The Liberty of the Press in the American Colonies Before the Revolutionary War
The Liberty of the Press in the American Colonies Before the Revolutionary War
Livingston Rowe Schuyler
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His was a virtu- ous liberty. . . . He worshipped Freedom, but he never thought of Freedom as dissociated with Government. Freedom and Government; Government and Freedom ; complemental ; never to be parted. In his long and active life, passed in many regions and where divers rules prevailed, it was his fortune to be sometimes in opposition to the ruling powers, and sometimes their trusted advocate. But In opposing admin- istrations he respected the principles of government. In devotion to place..., he never suffered violence to the spirit of Liberty. " During the administration of Lord Bellomont the Interests of Leisler's faction In the province were in the ascendant, and those who were of the aristocratic party were, as far as possible displaced from positions of trust and honor. Of this latter party one of the most prominent was Col. Nicholas Bayard, a member of the Council and a large landowner. Him Lord Bellomont removed from the Council, the ground for this action being that " he had advised the printing of a scandalous and malitious pamphlet entitled ' A Letter from a Gentleman In Boston, ' casting odium on Leisler.
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