Excerpt from Essays in American History In the same manner, in earlier days, when the recollection of the struggle for inde pendence was still vivid, patriotic Americans were unable to recognize anything but ar bitrary tyranny in the attempts made from time to time by the English government to give unity and organization to the group of discordant and feeble settlements, or to see anything but what was base and servile in the sentiments that inspired those whom they nicknamed Tories. Now, under the influ ence of calmer consideration, men are begin ning to admit that something may be said for men like Andros, who strove against the separatist spirit which seemed to New Eng land to be the very essence of liberty, and even for those unfortunates who valued the connection with Great Britain more than they did the privileges of self government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.