, 1879-07-05

We foaateht ike 5ounE aavagcs for the gartage
ihat ;cii from ,:a blake. o7 tl,e sculIion. .lle
strongest Won AZ, .ats!ea te f'Sg!nK Ss Of as hs
%HSn ,ha' "nythe s Ste va. 10 bo eaac BY oer
than hrnte force. Hence my code of moral md
pot,teai ethies-tlm stro,,9sss man Il tlie best
man became rugilisti" ne rnG ,,,:ds re'Ha ,ns
wit ~ Of Dublin Is tho story Of the
eary sEs might ,oroot made ~ hsRht 595ss
,nan Mns va. se'sa TIC best man: But We We have seen
.l'at IN EnRlnnd tue pcople slowly struggled M
Into tie light. Religion helped them. letters
helped llle1n, anil, wien Caxton introduced thu
nts s'cay,s Faess more u sarc. BECAUSE lie ueople
wcrc able to to,tch elbows, to cotnparc
their own , vows VIII. sSa ,,s ,sH', yssTs
heap MI tnal1kintt through thu freedom ot Inter
Communication thereby securcd.. The lainllllg
Ut the Pilgrims OH Plymouth Rock Tint bleak
picture Tor tic imagination to uwelI upon. They
tii,l not come to incrGusc tllcfr fortunes. They
| had not fled from political oppression. though
The attninistrat!ons Of jamea n'nl Charles were
sufficiently odious TO provoke resentment. They
came to tic forbiddlmg shores Of New EnRland
s.t they might cnjoy tho freedom Of cut'sc!eneo
which was. denied tllcn IN the land q their
birth. Such haini Of devoted Eouls could hnve
snrung fron, l.o other nation. tceausc from no
other civilization thnn That Of tho EnE!ah could
| s,lcl, characters huve baen evolved. Tho PIl-
grims Of the MayiloWer were n T. ecranin sentc
lie product uf tho progress Of all the ayes but
moro especially Of the trials, tenptat!ons ana
struggles for freedom Of the English people.
They were the Incarnation ot thousand bat
Ties fought ~ shc Interest Of ciTI aug religious
liberty, AMI In their pcrsons they embou!ea the
deAtiuy OF A1Berica.
OF d !nr different tyne wcrc the frat settlers
Of Virginia. Stlth says large portion Of them
~ wrre unprinelplcd ynung 1ncn OF family whom
| nj
,suomneus fato, sA's ,!l,ct,sfsea servants,
fraudulent hankrupts, tiebaucs1ecs, and oti.ets
Of tho same class,;-pcdplo moro apt to ptlIage
aud destroy than to prumotc tho welfare OF tho
| scttlon,Gnt."
The Introduction Of slavery, was logical
Of .he chaactcr 81 The eol9nlsts 4 aa q
hl0O.l followed the carly ndyuNtnrcrt. They
found tho institution Of slavery, nnd accepted 1t
with It's entail Of crImc ntul tatal effects upon
IL Is painful truth that TIC chief, dsttucttyc,
1ung-cnturinE impress left upon the habits,
manners, and customs Of tho american people
by tho Virginia coloulsss was
THAT or sLAyEnY.
To f,ntl tho spirit OF our institutlons, the mold
be sought ar.l their character .aualYzed. They
were fill OF faults, but their faults lGnncd to
yrtue's Side. They wcro stcru and unyeldlng,
bCotctl, and often unjust. As they had suffered
. who differed from them in religious faith.
! "Whosocvcr alail wursl,ip any other God tllan
the Lord" says the prtanh!e Of lhrir code.
.BhaN aurels be put to DEATH" Thcy whipped
Quakers, cut of thcir cars, banshed them, and
prohibited thenl returning on pa!n Of death.
; TheJ puntshud blasphctny With death, made al
! tcnuancc upon tii7luo service compulsory,
logged men fur lying md young women for nl-
I luwlnE themselves to be Kissed. Blu. it
must be borne IN mind TINT these rigorous laws
wero voted py the whole body Of the ueope. In
: selves rested ilss guaranteo Of tic ultimate de:
vcopIneut Of thu prtnilplss. ot liberality sutl
= federation. II tho codawAs cruel md terrible,
its hummer OF enoFccsncus wns fair asid cqu!t-
i able; for the right Of trial BY jury existed
q throughout the Colonles, md the basphcsne1
= was punished only by tue Judgment Of his
. peers. BETTER than aft else, thIs system, other
saSsl e 5Speae W s eoae pfoe M f
thu cstablst!rncnt Ut schools III oycry township,
II and compelled the inhabitants, under pain Of
!, lIcavY tines aud penalties, both to support and
i send tlltir children to them. Thus was firmly
II established thorough, co1nprehrnsiyo educn
i tlonat syhtcln, which Is the sole safeguard o.
4 | liberty and law.
t iloS Inherent were t!!o colonization scheme!
|. exucdicncy. The objoct Of the former waa
& tratlu nl.d commerce; Ut tho latter, power nl.t
n tlonlinion. In cacls instance the cmigrants car
rtcd with them the political and religious instt
|. tutions Of tic patcut State. 11eucs no benefit
j. accrued to civilization; the tate Of tho State be
3 came
h THE FATE OF TIE COLONY.
II Having made tho people tho sole reposItor.
!, Of political power, tho New England coloussl
= took care TO prevent tho undue growth OF es
tatcs BY ubolts!ling the right of prsnogcniture
!, n..u "cttt!nE oil entirely long ttusta and otte
processes Tor lettering @ a,,a y t}tag np 'and.'
r leu were vigorously eliminated md its Write,
;, carefully preserved. The Puritaus did not for
= = get, as Emerson says that "Ihe Norwega!