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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
s the crown officers in the colonies became aware of the change in the spirit of the administration, the affairs which he was to manage, seemed from the irresolution of his predecessors, to have become involved in universal confusion, tending to legislative independence and rebellion. Here wrote Glen, the governor of South Carolina, levelling principles prevail; the frame of the civil government is unhinged; a governor, if he would be idolized, must betray his trust; Glen to Bedford, 27 July, 1748. the people have got the whole administration in their hands; the election of members to the assembly is by ballot; not civil posts only, but all ecclesiastical preferments, are in the disposal or election of the people; to preserve the dependence of America in general, the Constitution must be new modelled. Glen to Bedford, 10 October, without date. In North Carolina, no law for collecting quit-rents, had been perfected; and its frugal people, whom their governor reported as wild