The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-17

yive their respect for those Institutions, spread
understanding of what they mean, insure their
safety. encourage their growth. Never has II
been more important for teach the lesson
of liberty through law, of sacrifice for common
gain of righteousness for its sake
Mr.. Luce in his remarks during debate,
brought out this noteworthy point:
Zone feature of their first year or two here
that is not commonly known would be of especial
value to bring to the knowledge of all the people
of the land by this commemoration. They at
tempted a cOmmunistic settlement. Communism,
the cry of the hour by many radicals-commu-
nism at the very outset of the foundation Of New
England had its full and fair test, and communism
failed. Only when they had abandoned the com
munistic idea and secured an agreement that each
should enjoy the fruits of his labors that what
each might wrench from the stubborn soil should
be the reward of his efforts, that their fields AMI
homes should no longer be held In common, only
then the colony put upon basis of possible
permanence.
A mistake commonly made by people who
should know better is that they make no distinc-
ton between Pilgrims and Puritans There is all
the difference in the world. Mr.. FesS OF ONO
touched upon this difference when he said
IL want to note general error in history
when the conduct of early New England IS ii
matter of discussion: We usually speak of tn.
persecution that exercised in this part OF
v,
identify it with this particular Massachusetts set
Element That is not accurate. That is not his
toric. The persecution that caused good many
persons TO leave the Massachusetts colony was
not by the Pilgrims. The Massachusetts colony
of 1923 was not identical with the Pilgrims OF
1920. The persecution was by the Purltans, AMI
the historian will not make the mistake of con-
fusing the Pilgrim with the Puritan, although
the latter term was generally applied to all the
people who landed However. they were two en-
tirely different peoples"
Mr.. Tess might have gone farther and made the
difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans
more plain The main distinction is reiiglons'
and is apty illustrated by the old saying THE
puritan's fell first upon their knees and then upon
the aborigines."
Which is TO say: The Pilgrims came to Amer
lea to worship after their own fashion and cared
nothing how others might worship. The Puri
tans came here to worship after their own fash
ion and to make everybody else worship after
that fashion.
Moreover: The Pilgrims came first In l6-o
They never were very many. They did little colo
,izing They are not the people who settled New
England. They passive rather than aggres
siye They "separatists." They had sepa
rated from the Church of England and had ne
farther concern with the established church OF
their native land
The puritans began to arrive in 1880. In the
Puritans never separated from the Church of Eng
land Instead they boosted that they brought il
with them to reform II. Hence the persecution
of which Mr.. Fess speaks. The Puritans wouif
have none who would not worship as they them
selves did. They converted the Indians The!
executed and whipped Quakers and drove on
Baptsts Episcopalians and others. Their ''per
secutions' drove Roger Williams to Rhode Isan'
10 found Providence, and Hooker and Davenpor
70 Connecticut to found Hartford and New Haven
They even split up among themselves; about every
generation church would find itself divided Int
factions whereupon one faction would leave ant
found new town and church.
1t is from the Puritans that get the eel
ebrated puritan conscience" not from the Pill
grims.
However, from a political viewpoint the III
fuence of the Pilgrims and Puritans was tn
same. The Pilgrims politically represented wha
the Purtans furthered. Out of these church set
Elements grew the town meeting and local self
government and later the constitutional suprema
cy idea of government.
In contrast with the Plymouth idea is tn
jamestown idea-out of which ultimately cam
the doctrine of state rights.
1t is Interesting to note that today the stat
rights doctrine is by no means confined to tn
south while the GENERALIZATION of government
idea is probably stronger in the south than In th