Chapter IV • Samuel Adams • The Mind of the American Democrat
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Parrington, Vernon Louis
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[3] Hutchinson seems to justify such a view from a passage written in 1770: “The leaders here seem to acknowledge that their cause is not to be defended on constitutional principles, and Adams now gives out that there is no need of it; they are upon better ground; all men have a natural right to change a bad constitution for a better, whenever they have it in their power.” (Hosmer, Life of Samuel Adams, p. 259.)
[4]Works, Vol. I, p. 135.
[5]Works, Vol. II, p. 299.
[6] “The Rights of the Colonists,” in Works, Vol. II, pp. 355–356.
[7] “Candidus,” in Works, Vol. II, pp. 325–326.
[8]Works, Vol. I, p. 28.
[9]Ibid., Vol. I, p. 29.
[10] “A Chatterer,” in Works, Vol. II, pp. 45–46.
[11]Works, Vol. III, p. 289.
[12]History of Massachusetts Bay, Vol. III, p. 349.
[13] See in particular the “Candidus” articles in Works, Vol. II, in which he elaborated his views on government by ministerial instructions.
[14] See “Puritan” articles, in Works, Vol. I, p. 201 et seq.
[15] See “Candidus,” in Vol. II, p. 246; “Chatterer,” in Vol. II, pp. 35, 39, 43; “Layman,” in Vol. I, p. 322.
[16]Works, Vol. II., p. 436.
[17]Works, Vol. I, p. 80.
[18]Works, Vol. II, pp. 22, 26.
[19]Works, Vol. II, p. 150.
[20]Works, Vol. III, p. 244.
[21]Ibid., Vol. II, p. 39.
[22]Ibid., Vol. III, p. 305.