The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-27

take note Of, and all 70 wonder At,
how Englishmen Of all sorts and
creeds began 20 think Of America, and
70 desire homes there, when once i
had become evident that Virginia and
Plymouth and the Massachusetts, set.
Elements were certainly permanent,
and colonization no mere scheme Of
the foolhardy.
There were others besides the Puri-
tans who felt uneasy at home in Eng
land because of the troubles in churcs
and state and the threatening face Of
affairs. For men who loved novelty
and adventure, life in the New World
had always a charm which even
direct hardship could not take away;
but such men were nowhere in q ma
iority, and II was not mere love Of
adventure that made the English
swarm to America. Il was the spirit
Of liberty and Of mastery. II was
the most spirited men who were the
most uneasy in those evil days Of
the Stuart kings; and because they
were eramped and thwarted and hum
bled at home they thought the more
often and the more wistfully Of the
freedom they might find in America.
Il happened that Roman Catholics
felt almost as uneasy as Puritans.
James, it was true, had proed himself
no Presbyterian, after all, and
Charles had put Laud at the head Of
the church, as If TO carry Il back as
far as possible toward Rome, II not
all the way to Rome itself. But il
needed no seer % perceive how the
temper Of the nation darkened AZ
sight Of these things, and no thought
ful Roman Catholic could find so0nd
reason to hope for a long period Of
federation.
America would no doubt prove
freer place for Roman Catholics As
well as for Puritans, and their exodus
began the very year Land became
primate. N was for them that ha-
ryland was founded By Cecilius Cal
ert, Lord Baltimore. II was q scheme
he had inherited from his father.
Sir George Calvert had been q very
noticeable figure when James was
king. His position AT court had be-
come untenable, and he withdrew both
10 save his interest and 10 give can
did expression 10 his religious convie-
tons. James had created him Baron
Baltimore at parting, as a special
/ evidence Of his good will, and then
Calvert had turned TO devote himself
10 plans Of colonization. tie had been
large subscriber to the funds o. the
East India Company. had become "a
member Of the New England Com
pany. and had served on the com
mission appointed In 1924 20 wind up
/ the affairs Of the Great NirRSlia
Company. As far back as 1925 re
| had interested himself in colonizing
schemes 81 his own, while he was
/ yet in the midst Of afTairs-before
+ Plymouth was founded. he hal
/ bought an extensive tract Of land
lying on the southern peninsula Of
/ Newfoundland; had put eolonists
upon 10; and when he turned from
holding Office under the king. had
himself gone TO reside among his
/ settlers.
But a single year in that rigorous
climate, with It's icy cold from Oc-
/ tobcr 30 May, convinced him Il was
no place in which 70 build a colony.
especially with the French near NJ
hand 70 be reckoned with. in addition
/ 20 the weather. he turned his
thoughts southwark. therefore, and
in l629--the very year Parliament
ceased to SIT and the Massachusetts,
people got their charter-asked King
I Charles to grant them lands on either
SIDE the great Bay Of Chesapeake.
close by Virginia; from the Potomac
northWard and eastward, across the
bag, % the fortieth degree Of north
+ latitude and the river and bay Of
Delaware. The Virginian colon.gts
were not against the grant. and many
I influential persons in England who
seemed % hope still 10 see the old
Virginia Company revived. protested
20 the Privy Council against IT, But
though they held the matter OF for
q year and q half. until Calvert was
dead, they did not prevent Il. The
charter was issued in 1882. and Ce-
eilius Calvert. the second Lord Balti-
more, carried out his fathers plans
IN his fathers spirit
His colonists reached their new
home in March. 1894. and chose for
their place 81 settlement & high bluff