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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)
sheltered Hampden against Charles I., had found resistance ineffectual; and to render submission in Massachusetts easy, by showing that opposition was desperate, two hundred copies of the proceedings against London, Chap XII.} 1683. were sent over to be dispersed among the people. The governor and assistants, the patrician branch of the government, were persuaded of the hopelessness of further resistance; even a tardy surrender of the charter might conciliate the monarch. They, there- Nov. 15. fore, resolved to remind the king of his promises, and not to contend with his majesty in a court of law; they would send agents, empowered to receive his majesty's commands. The magistrates referred this vote to their brethren the deputies for concurrence. During a full fortnight the subject was debated, that a decision might be made in harmony with the people. Ought the government of Massachusetts, thus it was argued, submit to the pleasure of the court as to alteration of the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
lier law. It marks the determined spirit of the colonists, and their rapid tendency towards demanding self-government as a natural right, that the assembly obstinately refused to acknowledge this exercise of prerogative, and brought upon themselves, from King James, a censure of their unnecessary debates and contests, touching the negative voice, the disaffected and unquiet disposition of the members, and their irregular and tumultuous proceedings. The assembly was dissolved by royal 1686 Nov. 15 proclamation. Hening, III. 40, 41. James Collins was imprisoned and loaded with irons for treasonable expressions. The servile counsel imitated Effingham and King James; they pledged to the king their lives and fortunes, but the 1687. April 4. people of Virginia was more intractable than ever. The indomitable spirit of personal independence, nourished by the manners of Virginia, could never be repressed. Unlike ancient Rome, Virginia placed the defence of liberty, not in municipal co