Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-07-31

CHAPTER II.
$50 the red Indian. by 0ntaiio's side,
Nufsed hardy on the brindle panther's hide,
As ia Jes his swarthy race with anguish sees,
The white mans cottage rise beneath the trees"
When the tide Of European emigration, af-
Ter many discouraging Gibbs, began in full flow
10 food the wide shores of America; wave Of
ter wave encronched upon the rights OF the
red man; step by step he conceded 10 his pale
brother, until it became evident they were a.
legionary race That ultimately would usurpI
their boundless forests and exierminaie them.
Reused by these convictions, they became a.
yconrge 10 the people they had nnce welcom-
ed 10 their shores, os fair beings from better
world.
William Penn, through his mildness, disin-
terested love Of justice, and his sincere phi
Ianihropy, preserved the colony be found from
the bloody vengeance Of the luG;ans. He en-
tered on treaty Of peace with item that re.
mained unbroken Tor seventy years. In his
message he tells them: "The Great God has
been pleased 10 make him concerned in then
part Of the -worj, and that the king Of the
country where he lives has given him great
| province therein; that he does not wish TO en-
Joy it without their consent; that he is man
OF peace; that the people whom he SENDS are
of the same disposition, and that if any diff
Guilty should occur between them, 1t might be
adjusted by an equal number OF men on both
sides" To which they reply IN thelr meta!
phorical and picturesque style:-" We are
happy in having buried under ground the red
axe, that has so often been died with the
blood of our brothers. Now, in tins sort, We
inter the axe and plant the tree oil peace. :
! We plant tree whose top shall reach the
sun and lis branch4e spread abroad so that II
snatt- 1r seen afar off. May its growth never
be stifed and choked; but may it shade both
your country and ours with lis leaves. Let
us make fast its roots and extend them 10 the
u'rlost Of your coloulas. May the Great SpI-
rl allow us to rest in tranquility upon our
mats, and never again dig up the axe 10 cut
down The tree Of peace! Let strong stream
run under The pit to wash the evil away out
of their sight and remembrance. We now
make The covenant Chain Of friendship. Let
il be kept bright and clean as silver, and not
suffered 10 contract and rust. Let not any
one null away his arm from IL" AS the col
ony eXpanded, these denizens Of the forest, Ge-
ing literally rewarded for the soil, quietly re-
hnuuished it and fell back into the denser
wilds.
Among The N ny in Europe, now looking 10
America IS a place Of refuge from oppression
and religious persecution, Stood Robin McLc-
on. He determined 10 quit the bonny locks
und heath clad hills OF Scotland, and set up
his altar in the gloom OF OH unknown land,
that he might worship his Creator according
10 the dictates Of his conscience. When he
had made ready his little household for the
, perilous journey, he wos called 10 The bed
side of dying sister, with whom he had been
al variance. "God is mercl(ul," SAID Mrs.
Wilder; as she clasped her btother's hand,
"my moments are numbered, but if you will
take my poor child 10 your heart and be IA
, Their to her, can depart in peace. In the
hope hat she might become peace Offering
between US, have named her Irene, which
is peace. In that solemn hour all lormel
chickering's we're forgotten, and the lonely Of
. phan was Kindly adopted by Mr.. McLeon, ia
whom she became as "sayory odor Of syeeI
, herbs" But 10 his plain wife she was 'naugh
but fasheous lassie.'' The soft radiance o
, her gentle beauty, the redundancy OF ler gol'
I den curls, The agile grace Of her figure, and
/ perfect mould OF her daialy hands and feet
seemed to exaSperate her aunps temper TO-
S wards her
Patrick bInlcan, an a5tute snrig of shtla'
r leb, their assistant man OF all work, was mol
E long in discovering The way matters Stood
r Pal had an eve for the beautiful, and secretly
, worshiped at.this faullleSs shrine. Prompted
/ by generous sympathy for The sad ind lone
ly condition OF The lovely orphan, he woult
0 often endeuvot to relieve the tedium Of lens
[ evening, by reconnting 10 her wonuers he hat
@ seen in this wild land VI Their adoption ont
;, among its still wilder inhabitants. To The
# novel loving mind Of Irene, these tales, Otter
the cbimerss of his own brain, hod the fas'
b cination OF o syren's voice; her heart pan'et
!. for the moment when she loo should behold
e and mingle with these dark wonders OF the
: forest, whom her imagination, as well as he
k enertainer's, enciEcled with the halo oil ro
J. nance.
!, A short distance from their rude dwelling
: Just over the boIders oil their clearing, slept
y small picturesque lake, oyershadowed by lal
I pines that locked their dark branches lnio
u verdent screen, and guarded 1t from tue toC
s intense heat OF the sun. As the canorou'
y winds swept apart their glossy crests, gllnl'
Q fof golden sunlight kissed The clear wafer!
; and stirred their "bTeeEe-ridden ripples." A
q few yards distant, in view through vista II
n the pires, the earth swelled into hil, ,adowr
d whose rocky side little stream poured III
IS waters in q miniature Cataract into the leye
u bed below, whence they glided meath low
d archway OF alders and ferns, imperceplib!ll
sr into TIE smiling lake. Eiither Irene woul'
e steal, in moments of leisure, 10 gather wil(
howefs--to watch the orrowy fish glanclnl
n through the lucid water--lo dream Of home
e Of her ssinied mother-to shed the flllial tea
10 unseen by the cold gray eyes Of her stern aun
" --aDon, 10 chant wild legends Of her nativ'
Ig land, while the tunegul birds csrroled thei
Y songs in the branches above her.
Ie To this retreat, on sultTy Sabbath morn
T. ling, while a heavy veil or mist hung its whit