The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-06-28
CHAPTER IN CONTESTED.

NlIAt flI IN 1t'N I.Nt ..-'.
ThcSc three men. who no doubt Were
friends and associates ~ Ern"a.m Ii"T-
men. who seems to have been man Of
not very superior mental ability. appear
to have let themselves be used as WiIin-
tools in the hands of these LabadiStS to
aid them in the conSummati"n of the con-
sprucy 10 obtain part If the Manor, Of
which the wcak-mindcd Eph"aim was
cogniZant. No doubt they expected to
reap much benefit from The establishment
of the LIhadic community Sa near them
which was probably the reason why they
profcSScd to believe in tn" new religion,
for Immediately after tn" company TO
Ceivcd the deed from Augustine llrrmrn.
Mol and La Grange conveyed their III
tercSt to Sluytcr and DHnckrrs, who APP
pear to have been at that time. and for
som" time afterwards. the lcHdiu" spirits
i'll the community.
Bayarl retained his interest in the
land till lGSS. when he probably n""am"
Disguised with the doing Of the L"hHd-
lists and quit the communitF. Both h"
and Ephrtim I1Crmen were at one time
very strong in the Labadir faith. They
both deserted their wives in order to fol-
low the teachings of these strange faua-
tics. who entertained Stran"c views in
regard Ia marriage. of which nor" will
be said hereafter. The MISGUIDED and
unduirIl Ephraim is said to have re
pCmtod his Jolly and returned 70 his wife,
but in less than two years WIS t"k,u
SICK, became crazy. and died, fulfilling
by his uElimcly end the malvdicti"2 oi
his father. who, aS il WIS said. pro-
bounced III" curse upon nim that he
might not live two years after uniting
himself with the sect.
The commUnity was CONFUSED Of few
cmi@rant+ from the conmupil" at Vie
vert and few persons from New York.
together with few more converts, and
probatoucrS from the vicinity Of ,h"
community in Maryland
Sluylrr sent to FricSl1m for his wife.
who came over and was Installed as Il
kind of ahhrSS or Mother Superior over
thC female part of the establishment. In
1858 Sluylrr became the head of III"
community, DanckcrS. then in Holland,
having in that year conveyed his interest
i'll the land To him. Sluytpr and his wife
seem to have been rigid di~cplimariunS
as well - mrrccnary ana @rISping prU-
pie They had many slaves. and did Il
thriving business in the cultivation of to-
bacco. Notwithstanding Danck"rs spoke
50 cout"mptuouSly about it in his journal
q few years before. Slavery was against
the doctrines of the LahHdiStS: hut Sluy.
ter found it profitable. and introduced il
into the community on the Manor. whrr,
it prevailed while the community lasted
Probably there was no one vino had tho
courage to report his bad practices to his
supcrors at Wicwrrt.
The community on the Manor was
under the surveillance Of the mother
church nj Wicwcrt and before II person
could become Il full member of the for
mcr community their case had to he re
fcrrcd to the mother church. SluytCl
acted his part 50 well that he was re-
qucStcd to 20 to Wiewrrt. in order that
he might take an important place mad,
vacant by the death of an eminent
brother, but he preferred to remain 81
the Manor and traffic in slaves and To-
baccu. and lord it over the poor duprS Ii,
had under his control. This suited hin
better than Il subordinate position al
Ni"Wcrt, for he was Il better man fitted
to rule than TO be under the control al
others. y few years after he became
proprietor of the Lahadic tract. h" SOLD
the uppcrmoSt of the four nccks to John
MulI .Ir.. who was no doubt II son oi
John Mol. vino had helped him amc
DNncicrS in their efforts to obtain tn,
land from Augustine Hrrmcn. The con
duct of thos" men in this transaction
about this land looks bad after the laps,
OF nearly two hundred years. and in.
Dictates that il they were not positively
dishonest, 'h"F were very far from be.
ing good Christians. The consideration,
namrd IN the deed from Sluytcr To Mol
is liz pounds. 10 ShiiIings sterling money
OF old England; but the great probability
is that he got the hand for nothing. and
that il was III" price Of the dup!icity OF
his father. the elder Mol. If III" Dutch
Judges and officials III New Castle. u few
Years before Wrr" 10 better than AiOll
1t is no wonder that the SwcdcS aud
Films about New Castle were driven to
take refuge in the Wilderness in Mary.
land: indeed tn" wonder is that amy OF
the inhabitants remained under the con-
troll of the Dutch. ana that their province
along the Delaware was not dcpopul
atcd.
The cUlonists conformcd in most re-
spccts to the mode of living adopted M
NieWert They slept in the same or ad
JolllllE bWllulHSS, nut III inherent rooms
which were not accessible to each other
but were ever open To the father or such
as he appointed for the purpose of in
Struction or examination. Their meal.
We're eaten III silence. and it is related
1hat persons often ate together ut the
same table for months without knowing
each others names. They worked at diff
ferent "mploymcntS in the houses. or OF
the land. or ut the establishment. Thei
dress was plain and simple. cschewinl
all fashions of the world. Gold and sill
Yer ornaments. jewelry. pictures. hang
lngS, lace and other fancy work. wer,
prohibited. and if any one of the mem
hers had previously worked at Sucl
trades. they had to abandon them. The,
worked for the Lord and not for them
selves. The product of their labor wa
not to satisfy their lustS and desires. bu
like the air. simply for their physical
existence. and hence all their goods an,
productions should be rs free and com
mon rs the air they brcathrd. The,
were t" live concealed in Christ All tn
desires or avcrSiOns of the flesh were
therefore, 10 he mortified or ConuurrrI