The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-26

ed in protest, that this country
which they call Virginia. Is contain
ed within The limits Of the Crown o.
Castillo" and that according to this
and other considerations which were
Of special importance. II was thought
proper that with all necessary forces
this plan of the English should be pre-
vented, and that 1t should not be per
mitted In any way that foreign ma
lions should occupy this country, be
cause It Is. as has been said, n dis
covery and Part Of the territory o
the Crown Of Castillo; and because
Its contiguity increases the vigilance
which 1t Is necessary 10 bestow upor
all Of the Indies and their commerce
and this all them ore so, II they shout
establish. there the religion and thu
liberty Of conscience which they pro
fess, which Of itself already Is what
most obllges us TO defend It even be
yond the reputation which is SO griev
ously jeopardized." etc.
September 22d, 1907, Zlniga, tht
Spanish Ambassador at London, re
ferring to the English colonization
wrote the King Of Spain that such 0
bad project should be "uprooted nov
while It can bedone easily"
In The month Of April. 1909. Zunga
writes His Majesty, the King o
Spain, as follows: "Much as have
written to your Majesty Of the deter
mination they have formed here TO &C
TO Virginia, 1t seems to me that | still
fall short Of the reality, since the
preparations that are made here arc
The most energetic that can be made
here, for they have actually made the
ministers In their sermons dwell upor
the Importance of filling the worlt
with their religion. aud demand tina
all make an effort to give what the!
have to such n grand enterprise. Thu:
they get together a good sum of mon
ey and make a great effort to carr!
masters and workmen there 10 buiit
SHIPS. Your Majesty will see The
great importance Of this matter fo'
your royal service, and thus will Civ
order, [ hope, to have these Insoien
people quickly annihilated."
The feeling In England on thu
change of the charter, In 1909, ha.
been well described. Not 4 yeare .
n domainejublle, noe nor tho EthnicI
Queene Of Ephesus, can be said Il
nave been followed with more heat
aud zeaie; the discourse and vista
ton Of 1t took up all meetings, times
terms, all Agrees, all purses, AM
such thrOngs and %cOncOurse of per
s8Rai mdertakers, as the aire seem
cd not TO have more lights than tina.
hole cause inflamed Spirits to par
take with It. Almost every religious
subject that stood sound Indeed 4
the Coare within the Loialtie and Il
the profession, of the present Faitl
brought his Free.will-ofering, ant
p~rofcssel then 10 throw his bread npol
the waters"
We therefore conclude that one y
the primal objects Of English colonial
ton In America was the establishment
Of religious freedom as claimed b.
the Reformers In England at that la
AMI which was largely the outgrowtl
Of the Reformation. How well thl!
principle has been preserved by thell
descendants in America, We need no
logn dwell upon; for, with all OIL
boosted American progress, surely W,
have received no principle from thu
Mother Country which has been NOR,
generously fostercd or more broadl.
developed than that Of religious free
dom.
II cannot be denied, MS Is so oltel
the case In the history Of such move
ments, that the pendulum at time
swung far in the opposite direction
or that startling Inconsistencies ma.
not be found in the pathway OF 1t
development; but, still the struggl
went on. For example, without dwell
Ing on others, We find that In som'
OF the colonies laws were passed com
polling the citizen to attend the ser
vices Of the church, and TO support tn,
pastor under penalty OF fine and i'm
prisonment. The dogmatism and In
tolerance which drove them to Amer
lea was sometimes written into Law
by themselves as Objectionable as tina
from which they had fed, and 70
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