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OUR ARTICLE ON THE ttIUGuEHoTs.
The Article sn The. Hugueno,s'' was
written will reference to The early settle
men, of the Hugneno,s in South Carolina.
THE HUGUENOTS. E.
The Improvement OF man iias hren effrc.
ted By succession Of Revolutions. Som.,
have been mild md pcaccabe, lie result OF
causes working Tor long series Of ages:
others have burst forth on the .wnrll's
trembling multitude" !" sudden an, power.
ful. Such was,thc Reformation o I.u,l,er.
Its grca, prncipc-i,s nube aim was civil
and religious liberty. History records the
struggles oflhc contest, rousing ,ip all III G
energies nc Europe. Foremosuinthis dra.
ma. stand forth the Proiestants off rance
n Spartan band in the great army nf Re.
formers. Sympathy for their srifrarinqs.
reverence f"r their pirty, admiration OF
their rnrtitnte and perseverance, and gra,i.
ttl'le to Gol FOR the preservation Of rem.
nant Of this afflicted people. fleet us when
we think Of the religious -tespotism which,
for ages, warretl againstHtl,eir souls. 40. ~
| The lluguenOts were people peculiar
10 France. Separated from their brethren
fSwitzerland By The vast monn,ain.i,arri.
crs of nature, removed from intercourse
with the English by great extcpl Of land
and water, they formed community a.
m0ng themselves, lcngnedtnge rnr The
mutual defence of their conniry and rpIip-
ION. Animated by these higl, aud noble
principles, they faltcred dtnnt4in,he hour or
Inngrr-whpn necessiiy cR He'd them 10 The
field, they shrunk not from tbs swortl or
persccuinn-w hen the fires of80misb big.
"trr kintcd around them they bore their
martyrdn,n with that unflinchinp constnh.
cy so Characteristic of ,hrir fai!h, and OF
their cause. The love ofrclisinus libcr,ys
arising from the c0nticiiun nf duty, has.
in all past time, given an nn!aun.et a piril
TO its votnrics. I. Witness The zeal df ,bo
early Christian Church! Witness Tho firm.
ness Of our Pilgrim fathers! Witness The
prosecutions Of the Huscnois! 1,3j.
Most prominent in the history oftIis
people,is is the tragedy Of Saint Blr,holc-
new. The Prnicstants that time wcr.
considered tno fnrmidnble party To he my. ny.
longer tolerated. AsCnio continual ally said
in the Roman Sennte, 'delcnha cs, Garth.
ago," So did 'he meiiin power Of that lime
increasingly shout, "Lc. the Huguenn,s be
destroyed" And, al length. lheir ,rsirr
was well nigh accomplished. The nic hi
Of ST. Bartholomew gluts the nl.dcvour.
ing thirst Of their enemies. During that
j. rriic, slaughter, tie cry for mercy Was
drowned inthe relentless shut nfnDen,h
In the Husncno.s." "yand the light OF ,lny
but added new hnrrors Id the scene. The.
streets Of Paris flowed with the hl0ntl al
her murdered ci.izeus;nn from ii,at civ
the massacre spread through all lhc prn.
vnces. bringing death and dcsolalinn Ia
every part "f The land. thousands of use
fnland penccob!e citizens were struck down
hy the tlemonuf. .dtsiruclion, an,l one.hni,ed
cry for vengeance on such monslrnps in
jus,ire nrose The throne Of God, and will,
y". have ID be csiiencetlby the woes q fco,n-
ing ages. This Observation-Disclosures Of The
barbu,ism Of reli gious hignryiexci,cs The
Indignation tho world. AT lhal$tmas il
was cul0gized. by many OF the na,inns OF
Europe, MS ii glorious lriumph-tl,e cold.
blondeh murder hf ihnusnnds,a a gloripus
VI RtOn!
Blu, lei us turn from such q scene, md
contemplate ,hh magnanimity of Henry,
so wor,hily styled the Great. This Prince,
ascending !he throne al time when faction
had torn his kiRg,iom>for more than cen.
tury, had exhausted its resources, and I'M
poverishcd his people, who had wrongs 10
revenge and crimes to punish, nobly buried
them all in oblivion, and Tho world sa The
proofah exalted mind in the Edic,of Nan.
tes. What a2contrast with tho conduct of
the gully and exccratcd ChurIes, who, a
century before. locked calmly on the m ur.
der ofhis subjects! This celebrated Etic,
placed the rights of,he Hneucnots on ba-
sis, which tho most Migrant violation of
justice could alone overthrow; and Il was
TO be hoped that no future Monarch OF
France would have the rashness TO annuI
1t. And yet, not one century had passed
before lis revocation filled the whole land
with the blood Of her slaughtered ci,izvne.
The EdictofNanicsgave To The Proies,an,s
Of France dislinc, anl separate cxigtence