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

"fCnt GOii$One King. one Faiili.p * Dur &
ing Sihsreigntorlhe Great Henry. TIE H,IssS.
gnenots exercised theirrigAts. and libeTty
|of conscience was secured j; lis death was
the death Of ordcpof peace, and of.afsec.
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From this time, The Hugncn ois, ala rrmn,ed
at the intriyues ofihe-c0iirt,, !, and The riIeas-
nres taken for their roserlhIow, we're in i
arms. and whcnlt.u ~ 81 .ss .5s e ~ ~
Tho living cloud Of wa,'' "a! ~:
burst upon them from the nGrif, &c Franecs
their rights, their existence as people, were
swept away. For the next half century,
persecution followed persecution. nntiIs
lhnnIiy, the revoca,ion Of tire Edict ..of
Nantes, by hepriving tile ,Hugueno,s nf all
securities Of life. and liberty bv annihila.
ting their existence us subjects, compelled
1he emigration Of. this people. Thousands
OF industrious citizens left fnrever iheirA
native France, I" srek in foreign lands ihe :
liberty denied them in their own. AZ
their predecessors. the Pilgrims, tade tleir
native land good,ngh'..and lay down 10
rest on The. shores Of New Englnn,l, SO did
lhc tl"gncnots, driven across the western
ocean hy prosecuting fnna,icsm, atrIengflr :
:hnt resting place an the shores t0f Caro-
Ina. The hand 0C welcome was held
ont to thcm-thcy were hailed S BROKERS.
And n"blc sons uf Carolina have they proved
ihcnselv,si Bravins the perils III savage
warfare, they plunged into lie ), III.
pioneers "f the south, they sircnr tIicned
The infant col"ny Of Carolina by their re. Z
ligion and by their arms. NJ 5.Stii.,.Is;..
But TO us, the settlement &c the Hupue-
nots, though moi followed bv conscns,ens
ces ot such iinp"rt. as those sue ee!ingSti,e,
landing oi The Pilgrims, was attended with
The most important results. Tile. addition
ol large body Of men, virtuons.a aintIusiri-
"ns, Injured to prrilant war, but, above all,
martyrs Of religious liberty, would be EwveI::E
coined by any people; and peculiarly fof.
tnnate was il for small colony, pressed
on every side by'1a savage enemy, and Bur
poorly assisted by The mnlher conntry:-t
ihcil singulurly Elastic. and chcerful'tempers
of mind enabled them 10 endure the har,is
ships necessarily attendant on settlement
IN country, new, surrounded by enemies;
ana exposed 10 an almastiropical sun. The
same spirit, which made them prefer exile
I" slavery, sustained them in lie long and
nr'u"ns struggle Of the Revolution ns--es -
Shoulder " shoulder viii, tHeir brethren
III The Il. l'l, they met the Invading fnc, and
The plains Of Carolina" became The, altar
On which they sacrificed their blood in ,ie-
fence nI their. common country. When
me !" tiack and Sinking ruins" oitlesnIa-
u"n covered The land Tie same irmness,
Which upheld lLsir ialhers in the old
world, sustained lleir descendants in. lid
new, The nnmrs of iln,ry, or Huger. and
Of Marion are coupled with those of Lau.
rens. Of Ru,let!g", Of 1'inckney, mi i ar
Snmter-naines drnr 10 every American.
The wn;ctwords nf liberty Susiaine,fSby
the example Of these, South Caroiina nj oy
eh ne noble daring ant! heroic courap e Of
her adapted people. Thousands or their
descendants nj This time hail ,neffra as the
land oi their .irti,-.he land ofiheir fore.
ialhrrs adoPtion-tlie asylum OF their an
ces'"rs-ihe land of civil and religious II.
berry May lis s,an,!urd. reared ni, III solid +
foundation ofvirtuc. cverwEve over mil.
liuns nf The sons of freemeD, until time
shall be M mnre!
AS we rrvlc these scenes, we cannot
refrain !rnm asking, whntla,l'tIe Husuc-
n"ts done. tl'a, they shuuli illus he, ls
"Al the mcrcyoi anystrry oftyrrnnny?''
y" hat were their crimes. that they shGnld
be deprived Of all civil existence
they should be hunted dawn like wild leasts
that, their blood should stream under Tie
sword? They worshiipcd Cod according
iu The dictates Of their cnnscience. This
was their crime-this their abnmination.
This doomed them 10 HE sword, to-, ,he
s'ake, md 10 exile. That they wrIe5a.
p'acrahle people. orderly, indusi,ions, and
well disposed. is acknowledged by the
R"mish historians. They were aroused
to revolt, %hen the iron yoke ofoppression
became .co greviuus tn be bnrnr-w hpn
hisolry sent furihsihc destroying angel
when ifc,an,l liberty were crushed hy sop-s
rression. Their emigraiion furnished MA
ny nations with numbers nf use ful subjects:
and Erancc now ,leplores lhe unjust poli.
cy, Which hnnisliedher citizens, depopnh-
ted one fourth other kingdom. ruined her
commerce, and for many years placed her
under martial law. To her, ,tbe resnIt.of
suchspolicy has been disastrous in the ex.
IRENE the dcspo,ic prosecutions II cen,u-
ries having ended in the dreadful cn,as-
trophc Of lhe French Revolution.
The nineteenth century has brnushta,o
The iinguenois that tolera,ion. which has
,permi'.cd,hcm to rebuild their peaceful
temples. and TO worship Gnd IN their own,
way. The conflicts Of centuries have
taught both parties the necessity or motual
iorbrnrance; and the religion Of reason,
aud the rplluiun nf sutl,n