The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-26


pmr,ans came 10 this country to avoid prosecutions Il Is
impossible to state Certainly they were not posecu.u
in the Netherlands there was sn hs,e they
did quietly and swcety ENJOY their cnuIoa .n o
Even IL they prosecuted from EnsIlnu IVY VIZ
not from Holland and il will not DO 70 ignore "s a0'
REASONS FOR THEIR EMIGRATION TO AAhHicA'
The reasons which the Purtans themselves give Tor
their removal from Holland deserve consideration,
but seem as unsatisfactory Cotton Mather in his Mag
MALTA /" Says Neither for health, nor purse, nor
language well accommodated were the English
church, after ten years Of instruction the Dutch
neither gavo up their drinking profanity nor SAB
BATH. breaking; the examples thus set tho chhdrcn
were bad and hoping TO be unmolested since Their on
fault England was "ther onconiorm.y 70 oelua
rites by the impCsers confessed indifferent ana win
regard for their poserNy through which they choose "
live die the service Of their Prince they saItou
New Plymouth, gives the reasons more IN deI'ii' anu
adds -ssIher countrymen who came over
to join them, by reason OF the hardness Oh IN, sno
country spent their estates, and were then
forced to return to England or live very meany ana
rather than "ive very meanly even in the sweet ana
quiet enjoyment of their church liberties" some OF
hese martyrs returned England with its prosecutions,
expressions andcomorts; while others started OH ior
America, hoping 70 live otherwise than meanly
there. Puritansm has many very curious phases
Another reason which Morton gives Is, "that their
postcrity would, few generations, become Dutch,
and 30 lose their interest in the English nation; they
eng DESTROYS rather TO enlarge his Maestys dominons,
End to live under their natural Prince prosecutor
dominion the tyraEt who had driven them from their
homes, and to place their posterNy IN his KIND care
They grow reconcled to the church which had IN
stgated the state to harass them and send 1t their love-
calling it "mother they depart or course all au-
thoritics give us another reason--thelr desire
to propagate Christianity. The real reasons,
however, for this change seem to be "the
hardness Of the country and their desire
to sncreasc their outward estates" Disputes among
themselves and the fear that oleratonthc severe reg
Of being let alone-wOuld disunito them also pre-
disposed them to depart, and the desire OF power and
Influence made them think Of some new country. AS
Ferguson sayslbc passion for independence ana inc
love Of dominion frequently arise from common
who in situation cannot brook superior, may IN
another dislike TO be joined with an equal North
America not their first choice. Guiana was at
first selected, iron Sir Walter Raleiyh's description
Of it, as ga mighty, .ich and beautiful empire"
evey stone which we picked up promising either gold or
silver by its complexion length according to Sir
Terdinando Gorpes who is pronounced gentleman Of
honor and WORTH the Virginia Company, being some
what impoverished, were advised TO make offers TO the
accepted-he Puritans being well acquainted with tho
advantages OF the country from Captain John Smiths de-
serpon Published -four years before Smith snd an
company them. They also afterwards succeeded IN
obtaining the patent Of the Plymouth devon county,
Society Men then sent to King James to
whether the King would approve the enterprise
1910 enlarge my dominions, said the KING, rs
u good and honest motion; but whence may
profits accrue to yourselves and tho crown2
sFrom the fisheries at least replied the ENJOYS 80
God have my SOUL answered the King, It's an
liberty however he would not grant them under
his SEAL but would only promise no molestaton land
they knew low wen the King could promise) adding
that they must conform TO the Church OF
England (Which at one time they seemed dis.
posed to do) or go. They went, however, and
they went MS mere matter Of business. They were
hired to go; they obtained charter giving them con
troll of the country from the 4Oth to the 4Sth degree Of
north latitude and from H. Atlantic the Pacific oceans;
their powers were absolute including the authority Of
all the Of England the country rch fertile
and attractive ana with such temptations they would
buxn haap fool 2bO al IN Shp hayu va
put themselves in the way OF persecution.
The puritans say, however that the chief reason Of
their leaving Holland for America the advancement
OF the Gospel Governor Bradford says they moved
by great hope and inward zeal for the popagang and
remote parts Of the world" In the charters of both
Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and in almost pre-
csely similar language, tho King gives them the
ordering Of all things, that the natives may
be brought TO knowledge Of God, g which in
royal intention and the adventures free profession
is tie principal end Of this plantation" 80 Cotton Mather
speaks Of "othcr plantations, which, being aimed no
higher than the advancement Of some worldly interest
failed And CradGcok, Governor Of the company, ina
letter TO ELdiCott, says;-'We trust you will not be
unmindiul Of the main end Of our plantation by
endcavorpg to bring the Indians to the knowledge Of
the Gospel Craddock remained while in England, and
obviously believed with many others, that the Puritans
meant what they promised and perhaps they did then,
but changed their minds bravcly afterwards. Old John
Norton keeps them TO thefr text, however He says, at
tcncerneth New Enganders always to remember that
hey originally plantation of religion and not plan
alton OF trade
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
The Puritans started from DelfIIavcn, crossed the
Wild tempestuous seas and arrived safely in America.
Opinions differ widely in regard the landing of tho
Pilgrims Plymouth Rock. On the hand it is spoken
OF rs grand and sublime while the other it is claimed
hat although the occasion certainly sublime, it was
lees on account the character the Purtan than
from the great results which followed it. and that they
were Ike men who set In motion vast ma
chineries without intending TO do more than
move small bolt. And the argument
proceeds in this strain They not martyrs, sowing
with their blood the seeds great reformation but sim
ply emigants paid 10 settle here and determining to
The power they endowed with by charter for their
advantage II docs not do to attribute the greatness
OF the results 10 the credit OF tue causes u.s the
causes deserve the credit. spider who stretches
his web before Il bunch of grapes, and 50 tenn
that The bunch IL the finest in the vine has right TO
demand gratitude Of the grapes; for his object was not
TO improve thcm but to catch his flies. one might 60
down Castle Garden and address band OF emigrant
the same high iown style in which orators apostro
rhizo the Pilgrim Fathers but he would find little encou
ragemeut or romance in the attempt might proba
bly, be misunderstood and very likely have his pocket
picked duri the pcroraton. The Puritans Ike the Gas
Tie Garden folk for their ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and
not 10 make country their web was ,fsiy hung out
To catch the golden flies, " howeve onc wants 10 adore
tho acorn from which great oak may gov, which a
swine may cat a. the fates will t j. no objection ex-
cent that Of common sense, To his making such display
OF himself.
THE SUCCESS or tn COLONIES
As we have only to deal witt the history Of New Eng.
land nso far il demonstrates the character OF the
Puritans it is sufficient 10 say that by the industry, tact
and thrift Of the emgrans tie colonies hrove greatly
After hard winter spring brought peace and plenty.
migrants out in great number, that the
English government not 80 wise then now, stopped
the lido by the dam Of law, thus keeping
in England, among others who had determined 10 emf.
CRATE Cromwell aud Iam,1en, whom Cotton Mathcr hu.
morousy says, IL suppose their aiversarics would not
have been dously anxious TO retain az home n they
had oreseen events. Before England u blamed for stop
ping this emigration, however, IL must be understood
that Gofges says "the reason Of that restraint
grounded upon the several complaints that out Of
those parts Of the divers sccs and chisms that
amongst them all, conforming tho public government of
the ecclesiastical state Aud II doubted that they
would In short time wholly shake o the jurisdiction Of
the sovereign magistrate" That considered
enough insist "that should 20 unless they had
taken the oaths supremacy and allegiance But oil
al liberty TO 10 who would take the oath. still tho
colonies hourshcd driving some engrants back by
outrageous laws, taking lands from the Indians, enga
cling in the slave trade, always remaining half loyal
and lesur acknowledging CroNwel formally, though
asking many fayors OF Inn. Cromwell himself had no
great lovo Cor the Purans, and endeayorcd again and
again induce them IT, send cmigrants 10 Ireland and