept her promise. “My former engagements,”... ...ver his head, and putting his arms a-kimbo, “we have learned that from the British, to whom we are superior in everything: and I’d have your Majesty t... ...essons. If your reglars jine General Washington, ’tis to larn from him how Britishers are licked; for I’m blest if yu know the way yet.” Tatua said, “... ...itle of the Grand Army of the Ganges and the Jumna; it consisted of eleven regiments of cavalry and twelve battalions of infantry, and was commanded b... ...nted out the enemy from beneath the shadow of the Pyramids, or rallied his regiments to the charge upon the death-strewn plain of Wagram. I have had m... ... have a marine that shall drive her ships from the seas; a few of my brave regiments will do the rest. Henceforth, the traveller in that desert island...

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...m’s Sermon,” now regarded as the most famous piece of literature produced in Colonial America. Meantime Franklin was concerning himself more and more ... ... there, striving to enlighten the people and the ministry of En gland as to Colonial conditions. On his return to America he played an honorable part... ...tion of its value as a pic ture of one of the most notable personalities of Colonial times, and of its acknowledged rank as one of the great autobiog... ...e reconciled to the thought that the letter might fall into the hands of the British, lest some printer or busy body should publish some part of the c... ...t a part of it. On search he found that part quoted at length, in one of the British Reviews, from a discourse of Dr. Foster’s. This detec tion gave ... ...selves as soon as they could with arms, formed themselves into companies and regiments, chose their own officers, and met every week to be instructed ... ...and ever after bore for me the most cordial and affectionate friendship. The British government, not chusing to permit the union of the colonies as pr... ... at this time being entertain’d of them, sent over General Braddock with two regiments of regular English troops for that purpose. He landed at Alexan... ...’d, and the kindness acknowledg’d by letters to me from the colonels of both regiments, in the most grateful terms. The general, too, was highly satis...