 | George Ticknor Curtis - Legislators - 1870 - 764 pages
...Virginia was rather inclined to the religious notions of the Episcopal Church of England. My countrymen at the North were not only Protestants, but dissenters....; and they meant to leave every thing else in the control of the States, to do just as they thought proper. That was a day of liberality and justice.... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 766 pages
...North were not only Protestants, but dissenters. They were of the school of Cromwell and Sir Heury Vane. ' But what of that ? When all these colonies...; and they meant to leave every thing else in the control of the States, to do just as they thought proper. That was a day of liberality and justice.... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - African Americans - 1872 - 194 pages
...them, quite remote from one another; but they were all subject to the crown of England. " When all the colonies came together for the general purpose of...necessary for the common, defence ; and they meant to have every thing else in the control of the states, to do just as they thought proper. That was a day... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - Local government - 1872 - 108 pages
...purposes which should enable them to make a stand against the English government. They were " When all the colonies came together for the general purpose of...necessary for the common defence ; and they meant to have every thing else in the control of the states, to do just as they thought proper. That was a day... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - Local government - 1872 - 118 pages
...were to come to an agreement upon things necessary to that purpose, and nothing else." " When all the colonies came together for the general purpose of...necessary for the common defence ; and they meant to have every thing else in the control of the states, to do just as they thought proper. That was a day... | |
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The people of the North were not only Protestants but Dissenters. They were of the school of Cromwell and Sir Henry Vane. But what of that ? When all these colonies came together for the general purpose of defence against a common enemy, what did they... 