The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-15

| HlcHt III RnOue lSlanu, dt place. WHICH III
called Providence, in grateful acknowledg
mcnt Of the kindness Of Heaven. A charter
was obtained in 1868. The pacific measure.
of its founder, secured to the infant colony
almost an entire exemption from Indian hos
tilities. She early embraced self.governine
views. Not only did she embrace them, but
carefully did she cultivate them and the in
tercst Of '7G found the root Of freedom deen
down in Rhode Island soil.
In 1913, settlements were effected within
the limits o. New York, on Manhattan Is
land, and at Albany. Her growth has been
rapid. Never had the policy Of the mother
country towards her colonies been better cal
cuated to develop the principles of sclfdc
pendencc, than to the colony Of New York
Faithfully responding to the calls of the pa.
rent country, in times Of public colonial
danger, shows, however, that true loyalty
had found home in the bosOms Of its sons
A long extent Of her territory lay side by
side with an cncmy's. Incapable Of fully
guarding at every point, such an extended
lne, she was constantly exposed to tn. mur-
dering Elects of French and Indian inva
sio 8. Not aways receiving what, 9s a col
ony, she iiai tnC right 70 AK, her esIaults
u ON the foe, al times seemed to say, al
tn ughw are Young, yet we are strong In
view OF "hich, al app arancc Of indepcn
dcnce had seem d to find It's way to the land
of GRO ncu heads, an as carly as lI4l, not
/ q -. disturbed tn repose Of the Island
I ~ A,:."ns, begettlng gloomy iorcbo-
| d,ugs. Ia,, gone, pa sage free, across the
w,ds Atlantic. r ntcd ana nourished in the
soil oi neglect, thcy were ca,cula'ei 10 gat'
| pr into the grauaii., of kings, a.. ab:"dau'
anu u''''' "h' 'ea'' W v' "l's'' c'"u -
',"'o 'he SUI ""' seh's grow aii''' ana Lieut.
Governor ''"'". "ellare mat ihe co'o'
'''ea "5.' '''' " ''nou. s''J'snso v, '"'o"''s
o'' t,',i n ''oD'Do r =" ,;i iI 'V ,%a limit. q,
NJ 49,. ,,'s" ,naJ, h.. ,,'' n'm. ~,
iros NJ ,I,rc caIirI T,yaen I;,,ie or
sna,,,I i,.,,,i., ocrnrred in I'm, colnnv sor
over 100 v,,,, from, it, settlement Remote
from the Inoy,nc cans, of Indian atrocities
the ears of i inhabitants were never saluted
| Inv the blood chilling war.yboop and their
! bodies were never Inanglcd by The dreadful
tom,bawk and scalpinr knife fathers and
cons motbcrs and daughters were never
;nducted into the torturinc secrets of AN In.
dian r,rtiyity. far worse than death.
In IG27 nnd,r the patronage of Aucustus
Ado.puus. a company Of Swedcs and Firms
fnru'I Tn. first settlement in what is now
,,.. stai, of II, l.u,,rr PURCHASING the land
nm both side. Of the Delaware of The InIi.
an. no., commenced q s,,tl,m.n, near th,
.;,. nj ibn nr..,,t t,vn Of W WiIminoton
| prac. u,.uiy and uro.u,r rity attended
u,.u, Ia . ,,5..i extent an. ,vas delivered
from thn., internal cotnuntiou. which occa.
si,unIlv agitat,d her sister colonies. The
conduit of her sons in the war with France
wni,., 1 minated In l7t3. proved that the
a. ,n,nt, Of truc hrroi,m. and germs of
~, rn,,in,i.tn had tounj n home in
~ art. and delaware soil
"a - ,ny, ~, =, of the present state of
, ~ 49, u,,lo 10 WIN. Penn. in
'"n'. NA''r '',;, ""S n 20 -yices rendered
iS''n'pI"a' ~, Vi" =. .bcr Settling
'i' nnS"'" "a,'o%, T, .'l' 4 ,o .eko
i''a '"r" III ''"s'a'' =, Three
'l'''ne"''-' f?oHI'o'U" " '"' s'"l'' -,
So; W ii,, ,,,;,,,
y, ""', "' '".', u. -
90, -, Dur.,--;.'i IN s,fr,, cr,cr.
y, -; '''','',,oad,IIa ,r, .,, OH ,ho Ir,li.
,.,S 'I'', ~, p,,i,,,J,Ini,;, and So
I,;J ,h,. c,unJ.,ion uf a civil nolitv as To in
,,r.. "a ,Io ,.,I,,,,,, har,;,,,ss and nrosncritv
mi. co,nny ca iyJ;.;n,s,v reo,latcd enjoy
.d do,,cc nj nrosn r,iv li,hcrt, nac.
ar,iI.J .,d i, c,,r vi..,. iro,, ,r, d,,,. of
.hc ,r,,, ,bc ci,v II Hro,herIv Ioy. con.
,,;,cd > onn ;nh.l,,,,nts nut nno ,h;ny
,.ndod ia ,,v dc,r,,. ot ;u,.rn,l commo,lon
This ,,,s tho r,f,,s.l of tho d,.nn,v .nv.,nn,
=, r.c,,,,;,. ,,v L,y tho, ,vnrid .uh;.c, IN.
rrnr,i,,,,s ,t the soil I, taxotion This
s,,t, If ,h,u,. ,,ntiu1.d tn cyist un,il the
,,,r nr,7n ,n. .I..oul, th,n ,d,,,.d n nc,y
cpnsttAi'1n. Lac original proprietor was
d bar'eu al, 'hare IN the government, The
sum ol SJiJ,uJJ was offered him. and final-
y accepted, and the inhabitants thereby dis
charged from all their foregoing legal obiiga-
,oha 10 MN ,, .,
IN feoFuafy' 1901, Leonard eai'er'' WIN
about 2oo eh'israh's' entered rotoihaG ri'er'
puf'""'.' 'ahns o' 'he in"'ahs' anu com
ihehced inc settlement 0i- Ma ly't"a' on t"e
spot "h,re n' Mary now 1t"n"S' Inc re-
pVac VI .'' 'olo"y ""s oI''n "st"r ro.u'
iheir hiSt "Di''toh was III 'hs '"ii oi an IN
dlah war, bi""eAt upon 'ieu' ~ the mlsrep-
resehla"ois OF member ol the Virginia
council Ohe " IN, t!aybornc had seemed
torcs''He upon Their destruction. For sever
al y''tS 'hey were su,J r.ted to all the nor
rors Of savage barbariy, tnfo"gh the inlia-
rucc OF the above MENTIONED cnl genus OF
Maryland But she oulHyad O.. IN all Ri
Sus il her might, aboye internal dlscord,
she gathered strength an, soIidjty anu
when more powerful eneml' S were to be en-
countered, "hrn dcarcr pfVllegg ) were to be
d,iehdcu' anu wheh more te"der interests
were NJ s1dNe, inc VaIor oi her yeomanFy
was e' udI 20 th' ciIe'S hty, ahu the flashing
ol nor steel was tcf!ioie.
Bdratn 1870 and 1850 pcrsons fleeing
from the Dc .ylcable orm of religious intoler.
ancc. settled in North Carolina, on the
north side of Alb ,rmarc sound. The influx
Of inb,bi,tnts soon formed other settle
mcn,s Tnrv were comn.llcJ ho,ycvcr I,
abandon som, of tirr,n. -rnusruucnrc- Of
Indian hostility, Terms Of ncare were
however agreed upon. and settlements con-
timed IN increase, 4 form of govrrnmcnt
was needed Bv request the celebrated
.Iohn Locke drew nm n colonial cons,itution
chief officer called the palotinc 10 hold
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