The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

he availed himself OF the alien bill. which
ne had procured from parliament. To order
me TO leave England within twengy-four
hours. Had / listened only 10 my first I'm
pulse. should have left Immediately. but
my dignity commanded me to protest
against the unjust persecution exercised
towards me- I therefore applied In sue
cession to Mr.. Dundas. Mr. Pitt and the
king himself. Ny demands being refused
had TO submit. and / slept on ship
which l was told was the first sha, was
To sail for the United States OF America.
Contrary winds and some business Of the
captain detained us In the Thames nearly
fortnight ] would not yield to the
solicitations OF friend OF Mr. Dundas
who came aboara to urge me to GO ashore
to house owned by him near the river
Every refusal that ! then made gave me
pleasure. A wholly unjust persecution has
fts solaees. l have never quite understood
all that then felt. but Ii Is certain that
was ifl sort OF contentment. II seems
TO me that. In those times of general mis-
fortune. l should have regretted not TO 10
persecuted.
At East We started The second day
when we we're scarcely out Of the Thames.
We encountered violent tempest. There
| was. between France and England.
This, assurediy. was one OF the most crit
Icaf positions In which q man could DE
placed. / saw France: a price was set on
my head there. To return to England:
my life was not menaced there, but Ii was
TAR too disagreeable to ask asylum OF g.
government that had wished TO wound my
feelings Fortunately our danger was
seen from the shore and led some Fall
mouth sailors to brave the fury of the
sea 10 bring us aid, and VIC were able TO
reach the harbor. During the repairs to
cur ship. rather remarkable incident oc-
CURED to add new kind Of impression
TO all those / was destined TO experience
on this voyage. The keeper OF the inn
az which Wa took our meals told me that
an American general was stopping at his
house. l sought an interview with him.
After an exchange OF the usual courtesies
/ asked some questions about his country.
From the first these seemed to me to an
noy him. Having tried In vain several
times TO take up the conversation which
he always let drop. I asked hin IL he
would give me some letters Of introdnc-
ticn for America mo" said he After
moment. seeing that I was astonished,
he added; Il am probably the only Amer
lean who cannot give you letters OF intro
duct.on for his country. All my ties with
IL are severed. | am destined never to re-
f"rn there" He did net venture to men,
ton his name II was Gen. Arnold (Bene-
d.cD, l confess ] pitied him greatly Po-
iiticai puritans will blame me, perhaps,
a witness 10 his anguish
We sailed from Falmouth. The wind
was natr. Every passenger on deck turned
his eyes shoreward and said 81 s;Ill see
land" / alone felt solace ut seeing ii no
more. The sea haa great charm for me
In that hour Ii evoked in me emotions
that harmonixei with my mood. After
sailing several weeks. | was wakened one
morning by the cry dreaded-"Land.
land. The captain. crew and passengers
exhibited the most eager joy. Going on
deck. ! saw at the same moment the pilot
who had come to take US up The Della
ware and a ship Just leaving the Canes
! asked the pilot the destination of the
snip | saw. He said she was bound for
Calcutta. | Immediately sent a boat 10
ask the captain II he would take another
passenger, The ships destination was OF
little Importance TO me. The voyage was
20 he long. and | wished not TO leave the
81 a But the passenger list was full. and
was obliged to let myself be taken 10
Philadelphia l arrived there full of re-
2ugnsnce for the novelties that usually
Interest travellers. / had great difficulty
in ronsing myself To the slightest curl
csify
In Philadelphia I again came across Mr..
tasenoee, Hoilanter whom had known
m Fufxs. tie was a man who was fairy
Intelligent, but slow and shy with a list
less character. lie became very useful TO
me both by his accomplishments and his
defects. As he urged me In nothing and
took very little interest In anything him
self. did net have 80 oppose him Meet
Ing with no opposition ard no guidance.
my own instinct was my sole guide and |
insensihly came TO look more atientively
al the great spectacle before my eyes IL
was only twelve years since North Amer
lea had ceased 70 be "a colony. Her first
years Of liberty had been wasted -, far
as prosperity was concerned through the
inxufticiensy Of the first constitution given
her The foundations Of public confidence
had not been laid. A paper currency
more or less deprecated had excited the
greatest eup.dsty. Inspired distruss, thrown
all business int confusion and caused the
institutions elamored for in the first years
NJ Independence TO be lost sight OF II,
was not slii isss the epoch of the new
Federal constitution. that property be.
came really stable In Che United States.
guarantees were given az social order and
tranquil foreign relations. and the govern
ment began to take rank among the
powers. Tha United States dates from
there.
I was stili haunted hy the charm Of the
sea. which / had Just left TO find myself
sr vast country devoid Of associations
for me / purposed leaving Philadelphia
| wished 20 try 10 get tired 1 propOsssd
named Mr.. Heydecoper TO make a trip
with me inland. They accepted and I
must confess that my undertaking AFFORD
ed nie pleasure from the FIRST day l was
struck with anna gement. When less than
fifty leagues from the capital no longer
saw traces Of the hand Of man | found
wild. uacuitivated nature: forests as Old
as the world, remains Of trees. dead from
cid age. sErestng ths soil that had pro-
siaceta them without culture: Others grow
ting as their successors and destined uka
them ta PERISH. canvclvaa that often OBJ
Sfroeted oar way river banks covered
With fTeSn and vigorous verssrIrs: some
times VAST stretches OF natural prairie. in
other places bowers new ~ me. ard then
traces Of ly-sone hurricanes that had
overturned everything IN their course
Those long ahaiis OF trees in a regular
direction attest the wonderful force Of
these terrible phenomena. whtr 4 slight
elevation Is reached the view a. far as
the eya can reach. is exceedingly yarssa
ard pleasing. 4 strange effect is rrr,g,,,.es
by the tree-sors ard the undusatfnus 4, =
the graaaa. which are an that a~eak IN.
regularity es tmsseDSs tracts Then We
allowed car ina ginatiaRs 10 plav WIN