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Then there was no other Alternative but to destroy it or let it be landed. It could not get by the Castle, the Men of War &c. It was in their Power to have saved it-but in no other.
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The Question is whether the Destruction of this Tea was necessary? I apprehend it was absolutely and indispensably so.-They could not send it back, the Governor, Admiral and Collector and Comptroller would not suffer it. What Measures will the Ministry take, in Consequence of this?- Will they resent it? will they dare to resent it? will they punish Us? How? By quartering Troops upon Us?-by annulling our Charter?-by laying on more duties? By restraining our Trade? By Sacrifice of Individuals, or how. Tis hard to believe Persons so hardened and abandoned. The malicious Pleasure with which Hutchinson the Governor, the Consignees of the Tea, and the officers of the Customs, have stood and looked upon the distresses of the People, and their Struggles to get the Tea back to London, and at last the destruction of it, is amazing. Many Persons wish, that as many dead Carcasses were floating in the Harbour, as there are Chests of Tea:-a much less Number of Lives however would remove the Causes of all our Calamities. Another similar Exertion of popular Power, may produce the destruction of Lives. This however is but an Attack upon Property. This Destruction of the Tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and it must have so important Consequences, and so lasting, that I cant but consider it as an Epocha in History. The People should never rise, without doing something to be remembered-something notable And striking. There is a Dignity, a Majesty, a Sublimity, in this last Effort of the Patriots, that I greatly admire. This is the most magnificent Movement of all. Last Night 3 Cargoes of Bohea Tea were emptied into the Sea.