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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
The council, no longer composed on the principles of Archdale, joined in the eager assent of the governor. In the court of the proprietaries, Archdale opposed the bill; but Lord Granville, the palatine, an opponent to occasional conformity, scorned the gentle remonstrances of the Quaker. You, said he, are of one opinion; of another; and our lives may not be long enough Chap XIX.} to end the controversy. I am for this bill, and this is the party that I will head and countenance. Dis- Oldmixon, 1. 486. senters having thus been excluded from the house of commons, the Church of England was easily established 1704 Nov. by law. At the same time, a body of lay commissioners was nominated by the oligarchy from its own number, to supersede the authority of the bishop. Thus the intolerant spirit which persecuted dissenters assumed a haughty dominion over the clergy itself. The dissenters, excluded from the colonial legislature, rejected with contumely by the proprietaries, Dalcho,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
ue, till the spot for their village was chosen, and, like the little stream which formed March 17-28. its border, was named Ebenezer. There they built Ogle thorpe's letter to Sir John Philips. their dwellings, and there they resolved to raise a column of stone, in token of gratitude to God, whose providence had brought them safely to the ends of the earth. Vorbericht, 32 In the same year, the town of Augusta was laid out, 1734. soon to become the favorite resort of Indian traders. Oldmixon, i. 537. The good success of Oglethorpe made the colony increase rapidly by volunteer emigrants. His under taking will succeed, said Johnson, the governor of Kurze Nachricht von Georgia, in Urlsperger, i. 177. South Carolina; for he nobly devotes all his powers to serve the poor, and rescue them from their wretchedness. He bears a great love to the servants and children of God, wrote the pastor of Ebenezer. Reise Diarium, 91. He has taken care of us to the utmost of his ability. God ha