The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-19


should bsvs aided him who eowsd IN sab
mission--whsn no friend dared 10 stand Of
beside bim--whsa bic Iifs's blood bed been
lied swsy--iben they set their hsman blood
hounds upon him, and dfovs him forth Il
perish In the wilderness. Fof fourteen weeks
In the bitter depth OF wtntsr, be knew NOT
as he himself declared, "whst bread or bed
did mean" But The Indians remembered
him well, as the bold, jast man, who had
more than ohcs interposed himself between
them and the wrongs mediIaied against Them
BY The whites. His quick intellect had al.
ready caught their language, and he spoke il
with fuency which surprised and fatisred
them. Miantonimob, The chief of the Mar.
ragsnsetts received him with open arms,
loved him IKE brother 10 he las, and gave
HIM large tract Of bis country, including q
beautiful island in The. sea. There he be.
came The founder and law-sivsr of a new
province, which was, in reality and in truth,
an asylum for all who we're oppressed:
II is impossible 10 give any Just idea Of
this singular man, (or bis opponsnis,) with.
ont calling your attention 10 a subsequen.
fact. Not long afterwards, Massachusetts
was threatened by danger which appalled,
the bravest of her defenders. The Indians
were burning for vengeance. Ali the neigh
boring tribes and those who dwelt in the far
interior, were forming league to extermi-
nate The colony by an indiseriminate massa.
ere Of all ages and sexes. On The day when
this terrible truth was realized al Boston, the
name Of Roger Williams trembIed upon ev-
cry lip. His influence could dissolve the
league except him there was no power on
earth to save them. But would he do it1-
Strange 10 say, they never doubted for mo-
meut that he would 6y 10 their rescue. They
had basely injured him /; but they knew tha.
Christianity had lifted him.far above the vuI-
gar feeling OF revenge. II was perilous, TOO,
10 rush alone between the enraged savages
and the victims of their wild wrath bot 10
that noble nature there was no faint of sell
hshness-no touch of craven fear. The
breaihless messenger of the Massachusetts
messenger reached him al his island home
in stormy winters night He heard the
imploriug appeal, and without word of re.
proach for all they had made him suffer, and
without moment of unnecessary delay, he
girded up his loins and stared on his dan.
gerous mission. He reached the main land
in crazy boat, and thence he bent bis STEPS
through the trackless forest TO the camp Of
the NanasanseiIs, where the hostile chiefs
bud already assombied. TLsy Assss fairly
lnfurialed by his presence. His lhroa, was
not safe from their knives for a moment,
though he was by The influence of
Mianionimoh. Nevertheless, this bold apos-
lie of brotherhood and peace stood up with
hls life in bis hand, surrounded by raving
savages, and for three Successive days plead.
ed the cause of their enemies and his own,
with all the pathetic eloquence of which he
was so great a master. He prevailed at last;
the league was dissolved, and Massachusetts
was saved.
Il would be unjust TO the memory of the
"Pilgrim Fathers" NOT 10 mention what graf.
itude they bestowed on their ilIusirious bene-
factor. They showed il, not in words, but
in actions. Some how they got hold of bis
Jid,s Aehates-his devoted and faithful friend
Mianionimoh. Him they delivered up to a
rival chief, with the distinct and clear under
Standing that be was 70. be basely and .bru-
tally murdered and The deed was done be-
fore the eyes of their Commissioners. A
confederation of the New England colonies
was formed for mutual protection against the
savages but ihey refused 10 admit Rhode
Island, and thus did al that in them lay, TO
expose Williams and his people to that very
fate from which he had saved Them by an
act of heroic magnanimity, such as no other
man in millions would have performed
They tried te extend their iyrannical juns-
dicllon over the free conscience of his Prov
ince, and to prevent il, he was compelled 10
cross the Atlantic and get chahsr from the
Parliament. When he returned, he landed
at Boston; and though the hearts OF The
common people leaped 10 the greeting Of
their: great deliverer, bis old prosecutors
scowled on him with all the maligniiy ol
former days.
Such was Roger Williams. How grandly
his humane and generous spirit contrasts
with his contemporaries of the opposite school
with their sour tsmpers and their evil pas.
sions nursed BY habits of persecetion His.
tory has painted no picture of manly viliue
which stands out in such clear and beautiful
relief from the gloomy background of dark
and bigoted age. The American who can
hear his name without emotion of respect
and gratitude, like the man,
fWho hath no music in himself,
Is bit Tor treason, stratagem and spoi!s:
Let no such man be tristed.'"
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