, 1877-11-30
. vtcorous aud lsAcy Account OF
tho DoinEs OF tho Early
Settlers.
usw They Hanged and Burned Each
Other for Opinions Sake.
,.,,eious Intolerance the dovarntug
Motive Of Thcir Lives
IN Account Of the Notorious D'uo LAWS
Under Which They Lived.
rha Laws Themselves Given to
the World in Detail.

the World IN Delalls
All
A Generous Detense OK tne 1oo" IAN
Practice Of Bund1ing.
,-, r,.x..,,ua<n,s O., 7'as Tribune.
~wemr 81, INV o7-D. App,cton t. Co.
NAm ..a,,. rn,,rio.eil "Tlo REV. Sumucl pctors',
Dave - '" nansrsl 11Iatory ui Connecticut" whcl,
Ln'r .,, scxn,,ut Of tho early settlement Of that
rscy aeo.ns ,,s. sn ~. 4, -. nrlntcd IN Lon.
State. THIS history was n.ss p'1n'su =. ,.,.,nt
don ia 17s1, but Us tts truthIulncss "as unpal'
.taelo at tlat time 70 .ne 1esuI .hs rontry were
t1eut4 the copies tna. es r4b,i,t oi Aha ro
publicly burnt. anu " t,'s sa s,a,e por TIN. roasop
tho book WAS cAcee"'nS'J lat ~ .rrrr, a
IN hascn ~ sn1 IN, IT.,nrv - brought Sis. 1t
W. this volume that contained .,,r,, tho o,a
.'DLuE LAWS or CONNECTICUT
That such laws a. DR.. Peters quoted ever CT
...aS wss denied by James Hammond Trun-
~, IN n work entitled "The Blue Laws OF Coll
aa.t.,t and Now Haven, and tho False Blue
Isv. tn,ented by the Rev. Samuel Peters" The
nresrnt republication Of the history contains
p,eface by 8, ]. Mccormick. who cites nuMcF-
m. autborities In nroof Of tho correctness OF
pr. Paters' vcrslou Of the biue Lh"s. ln'
ht.torv IL rich In anecdotes and In racy deacrtf'"
Tim, Of the customs ard manners which pre-
v.IIed at tho time OF tho early settlement OF
CONNECTICUT, but tt Ia against the Intolerance OF
the RELIGIOUS eccts then existing that tho author
hnrls hts choicest tnvectivcs and b'ttcEcst eaf-
casu,, Ho tolls how these religious xealoth
sytnlled The Indians out of their tt'es TO 'nc
land, and then set up churches for tho pufp''se
Of persecutinR their neiahhofs nern s,1ss Is sn"'
ns s,s - ..,nIov and ,n,ao. tho for]es OF New
,ar e1ce si1ccted The wcchtcr matters Of
instiee. They Ind no title to the land; they ap-
piled 70 Tho s1eae IL 1S, e,s ,he sns
81 hs ancestors to sttansets Iae se.G1 ,an,' Nno
teenn1 ;asentt9ns, nna ~ taod XII thnt to vii
selves 70 ~ sne ~ of tho enr,b was given
deness p re oie csae ua law forever II truo
thsn'; ~ liz ~ Hrdet,anize Gn;nnpog but In vain
they tnca tney ~ conYc1ted sunksuaaw, ono Of hts
snSicets bY rrcsents and great pEon.es: md then
suaEsquaw betrayed ha nnastef' anu inc 'e''e's
1fow ycry like the indian policy that prevails
..,,. ,,n.crt t,nvt The killing Of Quinn1ptos
o. o., ~ p., 1n,..n var. Int the English main
~ ~ '1 "A - .hn 1,,1 T1,c &r+tlcrs
talnea posscsslo" y. M ~" c..n T., ...,,.., n,
voted eunksqunw TO oe oaeAca', III tetu." Va
which ho ass,epo d 10 them the coveted lands
And tbs Is. all the title tho settlers Of "tlle
Domiulan ol Now nnvou" ever acquired te
cntlxt. AND BLOODY TBNSECUTICNs
,,, t,-,,Y,r11pd tho artt}crs at New p2yeI
which chafactetiAeo LUG ss''sss w ~. 49,.
cays Eisu to several ltttio to"ns oa t''e sea
COAL ...,. - t,,ts nnmtn,on. but fcy
England 70 sc't1o ~ W" 49," .'a.s.,.,.,o,,
Temaincd there on account Of inc pe!eeco'lot, .
VI wv .''1 4, nn1c. ,rctensc nj enrend
says DR.. fctors, i" anac9 psetchsa VI eAe.a
.tur Clirtat'H Kingdom and enuhn'h
.,,,,t,, 4otrr1 with tho settler
pcssesut1ohi Mm,,,,fori and Htrntfur,]
u ssanloto, ,'or.a1,tiona t1onipeercd wit
where, however, pee5eeuiItin Ii f"r oart, tnw
as much fury as At Now uascn, LOT eaen ao~
Judged itseli 10 bc an indcpehoenL I'm, u
All Officers In every Town Wcrc annually elccle
~ thn frrcncr. and % there wcre tnAuy can1
a14ns .c,a ri whom must be unsucccsstn
aa1ce' eo"e -" " r..,,n fnr t1,nDinints. III
tneso w. a."nys t.ys.,,..1 srbisns II, thu Churc}