Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06

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1O1 and 102. Other sections have reference
to religion, but not so specially as those re-
ferred to. We quote them accurately
G. In the terms of communion Of every church
or profession, these following shall be there WIN
under pretence Of religion, shall be accounted
church or profession within these rules.
l, There is God. ,. .-
2. That God is publicly to be worshipped.
being thereunto called by those that govern, to
bear witness to truth; and that every church or
profession shall, in their terms OF communion, set
down the external way whereby they wIness
laying hands on or kissing the Bible, as in the
Church Of England, or by holding up the hand,
or in other sensible way.
Cl No person above seventeen years ear ,sa OF age
shall have benefit o,
not member Of some church or prolessi0n, nav
ing his name recorded in some one, and but one
religious record at once.
CO. No person Of any other churcn or pro-
fession shall disturb or modest any religious as
sembly.
Provision was also made that any individ-
ual might leave one church or denomlnanon
and ioin another; and also, that slaves be
permitted to connect themselves with any
church they might see it, All this was lib
Christian, we might say-but it is clear,
from the future conduct of the proprietors,
that thew did not mean all that they said. -
These Fundamental Constitutions we're to
"remain the sacred and unalterable form and
rule of government of Carolina forever" but
the proprietors did themselves, on the 1st of
March, 1870, change these Fundamental Con-
stitutions. One of the changes introduced IS
in these words: ~ &c.,. . ....-.:.. ~. -
AS the country comes to be sufficiently planted,
and distributed into fit divisions it shall belong
to the Parliament to take care OF the buiidlngol
the churches and the public maintenance or d1:
vines, to be employed in the exercise Q! ,engion
according to the Church of England; which being
iieion Of all the Kings dominion, is so also Of
Carolina and therefore 1t alone shall be alioWed
to receive a public maintenance by grant Of Par.
Lament.
In 1872, the proprietors drew up and sign.
ed what they styled the "agrarian laws, The
evident tendency of these "agrarian laws" was
to give the proprietors and colonial aristoc.
racy the permanent control Of the colony.
In February, 1878, whilst West was tempo
rary Governor, the Fundamental Constitu.
tions were proposed to the peoplefor adoption,
but by them rejected. Everything. was cal
culated to stir up old and bitter feuds. Yea,
mans had bought up, at a mere nominal
price, the produce of the inhabitants and sent
it to Barbados, and the immigrants were too
dependent on the proprietors. NO DOUBT
the larger number of them were not disposed
to do much for themselves Some Of them
were gentlemen of ruined fortunes. IL
we're not accustomed to labor:- Others II
doubt, were idle and prodigal. The +
rents of the Church of England were jea,-
of the Puritans and the Puritans, on the
other hand, had not much good feeling for
the Cavaliers Public sentiment in the little
colony was in a state of general ferment. At
such times, leader is rarely wanting. At
this time, he appeared in the, person OF John
Culpepper-a name afterward prominently
connected with an insurrection in North Car
olina, which, under his direction, was success
full in deposing all the officers Of Clarendon
colony. .-.e> g.. :., jaa
Florence O'Sullivan had been placed on an
island, (Which now, in honor of MIN, IS cal1eu
Sullivan's 1sland,) in charge Of a "big gum"
He was charged to fire this gun on the ap'
proach of any "top.sail," as warning to the
Inhabitants Of the town. O'Sullivan, during
the confusion Of the colony, had been foraag
ten. and was reduced to point borde46o gh
starvation. Incensed at such treatWeat ~
Quilted his post and joined the discontsnllei
the town. This was not all; for at thf4 Nqae,I
the Spaniards at St. Augustine, having laagn-,
ed of the state of things in the colony, ds5er-
mined to take advantage OF it tor It's destruc-
ton. For some reason there seems to nave
been disposition on the part OF servants to
run away from their masters at Ashley river,
and 90 to the Spanish at St. Augustine: We
cannot suppose that the Spanish were kinder
masters than the English. No doubt, the
reason was that the servants who were inclined
to run away were Catholics, and they were
i'll at ease in Protestant colony. .: ..
At the time of this disturbance, noted
scoundrel by the name Of Brian Fitzpatrick,
ran off to the Spaniards and communicated
to them the unsettled state of things at Ashley
river. The Spanish sent out party OF men,
who encamped on St. Helena Island. Cap
tain Godfrey was sent out with body of fifty
men. So soon as Godfrey approached the
post of the Spaniards they fled.
In order to meet the necessities of the col
ony, one ship was sent to Virginia, and anoth-
er to Barbados, to bring supplies. Before
these returned, ship sent out by the proprl-
etors with provisions and a few immigrants,
arrived. This changed the appearance OF
things. Florence O'Sullivan was required to
give security for his future good behavior.
This calamity taught the colonists very
important lesson. It taught them to depend
on themselves. 1t was an evil in itself; but
it resulted in good. The attentive observer
of events cannot fail to discover the superin.
tending providence of God in the most trivial
occurrences
In the neighborhood of Ashley river colony,
there lived two powerful tribes Of Indians
the Westoes and Saranas. The latter had
their home near the Isindiga, now called the
Savannah river. The former were the relent-
less and uncompromising enemies of the white
man. Between these two formidable tribes
fierce war broke out, about the time OF the
disturbances in the colony at Ashley river.
So bitterly was it waged that both tribes were
completely ruined. 1t is worth remarking, in
this connection, that Providence seems to have
paved the way for the settlement of South
Carolina by reducing, in one way and anoth'
er, the number of the Indians. -
Previous to the settlement of the State by
the English, disease had greatly reduced the
number of some of the tribes, and the hostility
of the tribes to each other kept their ranks
thinned. ..'.''
It should not be forgotten that Ashley
Cooper, one of the original proprietors, by his
agent, Dr. Henry Woodward, purchased, in
1915, a large tract of country from the In
dians The deed of transfer specifies the
country sold as that of the "Great and Lesser