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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
g a special oath of fidelity to his dominion. The assembly resisted the attempt, and was prorogued. McMahon, 235. The chapters of Chalmers on Maryland are the most accurate of them all. Chalmers had resided in Maryland. Is it strange that excitements increased; that they were heightened by tidings of the invasion of England; that they were kindled into a flame by a delay in proclaiming the new sovereign? An organized insurrection was conducted by John Coode, of old an asso- Chap XIV.} 1689. Aug. 23. ciate of Fendall; and The Association in arms for the defence of the Protestant religion, usurped the government. Can the cause of liberty never be asserted in perfect purity? The revolution was a sign of the advancing spirit of the age; yet Coode was a worthless man. His party was strengthened by the most false and virulent calumnies against the absent proprietary, and the overthrow of liberty of conscience was menaced by the insurrection. But would the reformed English governme
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
he multitude would have been larger if needed. The governor, vainly attempting to escape to the frigate, was, with his creatures, compelled to seek protection by submission; through the streets where he had first displayed his scar- Chap XVII.} 1689 April 19. let coat and arbitrary commission, he and his fellows were marched to the town-house, and thence to prison. On the next day, the country came swarming across the Charlestown and Chelsea ferries, headed by Shepherd, a schoolmaster of Ldid not even desire a restoration of the charter. On May-day, their May 1. usual election-day, the inhabitants and freemen poured into Newport; and the whole democracie published to the world their gratitude to the good providence Chap. XVII.} 1689. of God, which had wonderfully supported their predecessors and themselves through more than ordinary difficulties and hardships.-We take it to be our duty— thus they continue—to lay hold of our former gracious privileges, in our charter contained