The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-07-07

ed in Massachusetts,; and the first Episco-
pal chapel was erected in 1858. The fisi
Quaker meeting -house was built in Boston
III i7l0. Mass was iirs, perfcrmed in Boz.
Ion. by Roman Catholic Priest, in l7sS;
and The church built for the French Protest.
dn,s, who fled from Catholic persecution,
was The same church that received Tho 10.
inan Catholics who He'd from the Jacobius
uf France.
Cotton Ma,her, the son Of Increase AIaih-
er, wrote 3S2 works, o! all sorts. Over his
,,udy.door was inscribed, BE shoH.n--
Grahame. the historian, says that, according
10 Quincy, The Malhcrs, although strong.
mi ded and really piUus, were sometimes
corrupted by a deep vein OF passionate Saii-
| ily and absunliiy."
IN 1855, Cotton Ma,hcr said that the Il. !.
Colony was a '.colluvies "a sinkl oi Amino.
niaus, Journalists, Auabapiisls, Anli.Sabba-
,arians, Armenians, Socians, Qrakers, Ran-
,ers, and everything but Roman Catholics
aud true Christians - bona terra noins
gems" IA good land and wicked people.
The town Of Providence was Inhabited by
schismalics, who followed Roger Williams
aud Anne Hutchinson in exile; and in 1925
there was neither magistrate nor minister
~ the town. All civil and ecclesiastical
lunc,ionaries who refused TO serve without
pay were called hirelines.
Maryland was the frs, OF The Ameican
States IN which religious ,o!eralion was es-
lablished by law. Lord Baltimore proclaim.
ed lha, religious loleIaion should be The
fundamental principle Of The Colonial social
union and the Assembly, in lGi9, mostly
Roman Catholics, declared and ordained iliLt
no person protesting TO believe in Jesus
Chris, should be molesled on account Of his
faith, OF denied the tree exercise Of his mo1c
of worship. AT this same time The Pnrilans
were perseculing their Protestant brethren
in New Ensland, and The Epscopallans, OF
Virginia, prosecuting the Purilans while
Ca'honc Maryland was u sanctuary for The
refugees OF all denominations OF Christians
where Proles,anls sought refuge from Prot.
rs,anis. And afterwards these Pro,esian,s
refugees sough, The abrogaiion oi The Calh.
vlic worshipanI isious federation in Mary.
land. aud effected il by legal enaclmen, IN
1854
Ia 1866, Maryland passed The frs, law in
the Provinces lUr The naturalization o!alens.
II was n statute of Queen Elizabeth, The first
who introduced the practice Oi transporting
ielons TO Virginia. Chief Justice Popham
beiny uli American proprietor, suggested II,
and designed New England as The best
place. After the RrsoTaIiOn, many Qua.
kers were transported to Americans lelons.
MARYLAND protested against II. but only
a short time prior 10 The American Rovolu-
lion, $50 felons were annually imported
into that State.
Shakespeare only mentions America
once, in his works, in the "Thc Tempest"
where Ariel celebrates The stormy coast OF
.sslill yexeJl Bermudas." Aud Milton does
no, meIl,ion America n, all, but he casually
alludes TO the Indians, rs seen by Colum.
bus, in +" Paradise Lost, Book TX
Juan Ponce dc Leon, The Spanish Gov.
enor of Porto Rico, companion OF ColuIn.
bus, frs, discovered thai region Of country
a part OF which is now called Florida. lie
arrived OF The coast in April 1912 when the
country was in The fresh bloom OF Spring
the trees were covered with blossoms and
The ground with flowers. From tho verlal
beauty that adorned The surface, and be-.
cause he discovered The land on The Sun.
day before Easier-which the SpaniarIs
Icallen Paseuo de FioreS-he gave il the
name of Florida. Juan Ponce was in quest
Of the laud. reported by tho natives Of tho
Carribee Islands'io contain brook or foun-
tain, endowed with The mraculous power
of restoring the bloom and viyor OF youth
to age aud decrepilude. He chilled his
aged frame BY bathing in avery stream aud
fountain he could find, was wounded BY an
Indians arrow, aud died in Cuba.
To discourage emigration 10 America, Sir
Walter Scott wrote the following:
HEART.sIcE ExILEs. l..
thought how sad would be the sound
On Susquehannsh's swanpy ground,
Kcniucky's wood encountered brake,
And wild On,ario's boundl.ss luka,
| Where hcart.sck exiles, In the strain,
Il Recalled far Scoiland's hills again