The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-22
Vhe Puriians OF 1920.

.. The Purirlns were the last living specimen
AZ the chiyaIry Of England. They embodied al
t5t vas noble in the Of the cheyalre-que.
srd combined with 1t Il moral perfection, more
tf,n heroic energy, selt->lcrifcIng devotion u
sith and principles, which derived from
|Jf,ber source They were truly free men for
,bsv knew the truth and the truth made them
free" They differed essentially from most 0i
tbeir descendants in this particular that they
x,uH -p.ak the truth. without regard 10 per-
sn,I elnseauences. They were men of the best
bIs,d Of the best days OF England. In physical,
a. -elI as moral courage, they never met their
IeauaIs In warIikc force they We're inyIncIhle-
|Tbe cpuaueror OF armed Puritans had never Yet
t,c,n sen nor mentioned Though the slain and
n sauered by them. were counted by scores OF
s,usands the blOOdest Dattle-beidsO Oi England
lBs0tItnd and ireland.
-. IG would be easy To find specimen oil the
ANTIQUE Remain. or HelIedc, or an lsraelite IN
1deed IN whom i Guile or an original and
lggnuine N1zIrene,' Goth like AlaTIc and
fRhOdJghaI-Ius. a Norman Ike H.OH anu l'OoeFI
.the Good, q man among the pretended prog:-
~ Of the true Puritans, who can show by his
tfs ami actions that the spirit of the Puritans
e. in him When there shall appear another
biver Cromwell another John Milton, another
Eohn Robinson, another John LighttOOt- OF
hnother Andrew Marvel, like those who bore
xhese names in the PUTitanIc age Of England
4herr will not be enough of the rauk and file
GurIElnl-ll tlclli C'ihtitriitAhNc" In
<pirit Of trade, the rage for money getting, the
Eeuius Of a commercial community. and any
bnd al forms Of rnammOn-are wholly IneOInIa-
Bible with the spirit of the Puritans-
:. The PuTitan- were not nOn-Tesldents not
kt all They dad not come upon the earth 10
End peace, but sword Whenever there was
II reasonable. chance Of success they took the
sword and wicIded il in every instance till they
had either killed crushed OF subdued every Op-
foser. W hen there was no prospect Of success
Jul resistance. they emIgratet 10 = tri,i- barren,
tnd bowling wildernes-, not with u purpose To
I better their condition. or to make money by
Die operation' a. their unworthy descendants
bod pretended representatives. in this generation
l1Eouid sav-nOt t. establish democratic Insti-
: |atOns IN the present American sensc.-not u
frOciaIm liberty. equality and fraternity. 10
snd with good aud bad alIke-nOt 70 maintain
tF utter the -self-eyident' absurdity that AL
ben are created equal Not It ali. They knew
better. There wsi< not a m'n among them. fool
faough to believe any such thing They knew
yell enough that there were iew men IN the
fForid equal To them IN any particular. They
Bad proved the decided infcrIDrIty Of all thOs.
pho opposed thern. in every contest OF whatever
f=eriptipu. They were rrvOlted Saxon peas
,hntry. Far from il. They were gentlemen by
rth and education. n.-superior To the ever->eTvIle
fass. In ever, particular. of birth, ancestry.
slx satiun, principle. association, habits and
y nnss. THev were no enemies of art, either
tusicII or pictorial. though they never spared
th0se products of art which administered &
t,lItry with the ignorant and superstitious mul.
ttude. Their worst mistake was. that they did
Pot make clean work Of it, while they wer,
about it, and level 70 the earth every stately
Ie, every EOmiSh shrine which has since proved
the nursery of worse than Popish superstition
JOhn Knox was wiser when lac said : II vs.
; pull down the nests, the rocks will fly away =
n something to that effect Scotland (as 1t -
j pow witnesses the truth and good sense Of M.
Practical munitions.
The Puritaus'' were sober aud earnest men
fuS<hey were not austere and sour men, thOugi
mlneers have delighted to represent them "a
fEeh and IL Is hard say whether nOyelists ant
cts (whOse trade il has been To lie.) or priest
y v preachers (Sho ought to find it desirable u
Il the truth whether for OF against themselves,
pave worse belied them. Cromwell was a patrOl
4 art; and 50 were his chosen associates. Whethe
p Secretary, the author of - COsmus," - 4
feHssTOSO,'' and other - fugitive pieces" no
tet wholly fOrgDtJen-erer was an enemy Of tn
frama OF Of music-let his most discerning read
p decide. Yet Cromwell and his Secretar
fere pure Puritans - Of the most straitest sect
as no ecclesiastical historian will deny. q
the arts that please, without cprruptIng o
femDrtlizing influence consequences, ther
fere both alike cuItivators and factors. The
ere - wise serIents 3" in this; and VIII
fln name the Puritan OF that age that wa
Bf Otherwise