The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-10

w. ssasusoUdA ~ - sssssassssss ~ vAse
- ~ saensea vssa 80 - eesi.ery sassr.
pElss. sAA ~ ~ wsn-erouaded faitA that
hls passs voaId outiivs both their own tn
nrn author and his ensniss Come. hright
love Of fame" hs wrots In tho invocation which
begins the thirteenth book OF Tom Jones'"
inspire nv glowing breast Not thee cell.
who, over swelling tides OF blood and tears.
dost bear the hero on to glory. while signs OF
millions waft his SPREADING calls but thoe. fair
gentle maid. whom Mnesis. happy nymph first
on the banks OF Hebrus did produce. Thee.
whom Maonia educated. whom MAntua charm
cd. and who on that fair hin. which overlooks the
proud metropolis OF Britain. sat With thy MIL
ton. sveetly tuning the heroic lyre; hll my
ravished fancy with the hopes Of charming
ages yst 10 come. Foretell one that some ten
der maid. whose grandmother IL yet unborn.
hereafter. whom. under the fictitious name OF
Sophia she reads the real worth which once
existed In my Charlotte. shall. from her SYM
pathetic breast send forth the heaying sigh.
Do thou teach me not only to foresee. but to
enjoy. nay. even to feed on future praise.
Comfort mo by solemn assurance that when
the little parlor In which sit at this instant
shall DO reduced 70 worse furnished box.
shall 10 read with honor by those who never
knew nor saw mo. and whom shall neither
know nor see."
Ths Qaakers anA their Pa-itaa Perseeutors.
In Q monograph ironically styled The
| Quaker Inrdsion Of Mdssnchusetts and cmbody-
| tho results OF much original research. Mr.
| RIcHAKD PENRosE HALL0wELL has appealed
| from tho verdict Of New England historians.
| and shown cause for rscasting the current
| opinions respecting the treatment Of the Quak-
ers by the Puritan magistrates and ministers
IA. "a
apparently because the familiar indictment Of
the early Quakers. framed by tho PuritanS
therhAelvss and sot forth at length in the pages
Of Bancroft and Paiirey. has been recently
pressed anew by the Rev. George L. Ellis. Mr..
| John Fiske and Mr.. II. G. Lodge that Mr.. Hal
lowell has heen moved to examine the contsm-
porary records and documents. and to show
how III supported by evidence is the traditional
theory.
| It Ii. indeed. popularity supposed-and the
hypothesis 10 defended by the writer's men
tionod-that the Puritans did not prosecute the
Quakcrs on account OF thsir religious opinions.
but for breaches Of the peace; that the follow
ers Of George Fox came Us unauthorized In
| truders to disturb peaceful community. whose
| civil aud ecclesiastical authorities we're Mt
| length exasperated beyond endurance by per
| sistent lawlessnass md indecent conduct
Touching this widespread impression. Dir. Hal
lowell insists 10 the first place. that the charge
| =, ,,,v,r.,r,oa T. ,r,.;o, on ma, ,,o .uatainod
,'s,. -. ~. n,'..,or -, .h., M..s..hwso,,s
| nav T,oiorv roo. 20 n,.tors emivro,inv from
| En,,onI nc =, ,,har Enyhsbmcn tho l,yaI
| ~. o., H.. .,,,,,n ,ha o,,,i,, ;nr;sd;ctioo
| nI..o.., A. . ,,,,o- a, f.,t f,,,r Nfbs of tho
n,.L.r. 4, nr..s,,hu.ott. .t tho anoch nj
the barbarous legislation against them were
| not newcomers but had boon recognized
Us freemen, property holders. or reputable
a.,In,. g.. ,hn ,n.vi.,r,t.s lonu Iva.
,o,o III, ,,,rs.cu,ion hogan In pursuance
| n,n,, nIo. NJ u.i,owe,, tormuI,,.s and nm
a..,.,. -, -, ,,oo, hv ,,ooumont,rv .vi.
Jo,oo ,hroo nronosi,Iops which n estnbIsbed
shnnld r.,r,o III. traditional nccusations
L,va,,oa ,n.inst tho Arst discinlos ~ George
Eov ". contends TINT tho 40. caIl.d testi-
mnnios - or aermons lotters and other inter-
! ,rc,s NJ tho Ouaters were not blasphemous or
m.rk.a Inv s,nniaitv or fronzy hut on the con.
to- Won, o,ten copsn;cuous for a viaorous
understanding and peryaded with a profound
,v r.,i,,ious fo.Iny and would ~ h,eded hnye
\ os,oh,Iah.d tho socl.I and ro,,pious or5or a,
,hin,,s 4, M, co,onv unon mora inst and on.
\ liphtcned nrineiples. We do not believe this
c,ntaman, con bc sueeessf,l,v controversial 10,
IN. oh ;.f Innovations. ad yoc,tod Nv thc Ouakers
4 eious lii,ort, ,r,. ,Sna,,.i,,i. ,...s
by their own ,eyisl,tion when no In .,,o a,soa
of Wi,linm Coddirgton ond W;,,,.,, D., 80
| Themselves bsc,me ,.v,,.La,s
Mr.. Hu,Iowetl,s noxt ,v.rmon.s .ro .,.. 49,.
only was extrnvarnnt md nsrsns,r. h.".,. ao.
ON the nart n, ouoi..rs inr.a'.,n,,t ~, a
tinnnI but such imnro,ri.,;,s y. 80. H., W.
tuully fastened unon t,,,m ,.or., not W. T., 49,,
fl monty assumed tho air.c, ,o,,s, 49,, a., So oon
of the malignant persocution which th,,, s',,
4 fercd. Ue uno,,estin,,hlv on,oo.1. l., nt'..e,'
that tho non,l,r o,oln,i,s for ,ha -. =,
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