Daniel Defoe
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Excerpt from The Case of Protestant Dissenters in Carolina: Shewing How a Law to Prevent Occasional Conformity There, Has Ended in the Total Subversio
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n of the Constitution in Church and State And toterrify thofe Members who ilili l'tood up in the Commons Houfe, for the Dignity of that Home, and the Libertys of the Pro. Vince, 3 K101 was rais'd Upon them by the Jul'tices of the Peace, the Militia Officers, and other Agents of the Governor and Council, their great Damage and Danger, in manifelt Violation of the Libetr ty of the Subject, and of the Privileges of Parliament. And one of the Commons Hoofe of All'embly was violently diag'd on board a Ship, there unlawfully detain'd, and threatned to be hang'd or car ry'd to jamaica, or left on fome remote and defolate liland. As this A}, 10 Riot was ravs'd, cacoumg'd and countenanc d by the faid Governor and Council, and as no Alliflance cou'd be obtain'd to quell it, (0 all Methods to 6146111176 into and zizza the fame have been render' d inef feé'rual, and the Courfe of jultice entirely flopt. For Sir Natbanz'tl jobnfon was made Governor in the room oce faid Governor Moore, the faid Governor Moore was prefently made Attorny Ge ne1al, and Mr. Trott, another of the chief Abettors of the Riot, the Chief juliice of the Common Pleas, who in this Province is fole judge. Sir Nathaniel 7obnf0n was General of the leeward lilands 111 the Reign of thelate Ring 751mm 3 but he quitted his Goveinment upon the Revolution and retir'd tecarblma, where he liv d private. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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