Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society volume 23
Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society volume 23
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, 127.
+ March 14, 1643.
44 HHODK ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
tory become a name not only memorable, but consecrated Uy tlie lieroism, the sufferings, and the christian patience of Sam- uel Gorton and his companions.
This small but indomital)le band, with the laws of God in one hand and the laws of England in the othei-, withstood all the efforts of the Government of Massachusetts I>ay, by sol- diers and savages, by i)risons and fetters and worse than in- quisitorial cruelties, to force on them ...a Puritan hierarchy and a foreign jurisdiction, each as merciless in its tyranny as it was regardless of law. '-^ Desperate as the contest seemed, Gorton and his com[)an- ions triumphed at last. Rhode Island owes their memoiy a heavy debt. Never were men's motives so aspersed, theii- names so unjustly branded with infamy, their characters so foully traduced, and this not for a time merely, but from ago to age; and we may be excused for saying, that in the history of New England can scarcely be found a more dramatic scene than the trial of Gorton before the assembled nuigisti'atesand elders of "the Bay, " when, guiltless of any illegal act and a betrayed pi'isoner of wai', f he is first ordei'ed on peiil of his life, to answer ivlthm fifteen ')riinutes'\.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, 127.
+ March 14, 1643.
44 HHODK ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
tory become a name not only memorable, but consecrated Uy tlie lieroism, the sufferings, and the christian patience of Sam- uel Gorton and his companions.
This small but indomital)le band, with the laws of God in one hand and the laws of England in the othei-, withstood all the efforts of the Government of Massachusetts I>ay, by sol- diers and savages, by i)risons and fetters and worse than in- quisitorial cruelties, to force on them ...a Puritan hierarchy and a foreign jurisdiction, each as merciless in its tyranny as it was regardless of law. '-^ Desperate as the contest seemed, Gorton and his com[)an- ions triumphed at last. Rhode Island owes their memoiy a heavy debt. Never were men's motives so aspersed, theii- names so unjustly branded with infamy, their characters so foully traduced, and this not for a time merely, but from ago to age; and we may be excused for saying, that in the history of New England can scarcely be found a more dramatic scene than the trial of Gorton before the assembled nuigisti'atesand elders of "the Bay, " when, guiltless of any illegal act and a betrayed pi'isoner of wai', f he is first ordei'ed on peiil of his life, to answer ivlthm fifteen ')riinutes'\.
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