Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-01
.'RemlnIscences Of the 'EI Pnst." ST..
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When Charles IL. was brought back from
his exile and reslOrdd t6Ytlie throne of his fa1I
ther by the almost unaninious consent 0f the
nation, which had become disguised with IA
natclsm and fanatics the Round heads, fear
ing that the punishment which they felt was
due to their crimes might overtake them, adOp.
ted the wise and safe plan OF emigrating. and
ehsrteTing the Mayflower and other ships, and
being Joined by those of their party who had
previously emigrated to Holland, sailed from
England and landed at Plymouth Rock, since
so celebrated as the landing place of the Pill
grim fathers. The wild and rugged shores of
the North afforded them q secure asylum, and
receving annual aceesSlons from the mother
country, they established the colonies Of Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
whence pioneers went FORTH and settled New
Hampshire and Vermont Thus was estab-l
lished tho settlement of that region which was
afterwards dgnifed with the name of New
England. 1870. .. ...
Thus we find that the opposite sections of
| this country, the North and the South. were
originally colonized by essentially different
| Glasses of men, and their descendants, to this
day, differ as widely from each other in their,
principles and feelings, and indeed in their
modes of life, as their ancestors and true pro-
t9types the Cavaliers and the Round-heads of
| old England. 80 - AA
| Tie northern COlonists consisting in great
degree of the arti2ans, tradesmen and agTlciIl
| tural laborerS of the old country, were able to
clear up their forests and cultivate their clear
ings with their own hands withOut the assist
ance of slaves while the ColOnists OF the south,
being the landed class at home, and unaccus-
toned to work or labor, found themselves
under the necessity Of looking around :Or la
borers, and seeing no other alternative, sup
piled themselves with slaves from Africa.
This is the true history of the causes which
led to the importation and employment of At
rican slaves.* 1t is not that the people of the
North are, 9D their RedTfs, opposed to the in
stitution of slavery, but because the bleak and
barren hills and high latitudes are hostile to
the very existence of race born between the
Tropics. They have no rice fields, no sugar
or cotton plantations where only they negro
race can work and live. 1t should also not be
forgotten that before the importation Of the
negro was prohibited by our laws, they were
brought to this country by northern merchants
in northern ships. Even within the last veal
(1S5S) it has been stated (and without con-
tradictiOn) that no less than twenty ships sailed
from New York alone for the known purpose
of carrying cargOes of slaves from Africa Il
Cuba How many New Bedford Whalefs ana
Nantucket smacks are still employed in thi
unlaWfub but very profitable trade, remain
for future disclosures. SENEX.
Q %NoTE.-It should be remembered that all tn
States of New Rnglnnd bH had slaves before, a
the time of and since the eRevOlutiOn-and when tn
T IagitatiOn of the question made 1t probable tina
leayery would some time be abolished. they took
peeial care to protect dives from loss by seR
their stock haad to fhd coft0a and tobacco planter
the South History bears testimony to this fact.