The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-29


n bai iei rs pas On is lLr arrl ernssrr,
: during riirh rvrnls Il lhs u,mas, eansr-
qnrHrr islios rxrh ashsr IN rzpsd s1~ess-
I SIM !. @nsi iise s-ras nf in.iIsuii.sns Jes-
. liinrd is ihhurnrr IIl~ lariunes Of rhrisirn-
: Tsinin, ssrr pl-n'rd by humble msn .bs
iinie rsinPfrhrnsi~d shrir awn ~mk. In
. ihr raussr Il ll'r srsralrrnlh rsn,ury, rhs
, Frrnrh and lhr English inak ,iasssssion of
all lisai pan al Nasih America, whirh
sss nai prr..rrupirJ hy the Spanisrtls.
! The Fienri rnlrrrd BY ii.s n. Lawrence; !;
ioiiosrd ihxi aah!r arrry "a me h-.n of
ihr continent; irzcrd ihe.arezi lakes 10
lhrIf pzsrni iisnlris and weeping faun-
isins desrrndrd the Mississippi. Mira.
rI-s Of humble aud unsvlilinr herni.m
we're pelfunnrd by their gallant ad, rniu-
rrrs and lss1us snissinBsfirs co The depths
nl onr wrslfrn wilderness. The English
s.rrIrhed sl'ng The eoaa. The sroSra.
phrf wa' III have pronounced ihai shs
Frrnrh. 10 ap.r"prla,ing 10 themselves
the m'ghly ba-inss ssf sl,r Missi.si, pi and
the 81. i.zsrner. had ra possession of
the brslsr pan i the Continent. bar it
Was an aiirmpi 10 rnmpose the second
volnme oI The Fonnnrs of Amerirz. m
advance oi The fipi. Thus Il was ord.in.
ed 'hauI.l he wriliea Al jamestown and
Plymouth.
The Ffrnrh. though eKcrllinr III oihs
er na'iuns 10 the World ~ the sn of
lremmanlcs,ing ior temporary purposes
with savage ifihrs. serm. sull more than
The Spanlzits, 10 be drslnule Of the aus
Rns sklll required ia lnund new Slsirs.
do nol knnw thai ,here is such = thing
10 The wo,ld ss a eolony of France erow-
ing up ino prosprson. Common~ esl,h.
!. A hall mlllInn of Frenrh peasants in
Lower Canada, ienac ,ously adhrring 10
the manners aud cusiaps whirh ihsif IA
Tiers hrnushl fIom Naimandy Two crniu-
ries ago, aud third par, ol that number Of
planters 81 Frtnch drsrrnl in I.ouisisns,
aie al ,hai 70 leil IN bear living witness
10 the amazing fact. that not century
ago France was The mistress Of the better
hall of Nnuh Amrrira.
II wa. on the Atlantic Coast. and in
the Colonies originally planted or som
acquired by England. that The great work
of the seventeenth Century was peiforn-
ell :--slowly, ioll.oanrly, effectively. A
mighty work for Anenrs and mankind.
oi which even We. loud and proud OF ID
as ~r arr. do but family guess The mag.
lniiude! Il cnold hardly be sai,l, II that
lime. 10 prosper in any oI ils parts. IL
yielded no return 10 ihe ptcuniafy capi-
ial invested. The pnli'icsl relations of
: the colonies from ,hs FIRST were lhose of
: encroaclunenl aud resistance; aud even
!. The nnrsl puncipie as far a. there was
one. on whrh they we're founded. was
noi consistently carried out. There was
rnniiicl with The ssvagrs.-war with lhc
French and Spaniards. .-jarr,ng and iend,
: between neighboting coIoGies.-pesecu.
: tion Of d,ssrnling individuals and secls.--
: perpetual dlscord with the crown and 4
: propr,riaries. Yel 10 the main and on
: The whole. the scork wen, on. Things
tn, did moi work singly wo,ked together
w
I, worked By reaclinn aud collision. Frc>
ble germs of settlement g,rw 10 the con.
sisirncy Of powerful telonies; habits oI
' civil gosernmrit { r.nld Themselves in .
soil that was continually sliirrd; the
frame nI future Republics knii itself AZ i
: were in rmbIyn. under monarchical sys.
tenn Of Colonial rule and IN The middle
oI the eighteenth century the approach ol
mighty changes began 10 be dnniy fois
seen by gifted spirits. A lain, s,reak o.
purple light blushed along The eastern
sky.
Two things worll mentioning conlri.
buted 10 the result. One was the ahsenc,
or the preclous metals, The British Go
I lonies were rrh IN The want of gold. Al
y the abundance Of gold and silver in Mex
ico and Prrp contributed, 10 various ways
10 obs1uc. the prosperity Of the Spanisl
Colonies. The wani of them acted not les
> favorabIy here. In the FIRST selilemrn
> of savage wilderness. the golden aiirse
: lion j. to- powerful lor lhr ordinary rou
: Tine Of life. u pr,dncrs frverish cx
rirmrnt unfav.rahle Ia The health,
y growth and calm aciinn of the boiy po
lnic. Allhnugh California has had from
The tirsl The advantage oi bring inco,po
: rated into stable Pol,lical system, =
$ whirli as y sister State she forms an iu
S ,rgral parl. j, is quite douhiful whether
n locking 10 hrr prrnanrn. well he,ng. IN
\ pul, is 10 be blessing 10 her. Il vii
N hasten her settlement; but that would q
s. any rate have advanced with great rapid
1t Ivy. One OF the most intellectual men 7
IS ih,s Country, the author of one of the mos
n admirable works IN nnr language, ] meal
he Iico years before The Mast. once remark
E. ed iu me, tia, " Callornla would DC on
IN of The finest countries in the world y
of live ~, il u were moi fur the gold !
IN The other circumstances whirh opers
Id ted ln The inast iavarahle manner upo
'lf the grrw,h nl the Ango. o.amer'can S'"lt
re aies, was The lac, that they wrre caile
n lnn existence less bv the GuvernmeJ
IS Nm The people; il,a, they were e.
of k.Nsv hn,iie> oi colnnisls but by