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yborne, defeated and banisned from Maryland as a murderer Hammond's Leah and Rachel. and an outlaw, sheltered himself in Virginia, where he had long been a member h loyalty and hope. Norwood, in Churchill, VI. 160—186. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 16. The faithfulness of the Virginians Chap VI.} 1650 June. did not escape thEngland, that submitted to obedience of the commonwealth. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 20; Ed. 1656. But the parliament did not long permit its authority to be dng's Babylon's Fall, i. 7, and 10; Langford's Refutation, 3; Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 21. These, taken together, are conclusive. Bennett was of the council in 164d already preferred her own sons for places of authority. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, p. 15. The country felt itself honored by those who were Virginians born; T as any under heaven. II. Mass. Hist Coll. IX. 116. 106 Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 9, 0, 5. But plenty encouraged indolence. No domestic manufactures were estab
John Brown (search for this): chapter 10
6, precisely at the time referred to in the rambling complaint in Hazard, i. 600, and still more in the very rare little volume by L. G. Public Good without Private Interest, or a Compendious Remonstrance of the Present Sad State and Condition of the English Colonie in Virginea; 1657; p. 13, 14. The prohibition alluded to is not in the Navigation Act of St. John, nor did any such go into effect. See Albany Records, IV. 236. The very rare tract of L. G., I obtained through the kindness of John Brown, of Providence. and at last a special statute of 1660 Virginia extended to every Christian nation, in amity with England, a promise of liberty to trade and equal justice. Smith, 27. Hening, i. 450. At the restoration, Virginia enjoyed freedom of commerce with the whole world. Religious liberty advanced under the influence of independent domestic legislation. No churches had been erected except in the heart of the colony Norwood, in Churchill, VI. 186. and there were so few mini
Norwood (search for this): chapter 10
s of Virginia, the Cavaliers, exiles like their monarch, met in frequent groups to recount their toils, to sigh over defeats, and to nourish loyalty and hope. Norwood, in Churchill, VI. 160—186. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 16. The faithfulness of the Virginians Chap VI.} 1650 June. did not escape the attention of the royal exit in Breda he transmitted to Berkeley a new commission; Chalmers, 122. he still controlled the distribution of offices, and, amidst his defeats in Scotland, Norwood, in Ch., VI. 186. still remembered with favor the faithful Cavaliers in the western world. Charles the Second, a fugitive from England, was still the sovereign oe world. Religious liberty advanced under the influence of independent domestic legislation. No churches had been erected except in the heart of the colony Norwood, in Churchill, VI. 186. and there were so few ministers, that a bounty was offered for their importation. Hening, i. 418. Conformity had, in the reign of Cha
Edwin Sandys (search for this): chapter 10
the monarch; the former obtained the exclusive supply of the English market, and the latter succeeded in imposing an exorbitant duty. Stith, 168—170. Chalmers, 50, 52, 57. In the ensuing parliament, 1621. Lord Coke did not fail to remind the commons of the usurpations of authority on the part of the monarch, who had taxed the produce of the colonies without the consent of the people, and without an act of the national legislature; Debates of the Commons in 1620 and 1621, i. 169. and Sandys, and Diggs, and Farrar, the friends of Virginia, procured the substi- April 18. tution of an act for the arbitrary ordinance. Ibid. 269—271, and 296. Chalmers, 51. 70—74. In consequence of the dissensions of the times, the bill, which had passed the house, was left among the unfinished business of the session; nor was the affair adjusted, till, as we have already seen, the commons, in 1624, again expressed their regard for Virginia by a 1624. petition, to which the monarch readily atte<
George Yeardley (search for this): chapter 10
, the organization of the government was not changed; and when Wyatt retired, Sir George 1626. Yeardley was appointed his successor. This appointment was in itself a guaranty, that, as the former inso the representative government, the chief political interest, would be maintained; for it was Yeardley who had had the glory of introducing the system. In the Mar. 4. commission now issued, Haz arrived; and there was an increasing demand for all the products of the soil. The career of Yeardley was now closed by death. Nov. Posterity will ever retain a grateful recollection of the man whplied by election. Hening, i. 134—137. Burk, 24. No sooner had the news of the death of Yeardley 1628 reached England, than the king proceeded to issue a commission Hazard, i. 234—239. to orate supremacy, the government had been intrusted to impartial agents; and, after the death of Yeardley, two successive chief magistrates had been elected in Virginia. The appointment of Harvey impl
Brougham (search for this): chapter 10
em to stretch their settlements from the shores of the Euxine to the Western Mediterranean, and urged them forward to wealth and prosperity, commensurate with their boldness and the vast extent of their domains. The colonies of Carthage, on the contrary, had no sooner attained sufficient consideration to merit attention, than the mother state insisted upon a monopoly of their commerce. The colonial system is as old as colonies and the spirit of commercial gain and political oppression. Brougham's Colonial Policy, i. 21-23. Dionysius Halicarnassus, l. III. But of all on the subject, Heeren, XIII. 96—98. No sooner had Spain and Portugal entered on maritime discovery, and found their way round the Cape of Good Hope and to America, than a monopoly of the traffic of the world was desired. Greedily covetous of the whole, they could with difficulty agree upon a division, not of a conquered province, the banks of a river, a neighboring territory, but of the oceans, and the commerce
Hammond (search for this): chapter 10
efeated and banisned from Maryland as a murderer Hammond's Leah and Rachel. and an outlaw, sheltered himself The Virginians, aided by Sir William Berkeley, Hammond's Leah and Rache 12. could now deliberately perfecty and hope. Norwood, in Churchill, VI. 160—186. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 16. The faithfulness of the Virgthat submitted to obedience of the commonwealth. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 20; Ed. 1656. But the parlialon's Fall, i. 7, and 10; Langford's Refutation, 3; Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 21. These, taken together, are bly, which was convened once a year, or oftener. Hammond, 13. Sad State, 21. Already large landed proprieto preferred her own sons for places of authority. Hammond's Leah and Rachel, p. 15. The country felt itself hmigrants never again desired to live in England. Hammond, 8. Prosperity advanced with freedom; dreams of newnder heaven. II. Mass. Hist Coll. IX. 116. 106 Hammond's Leah and Rachel, 9, 0, 5. But plenty encouraged i
Farrar (search for this): chapter 10
r obtained the exclusive supply of the English market, and the latter succeeded in imposing an exorbitant duty. Stith, 168—170. Chalmers, 50, 52, 57. In the ensuing parliament, 1621. Lord Coke did not fail to remind the commons of the usurpations of authority on the part of the monarch, who had taxed the produce of the colonies without the consent of the people, and without an act of the national legislature; Debates of the Commons in 1620 and 1621, i. 169. and Sandys, and Diggs, and Farrar, the friends of Virginia, procured the substi- April 18. tution of an act for the arbitrary ordinance. Ibid. 269—271, and 296. Chalmers, 51. 70—74. In consequence of the dissensions of the times, the bill, which had passed the house, was left among the unfinished business of the session; nor was the affair adjusted, till, as we have already seen, the commons, in 1624, again expressed their regard for Virginia by a 1624. petition, to which the monarch readily attempted to give effect. <
James (search for this): chapter 10
r, the name of Pott appears as governor; Harvey met his first assembly 1630 Mar 24. of burgesses in the following March. Hening, i. 4, and 147. He had for several years been a member of the council; and as, at a former day, he had been a willing instrument in the hands of the faction to which Virginia ascribed its earliest griefs, and continued to bear a deep-rooted hostility, his appointment could not but be unpopular. The colony had esteemed it a special favor from King 1630 to 1635. James, that, upon the substitution of the royal authority for the corporate supremacy, the government had been intrusted to impartial agents; and, after the death of Yeardley, two successive chief magistrates had been elected in Virginia. The appointment of Harvey implied a change of power among political parties; it gave authority to a man whose connections in England were precisely those which the colony regarded with the utmost aversion. As his first appearance in America, in 1624, had been w
Burk (search for this): chapter 10
t inviolate, Letter of the privy council, in Burk, II. 18 so the representative government, the cevidence of his fidelity to their interests. Burk, II. 22, 23. The day after his Nov. 14. burial might be convened to consider his proposal. Burk, II. 19,20. Hening, i. 129. This is the first s supplied by election. Hening, i. 134—137. Burk, 24. No sooner had the news of the death ofgotry pursued him as a Romanist; Records, in Burk, II. 24, 25 Hening, i. 552. and the intolerant s in the milder regions on the Delaware Bay; Burk, II 32. a plain indication that Puritans were n be easy to multiply arguments and references. Burk, II. App. XLIX. LI. through the agency of theind, and were not even admitted to a hearing. Burk, II. 45. Yet Burk corrected but half the error 61. But Keith, and Beverly, and Chalmers, and Burk, and Marshall, were ignorant of such a governorrson's Notes on Virginia. Hazard, i. 560—564. Burk, II. 85—91. In the settlemen of the government,[6 more...
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