, 1881-07-03
THE RESULTS OF A MASSACRE.

IIhHCE tAlclttu oRtl u IcllOA VI tHo CCAtu~
rles, and eliminated in the expulsion and
murder Of the Huguenots. Fully one mill
| ion Hug uenots were either murdered or
driven Into exile during the century and n
t half succeeding the Massacre Of ST. Barthol-
oInew. There was 4 temporary truce follow
ing the edict of Nantes, but tho revocation Of
| that edict by Louis XIV. was succeeded by a
tremendous exodus, IN Which probably not
less than half. i million I'rotestants emf
grated, or rather escaped, to England, Scot
| land, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany,
and America. 4 new English book, entitled
az History Of the Huguenots and Of the
Dispersion at the Recall Of the Etlict Of
| Na,ltes,': traces the fuSitiyes to various
places of refuge, and shows that they planted
the seeds Of industry and the arts that hare
the British Empire. 3:
The upguenots were men Of IDEAS as well
rs courage. When France slaughtered these
people, she destroyed some of the best blood
Of the nation. When she exiled them, she de-
privcd herself Of stock Of brains and enter-
prise which, had they been retained in
France, would have given that nation the
lead in all the great Industries Of the
| world. \ proportion Of tue Uugue1ots were
Of noble blood, but the mass were of the
skilled artisan class Who'llad attained degree
of cunning ut that titue unknown to any
| other people. Of such were the victims Of
religious persecution who fed from their
native country in great colonies. Those
who professed to recant and renew their al
legiance TO the Catholic Church in order to
retain their homes and save their liyes only
frettsd under the restraints put upon them.
aud it was the children Of this class who
originated and disseminated the fierce anti
Catholicism that afterwards broke out into
revolution and terrorism. France was
the loser in every respect BY the war
waged upon the :Protestants, for she not
only sacrificed the mpst Intelligent. skill
fill, and progressiye-: portion Of her
xopulation, but retained enough OF the
protesting classes under constraint to pro-
mote a spirit of revolution against State
and Church. The fierce and relentless per-
secutlon of the Huguelots entailed upon
FRANCE not SO much ignorance and {legrada-
ton as the InQuIsitton fastened upon Spain,
but for time more loss, suffering, aud dis
aster.
The author Of the new history to which
we have referred confesses that Great
Britain owes even more of its supremacy as
manufacturing and trading nation TO the
influx Of the Ilugueuot refugees than to
any other INCENTIVE. Before the advent Of
those refugees tho English were q pastoral
people. The Huguenots introduced branches
Of Industry heretofore unknown to the
inhabitants Of the British Isles: The Hugue:
nots who did not escape directly to England
made their way to that country III large
numbers by way Of Belgium; HENCE the in-
migration Of the Flenlings into England
may probably be regarded as a part of the
Huguenot contribution. The follow paraa7
graph, describing some Of the effects Of
Huguenot influence, VIII serve to show the
drift of the book:
England had established tame for the pro-
duction Of goods. chiefly silk and woolon fab
RIGS, which carried her merchandise all over the
Continent, often with the result Of driving out
new rss had taught Us to
brew and to tan hides; they established the hrst
dyc-works in England. and introduced the culti-
yat1un Of hops. They und the French may ba
We We owe " our six mnnlfacturos: on TIC excel
fSes HSeaeot ed aasa e@sraaes aea eu
and the hat munufacture Of Caudehec, IN Nor
mandy, was transferred almost bodily to
ot osnut such c1celieaee s: that t6e cardaals pf
Rome itself nad TO turn here for their berottas.
weaving @ W on tapestry, csm6ric: and lace: making
Industries; and Ireland owes tQ them much OF
tha excellence ct hef II linS9 aan4{aei1aes
OF the highest class Of expatriated Hu%uenots,
WIN bad followed bis Fortunes and contEibu.cd 1t5
te m 1 m 6S ie
presence In Cork. Waterford. and nublip' have
for the most part long ago Disappeared, VIC BE-; BE-;
rors,rlinglon: To these figltivea, nlso, we owe
The bst Rart e our aFt ef papet-ma.klnE, nit and
ae fe3urs e9%'iia q gsss !" The st Of their Stts
III shST 99sst ssss5 r. ;,
niercc, We ans .traces of their bencaeent pres.
enee ~. No gFeas;r go1d eyer eaIne to EnHlA9d
fop er tree nee 9s
During the DraSonaaaes, they rouched our
shores in crowds. often destitute and hungryr
mobiles and peasants, mtrchants and artisans.
meu Of learning aad piety4 a!l, young aud old,
leaving their goods behind them; many a!ono
from wives and children; and as they oamc, in
merchant vessels. or IN open boats, they wer9 re-
cclved. fed, and assigned residence, tlll their
aotiye hands and busy brains enabled them to
repay their benefnotors by: tho creation Of new
means of national wealth.
But Great Britain was not tho only bene-
felary OF the expulsion Of the HygNepots
from France These hunted people found
homes and planted their skill along with
their ideas in many other lands. 4 large
colony. went to Switzerland, settling around
GenesS, and the French population Of that
countis is almost wholly ths growth OF the
Huguenot settlement The rare taste and
cunning II the Swiss artisans may be traced
to the early Huguenot Influences. Many Of
the prosecuted took refuge in Belgium, where
a large PROPORTION cons sented to resume out
ward submisstan to the Church Of Rome, hut
it is, the legacy 1t the HuSuenots that Agpos='
ticism is now Proadcast III Belgium and con-
trolls the Parliament Of that country: many
others Of these people found their war Tito
Holland, beyond the Rhine in Germany, and
several hundred families crossed the ocean
and settled in Georgia and South Carolina.
The aristocEats Of several Southern States
proudly boast Of their Huguenot origin The
history OF all religious persecution shows
that the prosecutors IN tha-.end Ke1e The