The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-23

tnnt IN tNe yours tuut lUhV"sN a.
became us prosperous as their parents.
And so eighty years after the first
settlement they became virtually sep
arate people numbering $1,000 souls,
having built up traditions and formed
new habits. The lncessnnt warfare
from 1890 10 ITO between the English
and the French left them open to many
attacks and hnrdshlps. The voiuptu-
GUS Louis XIV and his corrupt court
paid little attention to his colonists'
except he did so between two pleasures,
and then entirely forgot them.
In 17l0 Port Royal surrendered to
England. and by the terms OF that sur
render the Inhabitants within range
of three miles were allowed TO remain
two years before taking the oath OF
allegiance. Encounters naturally took
place, but Richard claims they were
always on French territory, though
other and partial historians maintain
otherwise. At the peace OF Utrecht
Acadia was definitely coded to Great
Britain. by this treaty the Acndians
were allowed one year to remain on
their land. and during that time 70
construct ships to transport their grain
and cattle, II they desired to move.
Did they remain they were required
to take their oath OF allegiance, which
they finally agreed to do provided they
were net compelled TO TAKE up arms
ngainst their rompatriots, the French.
They were never allowed to leave I'M
der any OF these conditions. When the
English saw that their unanimous de-
sire was to leave they resorted to all
sorts OF subterfuges to rivet them 10
the soil by the oath Of allegiance.
tsr sNrk m
torted by Atkins, and where there is a
gap in the history OF the people
through the suppression Of documents
by the venal British governors.
Richard supplies all these omissions,
and shows the prosecutions the Acndi-
ans were subjected to, and the broken
faith OF the governors Of the province
by which the provisions OF the treaty
were totally ignored. Their boats were
seized and destroyed. They wished 10
remove to the French colony OF Cape
Breton, and under the terms OF the
treaty they ought TO have been allowed
TO do so. But the Vaccinations OF the
governors prevented them. Finally
they offered to take n conditional oath
OF allegiance. pledging themselves TO
undertake nothing against King
George. All documents and letters re-
lntlng to these times have been omit
ted by prejudlced writer's. Finally
hectored on every hand and dlshearten-
ed by the many acts Of injustice they
virtually became prisoners. kept In the
country In spite OF themselves, herded
like n lot OF cattle In the shambles
awaiting the butchers pleasure. Treat
les violated, faith broken. no where to
turn for honesty and justice they calm
ly awaited that browning act OF in
fanny, their deportation
Richard In speaking OF the order OF
Governor Lawrence exllIng his people,
says ut cannot be said that the
Acadians had been rebellIous, nor even
that they had had recourse to violence.
since their submission embraced even
obedience to the order to depart with
out taking away anything, and to the
still more unjust order that put a stop
to their departure, and this when they
were powerful enough TO snap their
fingers at authority. Examples OF
such peaceable dispositions are very
rare In history. Their extreme peace
ableness was their misfortune. Had
they not been so meek, they would haye
had 10 be let 60"
But the final sad scenes must be hur-
ried to at the church OF Grand Pre-,
where on September S. l755, were as
sembled as adult Acadlans, gathered
by order OF Governor Lawrence TO hear
read an edit OF the king. What was ltg
nature? They did not know. Prepared
as they were for some new In
dignity they ware mt fortified enough
to hear without a despnlrinE sob the
awful doom pronounced upon them,
which was, that your lands and tene-
tnents and cattle and live stock of all
kinds nre forfeited TO the crown, with
all your other effects. except Money and
household goods, and that Sou your
selves are TO be removed from this pro-
vince"
The remainder OF their history Is the
most painful In the annals Of Time
The massacre OF st. bartholomew was
merclful compared to their fate. What
was their crime? Hear what our own
historian, Bancroft, says: These un-
fortunate AcadlAns were guilty OF no
other crime than their attachment to
France. know not II the annals Of
the human species have preserved the
memory OF woes inflicted with 90 much
complncency, cruelty and persistence"
And Ridpnth. another American hiSto-
rian, adds this testimony: 1.-THE history
OF civilized nations furnishes no pnrHl-
lei TO this wnnton and wicked dcstruc-
ton OF m inoffensive colony"
The browning iniquity OF this dark
crime OF deportation was the dismem-
bcrment OF families. the very refine
mcnt OF cruelty. Hear the sohhing
words OF Richard: Another SQUAD,
composed OF q hundred married men,
was embarked directly nfter the FIRST
amid si;nllar scenes. Fathers inquired
OF their wives on shore wherc thor sons
were. brothers asked about brothers,
who Ind Just been led into the ships;
and they begged the officers to put thcm
together, BY way of answer the col
dlerB thrust their bayonets forward
boats"
After all this woe, humiliation and
anguish the author only asks that Jus
tIce to tho memory Of hiB ancestors be
proclaimed. No revenge or rcpriBals.
o, Acndin, you truly were the Siobe OF
grief. on your tomb let be engraved
the epltaph OF Longfellow:
SIN stands tho forest prlmcvnl: but I'M
der the shade OF It's branches
Dwclls another rnce. with other customs
and lnngungc.
Only along the shore OF the mournful
and misty Atlantic
Lingcr a few Acadinn peasants, whose
fathers from exile
Wandered hnck to their native land to
die IN It's bosom.
While from Its rocky cHyosns the deep
voiced BolEhN1Eng cSCan
Speaks. md IN accents dlgconsolato an
Ewcrs tho wall Of the forest.
Then above work. which certainly
denis with the most fnnc!nntinE theme
In history. Is published IN two volumes
by the Home Book Company, New
York. Cloth 50; paper 81.