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June 29th (search for this): chapter 7
Chapter 17: James II. Consolidates the Northern Colonie. the country which, after the reconquest of the New Chap XVII.} 1674 June 29. Netherlands, was again conveyed to the duke of York, included the New England frontier from the Kennebee to the Saint Croix, extended continuously to Connecticut River, and was bounded on the south by Maryland. We have now to trace an attempt to consolidate the whole coast north of the Delaware. The charter from the king sanctioned whatever ordinances the duke of York or his assigns might establish; and in regard to justice, revenue, and legislation, Edmund Andros, the governor, was left responsible only to his own conscience and his employer. He was instructed to display all the humanity and gentleness that could consist with arbitrary power; and to use punishments not from wilful cruelty; but as an instrument of terror. On the last day of October, he received the surrender of the colony from the representatives of the Dutch, and renewe
January 1st (search for this): chapter 7
he intellectual. He floated between the sensuality of indulgence and the sensuality of superstition, hazarding heaven for an ugly mistress, and, to the great delight of abbots and nuns, winning it back again by pricking his flesh with sharp points of iron, and eating no meat on Saturdays. Of the two Life of James II 586. brothers, the duke of Buckingham said well, that Charles would not, and James could not see. James Burnet. put his whole character into his reply to Andros, which 1677. Jan. 1. is as follows:— I cannot but suspect assemblies would be of dangerous consequence; nothing being more known than the aptness of such bodies to assume to themselves many privileges, which prove destructive to, or very often disturb, the peace of government, when they are allowed. Neither do I see any use for them. Things that need redress may be sure of finding it at the quarter sessions, or by the legal and ordinary ways, or, lastly, by appeals to myself. However, I shall be ready to
March 16th (search for this): chapter 7
re allowed to go to decay. The religious institutions were impaired by abolishing the methods of their support. It is pleasant, said the foreign agents of tyranny, to behold poor coblers and pitiful me- Lambeth Mss. 841. chanics, who have neither home nor land, strutting and making noe mean figure at their elections, and some of the richest merchants and wealthiest of the people stand by as insignificant cyphers; and therefore a town-meeting was allowed only for the choice of town 1688. Mar. 16. officers. The vote by ballot was rejected. To a committee from Lynn, Andros said plainly, There is no such thing as a town in the whole country. To assemble in town-meeting for deliberation was an act of sedition or a riot. Personal liberty and the customs of the country 1687. were disregarded. None might leave the country without a special permit. Probate fees were increased almost twenty fold. West, says Randolph,—for dishonest men betray one another,—extorts what fees he pleas
October 31st (search for this): chapter 7
ker and his peaceful flock! Dongan had in vain solicited the people of Connecticut to submit to his jurisdiction; yet they desired, least of all, to hazard the continuance of liberty on the decision of the dependent English courts. On the third writ of quo warrant, the colony, in a petition to the king, asserted its chartered rights, yet desired, in any event, rather to share the fortunes of Massachusetts than to be annexed to New York. Andros found the assembly in session, and demanded Oct. 31. the surrender of its charter. The brave Governor Treat pleaded earnestly for the cherished patent, which Trum bull had been purchased by sacrifices and martyrdoms, and was endeared by halcyon days. The shades of evening descended during the prolonged discussion; an anxious crowd of farmers had gathered to witness the debate. The charter lay on the table. Of a sudden, the lights are extinguished; and, as they are rekindled, the charter has disappeared. Joseph Wadsworth, of Hartford, s
1649 AD (search for this): chapter 7
d abodes, including within their immediate sway the headlands not of the Hudson only, hut of the rivers that flow to the gulfs of Mexico and St. Lawrence, the bays of Chesapeake and Delaware, opened widest regions to their canoes, and invited them to make their war-paths along the channels where New York and Pennsylvania are now perfecting the avenues of commerce. Becoming possessed of fire-arms by intercourse with the Dutch, they renewed their merciless, hereditary warfare with the Hurons; 1649. and, in the following years, the Eries, on the south 1653 to 1655 shore of the lake of which the name commemorates their existence, were defeated and extirpated. The Allegha- 1656 to 1672. ny was next descended, and the tribes near Pittsburg, probably of the Huron race, leaving no monument but a name to the Guyandot River of Western Virginia, were subjugated and destroyed. In the east and in the west, from the Kennebec to the Mississippi, the Abenakis as well as the Miamis and the remote
January 12th (search for this): chapter 7
but to appeal to the 1686 May 5 Ms. Records conscience of the king for the privileges and liberties granted by Charles II., of blessed memory. Flowers were strown on the tomb of Nero; and the colony of Rhode Island had cause to bless the memory of Charles II. Soon after the arrival of Andros, he demanded the surrender of the charter. Walter Clarke, the governor, Chalmers, 421. insisted on waiting for a fitter season. Repairing to Rhode Island, Andros dissolved its government and 1687 Jan. 12. broke its seal; five of its citizens were appointed members of his council, and a commission, irresponsible to the people, was substituted for the suspended system of freedom. That the magistrates levied moderate taxes, payable in wool or other produce, is evident from the Chap. XVII.} records. It was pretended that the people of Rhode Island were satisfied, and did not so much as petition for their charter again. In the autumn of the same year, Andros, attended 1687. Oct. 26. Sew
April, 1686 AD (search for this): chapter 7
not a poor body, or one that wants. Thus the mixed character of New Jersey springs from the different sources of its people. Puritans, Covenanters, and Quakers, met on her soil; and their faith, institutions, and preferences, having life in the common mind, survive the Stuarts. Every thing breathed hope, but for the arbitrary cupidity of James II., and the navigation acts. Dyer, the collector, eager to levy a tax on the commerce of the colony, complained of their infringement; in April, 1686, a writ of quo warranto against the proprietaries, menaced New Jersey with being made more dependent. It was of no avail to appeal to the justice of King James, who revered the prerogative with idolatry; and in 1688, to stay the process for forfeiture, the proprietaries, stipulating only for their right of property in the soil, surrendered their claim to the jurisdiction The province was annexed to New York. In New York, the attempt to levy customs without 1682 Mar a colonial assembl
October 26th (search for this): chapter 7
1687 Jan. 12. broke its seal; five of its citizens were appointed members of his council, and a commission, irresponsible to the people, was substituted for the suspended system of freedom. That the magistrates levied moderate taxes, payable in wool or other produce, is evident from the Chap. XVII.} records. It was pretended that the people of Rhode Island were satisfied, and did not so much as petition for their charter again. In the autumn of the same year, Andros, attended 1687. Oct. 26. Sewall's Mss. by some of his council, and by an armed guard, set forth for Connecticut, to assume the government of that place. How unlike the march of Hooker and his peaceful flock! Dongan had in vain solicited the people of Connecticut to submit to his jurisdiction; yet they desired, least of all, to hazard the continuance of liberty on the decision of the dependent English courts. On the third writ of quo warrant, the colony, in a petition to the king, asserted its chartered rights,
March 14th (search for this): chapter 7
h's Hist. of N. J., 166, 167. as temporary deputy-governor; the happy country was already tenanted by a sober, professing people. Meantime the twelve proprietors selected each a partner; and, in March, 1683, to the twenty-four, among whom was Learning and Spicer, 141. the timorous, cruel, iniquitous Perth, afterwards chancellor of Scotland, and the amiable, learned, and ingenious Barclay, who became nominally the governor of the territory, a new and latest patent of East New Jersey 1683 March 14. was granted by the duke of York. From Scotland the largest emigration was expected; and, in 1685, just before embarking for America with his own family and about two hundred passengers, George Scot of Pitlochie addressed to his countrymen an argument in favor of removing to a country where there was room for a man to flourish without wronging his neighbor. It is judged the interest of the government—thus he 1685 wrote, apparently with the sanction of men in power—to suppress Presbyteria
June 23rd (search for this): chapter 7
. Andros demanded one of the meeting-houses 1686. Dec. for the church. The wrongs of a century crowded Chap. XVII.} on the memories of the Puritans as they answered, We cannot with a good conscience consent. Goodman Needham declared he would not ring the 1687 Mar. 25. bell; but at the appointed hour the bell rung; and the love of liberty did not expire, even though, in a Boston meeting-house, the Common Prayer was read in a surplice. By-and-by, the people were desired to con- 1688. June 23. tribute towards erecting a church. The bishops, answered Sewall, and wisely, would have thought strange to have been asked to contribute towards setting up New England churches. At the instance and with the special concurrence of James II., a tax of a penny in the pound, and a poll-tax 1687. March 3. of twenty pence, with a subsequent increase of duties, were laid by Andros and his council. The towns generally refused payment. Wilbore, of Taunton, was imprisoned for writing a protes
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