98

Further illustrations of the proceedings of the rulers
of Massachusetts Bay as more intolerant and persecuting
than anything ever attempted by the High Church party in
Upper Canada 98

Colonial government according to Massachusetts Bay
pretensions impossible 99

The order of the Long Parliament to the Massachusetts
Bay Government to surrender the Charter and receive
another; consternation 99

Means employed to evade the order of Parliament 100

Mr. Bancroft's statements, and remarks upon them (in a note) 100

Mr. Palfrey's statements in regard to what he calls the
"Presbyterian Cabal," and remarks upon them 103

Petition of the Massachusetts Bay Court to the Long
Parliament in 1651; two addresses to Cromwell--the one
in 1651, the other in 1654 108

Remarks on these addresses 110

The famous Navigation Act, passed by the Long Parliament
in 1651, oppressive to the Southern Colonies, but
regularly evaded in Massachusetts Bay by collusion
with Cromwell 111

Intolerance and persecutions of Presbyterians, Baptists,
&c., by the Massachusetts Bay rulers, from 1643 to 1651 112

Letters of remonstrance against these persecutions by
the distinguished Puritans, Sir Henry Vane and Sir
Richard Saltonstall 116

Mr. Neal on the same subject (in a note) 120

The Rev. Messrs. Wilson and Norton instigate, and
the Rev. Mr. Cotton justifies, these persecutions
of the Baptists 120

Summary of the first thirty years of the Massachusetts
Bay Government, and character of its persecuting laws
and spirit, by the celebrated Edmund Burke 122

The death of Cromwell; conduct and professions of the
rulers of Massachusetts Bay in regard to Cromwell and
Charles the Second at his restoration; Scotchmen, fighting
on their own soil for their king, taken prisoners at Dunbar,
transported and received as slaves at Massachusetts Bay 124

CHAPTER V.

GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSE