Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-01-17
LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1916.

gold! goId!! gold!! Never in the history ]
Of the world had the "sacra fanes aurf
exhibited itself with such fearful intcnsi-
~. His Imagination maddened with Vi,
ions Of sudden and nundess wealth, clad
in mail, he leaped upon the New World,
an armed robber. In greedy haste he
grasped the sparkling SIND, then cast it
, down with curses, when he found the
gitterin grains were not Of gold.
Pitiess as the blood hound by his SIDE,
he plunged into the primeyal forests, eros
} sed river, lakes and mountains, and
penetrate to the very heart of the CONT
nent. No region, however rich in soil,
, delicious in climate or luxuriant in pro.
duclion, could tempt his stay. In vain
the soft breeze OF the tropics, laden with
aromatic fragrance, wooed him to rest
: in vain the smiling valleys, covered With
spontaneous fruits and flowers, United
him to peaceful quiet His search was
l.. still for gold: the accursed hunger coVId
not be appeased. The simple natives
| gazed upon him in superstltous wonder,
and worshipped him as god; and FpI
f proved to them god, but an Internal one
terrible, cruel and remorseIess. With,
bloody hand he tore the ornaments from
! their persons and the shrines from their
affairs: he tortured them to discover hid
= den treasure, and slew them that he might
4 search. even in their wretched threats,
for concealed gold. Well might the mis-,
q cradle Indians imagine that race OF evil
Q deities had come among them more bloody
n and relentless than those who presided
over their sanguiuary rites.
e Now let US turn to the Pilgrims. They,
!. TOO, were tempted and had they yielded
!. to the temptation how different might
E have been the destines Of this continent ;
y how different must have been our own!
I Previous 10 their undertaking, the Old
World was filled with strange and Won
q derful accounts OF the New. The UNI
q bounded wealth, drawn by the SpanIards
:. from Mexico and South America, seemed
to afford rational support for the widest
4 assertions. Each succeeding adventurer,
' returning from his voyage, added to the
a. Arabian tales a still more extrayagant
= story. At length Sir Walter Raleigh
" the most accomplished and distinguished
w Of all those bold voyagers, announced tc
n the world his discovery Of the province o
IA Guiana and its magnificent capital, the
. far famed city Of Ell Dorado. We smile
,c now at his account of the "great and gol'
4 zen city," We can hardly imagine that
"a any one could have believed, for a mo-
j. ment, in their existence, AT tina: day
however, the whole matter was received
=. with the most implicit faith. Sir Walter
m protested to have explored the country
II. and thus glowingly describes 1t from his
cd own observations
Ys. 81 never saw a more beautiful country
he nor more lively prospects, hills so raised
% here and there over the valleys--the rlv
IS err winding into divers branches--the
,d plains adjoining, without bush or stubbIe
ofI--all fair green gras s-the deer crossing
r. in every path--the birds, towards the
nd evening, singing on every tree with
70 thousand several tunes-the air ireSl
Id with a gentle easterIy wind; and every
stone that we stopped to take up prom
a, iscd either gold or silver by lis com
Il. pIexion. For health, good air, pleas ur'
al and riches am resolved it cannot be equal
In ed by any region either in the Eas; o
er West"
nd The Pilgrims were urged, in leaving
ON Holland, to seek this charming counlr!
&c and plant their colony among lis Area
ic dian bowers. Well might the poor wan
,m derers cast longing glance towards II!
ev happy valleys, which seemed to invite t
no pious contemplation and peaceful labor
a Well might the green grass, the peasan
Ill. groves, the tame deer and the singing bra
,rn allure them to that smiling land beneal
RI the eounoctal line. But while the.
7or doubted not the existence of this wonder
no Gus region, they resisted its temptin
rV charms. They had resolved to vlndlcate
,us at the same time, their patriotism an
ISL, eqeir principles Ito add dominion to thel
r a native land, and to demonstrate to tn
~. world the practlcabiliiy of civil and rel
COR gious liberty. After full discussion an
di. mature deiberaton, they determined thi
no their great obiec.s could be best accom-
It's plished by settlement on some porto
rst of the Northern continent, which wouI
,rn hold out no temptation to cupldIty-I
tie inducement TO persecution. Putting asd
lie then, all considerations of wealth an
md ca e, they addressed themselves VIII
on. high resolution to the accomplishment
re- their noble purposes In the languaF
ers of the historian, "Trusting 10 God ar
Tvs, ,hemseves,"they embarked upon the
Lble perilous enterprise.
'e. As said before, shall not accomPi
,sir ny them in their adventurous yooyas
of On the 22d day Of December, 1920, a
ow cording TO our present computations me
leo, footsteps pressed the famous rock WI n y !;
ow has ever since remained sacred 10 thel
rer. yenerated memory. Poets painters al