Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-12-29
Bennington Bzr1erl


On December p. 1922. three hun
ire1 years ago, the Pilgrim Fathers.
and the ships company Of the May
flower landed 81 Plymouth Al over
zhe United States the anniversary =
bang celebrated this week by TIE de-
ce-1eE-S OF the most remarkable body
q cOlO1is-s who ever came 20 -hs new
World
II i common error OF those who
have lot Rad history carefully, 20
confuse the Pilgrims Of Plymouth
With the Puritan colonies which were
later established st Salem ard Boz-
ton II fact -tere Vas vide 6if-
ference between the tEo colonies on
the shores OF Massachusetts
To Salem and Boston come the rigid
Puritznz. the ztsnly righteous, III
smiling. supporters Of their ozz views
xto would brook No interference with
their oEz iron theories These relig-
E0us zezloEs Of Massachusetts, Bay
and their followers have been 2 great
force n ire word and anyone ~to
reads history must admit that the
ugid purity OF their life and dccrTre
vas Esece1 II ELe word Il their day
ard generation
BIT TIA Pilgrims Who landed three
hurried years ago today o. Plymouth
8cc<- wsre = superior type For II
years they had lived III exile IN HOI-
ard IheE had learned something OF
religions tolerance ard civil Eberry
z-i1 these lessons they brought . the
shores q NeT EzElzr6- Ther never
EzDge1 witch OF embed = ouzser-
icy lived n pezce and fr5ezEszED
VIA -1= tE1zz-S and permitted -I0se
VIC &c rat agree with them n relig-
zC1z belief 20 settle OF lands oE-e6
81 Plymouth = Ehe t0En C Ezz-Ezzz-
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IOIhs-z were E1e u0zt tolerant and
broad minded O The colonial Erou1z
which aid the foundations q AMER
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E5G9r O the Pilgrim foreEs1Eers srf
"a colony which they founded that
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1eTe-GsEce and m constitution ~
s1= United States Plymouth Rock.
= EzoTa senses than one, : the fOus-.
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ne doctrine declared 5E Eide
Robinson pastor O the Nayfozer
ocE- Fo- Z years II Eng1zuC ard
Holland. Yen have I'd right 70 trouble
soz-zzE Nth any mans co1sciezce.
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1EET6Ee harm OF p15lzc scandal =
ne graf doctrine q religious liberty
EE3c1 = Ehs brightest level II tLe
>gC~n OF the American republic
II was tina Pilgrims who founded
ne free public school Il was the
Pilgrims R1o discovered that tra
rights d the individual and the rights (
Il property must 20 hand N hand and ]
E1a- neither can cOntzuEe without the
o-hsr- u was the Pilgrims that dis ]
,CFsre1 t-zr Representative govern
ne1r scC1iesced In by the people (tne /
consent Of the govenedl i the best F.
E0-Ln CT government tlzt the earth i
naS Jet produced L was Eha Pr
grms who, 70 defend their colony.
cared 20 burden themselves with i
public debt greater than n. total i
value OF al their property. No CON-
~ u the recent war has sbouIdered i
: greater proporEionz-e obligation i
than did these rugged forefathers Of /
New England Ard they paid the
debt N full We Of this day and gen
-@--@--r VIEW "a L1-4[ EL1MZ-[.
o1g1- 20 De ashamed 70 complain OF 4
the public burdens we are called ~
q . bar
Ine ~orld, and particularly the
OuI-eo States. has leaned u.ore CT
-1e essentials Of self government Of
-lFlI and religious liberty. and OF The
.0rEecT relation OF the state 70 The in
1lEldual and the indzvIGual 10 the
tate from that colonial expert
1e1- ~ Plymo1tn tlzn from al r,sf-
= sources combined
Sons and daughters Of New Eng
ar1- E1ereTs- -le- zzT roam ard
5z-E-0-z - eTGy 5looi and breed
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sre = re 5ock II tine. zLou-f honor
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ISIS s-eT lea-z=e and have tzzns-
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