The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-23

south, without the notable peoples
and provinces he looked for, he him
self pressed dOggedly onward for /
weary hundreds Of miles, eastward +
and northeastward, 70 the far Mis- .
souri, 70 find az last nothing but vast 4
deserts, without a trace Of population /
or any slightest promise Of treasure. /
| IL was q hard lesson thoroughly ]
learned, bitten in by sufTerings which .
corroded like deadly acids.
b such means was the real nature
Of the North American continent !
painfully disclosed, each maritime /.
nation acting for Itself Spanish. /
English and French seamen beat. /
time and again, up and down its
coasts, viewing harbors, trying inlets. /
tracing the coast lines, carrying away
rumors Of the interior. The Span !
iards explored and partially settled
the coasts Of the gulf In I534-35
Jacques Cartier penetrated the ST.
Lawrence, in the name Of his French
master, as far as the present site
q Montreal; and in 1871 planted a
rude fort upon the heights Of Que
bee. IN I502-04 settlements Of
French Huguenots were effected IN
J Florida, only TO be destroyed. with
savage ruthlessness, by the Span
lards, who in 1905 in their turn es-
tablished 81, Augustine, from winch
the French found IL impossible per
maRently 20 dislodge them, IN the
opening years Of the seventeenth
century French colonies were planted
on the st. Lawrence at Montreal and
. Quebec, and in Acadia, in the region
which was afterwards % be known
. as Nova Scotia. English settlements
also were attempted, All signs com
. bined 20 indicate the coming in Of a
new age Of organized enterprise,
when, with one accord. the nations
which coveted the virgin continent
should cease to
ely to India for gold.
+. Ransack the ocean for Orient pearl,
{ And search all corners of the new
found world
! Fer pleasant fruits and princely
E delicatcs,"
70 and should compete, instead, to build
{ communities and erect states oversee.
- and so possess themselves Of a vast
D treasure Of their own making.
{ When the new century opened,
Z | France and England alone stood
- ready 20 compete for North America.
And, for all France was as keen 20
/ | seek her interest I'm the New World
: as In the Old, the signal advantage,
Z 8s the event abundantly proved, was
, TO Tie with England IN this new r.
4 valry I'm the wilderness.
= tt was this self-helping race Of
3 | Englishmen that matched their wits
o against French official schemes In
s America. Ardently, and set soberlv,
p toe, with a steady business sagacity
h AS we'll as with high, imaginative
c hope, they obtained license Of the
crown and led the way towards new
4 ports and new homes ia America.
7 They did all with unstinted energy
\ and devotion, embarking their for
n tunes in the venture. In 1888 Sir
\ / Humphrey Gilbert himself went out
e 90 Newfoundland, and lest his life
e seeking a harbor 70 the southwark
b where 20 plant a colony. The next
p year, 1884. Raleigh sent out two ships
n a0 take the southern course 90 Amer
b ica and find a coast suitable for set
z Element. They hit upon Roanoke
< island. Within the next three years.
e therefore, until the coming Of the Ar
r mazda called his attention imperative
If ly of from the business, Raleigh
i made two distinct efforts to establish
a permanent colony on the island
p But both attempts failed. The right
e temper and purpose had not come
e yet
y And SO the century ended, with
a only a promise of what might some
Il day he done. But, though the new
g continent still remained wild, strange
4 and inhospitable, the approaches 20
n lt at least were az length known
The Atlantic was cleared Of its ter
"a rifying mystery, and the common sun
Is shone everywhere upon e. Both the
T. northern and the southern routes
h across Il had become familiar 20 sea-
n farers The ocean ways were wei
a known; the coast of North America
4 was partly eharted. it, forests were
h no longer deemed the frontier bar
!" riers Of kingdoms the romantic age
l. of mere adventure was past. and the
= more commonplace and sober age
n which succeeded was beginning 20 ap-
q. preciate the unideai economic uses
.e 70 which North America was 20 be-
3 put. II Europe was 90 use i a. ali
= II only remained 60 find proper men
d and proper means for the purpose.