Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-06
from sire to son,
Un.l..red, unimpro,.d, tho manners run. I"

Unsltered, unimprovsd, the manners run"
The southrol may justly claim for himself the slmest
exclusive possession Of the noher attributes Of mind
ard soul These Southern regions the genial home
Of the brave tie Ingenious aud chivarc the liberal
the generous and hospable the honorst' the faith
fu and the true; the ursslfsh the lofty and the ioe
rant And they who cherish within their breasts these
elevated sentiments TRACE their lineage to lons mouder.
ing around the ruins Of jamestown ana &c. Msr,s, or
reposing by the murmurng waters Of the Aoenas, the
Cape Fear the Cooper aud the Ashley TO these people
no such invention as q wooden numss can be traced
I, IL TO the lyperboreap regions Of the cid republic that
we turn TO fad the approximation Of those qualities,
the contemplation Of which dsbases us1 Ia bis own esi-
nation Toe leading E4its in Yinkse character we're
not lfre p,ct compes t, believe fgiutly mPant-
ed In mans nature. When the Creator, 10 his wisdom,
conceived the thought Of making man, being to be
fashioned in His own shape aud endowed with reason,
and animated with aspirations that should ascend to Bis
own throne /. could no. haVe been par, Of His plan
that hoss high g should be degraded 10 the exclusive
pursuit of soptryance in trckery, fraud and trade or
that those noble Impulses should cease to inhabt bis
breast and that 10 their stead should come The hateful
train Of low aud mean, and narrow passions Which, en-.
bodied in the Yankee, make him Q selfish, cunning,
,reacherous arrogant and ntolerant type Of humanity
But such 30 animal he qlestionaby Is; and such
animals as unsuesiionaby, his ancestors when,
rising "a scum TO the ssrts, Of European society," they
f,s,ed OF to the bleak shorsof aew England nhabi
table Only by the ichens and coassr moses Ut human
sIistence.
i. is geEy common error that the Paritans perss.
cutsd themselves for oSin9ns sake, sought liberty Of
conscience in the wilderness Of Amero, erS there erect.
cd its altar To Sir George Calvert belongs the i'm,
peri.hable glory Of frat establishing government Of
which universal federation and religion, freedom
the Oh eff foun iation stones Il Is remsrksbe fact
that the same spot-ths shores Of Aarylsnd-rhich
thus emoaned in the affections Of free men, should o.
ter the lapse Of little than tvo centuries and
quarter bs the FIRST territory Of the grea. repsblc desc
Grated by the foo. Of the tyrant and the exrcdon OF
political and civil liberty. ~
It L. true tia. the PariIars H,d from England
count Of violent oppodtion amounting to persecution
In thus expatrlatng ,h.se scbismatcs, the Ecgsh Of
that day, as subsequent developments save demonstra-
ted exhibited thorough insight into the nature and ten
denotes Of their principles and character One Of their
rs acts after ther colony had assumed form and
substance, was the esablshment 2: spiritual Depot
ism and religions intolerance as cruel and resneesp Is
the Roman Imposition in Spain. Protesting to be then.
selves religious refugees, they denounced dresry bat.
hmsnt sgauE all heretics ana nor-coniormsts. Every
student OF American history lie familiar with its sad but
ever glorious story of Roger Williams. he figi.
tive from the psr,scu.lous OF the old world bat pake
his fellow sufferers comprehended the nature and wrong
ct intolerance, and proposed the true remedy. He
tiught that "the civil magistrate should restrain crime
but never control oplaon should punish guilt but new
srsiolae the freedom Of the soul" he coatepdcd ot
the abolition Of al hys Furnishing uonconformiss re
curing the performance Of religious duties enforcing
pscunipy contributions to the support Of the church
aud that equal protection should be extended 10 every
religious belis-the peace Of the State, Ike the Via
auIa xs breathe, surrounding and gathering alike oseI
mosque synssegpe cathedral aud the humble house O
God' Of the Protestant, securing 70 ,iher respective
worshippsrs unmolested sactisy Of conscience For