The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-10-07

the arrival OF 'rakes and libertines' ant
people who were packed Of IA many
OF them were tn escape worse destiniei
mt home"
Smith was wounded and returned Il
England. "No place ever went NOR,
rapidly ON toward ruin" "Nor wa,
this all. The Incidence and bad con.
duct Of the settlers brought ON "A famine
in the colony" ITO add to the distres.
thirty of the settlers escaped and be-
came pirates"
a nice lot Of Democrats were they
not. ain 1920. when the number Of
the colonists was suddenly raised from
six hundred to eighteen hundred and
sixty, there was reinforcement OF
ninety respectable young women sc-
cOrding to the language Of the histori-
an. They were procured by the PLAN
tiers "a wives, by paying from one hum
dred to one hundred and fifty pounds
of tobacco each. to defrsy the expenses
of their passage.
A number of unfortunate measures
were adopted about this time. One
was the sending over to the colony, "A.
labOrers. by order of King James, ore
hundred criminals"
30 much like the Democratic con-
Wet business of Kentucky.
AT this period twenty African slaves
were purchased from the commander
of a Dutch vessel-these being the first
introduced into the English settle
ments."
In regard to prosecutions i'm New
England the historian says: "But,
though the King was unwilling that
the colOnists should proceed so violent
ly against the Quakers, he suffered
them to be fined because they would
not take oaths, and for the third OF
fence, to be banished. Similar perse-
cutiOns also took place in Virginia, or
those rather which were worse for laws
were there made against every sect but
the prevailing one-the Episcopal or
English church."
"Mr. Jefferson, in speaking Of the
persecution Of the Quakers in Virginia,
observes, that il no execution took place
there, as there did in New England III
was not owing to the moderation OF
the church or spirit of the legislature. )"
Therefore any Jamestown Democrat
who harps on persecution hurts himself
as bad as any one else.
The next author / introduce is a man
that the Democratic party once en-
dorsed as their candidate for the presl,
dency of the United States, and surely
is good authority.
"The early colonlsts Of Virginia were
mainly adventures of an unusually
bad type-bankrupt prodigals, genteel
spendthrifts and incorrigible p' ofiigates,
many of whom had left their native
country for that country's good, in
obedience to the urgent persuasion OF
judges and juries. All were
intoxicated by the common illusions OF
with regard to the facilities
for acquiring vast wealth at the cost of
little or no labor in the Eden to which
they were attracted. Probably no 9th.
er colony that ever succeeded or endur'
ed was so largely made up Of unfit and
material. Had it not
been backed by a strong and liberal
London company, which enjoyed for
two or three generations the special ia,
vor and patronage of the Crown, it must
have persisted in its infancy"
"Manual labor of all kinds was in
great demand la the English colonies /;
So that, for some time, the Punishment
thither of felons from the mother coun-
try seems to have provoked no serious
objection. That such a colony, in such
an age, should have existed thirteen
years prior to the introduction of negro
slavery, indicates rather its weakness
and poverty than its virtue. The prob
ability is that its planters bought the
first slaves that were offered them, ut
any rate, the first that they were able
to pay for. When the Pilgrim Faith
FRS landed on the rock OF Plymouth,
had already received and dis
lributed her first cargo of slaves"
There is more history Of like charac-
Ter that could be brought up but this is
surely enough to convince any one that
Democrats of to-day have
little grounds to pride themselves upon
heir, any thing but lovely, origin, and
shout pedigree to others. For the err
rors and mistakes Of others / have no
apology.
THE austere morality and Demo-
ratio spirit of the Puritans ought to
nave kept their skirts clear from the
tain of human bondage"
now True! HOW true!
And also the Republican party has
not been infallible but has done things
perhaps it should not have done. But
he history of this party and its grand
achievements are parts of American
history and while this exists the world
will look on Its principles as the em>
'odiment of free government, free
bought, and free speech. While hui
nanity loves freedom its name will he
right, its fame untarnished. And
hough its haters continue their cru
AIDE against it rs the years roll by its
,Iory will grow brighter.
And now to those who point the fin
,er of ridicule or scorn at this party or
t those who trace their genealogy
'ack to the Pilgrim Fathers ask them,
specially Jamestown Democrats. to
hink Of the "vagabond gentlemen
rakes and libertines," Criminals"
'felons." "genteel spendthrifts," etc.