A history of Quaker government in Pennsylvania . C - ^ Democracy and Civil Liberty. 85 were now scattered over the three upper coun-ties. Matters were left in quietness, though fora few years an unfortunate choice of a DeputyGovernor delayed the better days. Three political parties sprang into existenceon Penns departure. There was first the partydevoted to proprietary interests and sympathies,embracing the more wealthy and highly edu-cated Quakers, principally of Philadelphia, ofwhich in a little time James Logan came to berecognized as the leader. Secondly, there wasthe popular party, led by
A history of Quaker government in Pennsylvania . C - ^ Democracy and Civil Liberty. 85 were now scattered over the three upper coun-ties. Matters were left in quietness, though fora few years an unfortunate choice of a DeputyGovernor delayed the better days. Three political parties sprang into existenceon Penns departure. There was first the partydevoted to proprietary interests and sympathies,embracing the more wealthy and highly edu-cated Quakers, principally of Philadelphia, ofwhich in a little time James Logan came to berecognized as the leader. Secondly, there wasthe popular party, led by David Lloyd, com-posed mainly of country Friends, and reinforcedin time by sympathetic Germans and otherliberty-loving people; and thirdly, there was anopposition non-Quaker party, not strong inCouncil or Assembly, whose ultimate object wasto make a crown colony and an establishedchurch. James Logan and David Lloyd were suchprominent men in early Pennsylvania, that theydeserve more than a passing notice. James Logan was born in Ireland in 1674
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