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February (search for this): chapter 3
ey, we hope to find more facile people than the New England men. Yet they intrusted the affair entirely to Sir William's management. He was to get settlers as cheaply as possible; yet at any rate to get settlers. Like Massachusetts, Virginia was the mother of a Chap XIII.} cluster of states; like the towns of New England, the plantations of Virginia extended along the sea. The country on Nansemund River had been settled as early as 1609; in 1622, the adventurous Porey, then secre- 1622. Feb. tary of the Old Dominion, travelled over land to the South River, Chowan, and, on his return, celebrated the kindness of the native people, the fertility of the country, and the happy climate, that yielded two harvests in each year. Smith's Virginia, II. 64. If no immediate colonization ensued, if the plans formed in England by Sir Robert Heath, or by Lord Maltravers, Heath's assign, were never realized, the desire of extending the settlements to the south still prevailed in Virginia; and
February (search for this): chapter 4
ted on royal favor, and was measured by the royal will, except so far as the common law protected the inhabitants in the rights of Englishmen. The form of government was further defined by royal instructions Hening, ii. 424—426, where they are printed at large. that had been addressed to Berkeley. Assemblies Nov 13. were required to be called but once in two years, and to sit but fourteen days, unless for special reasons. You shall take care, said the king, that the Chap. XIV.} 1677. Feb. members of assembly be elected only by freeholders. In conformity with these instructions, all the acts of Bacon's Assembly, except perhaps one which permitted the enslaving of Indians, and which was confirmed and renewed, were absolutely repealed, Hening, ii. 380; ii. 346, 404. and the former grievances immediately returned. The private levies, unequal and burdensome, were managed by men who combined to defraud; the public revenues were often misapplied; each church was again subjected
February (search for this): chapter 5
till you cease to sell strong drink to the Indian. Kieft was inexorable, and demanded the murderer. Just then, a small party of Mohawks from the neigh- 1643. Feb. borhood of Fort Orange, armed with muskets, descended from their fastnesses, and claimed the natives round Manhattan as tributaries. At the approach of the formidept the country safely for William Penn. At last, the West India Company, desiring a barrier against the English on the south, transferred the whole country 1663 Feb. and July. on the Delaware to the city of Amsterdam. The banks of the river from Cape Henlopen to the falls at Trenton, certainly remained under the jurisdiction oand civilization. And at that very time, the English were engaging in a piratical expedition against the Dutch possessions on the coast of Guinea. The king 1664 Feb. had also, with equal indifference to the chartered rights of Connecticut, and the claims of the Netherlands, granted to the duke of York not only the country from
February (search for this): chapter 6
e limit of New Netherland? This remained a subject for compromise. A discussion of three days led to no result: tired of useless debates, Penn crossed the Chesapeake to visit Friends at Choptank; and returned to his own province, prepared to renew negotiation, or to submit to arbitration in England. The enthusiasm of William Penn sustained his ex- 1683. cited mind in unceasing exertion; and he now selected a site for a city, purchased the ground of the Swedes, Chap XVI.} 1683 Jan. and Feb. and in a situation not surpassed—such are his words —by one among all the many places he had seen in the world,—and he had seen the cities of Europe from and Bremen to Turin,—on a neck of land between the Schuylkill and Delaware, appointed for a town by the convenience of the rivers, the firmness of the land, the pure springs and salubrious air, William Penn laid out Philadelphia, the city of refuge, the mansion of freedom, the home of humanity. Pleasant visions of innocence and happiness f
February 1st (search for this): chapter 7
great charter of England, alias Magna Charta, is the only rule, privilege, and joint safety of every free-born Englishman. Gordon's New Jersey, 47. The firmness of the legislature preserved the independence of New Jersey; the decision of Sir William Jones protected its people against arbitrary taxation; its prosperity sprung from the miseries of Scotland. The trustees of Sir George Carteret, tired of the burden of colonial property, exposed their province to sale; Chap. XVII.} 1682 Feb. 1 and 2. and the unappropriated domain, with jurisdiction over the five thousand already planted on the soil, was pur- Leaming and Spicer's Grants, &c., of N. Jersey, 73. chased by an association of twelve Quakers, under the auspices of William Penn. A brief account of the 1682 province was immediately published; and settlers were allured by a reasonable eulogy on its healthful climate and safe harbors, its fisheries and abundant game, its forests and fertile soil, and the large liberties e
February 2nd (search for this): chapter 7
rter of England, alias Magna Charta, is the only rule, privilege, and joint safety of every free-born Englishman. Gordon's New Jersey, 47. The firmness of the legislature preserved the independence of New Jersey; the decision of Sir William Jones protected its people against arbitrary taxation; its prosperity sprung from the miseries of Scotland. The trustees of Sir George Carteret, tired of the burden of colonial property, exposed their province to sale; Chap. XVII.} 1682 Feb. 1 and 2. and the unappropriated domain, with jurisdiction over the five thousand already planted on the soil, was pur- Leaming and Spicer's Grants, &c., of N. Jersey, 73. chased by an association of twelve Quakers, under the auspices of William Penn. A brief account of the 1682 province was immediately published; and settlers were allured by a reasonable eulogy on its healthful climate and safe harbors, its fisheries and abundant game, its forests and fertile soil, and the large liberties establish
February 4th (search for this): chapter 1
l and effectual remonstrance. In view of his own elevation, Cromwell had established an upper house; its future members to be nominated by the protector, yet in concurrence with the peers. But the wealth of the ancient hereditary nobility continued; its splendor was not yet forgotten; the new peerage, exposed to the contrast, excited ridicule without giving strength to Cromwell; the house of commons continually spurned at their power, and controverted their title. This last parlia- 1658, Feb. 4. ment was also dissolved. Unless Cromwell could exterminate the Catholics, convert the inflexible Presbyterians, chill the loyalty of the royalists, and corrupt the judgment of the republicans, he never could hope Chap. XI.} the cheerful consent of the British nation to the permanence of his government. He had not even a party, except of personal friends, and his government was well understood to be co-extensive only with his life. It was essentially a state of transition. He did not c
February 10th (search for this): chapter 5
rietaries of Carolina, the land between the Hudson and the Delaware. In honor of Carteret, the territory, with nearly the same bounds as at present, except on the north, received the name of New Jersey. If to fix boundaries and grant the soil, could constitute a state, the duke of York gave political existence to a commonwealth. Its moral character was moulded by New England Puritans, English Quakers, and dissenters from Scotland. Meantime avarice paid its homage to freedom; and 1665 Feb. 10 the royalists, who were become lords of the soil, indifferent to liberty, sought to foster their province, by most liberal concessions. Security of persons and property under laws to be made by an assembly composed of the governor and council, and at least an equal number of representatives of the people; freedom from Chap XV.} 1665 taxation except by the colonial assembly; a combined opposition of the people and the proprietaries to any arbitrary impositions from England; freedom of jud
February 15th (search for this): chapter 2
ress his book on the Christian Commonwealth, and in guarded language to acknowledge the form of government by king, lords, and commons, as not only lawful, but eminent. Hutchinson, i. 195. A general expression of good will from the king, Feb. 15. could not quiet the apprehensions of the colonists. The committee for the plantations had already sur- April mised that Massachusetts would, if it dared, cast off its allegiance, and resort to an alliance with Spain, or to any desperate remedich was set off with the more lustre by the contrary deportment of Massachusetts. We shall soon have occasion to narrate the events in which Nichols was engaged at New York, where he remained. Carr, Cartwright, and Maverick, the other 1665. Feb. 15. commissioners, returning to Massachusetts, desired that, at the next general election day, the whole male population might be assembled in Boston, to hear the message from the king. The absurd proposal was rejected. He that will not attend to
February 20th (search for this): chapter 4
way more lives in that naked country, than I, for the murder of my father. And in a public proclamation he censured the conduct of Berkeley, as contrary to his commands and derogatory to his clemency. Ibid. 429. Oldmixon, asserts that the king highly approved of Berkeley's conduct. The proclamation must be allowed the highest possible authority to the contrary. Nor is it certain when the carnage would have ended, had not the assembly, newly convened, voted an address that the governor Feb. 20. would spill no more blood. Had we let him alone, he would have hanged half the country, said the member from Northampton to his colleague from Stafford. T. M.'s Account, 24. Hening i. 257 ii. 545—558. The memory of those who have been wronged is always pursued by the ungenerous. England, ambitious of absolute colonial supremacy, could not render justice to the principles by which Bacon was swayed. No printing-press was allowed in Virginia. Feb To speak ill of Berkeley or his fr
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