The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

tue merit OF authorship OF n Eng
lish ~colonizing movement" "Bafied
IN his INST effort to plant the Eng
ilsh race upon this continent, he yet
caiied into existence a spirit OF enter
PRISE which first gave Virginia., and
lhen North America, to that race. and
which led Great Britain, from this
beginning, to dot the map OF the world
Win her colonies, and through them
10 become the greatest power of the
earth"
First among the agents selected by
ftalelSh TO carry his great design into
execution were Philip Amadas and
AFlhur Barlow. Though these two
udrlnS sailors We're the pilots OF that
great Anglo-Saxon migration from
england 70 America which ranks
among the greatest events in the his
tors OF ne human race, yet the de-
TAILS OF their lives are almost totally
The fact that they We're
Selected by SO keen a judge OF men
as Sir Walter Raleigh to command
MS expedition sets them much above
the average adventurers of their day.
Ihey were. as We know, bold and eN-
perienced n~avisators. The manner in
which they conducted the enterprise
entrusted to them showed them
worthy of the trust placed in them.
No expedition into an unknown region
was ever conducted with more COM
plcte Success. FROM IlrSC 10 ldSl SuCI
was the judgment and skill Of the
commanders that not a single mis-
a occurred to mar their triumph.
The report which they submitted to
Raleigh upOn their return to Eng
land reveals a thorough understand
ing of their profession and an extra
ordinary keenneSs of observation
coupled with rare good Judgment. In
their dealings with the a they
displaced irmness of temper guided
by brilliant diplomacy and clear com
prehension of the savage character.
That Sir Walter Raleigh was pleased
with the manner in which they cons
Quoted their enterprise is evident from
the fact that in the colony which he
sent out under Ralph Lane, in 1885,
he appointed Amadas to the high and
responsible position of Admiral OF
Virginia."
In Ralph Lane, Raleigh found a
leader in whom were combined in a
TRANCE degree the character OF the
soldier and the spirit Of the adven-
turer. Lane delighted in bold and
arduous enterprises, but he always
kept his eyes open to the main chance
In his there appear some
thing Of the dauntleSs spirit OF his
cousin, the famous Catherine Parr
the last queen Of Henry VIII. We find
him constantly associated with Burgh-
ley, VdlSlHR nam, hdlelSH Ian
Hawkins and Grenville in those grea
events which give to III reign o
Elizabeth it's chief glory. With Lore
Burghley he was on terms Of con
fid relation and appear fire
quently in the character of his advise
upon important public affairs. From
the queen he received more than ont
Weighty commission. In the very yea
in which Anadas and Barlow sailed
for the New World, Lane wrote th,a.
he had prepared seven ships at his
own charges, and proposed to do SOM
exploit OF the coast Of SPAIN ant
delayed only until he shOuld receiTt
the queens commission and the title
of General of the Adventures. :
When all England was in a fever O.
excitement over the approach Of th<
Armada, called ~"Invincible,' Lam
was entrusted with carrying into eff
feet measures for the defense Of tn
coast, and at a later date was ap
pointed Ito assist in the defense o
the coast of Norfolk The next year
after the Armada had been shattered
he sailed with Drake on an expedl
ton to the coast Of Portugal, ant
in 1890 he was with Sir Joh HaW
kins on a similar DurIni
the Irish rebellion Of 1593-15S4 n
served with the royal army and woi
special commentator for his conduct
Yet in spite Of the high cOnSidera
ton in which he was held by Eng
lands great leaders, we are told tina
all his life Lane was a great besgar
If so he was a royal beggar for h
begged only from his sovereign, a.
many greater men nave done, ant
in his mendicancy there was nothing
mean or g%rovelling.. Sir Henry Wal
lop complained to Lord Burghley tina
Lane. while sheriff Of County Kerry
Ireland. expected ito have best ant
greatest things in Kerry, and to hav'
the letting and setting of all the rest.
Such was the man whom R8leigl
selected to lead his first colony. a
the time Lane was on duty for tn,
crown in Ireland. but the queen order
ed a substitute TO be appointed in hi
government OF Kerry and Clammorris
in consideration of his ready under
taking the voyage to Virginia for ST
Walter Raleigh at her majesty's com