Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-06
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FaithAA HistDsicaI pIcturs.
Massachusetts III her Trne CaIDrsi

n FaithfAA MistOfical Picture
Massachusetts IN her TrHs CaIDfs!
NE Articles Of Confederation oE tbs
United Colonies of aaw Englsud, 18th
May, l6s3, commences sish rscising the
object Of sks soloaists ID oussisg 10 this
coansry, vix.-ssso Advance tbs kingdoms
.cf our Lord Jcsas Christ, and 70 eBley
We liberties 1T the Gosepsll 10 purises
with pesse.a
Ii was esen then apparsnt that the lib
ssfiss they Demanded fes shensselses they
By no means allowed 10 others.
Thase waa diHsrsd fzaR them In FeIig-
goas spiuiens nd aosship sbay tssk vesy
prompt and vigorous MEASURES TO suppress
by sach mild and bretheriy means as
haakings dneking, seearging, standing Ia
the pillnry, putting their feet in the
1stosks, ~sanhseasing kheiF pfuEassys im-
~prisonmons III hard labor, banisEnent and
slavssy.
Ga The treatment OF the Qaaksrs, Bish-
op,s ssAew kHgiand Judged Aaa the fol-
lowing:
ssAfsex saeh a manner have We done to
the serramss Of the Lord, and for spsek-
ING 70 one aneshsg = y y and for
meeting together; Eansseking their estates
breaking open ~fkssrhefssex, carrying avay
their goods and cailsl, till yoa hare left
aone thsa. Their tcsnrinS apparel, aud
their land, and ghca ya hare left fheaa
nothing, cell them for this which ya cab
dbl Search tbs records Of former ages,
20 shroueh Ehe histories OF the geaera-
lions which are past; read the monuments
Of tie ansienss, and sec il ever there we're
saaA o thing as Ibis since The earth
vas laid. q 20 rulers Of Bes-
ton, "a inhabitants Oh the Maaaeha sffsI
What shall | say Hnto you? Wbereunto
shall | Hken yer fedeed, am al e stand.
] have no nation with goa 10 compare; |
have no people with you to parallel; | am
81 q loss with you in this point, | must
say Of yaa, as BaIadEa said Of Amaiek,
when bis eyes. we're open-"BostoB, The
frss Of ths nations that came out thus 10
EGY. agaiasi, to stop Israel n their jour-
asy TO Caaaaa from Egypt"
Not only did The Pilgrim Fathers as
sers . m~ordpoly Of things spiritual, but
also, of things temporal.
Hardly had the Maydows r sailed on her
FIRST trip 10 the coast of GainsA, whsn an
assembly OF tho elect convened, and pass
cd the ~follawing:
Resolved, That the earth belongs to the
saints Of the Lord.
Rssolced, That We are the sain@ Of the
Lord.
To this creed, through all generations
dewA 70 the present time, 1Aey have been
true.
The religion, the morals, the philan-
thropy, and patriotism of New England,
have always been oasshs beat Of terms
With her interest.
From their frst coming into the COUP
try the pilgrims found 1t profitable TO
commit many acts OF cruelty and injus
tice against the natives aud owners of this
soil. T~heEeupor it vas deemed cxpediant
10 give the colonies The character of a
sacred mission. The c~oloni4ts became
the "chosen people;' the Indians we're
likened 10 the seven tribes Of Canaan
| whom God had devoted to destruction,
ard "a such they sere treated. Their
peopla were slaughtered, their villages
burned; their prisoners were made 10 paw
the cost Of their own sahiugatipu, by
their value IN the slave market
+ Concerning the last encounter but one
OF those Indian wars. that of LIST Of Au-
gust, 1916, against King Philip, Presi-
cent Mather wrote as follows:
'fPhilip hardly escaped With his life
and left bis PEACE behind him, also bis
sqaAw and son we're taken esptiTe, and
are nov prisoners at Plymouth. Thus
bath God brought that grand enemy into
great misery befor be quite destroyed him.
II must needs be bitter as death to bin 10
lose his wifs and only son lfoF the Indi-
ans are marvellous, fond and afsctionate
toward their ebtldEen), besides other re-
l%aIionF, and almost all his subjects, aad
country aiso.S
This Philip was The son Of ffgood old
Massasoit, the FIRST and best friend the
English ever had In New England
Il might be supposed that after such a
complete overthrow, when Philip had
ceased to be an object either Of jealousy
or apprehension, they would at least re-
store TO him bis wife and child. They
wers, both Of them, sold into slavery, in
the West Endiesl
AZ We read the narrative Of these events
our wonder at the bitterness New England
nov displays towards the South. her thirst
for blood, Punishment and spoiTation are
ali explained.
In tracing the history ct New England
it is curious to notice her prodigioas T.
deity to self-how Invariably, With what
a steady, bra2en and successful front she
hss pafaded Der purposes, ever Ia some
fair disguise Of ''the providence Of 6od,e
zeal for his eaase, for the cause of man.
kind and patriotism! We hare not sgaca
to 20 into particulars, but modern instan.
ces are 700 fresh in our memories, and too
glaring, to require it. We hardly ever
read In a published document. especially
il it be Of q religious character. that
phrase "the providence of God,E with
out m involuntary slu5der and the ex-
| p~ectatien Of some ~atsoeity.
Dissemination to have a trade unshack-
led by British interference, TO be the nsn-
ufaetarer, the merchant, and the shipper
for the whols eoGntry, caused New Ebg.
land to rebeis
The South rallied to her side, moved
little by sell. interest, for she vas neither
q manufacturer, q trader, nor a shipswn-
or, bat maiLly froma seatiEnens of broth.
| erhoed.
So soon az separation from the mother
country vas effected, which she bad 80
long occupied towards the South, and
| slavery vas taken By New England, re-
tanned frnn that time forth. and extended
until the agricultural and laboring later.
eats Of the whole country were brought
in strict dependence upon Der, and there
YeHaain.
In ber own opinion New England Ii the
mother country, the rest are colonies,
tributaries 70 her wealth and glory.
Al the vefy beginning Of our present
government abe made 4 akarfs and eharna.