A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . anaan, in which he had attacked, with a gooddeal of scurrilous humor, all the principal men of the colonies. 428 THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. [Chap. XV. unquestioned authority.^ The exigencies of their own condition, themaintenance of social order and of mutual rights, the suggestionsof common sense, and the dictates of their own consciences, made
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . anaan, in which he had attacked, with a gooddeal of scurrilous humor, all the principal men of the colonies. 428 THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. [Chap. XV. unquestioned authority.^ The exigencies of their own condition, themaintenance of social order and of mutual rights, the suggestionsof common sense, and the dictates of their own consciences, made thebody of the law. Not till the first serious crime was com-of Johu ° mitted among them — the murder of a fellow-colonist by oneing on. JqJ^j^ Billington — was it thought necessary to seek for coun-sel, for precedent and sanction in English law. The advice of Gov-ernor Winthrop and other leading men of Massachusetts Bay wasasked, as to what should be done under such novel and distressing cir-cumstances, and the conclusion of the united council was that theman should die, and the land be purged of blood. 1 See Historical Memoir of the County of New Plymouth, pp. 227, 228, by Francis Bay-lies. fli4-r , I I I I I I M I I I M I I -|-nH4-!~llh. Fragment of the Rock at Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth.
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