The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-07

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''S0 ~ Coil ne 3 King. /. one Fniiii. y D4f.
ing4thes sreigniof The Great III enhy, t5e a.f,s
gtenots exercisetl their Tie Ills. and ltbeTty
l,nf nfc0nscience was secured /; Ills sileAfl1 Wa
|.he death Of orlep of peace, aud of fress
dom. b -
From this stimc. sibe ilngi,c 4 his, 81 armeed
at The intfigues q econ n, and III e 4ss.
|nres taken frsiheirf sersI,I0w, Wsrss iins
arms: and whcn,yt 8 & sy sF5S
{. Thc living cloud or MAI tE:fs
burst upon them from the ,nGr.i, 81 Fratce.
their his, their.existence rs pe0ple, were
swept away. & For the nexI hal e centurfsssi
persecution ali9,ved7 pcrse cnti6n, sdniiiI5s'
fnHliy, the 3reyncation off tie sEdiellts,sof
Nantes, by tepriping lie Huguenotss 'af aii |,
securities of. life, and liberty by3 anDibiias
ting ther. xislence as subjects, jc0nlpsileil
the emil graiion of Ibis people. Thb,isnnilss
of /. industrious citizens left fareyer lteiTi
native France, II seek in foreign lands ifiis
liberiY denied them in. their o,y II. Az
their predecsssors.. he Pil erinis, babe tlieif
ma tive land ood.nig HI. 6d lay down Ia
resi- resi- on the shores Of New England, SO iii,fs
The iIngnenots, driven across iie western
ocean by perseculihg fannlicisri, a,slengtir
find resting place on the shores OF Caro-
linn. The haiid 6r welcomes; " as held
Quito tlfem-,',ey were hailed as br.nhers.
a nj npbic sons,f Carolina have they proved
thcmselv.sl BfAving The perilsgni says veg q 1
warfare, tliey plunged into ,lie:.@ii,erness; 3
pioneers Of the south, they strengthened
!l'e !l infant colany sof Carolina by their.re-s 8
liginn and by tlicir arms. ~ 8.
But I" us. The settlement nfl the Hnrne-
n"ts, th"ugh mol followed, By con seasiet,2. S.
ces nt snrlImpnrt, as those esucceelngti,e
landing OF tho Pilgrims. was altcmledWitt
The most nos, Important results: Tie addition
ol lnrge body Of men, vittuonss industris
ons, Injured 10 perlund war, bGt, Sbo ve air.
martyrs OF religious liberty, would rbe vel.
comed by any people; and pecuIia n sf,,f
innale was j, for q small colony.t pressed
on every side .bySa savage enemy, anttr bute
poorly assisted by The nb,hef conftry.a--s
IhclL singularlyelastica anil cheerful ieninere
OF mind cnal led them 10 endure he 81 baIdsss
ships arilyatient'ani on a settlements
N country, new, snrroundel BY enemies,
and exposed 10 analmns,tropirals an sun. The
same spirit, which male them rr e fer exile
10 SLAYER sustained them in lie long and
% nrt'n"'ls struggle of the RevolnliSn. n-t -
Shoulder " shoulder with their brelhren
IN ~. .ht ld, they met the Invading fuc, anil
the plains of4.aro.ina" became The nl,tar
!oWwhIcll they sacrificed their blooil in de-
fence or their CANNON country. When
The !" tlack and Sinking r,lins. Of tles0ja.s
Zion c1vefe.llhe land, Tie same firmness.
Which upheld TIER ialhers in the old
world, sustained their tescen,ia nts IN iha
new. The nnmrs of Hurry, of fIugs,er. and
of Marion are coupled with Hose of SLhIa,..
rens. of Rullet!gc, Of Pinckney, anil .of
% %mter;--,nnri,es drhr 10 every Amcrirnr.
ti'e watchwortls Gf liberly. Sus,aibe,isby
the example Of these, South Cnfoii,,a3 ~
81 the7 noble dnrng and heroic 'courag z z az (
hfr adopted people. Thousands ofIiheir
descendants nj this time hail America as tho
land Of their kir,ii-il he land of their fore.
iathers alttn aas!ortion-the asylum or ihtir an.
cess.ors-'he lantl nf civil and religious n.
berry. May lis stnn,lurd, reared on ih Z sa,,i y
!ourdlalion ofvirtuc, crertwere over nil. ).
lions of The sons "f freemch, until iims
shall be no mnre
= AS VIC revie these scenes, we cannot cannot
refrain from asking, wharhadsthe Huroc-
nnls done. That they shuul,l illus he,
"Atlhe mcrcyoi a,n,ystcry oflyrranny?i'
!" hat were their crimes. that hey shbnid
he deprived Of nil civil cxisience-stha
they should be hunted dawn like I'D beasis a
thai, their blood should s,renm undef ,IIa
sword? They worshipped God acc0r.!ilisp
~ 'S'N = ttFtt tobSCitnCC.,,Af!l II Ills
was their crlme-ihis their abninina,inp.
This doomed them 10 lie sword, toe ,fie
stake. and, 10 exile. That they wefeSa
p"acenble: people. orderly, h,t'ustlions, aud aud
l,dispnsea. is acknowledged BY ,ie
Romish hisiorians. They were aroused
10 revolt, when, the ironyokc orappression
heean,e, too .greyinus lo be bornc--whpn
.bisotry ntfnrihlhe destroying angel
when lifc anil liberty were crusEetIs by on,
pression. Their emigtaiinn furnished ma
ny na.inns number fuse fiil sut,iects:
AMI Erancc tepinres Tho su,iinst poli.
fy,which hanishetiler citizens, sepopI,la-
ter, one fourth other kfngdum. ruined her
commerce, and for many years placed her
under martial law. 1a lies, The result.of
such hpolicy has been disastrous in The ex.
IRENE e. the dcepo,ic pcrsecu,iuns II centu-
rIes having ended in the dreadful cntus-
lrophe q The French iaevnlIl,inn.. "
he nineteen,h ceninry has brouehtsto
the iiuguenGts that tolesalion.< which has
permi..edihem 10 rebuild their peaceful
temples, and To worship God il Their own
why. The Conflicts OF cen,uries haye
.nnght both parties the necessity Of m,tasl
forbtarance;e aud the religion Of reason.
and the religion al authority thaveile.rnstl