The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-10-12

district, neither applied for, nor consented to re
reive, any portion of the relieffnnd have beer
more than once struck, while writing these pages
with the important use TO which literary talent,
may be turned, when dictated by good feelings
& on this occasion find Pringlc, although, per
haps, the very poorest of the Society," contrbut
Ing the most important donation of the whole
This was in the form Of phamphIet, entitled
= Some Account Of the English Settlers ia Albany
South Africa which he sent for publication in Lon.
don. The result Of these united efforts was the
collection of $1,000 in England and India, besides
$4,000 raised in the colony.
{" Ruined in circumstances and in prospects,
but sound in conscience and in character, says M7
Gender, Mr.. PringIe began to prepare seriously
for returning to England; prior to which he re-
solved on an excursion to the Eastern frontier, to
see once more his relatives at Glen-Lvnden.
There he had the pure satisfaction of finding the
little colony he had assisted in planting ia toll
erably prosperous circumstances. Under the
blessing of Providence he SAYS, its prosperity
has been steadily progressive. The friends whom
left there, though they have not escaped some
occasionalltrias and dsappontmcnts, such as all
men are exposed to in this uncertain world, have
yet enjoyed goody share of health, competence
and peace Out of the twenty,thrce souls who
had accompanied him to Glen-Lynden, he records
fourteen years after, that there had occurred only
a single death, and that was from the accidental
bursting Of gun; while byabirths alone, exclu-
slve of new settlers who had joined them, they
had more than doubled their number sOn the
WHOLE piously remarks Mr. p, in concluding his
interesting narrative, Il have great cause 10 bless
God, both as regards the prospects of my fathers
house, and IN many respects as regards INV own
career in life, that His good providence directed
our cinl9rant course fourteen years ago to the wds
of Southern A!rica.'"
PringIe arrived in London in July of 1896 ac-
companicd by his wife and her sister, Miss Brown,
a faithful companion in all their wanderings and
suIicrIngs: His losses and subsequent liabilities at
the Capo amounted to one thousand pounds bat
then be bad made himself be known as the cham
plon of the oppressed. Was it not reasonable to
hope that the clear claims he had on account of the
tyranny of the Governor should in some meas
1re.be attended to? Such a hope however PROV
ed aIIacious. Even independently of the usages
he had sustained at the hands of a confidential
minister of a great Empire, his conduct, attestcd by
he local magistrates, at the head of band of re-
'pectable settlers and the valuable and voiuninous
which he furnished to tho Commits
sioners Of Inquiry and of which the Government
lt.home was sufficiently sensible should have
ound for him due consideration. The reverse, as
'Ireody hint'd. was the case.
lri'9ie IaSt lI'neSS was lingering consump-
I9n, uuL''8 WiI'ch S'H9"lie hopes were entertain
u li"' "ouIo not DC Ia'aI ana ne vas sun poor
nan ID euer oa'ed july ~ l9o4' he writes
d I''eho IN 'hese Terms
am sorry 10 say mat my pF9SPectSi or the
o'u'e are more 'nal ever oork ana 'louoeo'
ave got yuan these lew days an unavorable
fPy rom Nif' spring h'ce' IN regard to my 2p-
lcaUo', LOT an appointment at lhe CHPe' lie
avs 'na' as great reductions are now making there
nose FeuHeeI from 'hc government service must
aEea Pr'iefane '"'m so mat l@91 prospect seems
pe smut MANY OF 'Ae persons VINO VIII mus
ave preference before me, were amongst the
lG=' 'o''T OIL h2fd CaaFIeS 0omersGIS admnis-
rauon' BAT to haycDeen prosecuted by Tory
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