The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-09

TAG AMxx,cAN Colossus America was disco.
cred by Columbus in 1882 90 10 speak more correct
w. no discovered the West Indies in that year 1hs
English claim the honor of discovering the Noub
American continent through The enterprise Of Henry
7lh, who gave commission for the purpose VI eX
plorstion 10 Gioyonni Cabot and his son Sebastian
Cabot made his discoveries In 1897.
In 1906 the London Company and the Plymouth
Company having been Incorporated, and having OBJ
tanned the exclusive right OF settling and trading
within the limits assigned them, The former in 607
sent colony OF one hundred persons 10 Virginia
Their numbers were very soon reduced by famine
and war with the natives 10 mere handful Ia lGuq
they were recruited by new emigration and mum.
bered five hundred. Famine more thDped
their ranks. and but sixty OF the coonists survived
10 1913 the land occupied by these settlers was for
the first time apporloned among them. The supreme
power Of the Colony was retained in England, beng
vested in council named by the King. subord
nate council, nominated by bin, resided in Amerjc,
This mode OF government was afterwards changed
by King James, who extended the bounds of the ca
lony, abolished the council in Virginia and est,b.
| lisbed the governing power at London.
In 1919 the Governor OF Virginia called together,
general assembly, and II was designed TO divide tho
supreme authority between the Governor, The Legis
lalure and the Council appointed by the COMPANY m
England. In 1924 the King disiiking the arra1pe
ment declared the charter forfeited, and ds.oyed
| the Company.
| lHc tolony possessed ny their grant "A
territory called North Virginia, extending from the
3Sth TO the 45th degree Of north latitude In lGl0
the celebrated company Of PuritaDs famous in song
and story, landed at New Plymouth and after form
| ing for themselves democratic constitution nro
| ceeded to found a settlement. Hardship and die
ease soon thinned their little band and their numhers
for many years afterwards, though occasionally in
creased by emigration, did not exceed three hundred
In 1862 they became part Of Massachusetts by an
| act Of Incorporation.
In 1923, the Massachusetts, colony was formed but
| the. Government was subsequently, taken into the
| Royal hands
| Our own State was settled by the Dutch in leIA
The English claimed il, however, by the right of p
or discovery, Henry Hudson having in 1905 sailed IN
the river which yet bears his name. The Dutch con-
tended that he was In the employment of her own
| West India Company
For about fifty years they continued TO retain ms
session and make settlements and during tbi, leriod
thoroughly communicated their language manner,
and religious principles to the Coionists In 1864
the English obtained possession, and maintained It
until the time of The revolution. New York New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and a part of Connecticut
were now granted by Charles I'd to his brother the
Duke Of York.
New Jersey was settled by the Dutch in 1924, and
occupied by the English in 1864. New Hampshne
was first settled in 1923 at Andover and Portsmouth
Delaware was settled by the Dutch in 1927 and all
so occupied by the English ia 1864 Maize was SET.
Maryland was settled in 1888, and was the e. 5, Of
the Colonies regularly governed as British pIovince
Rhode Island WIS settled in 1886, Connec cat in
1852; North and South Carolina in 1000; P,nn.ylya-
MIA was colonlzed by Penn in 1861, and Georgia was
settled in 1882
In order TO have correct idea of the political con-
diiion OF these Colonies, we must always keep in
mind the different forms of 90, rnment which pre-
vailed among them. The system of charters pre-
vailed In New England and conferred no, onIy a
right to the soil but the privileges of natural borr
SUBJECTS. The people elected their Governors
Magistrates, and Legislative bodies with the
single restriction that their enactmens should not
be contrary to the laws of the mother country.
The Grown claimed the right Of revocation and the
Colonsts denied 1t, thus early sustaining the doctrine
OF vested rights and the obligation of contracts
Another kind OF government that Of The ROYAL
authority exercised by Governor appointed by The
king. Inc veto power was his principal check upon
The legislative power OF the colony. The Judge,
and most OF the officers received their commission.
from the Clown Virginia, New York, the Carollnas
and the Jerseys were Instances.
The thlrd Kind of Government was proprieta.
ry, like that of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Del
aware. The powers OF government were in the
hahos Oh the proprietors Of the land, and they had
controlling voice IN the management of the co.
lony
In l7l9, the people of Carolina took the govern.
ment INTO their own hands and published a ieola
ration of ndepepdence and siii earlier in 1924 m,
n:.s'nia Assembly made declaration :. defining
10 l6i3 the New England Colonies formed /, -,
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