History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . Seal of the Proprietors of Carolina. feudal constitution, but it was too cumber-some to work. Rule by the proprietariesproved radically bad. They were ignorant,callous to wrongs done by their governors,and indifferent to everything save their ownprofits. Many of the settlers too wereturbulent and criminals, fugitives from thejustice of other colonies. The difficultywas aggravated by Indian and Spanish i72o] MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, CAROLINA 287 wars, by negro slavery, so profitable forrice culture, especially
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . Seal of the Proprietors of Carolina. feudal constitution, but it was too cumber-some to work. Rule by the proprietariesproved radically bad. They were ignorant,callous to wrongs done by their governors,and indifferent to everything save their ownprofits. Many of the settlers too wereturbulent and criminals, fugitives from thejustice of other colonies. The difficultywas aggravated by Indian and Spanish i72o] MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, CAROLINA 287 wars, by negro slavery, so profitable forrice culture, especially in South Carolina, bystrife between dissenters and churchmen,by the question of revenue, and by that ofrepresentation. A proprietary party and a larger popularparty were continually at feud, not seldom. John Locke. with arms, support of the Church allyingitself mainly with the former, dissent withthe latter. Zealots for the Church wished 288 ENGLISH AMERICA (1730 to exclude dissenters from the opponents would keep Huguenotimmigrants, whom the favor of the proprie-taries rendered unwelcome, entirely fromthe franchise. The popular party passedlaws for electing representatives in everycounty instead of at Charleston alone, andfor revenue tariffs to pay the debt entailedby war. The proprietaries vetoed even favored the pirates who harriedthe coast. Civil commotions were frequentand growth slow. Interference by the Crownwas therefore most happy. From the timethe Carolinas passed into royal hands, 1729,remarkable prosperity attended them both. Assuming charge of Carolina, the Crownreserved to itself the Spanish frontier, andhere, in 1732, it settled Oglethorpe, theable and unselfish founder of Georgia,under the auspices of an organization inform much like a mercant
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