Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-02-09
Continuation Of Eriracts from
CALENDARS DISCOURSE.

"The Banishment of Mr.. Williams,
and the voluntary exile Of many OF his
Adherents, did not put an End to the un-
happy Divisions, ,and Contentious in Mas
sachusetts.-Mr. Hains, the Governor,
in 1885, did with great difficulty, still and
quiet the storm for the present; but mr..
Afterwards Sir Henry Vane, jun. arriving
at Boston that Summer, and zcaously
falling in with the opinions of one Party,
he was by them persuaded to tarry there
! (though designed for Connecticut River
and was the next year, l636, chosen Gov
ernor, and then the Animositcs and Con-
tentions, were carried to a very great
height.-Onc side reproaching the other,
as LegaIists, and under Corenant Of
Worhs, &c.-and the others calling them
Famiisis .Aniimonians, sc. The next
year Mr.. Winthrop being rechosen Gov
ernor, with great struggle, he strenuous
ly exerted himself to crush and cxtermi-
nate the opinions he disapproved.--A
Synod was called for that end at New
Town (since called Cambridge on the
30th of August, where Eighty erroneous
opinions, were presented, debated and
condemned: and court held on the Cd
of October following, at the same places
banished few of the chief Persons; a
mong those who were aspersed, with
those errors: and censured several that
had been the most active, not, it seems,
for their holding those opinions, but for
their pretended sedtious Carriage and
Behaviour; and the Church al Boston,
/ likewise accommodated at least one of
her members, not for those opinions, but
for her denying they ever held them, and
the Behaviour which their Heats occa-
stoned; & some ofhese ,rih their Friends,
and Followers, came TO this Island.-The
affair was agitated in Court for 3 Days,
and some changing sides in the court,
the majority was on the side Of the Syn
cd, and took measures efiGctualy to sup
port their own pinions,-whereupon, ma
ny of the other side determined to remove
for Peace sake, and to enjoy the Free
dom of their Consciences.-And MIR.
John Clark, who "made the Proposal, was
requested with some others, to seek out
a Place, and thereupon by Reason of the
suffocating Heat of the Summer before,
he went North, to be somewhat cooler,
but the Winter following, proving as
cold, they were forced in the Spring to
make towards the South: So having
sought the Lord for Direction, they a.
greed, that while their vessel was passing
about large and dangerous Cape, Cape
Cod they would cross over by Land,
having Long g-lsland and Delaware Bay
in their eye, for the Place of their Resi-
dence. AT Providence, Mr.. II. Williams
lovingly entertained them, and being con-
suited about their design, readily prcsen-
ted two Places before them, in the Mar
raganset Bay, the one on the main called
Sow-wames, (the Neck since called
Phebe's Neck in Darlington, & Aqued-
neck, (now 'R Island. .)-And inasmuch
asthey were determined to 90 out of every
other Jurisdiction, Mr.. Williams and Mr..
Clark, attended with two other Persons,
went to Plymouth, to enquire how the
case stood: they were lovingly received
and answered, that Sowames was the
Garden Of their Patent.-But they were
advised to settle at Aquedneck and prom
ised to be looked on as free, and to be
treated and assisted as loving Neigh
bours. On their return, the 7tb of March,
1913 the people to the number of 10,
whose names are as follows, William
Coddington, John Clark, VIM. Hutchin-
son, John Coggeshall, VIM. Aspinwall,
Samuel Wilbore, John Porter, John San
ford, Edward Hutchinson, Jun. Thomas
Savage, VIM. Dyre, VIM. Frceborn,
Philip Sherman, John Walker, Richard
Carder, VIM. Baulston, Edward Hucth-
inson, Sen. Henry Bull-incorporated
themselves as Body politick, and chose
Mr.. Coddngton their Leader, to be the
Judge or chief Magisirate.-After the
same manner, Plymouth and Connecticut
Colonies were forced to enter into vol
untary Agreement OF Covenant, at the
first, as having no legal Authority amongst
them; the People here however immedi-
ately sought Patent, and in few years
obtained one Mr.. Roger Williams was
very instrumental in procuring the Island
of the Indian Sachcms, and left this Ac-
count in perpetuam re'memoriam. at
was not Price or Money, that could have
purchased Rhode-lsland, but twas OBJ
tanned by Love, that Love and Favour,
which that honoured Gentleman, Sir Hen
ry Vane, and myself, had with the great
Sachem Myantonomy, about the league
which procured, between the Massa-
chusetts' English, and the Narragansetts
in the Pequot war.-This mention, that
as the truly noble Sir Henry Nane, hath
been so great an instrument, in the Hand
of GOD, for procuring this Island of the
Barbarians, as also for the procuring and