[22] “On the same day, the council, who had been solicited by the Governor and the consignees to assume the guardianship of the tea, coupled their refusal with a reference ... that the tax upon it ... was unconstitutional.”—_Idem_, p. 478. [23] “Let the tea be entered, and it would be beyond the power of the consignees to send it back.”—_Idem_, p. 477. [24] “The Committee of Correspondence ... obtained from the Quaker Rotch, who owned the Dartmouth, a promise not to enter the ship.”—_Idem_, p. 477. [25] “Faneuil Hall could not contain the people ... on Monday.”—_Idem_, 478. [26] “The Sheriff ... entered with a Proclamation from the Governor, warning, exhorting, and requiring ... each ... unlawfully assembled forthwith to disperse.... The words were received with hisses, ... and a unanimous vote not to disperse.”—_Idem_, p. 479. [27] “We now declare to you our readiness to store them.”—_Idem._ [28] “Every ship owner was forbidden, on pain of being deemed an enemy to his country, to import or bring as freight any tea from Great Britain till the unrighteous act taxing it should be repealed, and this vote was printed and sent to every seaport in the province, and to England.”—_Idem_, p. 480. [29] “Two more tea ships ... arrived.”—_Idem._ [30] “A military watch was regularly kept up ... by night. The tolling of the bells would have been the signal for a general uprising.”—_Idem._ [31] “The ships, ... on the twentieth day from their arrival, would be liable to seizure.”—_Idem._ [32] “The Active and the Kingfisher ... were sent to guard the passages out of the harbor.... Orders were given ... to load guns at the castle so that no vessel ... might go to sea without a permit.”—_Idem_, p. 482. [33] “A meeting of the people ... directed ... the owner of the Dartmouth to apply for a clearance. He did so ... accompanied by ... eight others as witnesses.... The collector and comptroller unequivocally and finally refused.... Then said they (_i.e._, the people) ... protest immediately against the custom-house, and apply to the Governor for his pass.”—_Idem_, pp. 483-5. [34] “‘They find themselves,’ ... said Hutchinson, ‘involved in invincible difficulties.... The wealth of Hancock, Phillips, Rowe, Dennie, and so many other men of property, seemed to him a security against violence.”—_Idem_, pp. 480-2. “Hutchinson began to clutch at victory.”—_Idem_, p. 484. [35] See note 15 under this Ballad. [36] “‘The only way to get rid of it,’ said Young (speaking of the tea in one of the Boston public meetings), ‘is to throw it overboard.’”—_Idem_, p. 478. [37] “‘Shouts and hozannas will not terminate the trials of this day ... insatiable revenge which actuates our enemies ... must bring on the most ... terrible struggle this country ever saw.’ Thus spoke the younger Quincy.”—_Idem_, p. 486. [38] “The whole assembly of seven thousand voted unanimously that the tea should not be landed.”—_Idem._