The history and antiquities of Boston .. . urLord 1652, on it, yet such was the It has been long since remarked, that it was singular Parliament tookno notice of this infringement of one of its vital prerogatives, but itonly proves one of two things ; namely, that Parliament was too muchoccupied to consider of the matter, or that it did not care to disturbthe quiet of New England, as its loyalty was no doubt consideredbeyond question; nor does Cromwell appear to have alluded to the sub-ject. And there was a tacit allowance of it even by Charles theSecond for more than twenty years ; and
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . urLord 1652, on it, yet such was the It has been long since remarked, that it was singular Parliament tookno notice of this infringement of one of its vital prerogatives, but itonly proves one of two things ; namely, that Parliament was too muchoccupied to consider of the matter, or that it did not care to disturbthe quiet of New England, as its loyalty was no doubt consideredbeyond question; nor does Cromwell appear to have alluded to the sub-ject. And there was a tacit allowance of it even by Charles theSecond for more than twenty years ; and although it was made one ofthe charges against the Colony when the Charter was called in question,yet no great stress was laid upon it. It appeared to have been sobeneficial that, during Sir Edmund Andros administration, endeavorswere used to obtain leave for continuing it; and the objections againstit seem not to have proceeded from its being an encroachment upon theprerogative, for the motion was referred to the master of the Mint, and.
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