The Washington herald., 1915-02-13
HISTORY BUILDERS.
Two Visitors at the Graves of the Eng
hsh Reqicides.
Written Expressly for Tic Washington HTzIdD
BY DIR. Z. j. EDWARDS.


In 1869 Charles Loyson. a name mo-
! familiar then or now. because he who
bore 1t was of worldwide reputation a.
Pere Hyacinthe. which was his eccIe
siastical appellation, visited the United
| States Today 1t is forgotten that Pert
Hyacinthe. who was ordained as a priest
of the Church of Rome and who was one
of the great pulpit orators OF Paris, ven
| tured to take issue with the higher au'
thorities in certain matters. even going
SO far as to marry an American woman
For several years he was the center Oi
an agitation that attracted the attention
of the world. Pere Hyacinthe was in
vited by the authorities Of Yale College
to preach in the pulpit Of the college
chapel. lie accepted the invitation and
a great throng gathered to hear him. He
was a Corpulent man, with florid cheeks
large. speaking eyes. and there was
something in his delivery. as well as in
his facial expression. which caused those
who had seen Henry Ward BeeCher to be
reminded of him. In after years. when
Col. Bob InEersOll became widely known,
many of those who saw and heard Pere
Hyacinthe thought they detected a phys
iCal as well as OratOrical resemblance be-
tween the two men.
After his sermon was ended in Yale
chapel. Pere HyaCinthe was invited to
take a walk. He seemed pleased to ac-
cept the invitation. Among the first OBJ
jects OF interest that were shown to him
were the graves of GOffc, Wharcy. and
DiXwell, the three regicides who fed from
England after the restoration of Charles
II and sought asylum in the colony of
New Haven. Though much hunted by
the agents OF King Charles they were
protected, and at last died, highly hon
Ored and were buried on New Haven
green.
Curiously enough. Pere Hyacinthe
seemed not especially interested in these
visible memorials OF the English regi-
cides. He appeared to have only the va
Charles II.
Three years later James Anthony
FrOude visited the United States. partly
for the purpose OF delivering a series
Of lectures. He. too. was invited. upon
a Sunday afternoon to take a walk and
was promised that during the walk he
would he shown certain historic spots
which. as an English historian might
be especially interesting to him. Froude
was led to the little inclosure within
which are the graves Of the three Eng
lish regic!des. To DIxwelI a somewhat
elaborate marble monument had been
erected as a memorial and this stood
graves of Goffe and Whalley stood the
original gravestOncs. much defaced and
Worn down by time and the action Of the
elements
The great English historian stood for
amy moments in silence contemplating
the graves of these regicides Unlike
Pere Hyacinthe there was no need to
explain To him the history which had
caused these men to flee England so as
to save their lives. His mind seemed to
he wandering back to the days of Charles
II. At last, he said. Are there any
other places associated with these mem"
He was told that at the top of a So
called mountain two or three miles TO
the west there was a peculiar forrna-
ton OF rock, probably glacial. which had
been SO thrown together as to make
sort Of cave. Therein two of the regicides
were concealed at a time Of danger and
their food was brought to them by
friend. whose farm was at the foot Of
the mountain.
Froude was greatly desirous OF visiting
drawing late he decided to POSTPONE his
visit until he came for a second time 10
New Haven. Circumstances connected
with his lecture tour made II imprac-
iicable for him again to visit New Hav-
IN and he returned to England greatly
-egretting that he had been unable to
see the cave in which were sheltered
wo OF the regicidcs.
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