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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
its origin in the express purpose of throwing off dependence on England. Ms. letter of commissioners to T. Prince, of Plymouth. Sir Thomas Temple, Cromwell's Governor of Acadia, had resided for years in New England, and now appeared Chap XII.} 1policy of relying on England for protection, secured to the royal agents in that province a less unfavorable reception. Plymouth, Morton and Davis 310 &c. and 417. &c. the weakest colony of all, stood firm for its independence; although the comminy thanks to the commissioners, and great protestations of loyalty to the king, chose to be as they were. The people of Plymouth at that time were so poor, they could not maintain scholars to their ministers; but in some places made use of a guifted brother; but the brethren were as guifted in the nature of liberty as in religion. If Plymouth could not be blinded by the dazzling Chap. XII.} 1665 May prospect of a charter, there was no room to expect success in Massachusetts. The conference
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
d to claim it for justice. The reformation appeared, and the inferior clergy, rising against Rome and against domestic tyranny, had a common faith and common political cause with the people A body of the yeomanry, becoming Independents, planted Plymouth colony. The inferior gentry espoused Calvinism, and fled to Massachusetts. The popular movement of intellectual liberty is measured by advances towards the liberty of prophesying, and the Chap XVI.} liberty of conscience. The moment was af the bargain. And now that the men who had gone 1676. Aug. 26. about to turn the world upside down, were possessed of a province, what system of politics would they adopt? The light, that lighteth every man, shone brightly in the Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Calvinists of Hooker and Haynes, and in the freemen of Virginia, when the transient abolition of monarchy compelled even royalists to look from the throne to a surer guide in the heart; the Quakers, following the same exalted instincts, cou