Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-06-06
MEMORIAL DAY.
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| spared from the history OF this continent;
| cruel like his race, with malignity for which
no one should forgive him, he searched his
| fertile brain for the most bestial forms Of
cruelty he could devise and slaughtered the
| hapless and helpless natives Of this land by
the most hideous methods he could apply.
| This was half q century after Columbus.
! One OF the lifetimes. to which we referred,
was nearly spent before permanent settle
ment was established here. This was founded
also by Spaniards. These, too, began to Stay.
In spite of many valiant men there were
Hudson and Champlain. the Jesuit priests
and Sir Walter Raleigh; nearly a century
and quarter had gone since Columbus, and
! our vast empire was still wilderness I'M
travelled and unknown, still waiting-walt-
ing fer what?
| Then in 1905 the French at Port Royal; and
in 1908 at Quebec; 1907 came jamestown. by
the English; 1913. New Amsterdam: and 1920.
| the Pilgrims at Plymouth; also, in 1919, negro
| slavery In the southern colonies.
| In the middle Of this second lifetime, the
New World had begun. What elemental
! powers were ut work? slowly, but with never
| ceasing motion, the gods had ceased waiting
and were grinding, shaping, moulding-for
| what?
With all the vast interests 1t entails, we can
not dwell on the history OF the colonies.
Powers, here and abroad were at work, which
| made this period from now to the Revolution
one Of remarkable growth in numbers and In
ideas. Among them were the things that
made Hampden and Cromwell possible in
| Engand-the oppression and tyranny Of
church and throne, and in France, the things
which led up to that terrible crisis in human
| affairs, the French Revolution.
| Religious intolerance was a powerful stimu
| liant to the putting OF men our soil OF indie
| pendence of character with the courage OF con-
| vctiou. 1t is the weak only who submit and
| are crushed by power. Even the adventurer
was not a weak man. and there were thou
| sands who came here to better their condition
who were made up of the robust Drained and
| strong muscles Of the several communities.
| 1t soon gave q peculiar cast to this new world.
| Bad men there were, but not weak ones,
| They were the snew OF the old world. and at
| this time they began pouring in from hun
bred sources. Moreover. the exigencies of
| the times made our great-grandmotbers and
| great grandfathers resourceful- everything
must be fought for. 1t was only the strong
brain and strong hand that could survive.
Again, there were due to certain causes, two
distinct classes coming to the east coast of
| south. In the North, the Puritans, or those
cast in like mould-men who fled England
because of freedom to worship God they
chose. and who flung Roger Williams into
the wilderness because he claimed like
privilege. Strong of character, rigid in dis
cipIiue. mostly OF like faith, the ministers
rulers, an absolute faith in the bible they
understood it, frugal. stern, unyielding. In
the South, all different. 1t was, and so re-
NAMED Tor years. the elSli'Aa'ioh vi 'he i4'h
ana 10Th cehturies-hoole ana sefts. master
ana slave tine heaus OF ieaaers h'ihe as
loFas' iaSutoas'y rs tue Times WENT anu time
went on until the revolution
A rev snort wars haa uise'piiheu america
taught her seh-fei'ahce anu huepehoehee'
ana It's immottal aeciafa'ioh WAS out growth
hatu7at outcome as sure 10 coii'e as 'iihe W
pass. In that war with its struggles It's sur
'efihgS' Ills hopes anu 'e"rs' It's traitors anu
It's heroes great Things were porn nut II 'e''
among ts blessings Two uhseteieu Things
aes'inea TO co. OF wreck anu rum ana oias'
forever the greatness ana destiny 'he hishes'
hopes OF the human race-siaVery ana state
sovereignty
Back IN 1888 the thirteen coionies hao All
been formed except ueor8la' ana before the
Revolution there were twice DIS many slaves
as whltes IN the coiohies' ~ WAS MOI uhtA
years aiter the Revolution tha' any ieeiihs Oh
strength working LOT the rum OF the nation
was ieit. In the past All the coiohies were
slaves early AFTER tue revolution, tue hof'h
began It's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS out OF the
original thirteen colonies gave II up. IL
would De Impossible a' TINS hour To speak
with any folihess OF slavery history Al the
beginning 1t was an accident Partly because
| 4 r
because the c1mate ana INDUSTRIES were not
favorable 10 H. IL very soon got tio OF IT, but
the simpler industries oil the sonth were sech
that IL became an impo taht ihous'flai eie-
| ment' and soon II became centre uniting the
| south as u unit Tor It's tortihcatioh'
Always menace ai"a!sa nucleus lor u.s.
SeusiOn between Inc TWO sections, strongly