Historical Letters on the First Charter of Massachusetts Government - Couverture rigide

Cushing, Abel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1354422104 ISBN 13 : 9781354422106

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Few men are ignorant th:it our ancestors sougnt this country for protection of tlie rights of conscience and religious tranquillity ;and it is equall notorious, that when estab ished here in power, they strangely violated in others those rights and that peace they once so highly prized. The record of this inconsistency h.is tstood for ages in our history, ai.d has been used as evidence to discredit our modes of government. Our gifted writers, too, have exphiined it, but rather by opinioris comportmg with their own interests and )olitical views, than by a detail of facts ;and so uniform has been the suppression of mailer bearing upon the question for nearly a century, that it would seem to be settled by precedent, thiit this nation is not to be trusted with all portions of its own history. But it seems to me that history should know no concealment ;the people have a right to the whole truth, and to the full benefit of our historical teachirig ?; and if, in the supposed discharge of imperative duly, I have detailed facts that politic men have concealed, let no man say I wantonly expose the errors of the fathers. When they came over with their first charter of civil and religious liberty, they possessed sovereign power, as incident to their condition under the grant ;but they seemed as unconscious of its dangerous seductions as of its true nature and functions.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1354422104
• ISBN 13: 9781354422106
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 204
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