The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-17
LIE COLONIAL DANES.

u-itb singular protection, in conse-
met W., - he high estimation in which
queHoS racter of Gen. Oglethorpe stood
the -tote No; Oglethorpe expended
III 90 ,,o for the benefit of the colony,
JUS raceivcd in return no pecuniary com
aud % He impoverished himself to
~ others rich. And for whose pehent
man ,,.ara these laborious sittings OF men
."e' t,nr1and whose position in England
II, - Them above the necessity OF eX>
pl..an.for whom these wearisome
etL,.oess across the seas-for wnom
W. suffering from the ardor OF
- almost tropical sun-Ior "hoIn
an 5ovterous soothing of the In
t1is age into the white mans friend
d41H nom this perilous encounter with the
loi IN ~ dangers of the wilderness-for
a. mis- gallant and successful defense
ins+ the superior numbers OF the
p l7'..rrt,. Spaniard? 1t was TO give nome
fortunate men, whom, ike SIT WIZ
10 ojcb tbe phi anthropy of Oglethorpe,
II'i'' 49,, associates, had freed from an I'M
1l-l,.,sd prison, in which they had oeen
(,,r,5 loaded with irons 1t was 10 give
"a "a the landess, Incapable at nome Vi
sndine remunerative employment II was
% Five aid to such men as the "esleys
yybitfeld. that they make known TO
ANU ,r indian the unsearchabie riches
Wv ,,rist It was to enable them to say
mold Archbishop of SalzourS.
" - turv is vain; we will give home
,ho bolv men whom your. intolerance
'O,.,,tes They shall find in Georgia
frao3o,n to worship God according TO their
ne. ,..necience. And they came al the
tr'itatfon. those prosecuted tSazourghers,
.5 The noble trustees gave them shlps,
and food. and money, and the promised
Lome in the New World.
Ho ,iIr Wow, of these and the other designs
If the founders of Georgia L again assn,
Sa,e they any parallel in history? Is
NC ANYTHING which approximates them?
-. .,,+raordinary features of this enter
- attracted the attention of thinking
80 throughout Great Britain. Inc
Drt,isb Parliament fostered it by liberal
r,l+,ronriations. 1t was among the most
iri1iort periods of English literature.
'i1.a goldsmith and Thompson were then
,b5rr,inr the lovers of poetry, and rem
5arirg themselves immortal wherever and
IN whatsoever the English language IS
and shall be spoken.
"Rv each of these masters OF verse, the
founding of Georgia, an event so new so
i,lt,r so striking. so useful, so heroic,
has celebrated in appropriate, euloglstlc
and stirring numbers. Nor was the in
tarast in this mission of benevolence con-
fred alone to men. 1t found its advocates
in the gentler sex. Prominent among these
were selma. Countess of Huntingdon, who
ave from her fortune, to purposes OF
Christian benevolence, half million dol
lars large share of which was ex-
rended by Whitfield in Georgia. The
mantle Of this admirable woman, was be-
comingly worn by her daughter, the Lady
Hastings. who became an active and nrm
friend Of the struggling state
"The women of America have done
what the men could not do. They have
made the grave of Washington the in
alienable property of the great American
family. Having signaliZed, among Others
their reverence for the father of their
country, will not my fair country women
offer a fitting homage to the father of
their native state? Will they not, by the
exercise of their accustomed liberality,
and by the applications of that cultivat-
ed taste which they know so we'll how to
exhibit, take care that this long delayed
testimonial is hindered by no additional
and unseemly procTastination-is marred
by no imperfect and parsimonious design,
ana is completed in the highest style
within the reach of art? 1t will be welt
done, and quickly done, if they will it
10 be done"