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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montague, William Lewis 1831- (search)
Montague, William Lewis 1831- Linguist; born in Belchertown, Mass., April 6, 1831; graduated at Amherst College in 1855; instructor in Latin and Greek in Williston Seminary; Professor of Modern Languages in Amherst College in 1864-94; and in 1896 removed to Paris, where he has since resided. His publication include Spanish and Italian Grammars; Introduction to Italian Literature, etc. He also edited Biographical records of the alumni and non-graduate members of Amherst College, 1821–;71, et
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Regulators. (search)
of British rule in the region below the Roanoke. After the close of the Cherokee War, the western districts of South Carolina were rapidly settled by people of various nationalities, but mostly by Scotch-Irish, Germans, and immigrants from the Northern provinces. Among these was a lawless class, for the summary punishment of which the better sort of people associated themselves under the name of Regulators. This vigilance committee, or Lynch law, was strongly protested against, for abuses followed its exercise. The people claimed the just right of trial by jury. Governor Montague sent a commissioner in 1766 to investigate the matter, who arrested some of the Regulators and sent them to Charleston. Two parties were formed, and nearly came to blows. They were pacified by the establishment of district courts, but ill-feeling continued, and the opponents of the Regulators, taking sides with Parliament in the rising disputes, formed the basis of the Tory party in South Carolina.