﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
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  was 
  allowed 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  Catholics, 
  there 
  appeai:ed 
  to 
  be 
  

   an 
  obstacle 
  in 
  the 
  way. 
  Upon 
  application, 
  however. 
  Go- 
  

   vernor 
  Gayoso 
  gave 
  his 
  consent 
  without 
  hesitation. 
  As 
  

   the 
  country 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  highly 
  inflamed 
  state, 
  it 
  was 
  stipu- 
  

   lated 
  by 
  Ellicott 
  that 
  the 
  preacher 
  should 
  not 
  touch 
  upon 
  

   or 
  make 
  any 
  allusions 
  to 
  political 
  subjects 
  in 
  his 
  dis- 
  

   course. 
  

  

  The 
  novelty 
  of 
  a 
  Protestant 
  sermon 
  drew 
  together 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  persons; 
  and 
  the 
  preacher, 
  being 
  a 
  

   weak, 
  vain 
  man, 
  was 
  greatly 
  puffed 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  he 
  received. 
  

  

  Highly 
  elated 
  with 
  the 
  reception 
  his 
  sermon 
  received, 
  

   which 
  was 
  more 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  novelty 
  than 
  its 
  merits, 
  

   and 
  emboldened 
  by 
  permission 
  to 
  speak 
  in 
  public, 
  the 
  

   preacher 
  mingled 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  his 
  

   enthusiastic 
  zeal 
  being 
  somewhat 
  heightened 
  by 
  stimu- 
  

   lants, 
  entered 
  into 
  a 
  religious 
  controversy 
  with 
  some 
  

   Irish 
  Catholics, 
  Mdio, 
  in 
  return 
  for 
  the 
  offensive 
  manner 
  

   in 
  which 
  he 
  spoke 
  of 
  their 
  religion, 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  beating. 
  

  

  He 
  immediately 
  called 
  on 
  the 
  governor 
  with 
  a 
  pe- 
  

   remptory 
  demand 
  for 
  redress, 
  threatening, 
  if 
  his 
  request 
  

   was 
  not 
  complied 
  with, 
  to 
  seek 
  it 
  himself. 
  

  

  The 
  governor, 
  with 
  great 
  forbearance 
  and 
  temper, 
  

   calmly 
  desired 
  him 
  to 
  reflect 
  a 
  few 
  moments 
  upon 
  what 
  

   he 
  had 
  said. 
  The 
  same 
  language 
  and 
  threats 
  being 
  re- 
  

   peated, 
  Gayoso 
  justly 
  became 
  highly 
  incensed, 
  and 
  or- 
  

   dered 
  him 
  into 
  confinement. 
  

  

  This 
  proceeding 
  of 
  the 
  governor 
  was 
  construed 
  by 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  as 
  an 
  attack 
  upon 
  the 
  privileges 
  of 
  an 
  

   American 
  citizen. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  spark 
  required 
  to 
  inflame 
  

   the 
  public 
  mind 
  and 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  long 
  foreseen 
  

   explosion. 
  

  

  Early 
  the 
  next 
  morning, 
  the 
  town 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  

   a 
  state 
  of 
  great 
  tumult 
  and 
  confusion. 
  The 
  governor 
  

  

  