The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-04-15

ture ana overfowlng kindness OF heart at all
times manifested for the good of her subjects.
She received her strange but deeply-reverenced
guests with frank cordiality, which at once Sc
cured their confidence and ease The morning
hours were spent in religious conversation;
after which, though invited to dine, they ex-
cused themselves and withdrew.
In the afternoon they again returned to the
palace, where a number were assembled to
listen to them. Quaker worship was held with
much interest till seven in the evening, when
they retired, but were invited to repeat their
visit the next day
They were not received till nine the follow
ing morning, it being the day on which the
Princess received addresses and petitions. A
meeting was then held which all the inferior
servants of the household were ordered to at
tend. Penn gave full account Of his life, at
her request, which occupied him till late in the
evening, they having supped at the palace
The next and last day, another meeting was
held, during which the Princess was so deeply
affected, that when she bade Penn farewell she
could scarce find utterance to her words.
Penn, with his friends, continued their trav
els, often meeting with kindness, and preach
ing at every opportunity, and seeking out those
religiously inclined. On making inquiries, they
heard of a young Countess, the daughter of the
Graef or Earl of Falchensteyn, who was Sc
verely treated by her father, on account of the
religious bias Of her mind. Learning that she
spent her Sabbaths at the house of the minis
ter of Mulheim, they fastened to see her, but
arrived too late to find her. They wrote her a
letter, requesting to see her; to which she re-
piled, {" she would willingly meet them at her
ministers house, but she was not her own mis-
tressr
Soon after this, as they were walking near
the CASTLE the Graef came out and met them
Observing their strange dress. he inquired who
they were; to which they courteously replied
As they paid no homage to him, his attendants
asked
"Do you know in whose presence you stand?
Why do you not pull off your hats? Is it re-
spectful to stand covered in the presence of the
sovereign of the country"
To which they replied
1T was their practice so to do in the pres
ence of their own sovereign, aud they never I'M
covered their heads except in the performance
'tf devotion to the Almighty"
"We have no need of Quakers here" said
the Graef; get out of my dominons-yOu
shall 90 no further"
And, though they mildly expostulated with
him, he ordered his soldiers to take them away
from his borders.
The soldiers left them to travel through a
dreary wood of three miles; after which, they
reached the walls of Duyeburg, but too late to
enter the city, the gates being shut and were
therefore obliged to remain in the fields till
morning They wrote letter to the Countess,
encouraging her to continue in her belief and
endure with frmness the persecution which had
;no rTbav nlca a11raoOaJ latta to
the Graef kindly expostulating with him, and
wishing him all good in return for his unkind-
ness.
After three months thus spent in travelling
and preaching, they returned to England, but |
not without dangerous voyage. Once more
united to his family, Penn enjoyed few weeks |
rest from his labors.
During the following years, 1878 and 1879,
his time was fully employed in preaching and
writing in public controversies, and the c0ntin-
5inued management of Jersey He had, for a
ong time, however, had his thoughts fixed upon
securing Il tract of land in America, to which
he prosecuted Quakers might emigrate and
establish form of government founded upon
he strict principles of justce-truth and love
% all mankind He expressed himself in
etter to friend that he desired to obtain the
people; that an example may be set up to the
nations and that there was room in America
out not in England for such an holy expert
nent; Another object too, which was pre-.
dominant in his thoughts, was the conversion
IF the poor wild Indians
A debt of sixteen thousand pounds being
luc him from the Crown, he solicited it's pay
ment i'll tract of land in America and his
petition to Charles ii for the grant of it, after
great opposition on account of his being n
Quaker, was finally acceded to. The idea of |
81 colony oe Quakers among the savages of |
America was ridiculed, but gave way to the |
consideration of disposing of a sect about whom |
they had given themselves so much trouble
The King gladly acquiesced in the plan not
only to get rid of the debt, but to crafty Penn
for whom he had n high esteem. Upon hear
ing the news of his success, Penn FASTENED to
the palace to make Acknowledgements to his
sovereign.
King Charles sat in his royal robes, in his
stately and gorgeous apartments. The heavy
rich hangings of velvet, the ornamental gild- |
ing, the luxurious lounges the soft noiseless
carpet-all gave an air of ease and majesty.
crowd of nOblemen, in rich and elegant
court-dresses, surrounded the throne of the
monarch. who from time to time received petit
tons of his subjects. or turned with a light Jest
to some of his favorites. The low hum that
ran through the circle was hushed as William
Penn was ushered in their presence, and they
quickly made way for his approach Without
kneeling or dofing his hat, he gracefully salu-
ted the monarch, while all gazed upon his ex-
tremely plain garb-plainer for the contrast
with the snowy trappings of royalty-and
noted the benignant and firm expression of his
countenance, through which his soul cleaned
in joyous emotion, so widely different from the
traces of care, passion, and dissipation, that
were strongly delineated in the face of the
King.
He was graciously received, and Charles
himself delivered the deed to his respected sub
ject with a few conditions. Penn accepted it.
with simple, grateful thanks. He FASTENED
away, and with trembling hands opened the
precious document; and, to his surprise found
his province named Pennsylvania meaning
the woody land of Penn Too modest to ac-
cept the title, he fastened to the recorder, who
happened to be a Welshman, and begged him
to change the name
We'll, then what name would hur like to
give to hur proyince!'
New Wales replied Penn.
But rejotncd the Welshman, though hur
should be well pleased to hear hur province
called New Wales yet hur has no business to
alter the present name"
Penn offered him twenty guneas to change
it; but being still refused, he repaired to the
King, who replied that he had given it very
good name, and should take the blame upon
himself
Penn Immediately published the liberal
terms on which he would dispose OF the land
which, together with the freedom of religious
worship and the just and democratic princi.
pies upon which his constitution were founded,
caused great numbers to determine to seek
new homes in the Western wlds Much ex-
element prevailed throughout Great Britain,
and many of different denominations, confding
IN the good name everywhere given him, offered