The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-27

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South Carolina under the Propric
,a:y Government, 1910 1719,'' is the
title Of the first volume, and as
yet the only one published, of the his
o which has been written by Gen
e.al Edward McCrady, Of Charleston.
Il has been known for a long time that
he was engaged upon such a work, and
the knowledge has given satisfaction,
because Of his established reputation
for crudition, great industry, fairness
and accuracy. This confidence has
been wholly justified in the work now
under consideration.
Beginning with a review of the
attempts which bad been made to
cOlonizc America, and with the vari-
ons expeditions Of exploration which
had been sent out from the old world
10 the new, the author follows with Il
tuccinct. but clear and comprehensive
account Of the conditions Of politics
and public affairs, Of society, of laws
and Of religion in the countries Of
Europe, and more especially in Eng
land, at the middle Of the seventeenth
century, and traces the influence Of
those conditions upon the movements
which eliminated in the colonization
81 America. The first visit Of Span
ish explorers to the soil Of Carolina,
the several excursions Of the French,
the ill-fatcd attempt of Kibault to
establish q colony at Port Royal, are
all treated in logical and chronical or
der. And this brings the writer to the
time when Charles III, recalled from
his exile, moved mainly by a desire
IN q measure, to repay the devotion
of some OF those who had been loyal
TO him in his Punishment, granted the
trst patent to the Province Of Carroll
ne, to the Lords Proprictors. This
patent was dated March "a, 1868, and
was made to the Ear! Of Clarendon,
the Duke Of A%lbcrmarle, Lord Craven,
Lord Berkeley, Lord Ashley, Sir
George Carterct and SirJohn Collector,
al Of which names are perpetuated in
the nomenclature Of the physical and
political subdivisions Of North and
South Carolina TO this day, Nothing
definite was ever done under this char
ter toward the settling of the country,
except that several exploring cxpedi-
tions were sent out, which added not
very much to the scant knowledge Of
this terra incognita. There seems to
have been an apprehension that this
charter infringcd upon the rights of
abe ratcntccs under a grant made
years before Tin 5000 to Sir Robert
Heath, 60 an extensive territory sup
posed to be lying wholly northward
and westward Of this Province, and
yet sometimes called Carolina. But
steps having been taken to quiet the
sitlc. by forfeiting the Charter Of Sir
Robert Heath, another charter was
issued in 1865 to the same Proprietors.
The territory embraced in this grant
covered that now included in the
States Of South Carolina, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama.
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, Indian Territory, New Mexico,
Arizona and the lower part Of Cali
sornia. Curiously enough, as Nc
Grady points out, this territory is
nearly the same as hat embraced in
the late Southern C~onfederacy.
Florida was not included in the
grant because that land was already in
she grasp Of the Spaniards, who, hav-
ing their principal settlement at St.
Augustine, afterward proved most
dangerous .neighbors to the colonists
~ Carolina.
The Lords Proprietors now set about
20 utilize the great gift that had been
ode to them. They said that they
were eAcited with u iaudabie and
pious zeal for the propagation Of the
Christian faith" and the enlargement
Of the Kings Empire and dominion,
but all their subsequent course demon
strates that, however strong the
s'pious ZEAL" and however ardent their
loyalty and patriotism, they had an
eye to the main chance and the
"American dollar"
The historian details the various
futile attempts made to effect settle
ments at Cape Fear and Port Royal,
and the efforts to procure settlers from
Barbados and others Of the West
India Islands, and one is surprised to
End how intimate a relation these Is
lands bore to the early history of this
colony. Then he gives a most inter
csting account Of the expedition, con-
sisting Of three ships, which left Eng
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