The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

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, preserved. Sultan City Journal.
Popular Talks on Law.
Prior to 1853, the date of the az
cession of Queen Elizabeth, Englan
had lnot claimed the coast of tn
new continent south of the 44th de
gree of north latitude, i. e. south Q
line passing in the neighborhoo'
of the southern boundary line O
New Hampshire. During the reigl
of Queen Elizabeth there arose al
impulse to colonization, influenced
by desire to limit the power o
Spain in the new world, and to ex
tend the territory of England ane
the Protestant religion. This col
onization impulse had its first frui
in the colonies of Virginia and New
England, the colony at jamestown
being the first important English
Colony. For the purpose of briel
study of the early colonies, they
may be divided into three classes
the northern, middle and southern
the northern colony, including the
Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connec-
ticut, Rhode Island and New Hamp-
shire colonies; the middle includ-
ing New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Delaware colonies
the southern including Virginia,
Maryland, the Carolinas and Geor-
gia. A few words regarding the
founding of each. The first perma-
nert New England settlement was
at Plymouth in 1920. The pilgrims
composing this colony at first had
no grant Of land. They were in
truders, settling on the territory of
the Plymouth company, to whom
the King bad given charter, COW
ering the continent from ocean to
ocean, lying between the 10th and
48th degrees of latitude, a strip of
land including all the continent
embraced between parallel east and
west lines running through Phila-
delphia and the northermost point
of Maine. In the charter this is
called New England. The Plymouth
company to whom this grant had
been made tried to found colony
on the coast of Maine, but failed.
It then ceased to attempt to found
colonies, and contented itself in
granting lands to others who did
found them. It finally disposed of
the whole New England coast, and
finally in 1886 surrendered its char
ter to the King. The Pilgrims, as
stated, settled upon the Plymouth
company's grant as intruders, but
in 1921, the year after they landed,
and in 1929, they received charters
from the Plymouth company from
which, however, the Grown with
held an approval which was neces-
sary to its legality. The Pilgrims,
continued an association,
its own laws, even although |
ts government was irregular and
Unauthorized. There were Al adult
males in the company of the Pill
,rims, and before landing they
signed the following compact:
"In the name Of God, amen: We,
whose names are underwritten, the
oval subjects of our dread sovereign
King James, by the grace of God, of
ireat Britain, France and Ireland,
King, defender of the faith, etc.,
laving undertaken, by the glory of
rod, and advancement of the
hristian faith, and honor of our
ing and country, a voyage to plant
be first colony in the northern
'arts of Virginia, do, by these pres
nts, solemnly and mutually, in
be presence Of God, and one Of the
ther, covenant and combine our
elves together into civil body
olitic, for our better ordering and {
reservation and furtherence of the {
nds aforesaid and by virtue here
f, to enact, constitute and frame {
lch just and equal laws, ordi- !
ances, acts, constitution and Off
IS, from time to time, as shall be {
1ought most meet and convenient
" the general good of the colony {
nto which we promise all due sub :
,ission and obedience. In witness I
hereof, we have hereunder sub t
,ribed our names, at Cape Cod, the 6
lth day of November, in the year I
{ the reign of our Sovereign Lord, {
ing James of England, France and I
leland, the eighteenth, and of Scot t
nd the fifty-fourth, Ammo Dimini, 9
$40. ."-Wm. G. Sprague. 6