The Somerset reporter., 1885-05-27


HE -lHdy u Tie H4p1en9is Ia Amellta
buLg- ont eft9tgy heir Yt5se a. peDp.e.
! would be q i1ieaf, ind"ed, - Ind at en-
grafton u haer ype. u yofed 10 pm
eipie, s'u j. IA moral, ffeg8#. Industrious
ana en'rfpr-lfs. tbr Hleaef5i, c.y,riy re-
seinbied tLeIr English hfeftren "AO had
.932ht TIE n" Wpf1 Tor conscience
sakc. Bat liz au-tei..s - the Puritan
Mac hueh -9fishtd IL LIE HuguenOt-,
"hp-e haiufai shl-hrariedae,s made him
more agfe= he than the dissshter II ing
IN race, efen u he wa- lot quite such
rl91bHin hshler and restless adVcat1rtr.
J. seem, YeiY PROBABLE thai much Of he
American fiYae.ty and quiekne.- j. due 20
the cary aud Md -pread Infusion Of Hu-
slenot blood. But however this may be,
mere glance al DR.. Baird 1T. here We
lind the uames 81 F-neuH, Jay, Bayard. d.
L7hcy, Maury. Lauten-, Marion, and
host Of othsr. laH4Iai II o1r history.
shows LOW much We o"e The French
fiuguenot. IL thousand Ways. So fal a.
can now be learned, they brought Only
good glits to tue American e9iohieA, abb
they assltbilhi at once aud most thor.
ooghiy with the people among whom they
hsd been thrown.
Inc other size 81 lAe picture is far more
impressive. IN proportion as the comm
OF The huehehols enriched aud benefited
the countries OF their adoption, their go
lhg brought eHl 10 the land which they
were forced 70 leave. IL passes belief a.
most that ihe p9Icy adopted BY church
aud state IL France couid eHef have been
really carried out by reasoning Oeiug-.
he miud ree0iis lrom the bare ldea Of the
imbeclHiy aud cruelty DISPLAYED by the
successors Oh Henfy Of Navarro toward
TIE men WHO placed tim Oh the throne.
l he French kings proved, indeed, that per
secution could be perfectly successful IN
suppre-slu2 religious opinions, but tAi-
Was their soie succ' -. Alter years Of
bioody n5htlug the E1ict vi Nau had
brought rest aud quie, to the HuguenOts,
then as always loyal and la~-abid.ug cltI-
AeDs' Under Richelieu and Louis Kill,
the OLD system wa, revived, aid the pOitl.
cal strength OF the lugueuots Was brOkeu.
Then calhe another breathing space, ana
tl,n Louis NV. sci about The Work Ol e4-
tipation. The horrors OF the draguL-
lbdes were at last crown'd by the R~voca-
ton oil the Edlct OF Nantes, and the
Hugueuols He'd ny the Thousand from their
native land. here - 10 more dreadful
story III nodern history, and tue work was
done by one OF the most v, ious and CON
iemptIble charlataus no ever disgraced 8
throne. We ale filed with hot indignation
even now If we stop 10 think Who aud what
these people were whom this king Of -hred-
and patches, OF biz WIGS and high heels,
drove forth II III tier country. They were
the very flower ot the French race. They
were the merchants aud mariners, the
skilled ARTISANS aud successful farmers. the
manufacturers and mectan,c, who made
the prosperity OF France. Thy were the
Hod-iearlng, industrious, intelligent mid
die class, who form the bone abd >ilew OF
every community. These were The men
Who were forced 10 flee ike criminals IL
the night from the hideous persecution
which be>et their homes. They " ere eX-
cuded and expelled even from the cOlopi !
settlements oil France. There was no
reNtlng-place tor them except among stran-
gers, and to foreign lands they Went They
carried with them thrift industry aud mo
rality. Wherever they settled they succeed
ed, and they always won respect and honor
and wealth Tor themselves. and Conferred
fresh prosperity upon their adopted Couu-
Tries. The Protestant heresl, however
was trampled out wherever Louis NV.
heit sway, ud for this glorious victory a
heavy price has since been paid.
Inc tinSuonots were saut ont from the
french colonies, and within hundred
years the Nhoie french colonial system,
supported by an admlxture oil Je>uIts aud
muskeiS, Went down with Que great crash.
In the name OF God, dragons were let
loose upon an unoiieudlng people, were
barfled and hunted from their homes; and
lhtle Is to-day more IrfeIision, or lack OF
religion, III France than in any Christian
country he disturbing clement of u
great middle class, who thought for them
selves ana WorshipPtd God IN Their own