The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-04-09

and The first y ho was buried benea h ils
inrhid waters. Most Of his splendid
rsrnn perished by Indian crneIlies ar by
disease. All subsequent attempts OF
Spain 10 colonize and Romanlze her trans
atlantic possessions mel like fate. God
h.lh kept Ihis ennlinrni ihrongh Zen reniu.
ries alPapslusurpalionin Europe. for Other
purposes Than To make il orer 10 the
Man OF sin" Al last. Early in the seven.
ieen'h century. both Ffanre and England
rommenced colonies in The north and
east The Frneh claimed possession
of The northwest as pansaf Canada.
Champlain ronduried Frrnrh colony up
the 81. Lawrnce. and founded Quebec and
Monlreal. lie employed Jrsull priests
10 ronclliaie and convert ihe Indian tribes !;
and. in 1884. they had penetrated she
wilderness as Ear as The straits af 81. Mary
and the southern shore Of lake Superior.
Mol river y as eniered.r SAYS Bancroft.
not cape was turned. but Jesuit led
Tie way" This enierprising order gave
whatever Of strength The French colonies
possessed. and extended their influence
wrsiwsrd 10 the Mississippi. Bnl prosi-
dencc was stronger than The eInissaries Of
of Rome. and hemmed them in by Indian
hostility and DuIch and English jealousy.
so as 10 prevent their incur.ion below The
lakes.
In 1879. Marquette, the head Of the
rnissiun at Markinaw. and Joliet. a Que
bee trader. sought iile Mississippi river.
ol which the Indians had informed them.
sndwhich they supposed TO empty inio The
Pacific. furnishing new route 10 China.
They pissed up the Fox river and down
the WISCONSIN to the Mississippi. and
down that liver 100 miles TO the mouth
az the Arkansas. and returned by The Iii
nois aud lake Michigan. Canada was
filled with rejoicing orer the alleged new
found route 10 China.
In 1878, la Sale explored for the
mouth Of The Mississippi. reached the
gnIfof Mexico. aud took formal possession
OF The country. which lie named Louisiana
in honor Of hls king. France and ll,
Papacy thus entered the valley of III,
Mississippi hand in hand. In 1854. l.,
Sale again sought The mouth Of the Mis-
sissippi by sea, al he head Of Zee. q
four ships, with full complement Of sol
,liers and prics.s; but The attempt al CO
lonizaiion was proyidenlislly defeated
They lost their reckoning. one ship wa
wrecked, and their landing was effected !
Maisgorda bay in Texas. Aflrr year
delay and hardships, La Sale started viii
twenty men through the forests, 10 FIN
The los, river. He was killed by one o
his own men, and this formidable enter
prise 10 establish Popery on The Missis
sipp came To naught.
Meanwhile. God was perparng che
sen people in England. by the joint bap
lism Of suffering and oflhe Holy Spirit. I
Law on this comment the foundations OF
new empire Of freemen. In 1908, III
z culony in Virginia was commenced. an
! in 1920, The pilgrims landed al Plymouth
: Al last, the silied wheat oi the Old Worl
found rongenial soil. II was as "lll
handful Of corn in the earth upon the 10
of the mountains; The fruit thereof shake
: like Lebanon"
!, AS the English colonial power increa
! ed, France strengthened her alliances an
Il defenses. A cham OF forts was siretche
n drown from Canada into the Mississippi
G valley. A merciless war ragged along u
Il AIleghanies between The French and Il
,f Indian lribes on The one side. and En-
A land and the colonies IN the other. uni
o in 1853, Providence, by single battle {
the plains Of Abraham, at Quebec, dec
:. ded the contest by giving the Canadas
le England, and thus placing The who
r country, except Louisiana and Florid
le under The protection Of the great Protesta
power of Chrsiendom. Al the close
nf lhe revolutionary war, The United Stat
G. entered by treaty into the territorial rigl
IN of England. ex, epling as 10 the Canat
n and Nova Scolia.
In 1909. and United States purchas
III of France. for sl5,000,0O0. the vast Il
m rilory of. Louisiana" extending from
re Mississippi 10 The Rocky mountains, q
he from the gulf to The lakes. Thus end
To the dominion Of France in North Ame
N ca. The valley was thus opened 10
ocean, aud the subsequen, introduction
steam navigation promoted It's rapid
a. tlement and unrivaled development.
"a In 1921. Spain ceded Florida to
,es United States for S5,000,000, and Pa
ale dominion in America ccased-we ho
cd forever.
|, is. perhaps, useless TO speculate
ol the consequences. had this country D.
he left TO .lhe control Of Spanish or Fre'
Iih Papal policy. Unhapplly. there are
10, lus,raiions, in The condiiion Of the hd
ms fans Of Canada and the hombres OF NJ
ing leo. Of the blighling influence Of prie'
all rule, from which Providence has deliye
ost US; and the contrast in The political cha
10. ter and position Of these siales and
line neighboring provinces and republics
Of such as to impress the world.
en-, How wounderful are these providene
id, How marked their design. How 81