, 1879-01-03

HntDTys lF0IA 1SIARH AtO lAI1uHs I'LL NJ h5t LUZ
li.tlc rrew s,ersend upon the one solitary rock
on that ievcl Rtorr,-tho rock Of whfci, the re- |
from every part OF. North Amerteal Is
when We reai Tho narrative Of tho vast
Ing-AwAy, 10 that cold December season,
ct onr:ha!t of The little colony. Tho other
hiding their dead under naneless graves, lest
tho ncIRhbnrlhg lnlIans should rcfcciyo tho
dim!ntshtng strength Of these peaceful Invaders;
md then the stern determination with which
they watched tho vessel. after I've months, ro-
sd IL o e s Tes Res c ns sba
doninN the cat,ac for which they came, and re.
tracing their steps to comfort and plentys What,
q dramatic circle fs that which contn'ns the
fortune, doubtful Puritan, and doubtful Catho-
lie, Mlles atnntliAh; thu frat child horn on the
Atlantic, Ocean,!s iopksns; ilie first child born
III New England, lcrcRrlne White. Or. again.
look at that singular, eccentric enthusiast, Ro9-
] cr VIII lams, who found tho bonds WhtCh tho
| new colony endcarorcd 10 lav upon him no: less
odlous than those which caused those colonsts
h.utselt wandering over wooded hill and valley,
Til he reached point where he could At peace
un!uFl the banner Of religious liberation, and 10
Of God which llad smiled on him thus fir. he
| rave the name stt11 tmm0rtaltzcd IN tho State
that spranH from bis cxerttops, " Proy!dcncc.h
Or. again, look to tho banks Of the Delaware,
"holy experiment. Of State wh!cl, should an
peal not to war but 10 peace for protection, and
which should improve, to use his oTn words,
5 Tss sq,si .s @ S dy H. q q atT yS Eys sFs
whose 8trcets still bcar the nRe 81 tile ash, the
chestnut, tho Spruce, and tho walnut Of thu
forest in which Il was planted. There reiQncd
allegiance to tho English Crown by tho simple
epie, derived from the Pattiaecn of pthe
Quakcrs, George Fox, Wat, "Let you5 light
Tho whites" Or in Georgiu, look ut the tne
oil churrhman, Og1cthorpc, the unwavcrtng
friend OF Wesley, tho model soldier Of Samuel
,he yno1y% ns ,nS Soth # rspG s
II those hnyc named may surely Be Teckoned
amongst those to whom Lori Bacon gives tlo
frat plscs amongst the bcbcfactora of mankind,
examples Of tho hoary. sacred antiquity which
may still be founi In America.
CONTENDiN0 Fon CONTINENT.
I pass to the next sp'el.-tt Is that IN which
for the possession Of the American Continent,
as they had opce in tho Middle Ages contendett
for the possession OF tho ancicnt Kingdom OF
France. THIS also, although chronologlcaly It
| appears ip the nitet Of the prcsalc eighteenth
century, fs fraupht with all the romance which
belongs to the medieval struRglcs OF ttEuropean
races. II Is that long contest 30 graphically lc.
tcribcd In the elaborate narrative Of Francis
MOTT im3nrrssivs scenes Of Amer1can nature.
I.ook at TINT line ot waters. Lake ueeorgo and
Lake Champlatn, which formed at that tinie tho
central thorouehfatc-the only thoroughtarc-;
through what was then O traeklcsa wilderness oi
mountain and furest. See the English armies,
!. drawn alike from tho mother country and the
nomee coming i1nwn in their yast fiotllla throupf
; those huge overhauElpK woods. SEQ 1t the
polnt between the lakes the fortress, Of whicf
the ruins still remasn-al!nost the only ruin.
md hrrndth al LIS Uuitcl Siatcs-tbe fortress
of Tironieroaa, or a. The FTcucl, called 1t, ca
| riIlon. OF Chimes from tue mclo1[ous tn,lrnu
81 tnS waters whIsh dashed n!ong fru1n ono lnan.
ssa tn tho othcr. Ltstcn to the legendary LOT,
whirh hon9s nver the lii uI Diiurat
Camobel Of lnverawe {, whose gragestonu Is still i
ean: ~ ia a. waso On iGe historic aplendor whIs
ssrrunnls the nane OF Lord tIowe, columncn,
GRATED orr by tdo grateful Americans, alike in
! monument on TIC spot whcro fu fell, by tn
Wcstmin,ter Abf,cy. Or agulu, look NOR
J. nnrsnyarsi stIli. To- lie wonderful enterprise
J viii, Am mnsi apiiyatin9 OF English eoidicr,
y tho ilttln s!cKIy rcsf-ha!rcd hero, Zen. Wolff
y hv a Iuirnclo Df nudncty climbed the heights {
:, ibruha.r, and won tho imperial fortress {
{)uri,ec in The etnu,tlnr victory in which almol
hla. ayes,sFy sn tns .s. rssh Me1tea af ,a.
M they iouk iro1n the terrace Of tho citadel
u.,opcc over tho mighty waters Ut tho st. Law
\ | r..nre mny alike feel their patri0tlsIn kinde
!. = hv ttt rcsolirctIos Of that time; unl not III
!. css hcrat,se as have said, it is wrapt in bal
Il Of or romancc which belongs rather TO tho hi
n tscuti, century than to that In which
]. H.. hctwcsm The hleh.borp eoustic
= = 81 franrs on Tic one hand, aud tho Jncobit
II Iitoj,Ian1rra Of Scotland, and The sturdy col
), n,.ts NJ virginia aud Aiassacl,sctts inte
:, ,"inrlc,i win the var.wIopps and II
II II tnmhhawk, tho feathers and The colo
y thnsn I,,,,t,n tr,tcs Hid wero thc terror ar
Il ~ attrartinn ALTERNATELY Of hpth the cuntc,l
~ I'M, na1ties. carry us back 10 timcs whrl, assn,
~ nj that tbo American novelist, Ftniinors Coo
<. ,...snn w., nj hcartsstirrtnv tnie. md Will
y n,eslv sil sy.r m fnosh,man n Sco,ehinnn fc
.ns I..s T., trarxrsimfr tho1c rroinns he IA. ns
10 .ua. nN. ~ -, ~. n. Irin, m t,c Inch inmn,
y" -. ~ n,,n S,nJrcd isIss. nd when ia tha ti
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N or ~ th9 III, r,,hits sinntc tnAcrn,,ons
nv ,.pau" ~ ,ho hfortt,rlduE Indians. ii
T. H. n.,1. ~ an fothrx. = W. fcsI Tint wo sta
u ~, tha hn,nnrv Of those avs whsn tho civ
he | Uh etp U1uHaAiy VI "hoSS AA1 "'.4" sr0 ~