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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VI (search)
ponent of the royal party in England, presented a petition to the commons, praying for the restoration of the ancient patents, Chalmers, 121. Hening, i. 230. the royalist assembly promptly disavowed the design, and, after a full debate, op- April 1 posed it by a solemn protest. Hening, i. 230—236. Burk, II. 68—74. The whole document breathes the tone of a body accustomed to public discussion and the independent exercise of legislative power. They assert the necessity of the freedom of. The burgesses had enlarged their power by excluding the governor and council from their sessions, and, having thus reserved to themselves the first free discussion of every law, had voted an adjournment till November. The governor and coun- April 1. cil, by message, declared the dissolution of the assembly. The legality of the dissolution was denied; Hening's note, i. 430. and, after an oath of secrecy, every burgess was enjoined not to betray his trust by submission. Matthews yielded