The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19
6OlIh NEW BO0k6
FIRST ARTICLE.


FIRST ARTICLE.
II IA remarkable undertaking upon which
Mr. DOUGLAS CAMPBELL has entered In the
two volumes entitled TIE Puritan in Holland.
England, aud America iilarpcrsL This Is an
attempt to investigate and "Spound the origin
OF American history upon entirely new limos
and from a urw point of view The pre-Rrvo.
lu,ionary history OF tho United States has
BEEN treated by Bancroft, Bidreth. Palfrey.
and by most all students of tho subject as n
problem whose solution was not difficult, tho
factors bcing known. and being on!, two viz
the political. rllig ous and social Inheritance
which the FIRST settlers brought from England.
and tho Influence OF thetr now environment.
II is NJ. Caapbe!Is aim to prove
chat these were not tho only factors.
and that their interplay md evolution
would hc INADEQUATE to produce tho striking.
Fundamental. aud far-renching differences be-
tween tho political. social. AMI legal insti;n-
tlon5 of the United States ani thosc OF Eng
land. 1t il the purpose OF his book TO demon-
strate that thore was third cOeiilcient evon
moro active aud fruitful than either OF the other
two factors. particularly In tho qualities most
characteristic OF the American colonies, which
wero uftcrwiri 10 become the Eastern and
Middle States. That coclllcicnt was tho pre-
ciseh both directly through the Dutch settlers
In Now io and indirectly through tho puri-
tnns vii, cOiynizcd Now England. In
the exposition OF this thcmo the author
seeks t. make good two ostions; FIRST that
what Is distinctive In American Institutions
could not have been derived from England.
since no hing OF tho sort -Xiste In the latter
country Mt tho time wnen the American
colonies were found Il. nor for q long time
aHerwarl: and. sec"n ily that ii could have
been derived from Holland be causr the COIN
terpart Of those institutions existed In the b.
tavan ropu Jlic In the seventeenth century
which witnessed the colonization Of tho region
between tho Kennebcc and thS Savannah
Rivers Having shown tho existence Of
similar institutions In the Netherlands ar
the period In question. it only remains for
him to trace in detail the channels for inilu-
ence through which the counterpart was
made deliberately or unconscipusly model.
In the present preliminary notice Of a re-
mnrknhle book. which itself is mod"sty en-
titled "An lntroluc, ion to American History"
We coni!ns ourselves to tho Introduction, In
which the authnr's scheme md method arc
described u, Ion eth. re-erv!n. for another &C.
ca.ion the detailed account Of thu Puritnnism
OF the Netherlands. md Of its intimate relation
TO the rurits,nism OF Eng aud anl the English
colonies in North America.
Mr.. Campbell recognizes that for the average
En- Il isilnan who th!nSs OF the Americans a. o
pure LNElis.l race tne"' il much excuse. OF
their county dur H., the past few years ho
knew comparatively nothing. cNr'!t that the
En- Ii h Language was spoken he and that
Ut on. lin" some Of the S'atc- ware British
colonies. With Americans tho rnse is differ
emit Many II tne n Nv" visitot Uppir Canada
and Nova Scotia. wni h are Sc. led by race
almost wholly H'it!>! in It's origin Mt Camp
bell think hat no American can go, ttese
Can,lia - With " ocjr: strel'k wtih the con
Irnst botw on IA IN! and tHa mon hs meats at
hurn. St.il mr.o ~ our rcnpo h.vo
sin'' orr iv.I VAR travel oil in En:an!. Nr
Campbell 4 rri"s that IN i,teiii. NJ American
can !ennin thar lorl and tax Win repre-.n-
tntlvr- of IA yt"ipu" ,ss,s rlu ~ b-nea;h
Tn" mrrn s.,r'n'' IT dc,IS and itGruai;o and
.tGij tl- poop o rs h. wpuh! t1o4" o! the
Continent. AMI trrn na.itv. tina " are Of tho
sam" ace. ~ rut ~ re.H: members ot tho
sans Aryar division -. tho h!,Ann family.
ldent.ty o. ;iI,r and i.cn;i'y uf lite ,aturo
nc" suonG h'n l-oi uIlu!. hut ;n"y Ito not COW
sttu;e iiuaii!y ~ r:.c,. IA y N ..tpr pf fact no
such i'!ri!!.ty exists aetwrpn Me Dnitof states
ana EnS!nH.. Ihis liza fa;'t whi,a. even ny
fore The ..cv ''"t IN, MORO ,sel tsnif upon tho
10 o!A;n % ,arvtc. On tots point Mr.. Canppeu
recalls tns testimony OF Tho Hsv d~. Quincy.
IN li.t5n n,a, win v,s.t.I America IN Is !.
OF the n n horn col mia, in general. ha arid
that tney arc o. aao'e Of pcppo Of Iii fer
rnt rel! g!on' AMI different augua.o5." In
Pennsylvania t." .olnl thr most ent.cnrislns
pc pie II tn rpllil "a. rIs.so ne notcd con.
sisted ~ re ,rrS"n :HS III several national
Ito, wio 30 &. -nva''i languages -" thry AFRO
nl.ans IN 30 30 RESPECTS II Sfccls Britain" In
New io:k city ar foam! that h.f Of tho inhnb-
ltants S'ro Dl.ch: of tho pppula ion OF the
city in s,aer.l no rena-kei:" Brln. Of diTer-
posi- 10 to give thom any precise or definite
chara' tr.' \ century before II traveller re-
rVr ell that eighteen languages We're spoken
on Manhattan Is.nnl. How broad WIS tho
bass OF truth Tor this stu.emsnt is
shown in tho fact first pu.ntrI out
by Gov. fIorn'io Seymour, that uns men.
prom nrnt in tho carly history OF New
York and OF tho Union. represented the sn ne
nuUber nf natlUnnlites. schuyler WAS OF Hol-
lander. HorSmcr Oi German. jay Of French.
Livingston Of Scotch. Clint IN OF Irish Morris
OF Welsh aud Holman OF Swedish descent
who cnma from one OF the West
India islam Is. WAS the son Of o Scotch father
and French mother. and Baron Stcuben. who
became II citizen VI New York after the Revo.
war. WAS n PrussIun. II was not
New York alone. however. tnat was powerfully
affected by the intermixturs Of blood. There
Is rsason to believe that ut the outbreak OF the
Revolution only minority OF the inha pitant
OF Pennsylvania. Delaware. and New Jersey
were Of English origin All through tho other
ia2 a ~ arm apaf ral lar