. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... The people of the colony with one voicedemanded the dissolution of the assembly,which had unlawfully maintained its exist-ence for fourteen years. Opposed by theentire people the governor was compelled toyield. The assembly had fairly earned theuniversal hatred with which it was regardedby its selfishness and its hostility to popularliberty. It was dissolved, and writs wereissued for a new election. Among the newmembers elected was Bacon, who was re-turned f
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... The people of the colony with one voicedemanded the dissolution of the assembly,which had unlawfully maintained its exist-ence for fourteen years. Opposed by theentire people the governor was compelled toyield. The assembly had fairly earned theuniversal hatred with which it was regardedby its selfishness and its hostility to popularliberty. It was dissolved, and writs wereissued for a new election. Among the newmembers elected was Bacon, who was re-turned from the county of Henrico. The new assembly was naturally favorableto the rights of the people, and it at onceproceeded to rectify many of the abuses VIRGINIA AFTER THE RESTORATION. 105 which had produced the insurrection. Taxeswere adjusted more equitably; the right ofsuffrage was restored to the people; themonopoly of the Indian trade, in which it vestries was broken by limiting their term ofoffice to three years, and giving the electionof these officials to the freemen of the parish;a general amnesty was proclaimed for all past. BACON DEMANDS THE COMMISSION OF BERKELEY. was believed the governor was deeply inter-ested, was suspended; many of the evils con-nected with the expenditure of the publicfunds were corrected; the power of the parish offences; and Bacon, amid the rejoicingsof the people, was elected commander ofthe army destined to act against theIndians, «o6 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. These measures were utterly distasteful tothe haughty old t^overnor. He refused topivc thcin his sanction, or to sign the com-mission ordered for Bacon by the of treachery Bacon withdrew fromthe capital. The people quickly rallied tohis support, and in a few days he enteredJamestown at the head of five hundred , who was as courageous as he wasobstinate, met him, and baring his breastsaid, haughtily, A fair mark; shoot! Bacon answered him calmly, * I will nothur
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