The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-08

colony had, north and south. En-
phatic protests and a strong appeal
crossed the sea close upon the heels |
of Sir Edmund Andres in 1681-l
speaking not so much discomfort with
the dukes governor as a firm and
rooted objection to the form of gov
eminent, which the colony now
seemed entitled to say that it had
outgrown; and the duke thought il
wise to yield.
Col. Dongan came in, IN August,
1883, instructed to appoint a council
and call an assembly; and by October
New York had government like that
Of her neighbor colonies. No tax or
imposition was to be laid or law made
except by act of assembly-and that
looked like privilege enough. The
new governor, too, might well be to
the mind of all who liked candor and
capacity. He had the blithe hunor
Of his race, and was man to approve
and relish as a comrade; and yet his
firm purpose and clear eye in all
points of action made him also man
to respect, obey, and follow.
And then, when all things seemed
settled, of a sudden the whole sky
changed, because in February, 1886,
Charles II died, and the duke reigned
in his stead, as James II. The same
year Louis XIV, king of France, re-
voked the great Edict of Nantes, for
babe the Protestants their worship
in his kingdom, and so drove fifty
thousand of the best people of France
soldiers, men of letters, craftsmen,
artifcers-forth from the land they
had enriched, to make Holland, Eng
land, Brandenburg, and America so
much the better off for their skill and
thrifty industry.
1t was brief reign enough, James
ran his course of tyranny with sort
of bitter haste, and had finished the
mad business before the fourth year
of his rule was ended. BY midsum-
mer, 1858, those who were ready to
risk their lives and fortunes for Eng
lands constitution had urgently
prayed William, Prince of Orange, to
come into England, put James from
his throne, and save their liberties.
/ William was husband to Mary, James
daughter; was a Protestant. a states
man, and a man of honor. He came
with an army at his back. But it
was not necessary to conquer Eng
land. She knew her straits and was
ready and glad to receive him. James
miserably fed; the Parliament &C
cepted his fight as voluntary abdi-
cation; and the throne went by act Of
Parliament to William and Mary.
For the northern colonies In Amer
lea those four years had meant a
memorable change of government, as
i'll to live under, almost, as the tyran-
ny in England. For little while
after the loss of her charter in 1854
affairs had moved on smoothly and
without serious incident in Massachu-
sets, though half-heartedly enough
it was plain, under provisional gov
eminent, waiting to see what the
crown would do.
The death of King Charles delayed
a settlement; but James, when he
came to the throne, very promptly
showed what he meant to do. He re-
solved to put Massachusetts, and the
colonies lying Immediately about hel
, into the hands of royal governor
and an appointed council, without ar
assembly or any other arrangement
J for a participation of the people il
} the management of their affairs. Al
first MAY, 1885, he named JOSEPH
: Dudley president of the Council fol
Massachusetts, bay, New Hampshire
and Maine, and the Narragansett
: country, or Kings Province" but
gave him no authority to alter law OF
t impose taxes. But that was only
temporary arrangement. The rea
. change came with the arrival of Sin
; Edmond Andres, in December, 1886
to be Governor General and Vice
: Admiral" and Plymouth was added
to his government.
He was bidden appoint persons O.
/, the best character and estate to hi
council, and to disturb the existinS
law of the colonies as little as posi-
BILE; but he was also commanded t,
allow no printing press within hi.
jurisdiction; to insist upon univer
sal liberation In matters of religion
| especially upon the encouragement o.
the. worship of the Church of Eng
: land; and to execute with vigilance
and vigor the laws of trade. He wa.
given, too, small number of roya
troops for his support, whose ret
coats were sadly unwelcome in Bos
r ton. Worst of all, he was authorizes
; to govern and to lay taxes withou
2 an assembly.
The next year after Andres com
:. ing (1687) be turned upon MARYLAND
New York and Virginia were airead-
0 practically his own, to deal with a
e he pleased. The same year andre
e went to Boston, Gov. Dongan, of New
e York, was instructed to forbid tn
e popular assemblies granted but tire
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