History of the state of New York, for the use of common schools, academies, normal and high schools, and other seminaries of instruction . s inconsist-ent with the rights and liberties of the province. Moncktonhimself disapproved of it, and even Golden advised against it;and Pratt, while accepting the office, was forced to concede andkeenly to feel the repugnance of the people to the proposedtenure. The Presbvterians and Congregationalists were alsojealous of the favor shown by the officers of the Crown to Epis-copacy, especially in the government of the college, w^hich wasplaced under Episcop
History of the state of New York, for the use of common schools, academies, normal and high schools, and other seminaries of instruction . s inconsist-ent with the rights and liberties of the province. Moncktonhimself disapproved of it, and even Golden advised against it;and Pratt, while accepting the office, was forced to concede andkeenly to feel the repugnance of the people to the proposedtenure. The Presbvterians and Congregationalists were alsojealous of the favor shown by the officers of the Crown to Epis-copacy, especially in the government of the college, w^hich wasplaced under Episcopal direction. 21. The Assembly having refused to provide for thesalary of the Chief-Justice, unless he should receive anindependent commission, the Board of Trade advised that theincome for the royal quit-rents should be applied to this course was accordingly adopted, and the Judiciary weresubjected to the power and influence of the Crown, who namedthe judges, removed them at pleasure, fixed their salaries andpaid them from funds beyond the control of the colonial legis-lature. The independence of the Judiciary Washingtons Head-quarters at Xewburgh, on the Hudson. FIFTH PERIOD. THE REVOLUTIOXARY WAR. 1763. CHAPTER T. The Sta3ip Act. —First Colonial Congress. — Sons of Liberty.—Sir Henry Moore.—Liberty Pole. L The relations which, during a period of upwards of a cen-tury, had existed between the American colonies andthe English Government, had been generally of a peace-ful nature. With the exception of occasional remonstranceson the part of the representative Assemblies of the provincesagainst various enactments of Parliament, and regulation of theBoards of Trade, affecting injuriously the manufactures, com-merce, and navigation of the colonies, an uninterrupted spiritof loyalty prevailed among them, and voluntary contributionsof men and money were cheerfully and promptly furnished Relation between the colonies and the home government. THE REVOLUTI
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