The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

oA1ece aurrender cf TN name In his
<ns1, 10 something singular. The
mtDR ~of IS own people seem to ac-
fQu1esce in M loss OF birthrght with
fsfxanxe humility. Few know that Il
lvas che early settlements In This ter
rftcry which confirmed the title OF old
England to the new--that years before
the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth
sands, there were est ablished English
settlements at various points on the
| shores of Maine--that Penauuid was a
seat OF trade and government, and at
one time the metropolic of all the
region east OF New York. Popular his
tory does not care to tell us that the
Samoset who startled the Pilgrims
with the greeting, Much welcome
Englishmen." was Lord OF pemaquid, |
and had learned the language from
long familiar intercourse with the coll /.
onists and visitations at that joint !
capital Nor are we told that when /
the heroic little band at Plymouth in I
that bitter winter heeet by. enemies /.
from all the elements and all the king
dous of nature. were driven out in
search Of food, II was hithcrward the
httla shaiiop made It's way, and found
English hearts and hands. that helped
to their utmost ability and would take
/
important fact, that the colony at Ply
mouth owed Ms title and tenure. II
not IT'S orfEfIA IN those whose chief in
terest WAS here. II Is not even a school,
boys tale that the first Incorporated
city In America was within these lin
its-~~the city of Georgiana founded in
1851, on the site of the present town
OF York. Ii interests none but the an
tiouary to know that the Province OF
- -
and is the only portion OF American
soil which was ever under a purely
feudal tenure
Some OF the reasons for the depres-
sic,r from Names Early promise which
General Cham erlatn gave were the
rigors OF the climate with which the
early colonists had not learned to
cope, the unsettled political condition
and the conflicts OF jurisdiction of the
earlier times.
After Order Was Established
Tut even when something like or
Ger was established" he continued.
land the powerful colony of Massa-
chusetts took this under it's protection.
no causes were set free 10 work any
great changes for the better It was
natural and Inevitable that the strong
er should absorb the weaker. II
could not he expected that Massssdno-
ectts would cherish the growth OF
Portland RS q seaport, or make large
investments to promote wealth and
population In n territory which was
not even adjacent, and which she
could not but foresee must in the nat
nral course of events Soon pass oslt
of her hands.
The title to honorable rerrlam-
brance which thus went BY defaalt,
was still more efTectuaRy surk by the |
actions OF e}oduence and the poetry |
of history IT netr1rs a law OF the |
mind, that wfratrver n human af-
fairs liz most impressive to the senses |
---especiaiig # II also appears decisive |
Of resuts---usuTp@ Tire situation. and |
throws ali subeidary efforts. whether
barren or fruitful. into a common OBJ |
seurfty, II Is here the idealized pic |
ture of the landing of the Pilgrims |
which. SO true TO character II not to |
fact seizlng upon mems minds. has
dwarfed our earlier history. 1t was
Webster first in his great speech at
Piym ot,th in 1920. In commemcrat1on
Of the landing OF the Pilgrims. who
with the Imagination, the passion, and
the touch OF genius, created a history
which like new epic poem went TO
the b art Of the world. This was
pcrpetuated and confirmed by the An
! fshed oratory Of Everett, and after
ward In the sober histories of Ran
croft and Story. The gentle spirit of
Mira Gfka1nxH caught the strain and
echoed Aaok In. dfy1ne song Nh one
VIA. rrde enpuxh to brraE the charm
even II the rushing, hero-rrorship-
ting imagination Of o1r people would
| have tolerated sober evidence. Our
| loyalty TO the spirit of New England.
our fffal reverence for the Pilgrims,
the consistency of the fatfh which was
| theirs and ours, our pride IN the elo-
quence and our sympathy with the
! tenderness with which genius had
| lifted the story 80 high. made us I'M
willing to interrupt this lofty unity
| OF effect with humble. homely truth