The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25

lighted TO come. He wanted lands. The
more land he had the better he was
pleased. The further he was from his
neighbors the nearer he was TO the baron
ial longing OF the Anglo~Saxon mind. lie
did not realize that the time would come
when his strength would prove his weak
ness. His pride I'm his own possessions
inclined him to hold the idea Of COM
munity action in contempt. He did not
write history. lie thought he could make
and somebody else would write it. He
thought great thoughts. no doubt. but lie
did not realize that many men united to-
gether can enforce a small thought against
an individual witt a great one.
He died, and his history is to-day M
written. We gather IL only in chance
fragments. The portions which we have
will go down to postcrity. written all
over. until II Is almost oblitcratcd and
unintelligible beneath the industrious.
ceaseless writing Of even their most unim-
portant events, Of the Puritan chroniclers
and the town house records Of New Eng
land communities.
/ am not discussing what was the best.
the New England or the Virginia method.
l only say that the New Highlander and
the Puritan has his record and can vouch
1t on every issue. while the ancient Nir-
ginian, so neglected that valuable thing
called history, that, for what W. know Of
him, his life. his motives. and his deeds,
we are dependent TO n great extent upon
chance, and often upon the version given
Of them by the New England writer's
themselves.
Yet, after all, has the jamestown colo
mist written his name and stamped lis
impress upon every page Of our country's
history. and shed his blood on her every
battlefield. in such a way that envy itself
! pQuppf dquv N him a qrroaf ou1 offrn-
times an unsclfsh, influence in the forma-
ton Of the Republic.
The next new element Of population in
reduced into the Virginia Colony was a
small body Of German immigrants brought
over as i!on-workers by Governor SPOTS
wood about 40 and planted upon the
RappahannOck. Small IS il was. il was
distinct; was present and active rs a
force in the Revolution: and traces II il
still remain in the neighborhood where 1t
was founded.
1t was a sturdy race of men; silent.
thrifty, self reliant, obedient TO law.
faithful 20 trust. slow to move, steadfast
TO perform; a band Of whom any State
may well be proud, and whose sons have
done Virginia noble service.
Then came the Huguenots. who settled
above Richmond. on the James. on the
lands Of the Monacons, strongly con-
trasting with hat ~fiercest tribe Of Indians
met by Captain Smith. These gentle pco-
PIE likewise furnished trusty sons. one
OF them we find with Colonel William
Byrd when he established the BOUNDARY
between Virginia and North Carolina.
Their names were prominent I'm the Rev
olutlonary struggle, and their descendants
sun i've on the lands Of their fathers.
FROM these sprung the Jacquelines. the
fohtalnes' the MauryS, the Sales. the
AlichauX and others, and in later DAYS
they gave us Mathew Fontaine Maury.
the pathfinder Of the sea.
Next came the Scotch-Irish settlement.
Whlch entered the Virginia Colony by a
route different from that pursued by
every other band of settlers.
Prior to the year I7l0 the ewes of q white
man had never rested upon that norton
Oh the Colony Of Virginia beyond the
Blue Ridge mountains. In that year Gov
ernor opottsWood refers to it as having
Deen seen by pioneers from a point on the
Blue Ridge, supposed TO be near Balcony
rails IN Rockbridgc county. In ZIG Gov
ernor SpottSwOOd crossed the mount3fYs
loWer down the valley, accompanied bv a
Ddhu OF gentlemen who named themselves
the horseshoe Knights. After that for
nearly twenty years the country hevord
the Blne Ridge mountains remained un-
settled. Suddenly, about the year 1876. a
very populous settlement came TO that
Sectlon by way of Carlisle. Pa. and
Harper's Ferry. This infused into the
jamestown or Virginia Colony a new and
distinct blood. ~
men the revolution Of 1858 occurred in
England the Province OF Ulster. fin Ire
iaAu' was largely settled by Scotch emf
5to.I's' III everything but residence they
we're pure scotch, and. above all thev
were dissenting Presbyterians. Their
GLORIOUS defense Of Londonderry forms
some OF the most interesting reading in
hhsllsh history. Yet. neither under WI
nam OF Orange nor his SUCCESSORS uera
they accorded the liberty their loyalty de-
served Inc Government prescribed them
~ many ways for their religion. Tlev
were denied even the privilege Of tog.L-
Ing school. and Presbyterian marri9e@s
were declared Illegal. Finally" SAYS
froude' there was first a Protestant
exodus 10 America and then a Catholic.
eacn emlSrant carrying away a sense of
lntolerabie wrong"
Ihese Presbyterians first sought the
colony OF Pennsylvania under the promise
OF the religious liberty there enjoyed
German settlement.
Under the influence Of jealousics among
the original settlers against these new
Corners restrictive measures were adoptcd
by the Colony Of Pennsylvania. and The
ocolch-lflsh first turned Southwark and
Hiicd the west Augusta country Of Vir-
sllid. Alter them came the Germans
10 settlement ever had a more marked
influence upon the destiny Of virginia
than had this. No portion Of her popu-
lallon has contributed more apparently
10 her influence in the making of mo
republic No people in America have Lell
until now with more tenacitv
IMAM TINS same Scotch-Irish race. Tho,
We're simple, brave folk enurcd 10 priya- l.
tlon ana suffering at home, and with all
me tnIlIt and pertinacity of the Scotch.
from the day they came they planted q
barrier or dauntless pioneers between
the Eastern settlers and the savaec-a
barrier mat was never passed. The his
tory OF their warfare with the SAVAGE
ana their cOnQuests OF the West
ern wilderness is an unworked
Ilclu OF romance awaiting the
blTth or another Walter Scott With
them came the LeWises, the McDoweus
the hamiltons, the Alexanders. the Kin
the Prestons, the McClanahans
Calhouns. the Brecklnridges. the
Stuarts, the Jacksons and a host OF other
names that have since become household
words In American annals. From their
lrst settlements, with their Bibles in one
a and their rifles In the other. they
spread Southwark as far as South Caro-
una, ana moving Westward they settled
the great State of Kentucky, Nirginia's {
hrSt-Dorn daughter and gift to the re-
public.
They sent forth Andrew Lewis and
~IarAe TO explore the Northwest wilder ,