Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-25

ings, but OF pilgrim enterprise and pilgrm acheve-
ments. The destnies of New England's sons werein-
terwoven with the destinies Of empires; wherever
they vent, better views OF human liberty aud better
viewsof Gods goodness were impaired by their
principles, or inspired by their examples Where
ever their influence felt, mankind was alievia-
ted; tyranny was prostrated, and commerce, happi-
ness and prosperity were extended. And all this
had desc nded from the eonduct Of fory-one men
and sixty women and children who landed on storm
beaten rock on the shortest day. and at the
season Of the year, in 1920. Their Gr.t great
risr was Miles Standish, five feet high; their
first military feat expedition of eight men
against hundreds of Narragaasetts, Of whom they
killed six; their FIRST commercial enterprise was
freighting the vessel that succeeded the Mayfower
with two hogsheads Of beaver skins and clapboards
to the value of S2500, which seized by the
French privateers and the whole lost to the infant
mercantile colony. In the expedition against the
Narrag ansetts, Standish would not take more than
eight men, because at tina, early age the puritans
were jealous Of military chefains and of military
power.
"Inscratable providence" Confined Mr.. wy
" are these the details Of a race by whom not New
Plymouth only was founded; not New England only
was settled; by whom the whole world was sha-
ken. Yes, they were the means by which these
mighty events were brought about; there was
their 1t is true they had followers
and assistants in the work, but il the light
the waters which emanated FROM them, it was the
pure and brilliant torch which they lighted the
shores, that caused them to have any followers
They were the peculiar instruments to break the
ice for others, and theirs be the glory to the end of
the world"
Columbus one hundred and twenty eight ears be-
fsre, to the rich harvests reaped by Cortez and ri
xarro, under the Spanish Claims; also to the remark
a.. acL Skoxk clo.I
the clause in Adams will, which gave Spain the
elusive right to the whole continent. The claims Of
England under the Cabots came next; andBartholo
new Gosney, the FIRST Englishman who set foot
in New England, landed on and gave the homely but
hallowed name to Cape Cod. The English, then
under Chief Justice Popham, tried to celonise New
England, and failed; Capt. John Smith then twice
tried to settle it, and failed; and at this time there
was only a small spot at extremity of the great
continent settled by the Spanish, and two smaller
spots at the other extremity settled BY the FRENCH
settled by the English, to mark the progress Of Eu
ropean exertions upon the country.
It was at this time that those religious persecu.
tons in England which led to the settle
ment of New England by the pilgrims The daugh
ter of Anne Boleyn could not but hate that church
in defiance Of whose thanders she was conceived
and born, and in whose eyes she was bastard; yet
she was great religious tyrant as the Pope She
had laws passed restraining freedom Of conscience,
imprisoned six and c ,ndemned two to death through
that Chief Justice Pophap who failed TO settle
new anu anu yet lie ny THIS dCt Wa All agent IN
sending the pilgrims there James the LIST followed
with the same line of conduct, and so worried the
non coniormsts that Clifton, Harrison, and others
fled 10 Holland for purity of worship and liberty OF
conscience. This flight laid the foundation Of the
settlement Of all New England, and through its sons
Of the progress of the Revolution and also the for
nation OF separate great nation amongst the mighty
Of the earth. And thus all great nations nave
owed their rise and power to the flight Of some
man, woman or child Moses fed from the fear Of
the law, but returned TO lead the children Of Israel
L. l.~.. Moka
fled from the magistrates Of Mecca, but returned
with the Koran in one hand and the sword in the
other, and the empire OF the Saracens soon
second to upon earth The young child and
ITS mo,hcs.fcd BY night from Herod and his wrath
bat rc.nrns4 ere his manhood was matured, to tri
umph 2eAis foes, and death and the grave and
the Christian religion has gone on conquering and
10 conquer. The pilgrim fathers fed from James
and England 20 Holland, and from Holland to New
England; but in the days Of the Revolution their
power returned rpon the expressions Of England,
and set this great nation free Aud the destinies Of
the whole United States date back their origin from
tho present day to the principles for which they
were prescribed and the institutions which they
Mr.. Winthrop then ran hurredly over the events
connected with the removal Of the pilgrims 10 Am
sterdam, TO Leyden and their for Ameri
ca in the Mayfower To the trials and sufefings they
underwent to the great exertions and virtue they dis
played. and 10 the peculiar and assistance
dered them by Providence. But he would not detract
from the merit Of those who settled Virginia There
aurels enough growing wild upon the graves Of
the rilgnms at Plymouth, without tearing single
leaf from those which decorated the tembs at James
town And although the virtues Of the early settlers,
transmitted 10 their children, and particularly their
love Of liberty, practically tested at Lexing
tn, Concord and Banker Hill twas lcftfor ork,own
to give the browning wreath to the glorious garland Of
the Revolution. Though Virginia produced the hand
that framed the Declare ion Of Independence, New
Eng land produced the eloquent tongue that rsI ad
vocaed its principles il was bond OF common glory
between the two colonies, TO which God himself, at
fixed his seal and sanction by snatching on the same
lay, 10 the skies the two master spiris that produ
| ced IL. And whilst New England has much TO boast
Of IL is yet the prize Of Virginia that the name which
our common country claims for its father, sh. can
claim as her son;ihc name above every name in the
| annals Of toe world the name OF Washington.
But yet the settlers Of Virginia did not progress
so well as the pilgrims; in ten years alter they ar
rived they were all about to return home discour-
aged; when in 1919 and 1920 two vessels reached the
harhor Of Jamestown, laden with precious frsight
with nothing less than live cargoes OF beautiful
young women, (Here there was immense laugh
ter) Yes, cargoes OF young women! (lncrcascd
laughter) And would 10 God that all the traffic In
human flesh that has since taken place upon that
coast had been innocent in itself and az prolific
and beneficial in its results as those same yoang
women. (Iere the male portion OF the audience
literally roared with laughter, the ladies blushed
hung down their heads, and burst out into loud
laugh, and for minutes all were onvulsed.) y
These young women had immense influence upon
the fate Of that coleny they were sold as wives 10
the planters, chow thew were married / know notl