Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-11-07
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They had cherished the glorious Truths
Of civil and religious Iihefly. dnlil they
had become inseparalily liuked with their
lives. They had eprwined them aiou,
their very Hearts, and eng'aven ,heiH in
characters Of living fire on their meriiories
1t was as impossible e 10 separate these
giea principles from their character with
out destroying Them, as il was to suiider
she ivy from the oak around which il had
clung amid the storm Of a hundred wlu-
ters.
Among the distinguished statesmen,
warriors and Scholars who have rehdered
erriGent services, and conferred immortal
fame upon our country, the descendants
Of the Huguenois hold conspiciops rank.
The names Of Jay and Laurens, B0wdoin
and Lesare, are among the brightest in
our history. and they arc but specimens of
the race from which they sprang. Their
monuments are all around US. and will
herald their praises TO other times.
The name Of one Of udr Oldest Colleges
in New England, bears a pleasing tpsti.
mony to heir lheraIitg; aud the hall in
Boston. where the infant spirit of ihdepen-
deuce was nursed By lho eIoqueice Of
Ouis and Adams, was erected aud given
TO the city by :Iie son Of Husueti6t.
What the Purilans were 10 the North,
the Iiusuenols were to tile South, and
while We cherish with reyerep,iaI care the
glorious legacy which The former have
bequeatlIed 70 us, let US remember the
humber, but not less honorable achieve.
nicns which the latter have accomplished.
Both alike were educated in the school of
adversely. Both drank of lhe fountain Of
religious freedom. Both deserted their
native land for tIe same gloripus princi-
Ples. The Puritans better understood the
] principles Of republican government: The
Huguenots were better versed in the pa-
ture Of religious freedom. The Pufi ans
were gloomy, austere, ami sometimes in
tolerant. The Hugucnols were cheerful.
liberal, chivalrous, and always tolerant.
The character Of the one was The offspring
Of sIcrn, nnbending principle, which ;
yielded 10 no circumstance, aud brooked
no dissent. Thai Of the other was the
child: Of chivalry without its dissoiuieness
ofre7nement, Without the enervaiiGs in.
fuence Of luxury. -. Il. =. r
sum were The Huguenots, wfldm per-
seculiur drove TO our shores al the ctSse Of
the seventeenth century. Their names
and their language have mingled aud lost
amid those Of the English race, btit their
influence has aided ii moulding oof ma.
tional character; AMI our wide spread land,
wherever science and art shall fiud retreat
wherever peace and industry shall be
respected; wherever The love Of civil and
religious liberty shall glow in The heart of
the pairioI and phiIanlhropist; wherever
mans higher and nober faculties shall be
cultivated and esteemed, d,-lhere will the
history of The exiled i1u,renors of Amerf.
ca he reci'ed-their sufferings con,misse-
rated and their virtues admired.
PLhNK RoADs.-We take rlie following
extract from an able article. written by
Joseph $. Winter. esd. Of Montgomery,
and published in the Flag and Adver-
tiser." Of the 2nd inst, on the general bene-
fits Of PIanks Roads;
"WeIe 10 occupy your entire columns,
could not enumerlte one half the ad-
van'aSes, perhaps, which panks furnish.
| will therefore cuIsisn The task 10 other
and more efficien: hands. For The pre.
sent conenlins myself with adding that
four years since there was not a single
Plank Rroad in The State of New York
now there are over one hundred! That
three years since, the city of Utica had not
single Plank RUaG-now with Railroads
aud Canals leading 10 her. she has also
five hundred miles OF Plank Road, and
their ability TO compete with Railroads,
even is that Plank Road of one hundred
miles is abouI being constructed alongside
the t1ud son and Erie cannaI. with Maca.
demized turnkpiRe, and the Erie Railroad,
within sight, for almost its entire length,
under expectation that il will successfully
aud proEtably compete with all there
Again, ii may be interesting perhaps to
stale, that hauling is dole under contract
on Northern Plank Roads. long distances.
for less than The charge Of transportation
on any Southern Railroad; aud that in
stages passengers are cunscyed oh Plank
Roads for Two cents per mile, being less
than half The cost on any Railroad south
of the Potomac. And what do all these
facts tend To prove? Clearly that Plank
Roads. in consideration OF their cheapnes,,
their quick construction. their great efficacy
and The many peculiarillcs of our position.
(Which seem TO make them indispensable
necessary IN us) are what we require, what
we mus, have and without them we shalt
be comparatively nothing, with Them,
every thing
The opponents of Pland Roads woulf
perhaps reply (as have beard Intimately
that the country is TOO thiukly populated
to warrant Plank Roads. Would not the
same remark if justified land hoh thar
this cannot he the casel apply with much
greater force to The construction of Rail-
roads !? A4ld as for rhe argument, all ex-
perence has proven. that Plank Roads
are every where we'll sustained, AMI pro-
fitable in all instances in which thy hays
been tried beyond all expectation. AMI
experimenting in Plank Roads (if experi.
nenr it should be t' rined) would be az.
tended with no tilhe of the cost of Rail-
r,11 huiitiin,r md tha ,l,,s 4, ..