The sun., 1897-08-15
THE SUN: SUNDAY, AUGUST is, 1857.

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1fsssaShutettA tpFrested tho expediency Of
prosecuting abdlitionists. On the other
hand. IN 1873 itwAs estinfntod that In Tonnes
see threc-hfths Of tho people were favorably
disposed toward the principle OF emancipation.
In the ConBtitutional Convention Of Tennessee
in 1884 n proposal was made to cmancipate the
slaves of the State; It received over one-third
OF the votes OF the members and the favorable
he SS TsG sf
time for the step had not arrived. II is known
that Henry Clay began his political career In
tion Of the slaves in that State. Tho fact is that
the emancipation moyement got its first start
Kentucky, though the ouaEcrs OF Pennsylvania
nae had made feeble efforts in that direction before
What the author has undertaken to provo by
me detailed comparison of the Covcnanter with
the Puritan and the Cavalier, comparison
up in sentence. He contends that the adj
vanced theories and liberal ideas In reference
to to both Religions and political liberty, which.
Ike threads OF gold. were woven into tho fnsti-
tutons OF the country and the life of the people.
and which gave them their chief glory. were OF
origin, Az to religious liberty. 1t Is submitted
that tho facts brought forward in this volume
sent 10 the proof of the avcrmcnt. II Ia certain
that, until after the coming of the Covenanters,
resen was mot m Of Hight AZ tho dTo15
Puritans. The despotism and the gloom, of
intolerance reiened supreme A narrow big
shadows over the minds OF men. Noiwlth.
stonding, moreover the bold and ceaseless
tSSSGhnEs tSor Of the from the day Of
aroused the storm of the Revolution, 30 difficult
was 1t TO induce the Puritans and Cavaliers to
auFuraton Of hostites Se in the % Colonies e before
ier State, and nearly sixty years before complete
reugious emancipation was accomplished in
ment Of political freedom, also, we arc mainly
indebted to men Of Covenantcr stock. the author
refers to the array Of facts adduced by him to
snow the deeply rooted ideas of caste and social
dis!inction which existed in the minds of the
ruling classes and in the society of Virginia and
Massachusetts at the date of the Revolutionary
war. 1t is true that these caste ideas and social
distinctions did not prevent those inha bitnns of
the colonies named who were favorable to indie.
pendcncc from doing their duty in the great
contest of arms, but they did have most impor-
tant influence In shaping the new institutions
it's thought for some time aftcrward. During
me second and constructive stnge of the Revo-
bers n. in large
land were able. with their liberal and advanced
ideas. evolved amid the bitter experience OF
some two centuries, to infusc their spirit and
inject their ideas Of equality into the State const
tnfions. institutions. and life Of that region
Under their influence even Rrstocratic Cavalier
Virginia became the most democratic OF all the
states. Under the same influence was framed
the Constitution of Tennessee. which was pro-
nounccd by Jefferson the most democratic in
spirit OF all the American Constitutions then ex.
isting. spirit subst antially identical peryaded
the institutions OF all the Southern States ex.
cept South Carolina.
On the whole. our authors conclusion is that
as regards the religious 6nd political liberties
which We now enjoy, we are indebted less deeply
to the precepts and practice Of the Puritans. or
;l,, t9 the ,tseachings of Roger williams or to the
the opinions of the Quakers. or to the tolerant
attitude Of the Catholics of Maryland, than to
the widely extended power of the great Cove
nantcr race. NJ, w. H.