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clemency of Virginia to the moderation of the church or spirit of the legislature. A careful consideration of the laws and other evidence, has left me no option but to form a different opinion. I know of no act of cruel persecution that originated among men who were settlers in Virginia. When left to themselves, from the days of John Smith, I think the Virginians were always tolerant. I have already quoted the important testimony of Whitaker, a man sincere and charitable like Eliot and Brainard. and of Shakspeare, rather than of Whitgift and Laud. Of Chap XVIII.} themselves they asked no questions about the surplice, and never wore the badge of non-resisting obedience. The meaner and more ignoble the party, the more general and comprehensive are its principles; for none but principles of universal freedom can reach the meanest condition. The serf defends the widest philanthropy; for that alone can break his bondage. The plebeian sect of Anabaptists, the scum of the reforma