Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-25
COMMEMORATION of
BIRTH Of THE nation
The Purposes Of The Exposition a jamestown and the
Actual Preparations and Arrangements to Fulfill
The Original High Objects

of Virginia. following the treaty of
peace hetweea Engi&nd 49, Spain, In
1856. xas EaxAoaai In soopa II b.
came one II tas inpoEasn. factors In
The politics ~ the period: not oay In
Eagi.na ana America. bas I'm France.
Spain and the Netherlands: not only
I'm The eontazk shen going On between
Frosestanslsm and Roman ca1holS
eisEn. but In the eoaliies between ths
6rewn and the Commons. While the
Plymouth colonlssx we're Independ'
cuts and those Of tho Massachusetts
bay settlements sonconformasts
they held the xxme Christian faith -
those u Virginia. The emigrants 10
jamestown. Notwithstanding the pre-.
senee Of . few Roman Catholics, we're
not only dssinctively Protestant but
representative of d nation practically
undivided In faith and united In the
Church of England. Ths ministers
- that church took m active part.
from esxness interest. In the coionl
xation Ut Virginia: and The sermons.
state papers and records of the time
show that tho work OF the church
wss tho fret important element Of
colonization and Of subsequent In.
f~luencs and effect upon the govern.
ment aud Institutions Of the new
land. The first chapter began with
the declaration Of propagation Of the
Chrislian religion: and the objects OF
tho expeditions under Gates and
Delaware. stated In the letters patent
included. ~ the first. advancement
VI the Kingdom of God.
The work Of the church was sup.
plsmented by the early institution In
Virginia Of the family. The practice
Of divorce. too frequent and unjus'
tifiable. d%isrupting family ties. has
not broken seriously the vast number
LOT homes, wherein tho family life
makes the stability Of this nation.
Good governors settled the prope.
relation Of the eolonists toward those
In authority and arightful intercourse
among men: and, when venal rulers
broke those established associations
protest and resistance followed. Had
the government. proceeding from The
Crown. fallen continuously into thu
hands of competent and good mel
and brought uniform good results,
representative system would have
been long postponed. In 1919, Their,
met at jamestown the first legislativ,
assembly of America. 1t consisted o
twenty-five members, two each from
eleven boroughs. One OF the frs
acts of that assembly was to insis
upon the principles OF the Declaration
of Rights OF i776, that man or set y
men are entitled TO exclusive or &c
parate e%moluments or privileges from
the community but In consideration
of public services. The colony cam,
to the first stage of civil and religious
freedom and of progress through re
preventative government at a time
when, In England. parliamentary le
! gisiation had been disused durin,
4 some years under the rule of Jane
the First. Then began the colonia
struggle between a Representative,
government of the people and per
sonal rule. There were times of pro
test and rebellion against government
tai wrong. subversion OF law and ty
rannous absorption and misuse o
power by governors. Such was tn
insurrection led by Nathaniel Bacon