Publications of the Narragansett Club . CONTENTS. PAGE. Biographical Introduction. . . i By Reuben Aldridge Guild, A. M. Key into the Language of America. . 6i Edited by James Hammond Trumbull, A. M. Letter of Mr. John Cotton. .... 285Mr. Cottons Letter Examined and Answered. 313 Edited by Reuben Aldridge Guild, A. M. Biographical Introduction WRITINGS OF ROGER WILLIAMS, Reuben Aldridge Guild. BIOGRAPHICAL OGER WILLIAMS, fays Profeffor Ger-vinus, in his recent Introduction to theHistory of THfe Nineteenth Century,founded, in 1636, a fmall new fociety inRhode Ifland, upon the pri
Publications of the Narragansett Club . CONTENTS. PAGE. Biographical Introduction. . . i By Reuben Aldridge Guild, A. M. Key into the Language of America. . 6i Edited by James Hammond Trumbull, A. M. Letter of Mr. John Cotton. .... 285Mr. Cottons Letter Examined and Answered. 313 Edited by Reuben Aldridge Guild, A. M. Biographical Introduction WRITINGS OF ROGER WILLIAMS, Reuben Aldridge Guild. BIOGRAPHICAL OGER WILLIAMS, fays Profeffor Ger-vinus, in his recent Introduction to theHistory of THfe Nineteenth Century,founded, in 1636, a fmall new fociety inRhode Ifland, upon the principles of entireHberty of confcience, and the uncontrolledpower of the majority in fecular concerns.* * * The theories of freedom in church and ftate,taught in the fchools of philofophy in Europe, were herebrought into praftice in the government of a fmall commu-nity. It was prophefied that the democratic attempts toobtain univerfal fufFrage, a general eledlive franchife, annualparliaments, entire religious freedom, and the Miltonianright of fchifm, would be of fhort duration. But thefe infti-tutions have not only maintained themfelves here, but havefpread over the whole union. They have fuperfeded theariftocratic commencements of Carolina and of New York,the high-church party in Virginia, the theocracy in MafTa-chufetts, and the monarchy throughout America ; they havegiven laws to one quarter of the globe, and,publicationsofna01narr
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