The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-22


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rsrnnenI forms of sa<iegy. and political
SENTIMENTS. the erigin Of IL uhish lay
bssk txo esaiariss N English AMI Anne
r5<za hixiory.
The discovery Of AmsEica. ils eoloui-
zaioa b he nalisnz of Europe. he
history AID progress Of the colonies.
from ihrir establishment 10 he iimr
when ase principal of them threw OF
theH zleg enee 70 nc respective States
whieh had panied them and founded Coz
vesnmenas Of heir eun. coAsiiinis one Of
most interesting trains Of sssnis N hamsn
sfnzls. These sssnls occupied three hun
dred years, during whsrh period eiviliza-
iion and knowledge mssh steady progress
in the old world so that Enrope. - The
commencement oflh ainelerHsh ecnsory.
had beesse greatly changed from that
Europe which began the colonization Of
America AZ The commencement Of the If
seenlh. And what Is most material 70
my Prsssss purpose :, that, In the pro-
gress OF the hrsso &c these ceraries. thar Is
10 say. from the discovery of this Ame-
mes 10 the sstsscments of Yirginta aud
Massachusetts, 8, political and religious
events upok place which most materially
zifscted TIE state of society and he senii-
menss ef mankind. especially in England
and in paris Of continental Europe. Az.
tsr Few feeble and unsuccessful efforts
by England. under Henry the Seventh.
20 plant eslonies in AmerieA. no designs
u thai kind were prosecuted for long
period, eiiher b. he English Governments
or any u is Subjects. Without inquir-
ing .sso The causes Of this long delay, its
Consequences are sufficiently clear and
sirikisg- ENGLAND, in this lapse Of
century. unknowa 70 herself. but under
the providence nf God and Tho influence
ef events, was fitting herself Cor the work
Of North Anseries on such principles and
by such men rs should spread TIE Eng
hsh name and English blood intime over
portienofnie Western hemisphere. The
commercial spirit was greatly encouraged
By several laws passed in Henry the Se-
venah's reign; and in the same reign en-
eouragemeni was given to arts andmanufac-
tures in the Eastern countries. and some
no1 usinporrans notifications ef the feu-
tsaf system, BY allowing the breaking of
enasiis. These and other measures and
other occurrences were making way for
. new class OF society 10 emerge and
chow itself in military and Seuda ase.
A middle class, neither barons nor great
landholders, on theone side, nor the mere
retainers Of the Crown, nor mere agri-
cuarsl laborers on the other. With the
risc and growth Of this new class Of so
siety, not only did commerce and The arts
increase. but better education, a greater
degree Of knowledge, inster notions OF
the true ends OF government, aad senti-
msnts favorable 10 civil liberty, began u
spread abroad and become more and more
eammon- Ras the plants springing from
these seeds were Of slow growth. The
character Of English socie.y had indeed
begun to undergo change; bu, changes
Of national character are ordinarily The
work of time. Operative causes were,
however, evidently in existence, and sure
10 produce uitanstsiy their proper effect.
From the accession of Henry the Seventh
u the bFealing out Of the civil wars.
England EMO, ed mach more exemption
from war. foreign and domestic, than for
long period before and during the con.
trJversy between the houses Of York
aud Lancaster. These years Of peace
were favorable to. commerce and the
arts. Commence and tie arts aug
men.ed general and individual knowledge:
anil knowledge !, the only hrsi Fountain
both Of the love and the principles Of
human liberty. Other powerful causes
sooa. came into active play. The refoI'
maliosa Of Lnffer broke out, kindlng uT
the minds Of men afresh. leading to ne "
habits Of thought, and awakening in indr-
viduals energies before unknown even 10
themselves. The religious controversial:
&c this period changed society as well a;
religion; indeed, il would be easy to prove
lfihissccasion we're proportion it, that they
changed society TO considerable extern
where they did no. change the religion o.
the State. The spirit Of commercial and
foreign adventure, therefore, on the ons
band, which had gained so much strength
and influence since the time oflhe discove
~ Of Amsrica. and. on the other, the asser
ZION and maintenance of religious liberty
having their souree Indeed in the Re
formation, bat continued, diversified, sne
continually Strengthened by the subsequent
divisions Of sentiment and opinion among
the reformers themselves; and Ibis love o.
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