whether Britain had any authority over, quote,

英国到底有没管制
"The haughty American republicans at all."

"美国傲慢的共和党"的权力
And this is an actual transcription of part of the

这句话出自
Parliamentary debate over what to do after this was discovered.

国会对今后政策讨论的会议记录
North said,

诺思说
"The Americans have tarred and feathered your subjects,

"美国人将臣民们涂上焦油插上翅膀
plundered your merchants,

掠夺商人的财富
burnt your ships,

烧毁我们的船只
denied all obedience to your laws and authority;

拒绝服从当局的法律
yet so clement and so long forbearing has our conduct been,

我们的管理已经很慈仁并容忍着
that is--it is incumbent on us now to take a different course.

我们现在应该义不容辞地采取不同的行动
Whatever may be the consequence,

无论结果是什么