Uniform with British Orations AMERICAN ORATIONS, to illustrate American Political History, edited, with introductions, by ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy in the College of New Jersey. 3 vols., 16 mo, $3.75. PROSE MASTERPIECES FROM MODERN ESSAYISTS, comprising single specimen essays from IRVING, LEIGH HUNT, LAMB, DE QUINCEY, LANDOR, SYDNEY SMITH, THACKERAY, EMERSON, ARNOLD, MORLEY, HELPS, KINGSLEY, RUSKIN, LOWELL, CARLYLE, MACAULAY, FROUDE, FREEMAN, GLADSTONE, NEWMAN, LESLIE STEPHEN. 3 vols., 16 mo, bevelled boards, $3.75 and $4.50. G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH ORATIONS WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS. _Videtisne quantum munus sit oratoris historia?_ —CICERO, _DeOratore_, ii, 15 ✩ NEW YORK & LONDON G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS The Knickerbocker Press 1884 COPYRIGHT G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS 1884. Press of G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS New York TO A. D. A. CONTENTS. PAGE SIR JOHN ELIOT 1 SIR JOHN ELIOT 13 ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND UNDER THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. DELIVERED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 3, 1628. JOHN PYM 27 JOHN PYM 37 ON THE SUBJECT OF GRIEVANCES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 5, 1640. LORD CHATHAM 85 LORD CHATHAM 98 ON THE RIGHT OF TAXING AMERICA. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JANUARY 14, 1766. LORD CHATHAM 120 ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN AMERICA. HOUSE OF LORDS, NOVEMBER 18, 1777. LORD MANSFIELD 143 LORD MANSFIELD 150 ON THE RIGHT OF ENGLAND TO TAX AMERICA. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 3, 1766. EDMUND BURKE 172 MR. BURKE 182 ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775. ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES 299 PREFACE.