So in Massachusetts this principle is firmly established. They have come honestly by It. and they have learned to love it for the things it has done. Had it not been for the privileges it afforded the individual the ranks of the emigrants in pioneer days would not have been so readily filled. and more. the quickness with which New England rose to strike for independence. giving courage and hope to the other colonies. was largely due to the splendid independence and individualism developed in the town governments of Massachusetts. and which government in somewhat modified form has been transplanted to other States in the form of township government. I suggest to those who have so severely criticized Massachusetts not to be too caustic in their denunciation. Remember the sturdy. independent character of the New Englander. with his strong individuality. is traceable to the principle for which they now so stoutly contend and which principle contributed much to the splendid fight against an unjust principle of taxation in colonial days.
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