Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-18

10 cnth centuries. that il furnished succession
OF victims of long series of political and reli.
gious disasters. who found, one alter an other
safe and congenai retreat In some one uf the
American Colonies.
This noble theme has been freaiel with
beauty and power by one need not name in
this presence, uhe Historian al the United
States,) which. without imparing their authen
ITCHY. have converted the severe pages OF the
history into a magnificent Odyssey oil national
adventure. can but glance at the dates -
The first settlement, that OF Virginia. was com
rnenced In a spirit OF meioanille enicrprze,
with no slight dash of chivalry and romance
ON the part of the leader. In the next genera
ton, this colony became the iavorlte resort of
royal cavaliers and gentlemen, who were dis
gusted by the aust, rites of the English Com
monwealth. or fell under It's suspicion. In
The meantime New England was founded by
those who suffered the penalties of non-conior.
nifty. The mighty change Of l6is stopped
the tide of emigration 10 New England, and
recruited Virginia with those who were disaf
fectcd to Cromwell In 1921 the lslaud of
Manhattan, Of which you have perhaps heard.
and If not you will find It's listoy related with
equal learning, judgment and good taste by
LOYAL descendeni of its early settlers, MIR.
Brodhead) was purchased OF the Indians for
twenty four dollars a sum of money, by the
way, which seems rather low for twentyiv o
thousand acres of land including the siio ofthis
great metropolis, but which would. If put out
at compound interest at seven pei cent IN 1924,
not perhaps fall so very much short even OF It's
present value; although admit that dollar for
thousand acres is quite cheap for choice lots
on the Fifth avenue Maryland next attracted
those who adheared To the ancient faith OF the
Christian world New Jersey aud Peunsylva
MIA were mainly settled by prosecuted Quakers;
but the latter offered an asylum 10 the Ger
mans whom the sword Of Louis XIV, drove
from the Palatinate The French Hugenots.
driven cut by the revocation of the edct OF
Nantes, scattered themselves from Massachu
seits to Carolina The Dutch and Swedish
settlements on the Hudson and the Delaware
provided kndfeI home for such # their
countrymen as desired 10 try The fortune Of
the new world. The Wings Of England, who
rebeled against James H. IN 1855. and Were
sent to the Transatlantic Colonies, lived long
enough in exile 10 meet the adhefenis sou, who
reboled against George L. in I7l5, The
oppressed Protestants of Salzburg came
with Oglelhorpe to Georgia. and the High
landers, who fought foi Charles Edward
in 1745 ere deportcd by hundreds TO North
Carolina. They were punished by being sent
from their bleak hills & sterile moors 10 land
Of abundance and liberty; they were Danish
ed from oatmeal porrldge to meat twic n day.
The Gaelic language is still spoken by their
descendants. and thousands OF their kindred OF
the present day would no doubt gladly share
their exile
There is no doubt tlat the h,rdships which
awaited the emigrants al thar day we're mel.
the few nor slight, though greatly exa lgcra.
4. .ti
1.-THE Deserted Village" published in 1869, |
gives us somewhat amusing picrufe Of the
state ofthings, as he supposed it 10 exist be
You'd the ocean at that lime. As his local il |
lustrations are 10 Georgia, it is probable that
he formed his impressions from the accounts
which were published at London about the
middle Of the last century, lay some of the dis
contended settlers Of that Colony. Goldsmith,
being well acquainted with General Ogle
thrope, was likely CROUCH 10 have had his al
,ention called TO the subject. Perhaps you
will allow me to enliven my dull prose with
lew lines ofhis beautiful poetry. After des
cribing the suferings of the poor in London al
that time, reverting to the condition Of the in
habitants of his imaginary Auburn. and asking
whether they probably shared the woes he
had just painted, he thus answers his question:
"Ah! no, 10 distant climes, dreary scene,
Through torrid tracks, with fanting steps they co.
Where wild Atama murmurs to their woe.
I ar different there from all thot charmed before,
Il he various terrors of that horrid shore
hose b,ozing suns that dart downward ray
And heIcely she'd inrolerable dav
Those matted woods were birds forget 10 sing,
But sloat bats in drowsy clusters cling
Those poisonous fields with rank Insurance crowned
Where the dar'l scorpion gathers death around,
Where, at each step, the stranger fears wake
The rafting terrors of the vengeful snal>ei
Where erouehng tigers wait their helpless prey
And savage men more murderous sill than they;
While off in whirls the mad tornado flies
Mingling tho rayaged landscape with the skies"
In this rather uninviting sketch, it must be
confessed thatitis not easy to recognize the Pat
ural features Of that thriving State which pos
sesses at the present day above eight hundred
miles of railroad, and which by her rapid,
increasing population. and liberal cndowmen
OF colleges, schools and churches, aud all othe
social institutions of highly improved com
munity is fast earning the ma ne of the EmDir