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OUR ARTICLE ON TIE HUGUENOTs.
The Article sn The Hugucno,s'' was
written will reference To the carly settle
men. Of The Hngnenn.s in South Caralina.
THE HUGUENOTS.
The Improvement Of man las been ei i1rc
ted hy succession Of Revolutions. Som.
have been mild md pcnccablc, the result Of
causes working for long series OF ages:
others have burst forth on the "wnrld's
trembling multitude" sudden aud power
ful. Such was tho Reformation Of I.u,hcr.
Its great princip!e-i,s noble aim was civil
and religious liberty. History records the
struggles oflhc contest. rnuslng up all The
energies &c Europe. Foremost.in in this dra.
ma. stand forth The Proteslants ofFrancc.-
n Spartan band in the great army nf Re.
formcrs. Sympathy for their suGerinss.
reverence fur their pirty, admiration Of
their fnrtitudc and perseverance, and graft
tude to God f"r The preservation Of rem.
nnnt Of this afflicted people. affect us when
VIC think Of the religious ,,lespolism which.
for agcs, warrcd against their souls.
The llugu'nnts were people peculiar
10 Franco. Separated from their brethren
nf fSw,tZerland by The vast mountain-!,arri
ers Of nature, removed from intercourse
with the English by great extent q f Iantl
and water, they formed community n
mong themselves, Icngucdtngrlher fnr the
mutual defence Of their county and rcIip-
ION. Animated by these higi am, noble
principles. ,hry faltcrcd not in The hour Of
dnnger-when necessity called them 10 The
field. they shrunk not from The sword Of
when the fires o ofRomisl, bio.
otrv kindlcd around them, they bore their
mar,yrtlnm with that unllincl,inr cons,un.
cy so Characteristic Of their faith, and uC
their cause. The love "f religions liberty.
arising from the conviction of duty, has.
in all past time given an unt!ann;ed spiri,
TO It's v"tnrics. Witness The zeal of ,hc
early Christian Church! Witness The firm
ness Of our Pilgrim fathers! Witness The
prosecutions Of the IIuscnn,s!
Most prominent in the history or,his
pcople,i is the tragedy Of Saint Har,hole-
new. The Prnirs,anls Of thai time wcr.
considered too formidable pnlty To be any
longer tolerated. AsCa,n continual liz sai,,
in the Roman Senntr. "delcn,ia est Garth.
ago." sn did The mcn in power &c ,ha. line
increasingly shout, "I.c, the Husuenn,s be
destroyed" And, at length, their desire
was well nigh accomplished. The rh,
Of ST. Bartholomew gluts the lI-dcvour
ing ,hirs, Of their enemies. During Thar
terrific slaughter, tie cry for mercy was
drowned in the relentless shnut Of nDcn,h
To the Hugucnols," ahtl the ight OF div
bul added new horrors io The scene. The
streets Of Paris Go" ii with the blond nt
her murdered ci,ize : and from that civ
the massacre spread through all The -pr.,.
ynccs. bringing death and ,lcsoa,inn TO
every part "f The land. Thousands Of use
ml and peucca bic citizens were struck down
blythe demnn nf destruction, and one nnitcd
cry for vengeance on such monsirnus in
justice arose 10 the throne Of God, and will
y", have to be silencetl by The woes of ofcon-
ing ages. This dreadful instance Of The
barbaiism Of religious higulry5 5exci,es the
Indignation Of The world. AT ,llat time !,
was culogized, by many Of The na,inns Of
Europe, MS Il glorious ,riumpll-the cold
bl"nded murder Of thousands, glurious
,riumph-lhc trnmphoI Of religion!
But let us turn from such scene, and
contemplate til" magnnnimi,y Of Henry,
SO wor,hly styled the Great. This Prince,
ascending the throne al time when faction
had torn his kingdom FOR more lh6n cen.
tury. had exhausted lis resources, and i'm
p"vcrshcl his people. who had wrongs to
revenge and crimes To punish. nobly buried
them all in oblivion, and The world saw The
proof an exalted mind in The Edic, OF Nan.
tes. What contrast with the conduct Of
the guilty and cxccrntch Char!es, who. a
century before, locked calmly on the mur-
der ofhs subjects! This celebrated Edic,
placed the rights ofihe Husuenots on ba.
sis, which the mos, Migrant violation o(
justice could alone overthrow; and II was
10 be hoped that no future Monarch OF
| France would have the rashnrss 10 annuI
II. Aud yet, not one century had pnsse d
before lis revocation filed the whole lan,,
with The blood OF her slaughtered citizens.
The Edict Nantcsgare I" the Pro,es,an,s
of France u dislinc, md separate existence