a resentment in the breast of the governor, which he did not fail to express; the house, in their turn, withheld their grant for the goveror's salary, as a rod of correction, and to shew their power, and his dependence. They next turned their resentment towards the governor's friends, with sharp severity; and then demanded, by message, that the court might rise, in order that they might keep the fast with their families, the next week. The governor refused. The house proceeded to adjourn for one week. This kindled a flame which burst upon the house, in a severe reprimand from the governor, when they were again convened, which called forth a conciliatory message from the house; but the governor ordered their immediate attendance in the council chamber. The house proceeded to pass sundry important resolutions, and his excellency, impatient of their delay, repeated his order, and when the house were ready, they obeyed. The governor received the house with a reprimand, more severe than any that had proceeded from the chair, and dissolved the assembly. This fixed an incurable wound.

Upon the back of this proceedure, the Indians again commenced hostilities, and the whole colony was in a ferment. This war was quelled by a negociation with the French agents in America, and the Indians became quiet. The governor by his writs, convened a new house of representatives in August; but the same spirit appeared; and from this repeated change, with a continuance of the same spirit, he should have learnt that the contest was not with the house only, but with the colony.

During this struggle, the governor had made his complaints in England, and received from the attorney-general, a full approbation of his conduct, which he laid before the house, at an early day. The house met this communication, with a remonstance, and vindicated their rights, as well their proceedings; the governor softened down,

and the storm was hushed for the present. The house continued their check upon the governor's salary, and cut short his supplies; but voted, at the same time, 500l. to support an agent in England, to defend their rights against the representations of the governor. They voted also, to raise 300 men, to go into the Indian country, and demand such Jesuits as resided amongst them, as the instigators of the wars, and the governor concurred. The house next proceeded, by a special vote, to lay such a check upon the treasury, as to put it out of the power of the governor, to pay even an express, without a vote of the whole court. The council non-concurred; but the house were firm, and the small-pox in Boston, compelled the governor to prorogue the assembly. At this time inoculation. for the small-pox was first introduced into New-England, and caused a great ferment in the minds of the people; but it finally prevailed. In 1722, a war commenced with the eastern Indians, which occasioned much collision between the governor and the house, and in the midst of this storm, the governor alarmed for his personal safety, deserted his government and embarked for England, December 27th, 1722. The government devolved upon his honor the lieutenant-governor.

His honor the lieutenant-governor, met the assembly with a very conciliatory address, which was kindly received, and as kindly answered, by the following address from an aged senator, Mr. Sewall, who had been assistant, under the old charter.

"If your honor, and the honorable board, please to give me leave, I would speak a word or two upon this solemn occasion. Although the unerring providence of God has brought your honor to the chair of government, in a cloudy and tempestuous season, yet you have this for your encouragement, that the people you have to do

with, are a part of the Israel of God, and you may expect to have of the prudence and patience of Moses communicated to you for your conduct. It is evident that the Almighty Saviour, counselled the first planters to remove hither, and settle here, and they dutifully followed his advice; and therefore, he will never leave nor forsake them, nor theirs; so that your honor must needs be happy, in seeking their happiness and welfare, which your birth and education will incline you to do. Difficilia quæ pulchra. I promise myself that they who sit at this board, will yield their faithful advice to your honor, according to the duty of their place."

In this address, the whole mystery of this controversy is revealed. The same spirit that called their fathers out into this wilderness, from the high prerogative power of James I. and Charles I. resisted the same prerogative in the governor of the crown, as an open violation of the first principles of their national existence; but more especially, as heirs of the modern Israel of God. To/illustrate this fact, has been my immediate object in pur-1 suing this controversy thus far; I shall omit all further discussions, together with the events of the war, for the present, and continue the settlements and government of Connecticut; and shall hereafter renew this history of controversy and war; and shew how, in their consequences,> God used them as instruments to promote the great interest of the church in the wilderness, and to support and defend the best interests of his modern Canaan. I

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IN the course of our narrative, the settlement of the Dutch at Hartford, has been noticed, as a part of the country owned by that people, upon the borders of the Hudson River, known by the name of New-Netherlands; but the collisions between the Dutch and English, together with the Indian depredations, which necessarily sprang out of those collisions, from time to time, were passed over as of little moment in the great object of this work. These events are faithfully recorded in Trumbull's History of Connecticut, an interesting and valuable work, which should be the common-place book of every family in Connecticut.

Although the Charter of Connecticut, was obtained from King Charles II. in 1662, yet the Colony of NewHaven was so tenacious of her independence, that a union could not be effected until 1665. Under this union, the following gentlemen were elected as governor and council, in May 1665: John Winthrop, Esq. Governor; John Mason Esq. Lieutenant-Governor: Matthew Allen, Samuel Wyllis, Nathan Gould, John Talcott, Henry Wolcott, John Allen, Samuel Sherman, James Richards, William Leet, William Jones, Benjamin Fen, and Jasper Crane, Esqs. Magistsrates or Assitants: John Talcott, Esq. Treasurer, and Daniel Clark, Esq. Secretary. This clection was harmoniously divided between Connecticut and New-Haven, and laid the foundation of that harmony, which has continued to this day. County Courts were established, for the first time, by this assembly, in the

counties of Hartford, New-Haven, and at New-London, which became a county in October following. A Superior Court was established at Hartford, and a general harmony prevailed. Under this happy union, I shall carry forward the Colony of Connecticut, which in 30 years, had now amounted to the number of 19 towns that paid taxes, and whose grand levy amounted to 153,620. 16s. 5d.

That pious zeal which led these fathers into this howling wilderness, for the enjoyment of that Puritan Church, whose persecutions in England have been noticed, devoted their first attention, to the prosperity of the church, as the prime object of their pilgrimage. Although their church. es were small, and their revenues small, yet they generally supported two faithful ministers to each church, and continued the practice for many years. The moral and religious characters of these pilgrims, have been fully noticed, both ministers and people; and the wisdom and virtue displayed in their civil, religious, and literary institutions, are the highest encomium that can possibly be bestowed upon this people. In these wise institutions, their religious and political sentiments, are truly displayed, and that mutual harmony, which has so long and so generally prevailed, is the highest evidence of the wisdom and piety of their founders. The college at Cambridge, for the promotion of literature, has been fully noticed, and the college which at this time was founded at New-Haven, in a grammar school, by sundry donations from the towns of New-Haven and Milford; Governor Hopkins and the Reverend Mr. Davenport; together with the general court of the colony of New-Habut the school did not flourish until after the union of the colonies; when under the fostering care of the general court, it grew into a college, and now holds an equal rank with the University of Cambridge.

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