I have committed no offence; but if I must be tried I demand the right of being tried by a civil tribunal." "British subjects who venture into a city under martial law must take the consequences.

We can show them no more consideration than we show Spanish subjects.

They deserve much less, indeed.

At this moment a force is being organized in England, with the sanction and encouragement of the British Government, to serve against our troops in these colonies.

This is an act of war, and if the king, my master, were of my mind, he would declare war against England.