The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17


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cour... Mr.. sn,,h soes M. iustifv the ext.r
20 vhich into,.r,r.. "a. carried In csrtain n
stsncss. on tbe contrary. tb. treetm ent of In
onahers "a termed tbe shame OF the tbeoe
racv vat .ven In rerard to this matter III
autbor desms bims.lf constrsined by iustic
70 r.o.ti III. fat that Mt frat Ouaters war
NOT what thew became aftervard, Harmless
naomi, Of tho inner life. with n trim dress an
a preojse language OF their own, "They yer
ssotarIes NJ the widest kind. and were some
tImes guilty in their Religious ecstacy OF in
decency. and even OF outrage. They raile,
against church authority: they forced them
seIves into places OF vorship and disturbe,
the service; they went about naked to testif,
apninst ain" II ought moreover. to be r.,
m.mbered that Nb,n four OF the Ouakers wer,
| hanged the touching dem amor OF the sufIerer,
moved the heart. of the people. and public
.entiment reyolted; whereas in Spain At the
Same period. and for long afterward. pub.
| liz sentiment did not revolt against the
autos da .fe. Mr. Smith notes the admis-
| sion OF the Rhode Islanders who tol.
and overtnrninR relations and civil govern
ment among men, anu thht. as matter oil
TACT, the QuaRers were a cause OF disturbance
In hhode lsand.
There are very iew errors OF TACT In this his
torical sketch; their rarity. indeed. Is acton
ishing. IN view OF the muititude OF details at
which the nuthor Is Iorced. at least to glance
One OF the very few occurs In the first chapter
.phge "4'. where we read OF sir Eumund Andros
mat To bring hhode lsiand under MS despot-
ism. no went 10 fro'ioehce ana oemanded the
SURRENDER OF inc charter Out the us
c"ssioh iasune INTO inc h'eht. tne llghts
were suddenly put out. ana IN the DARK
ness the precious document disappeared and
was nidden IN an OAK. which became sacred as
the 'harter YAK. no incident mere referred
10 TOOK place. not IN froVidence but In
hart'ord' !. 10 also scarcely correct 10 say IN
paraeraph referring 10 inc carry part OF the
eiehteeh'n century. tnat presently onita-
r'anism raised It's heao' ana. IN time' possessed
Mseit OF the government Oh 'ne universtI
many years Wore 10 o,apSe oe,ore tnere was
any a'o"en ohnarianism IN new fheiana.
as iats as 1910 theIe was oniy one proiessediy
ohitarihh 'nuteh IN tho oh0eo otates. hlngs
Ihapei IN BOSTON. a'tnougn many OF the bos-
Ton ministers 'heh heia UNITARIAN Vows.
HI.
In part OF the same chapter treating Of the
later half OF tho colonial epoch. occurs an in
teresting passage on the conditions Of society
in Tidewnter. Va. tho accuracy Of which is
attested by John Esten Cooke. though the lat
ter was less able to escape the glamor Of vir-
ginian traditions. After noting that yirginian
society had no middle class in the proper
sense OF the term, but consisted OF the planter
oligarchy. the moor whites" or. as the negro
dubbed them. mean white trash" and tho
negro slaves, the author adds that the poor
whites were destined. after two centuries OF a |
harbarous and debased existence IN end in n |
blaze OF glory AS the heroic infantry of the |
South. The particular passage. bovever.
which we have In mind. ia this: "such vas tbs !
birth OF that famous planter aristocracy which |
made so desp,rate n fight apainst democracv
n nald y, hott,o 7, dvalt s.r. -
it was debating. dancing. or racing at |
the capital. In lonely grandeur beside its broad |
rivers and private wharves in mansions styled |
h,roo;,l AND ,,hot - ao>,,o1 ...x-