Marble Hill press., 1921-11-17

rcmain English they could not return to England
withou, r.tins contemplation - ecatset With
Fur''urs snd Ang''-uns
II" wilderness O. America With si It's terrurs
seemed 70 otter them the essential conditions
They early decided not 10 50 10 jamestown. e~
cause the Epis~cpel church already established
there They tried to set Definite concessions frn<n
the established church as 70 their cvn sovsrnment
AM Worship ana then abandoned such attempts
FINALLY In June. 1919. they gut . patent frurn the
virgins COMPANY They ecoresl~f thsir real r-ur-
po-e, and sot the patent IN m. name ~ John Wio-
rob They hoped TO .sil without revealing -hs
they we're ans vt.i they purT"~~d Lstcr they
shsndonsi this patent tor smother granted ~ ths
V'rslnla company 10 John P.lre- and ss~ocis'ss
Under tfis instrument their annnymty vas oors
piete
They rnso nesctistsd q .evsnye-r e,or.et With
Thomss Weston snf . rroup cf Lrndsa m~rchsntA
sfter.sri known - the Ad.entursra he cen
trsct. 80 tr.t arranged covered the frsPeins II
the entsrrtss and rlass~s 10 - ID Q trSsfAS
pnst. rns SssSeoa tAsn vas-ksv many vsoh
- aercss ths - aad vasf
II vss Decided that II . majority voted to ss,
Robinson should l-sd them II the majority vctsd
not 10 ~. Rrsvs'er should lead thn>' who ~sut
The majority voted BOT to g., and Robinson nsve
saw tho New world
On September Ia Is2n IN. haysewcr ieft
they nearly turned back because of soms structural
weaknesses IN the ship. Land vas sighted on the
nineteenth of November The sailors said ~ was
Cape Cod 30 they turned south s they ~ers
under Virginia patent snd must land IN territory
controlled by the virginia company They quick
" ran into the shoals and breakers that lie about
the cape. aud then turned northvsrd.
In doing thi. they abandoned their patent en-
t,rcly. The famous compact signed in th. Mar
A-s
not As \ kind ot earlier Declaration of Indep~n-
dence as orators time out Of mind have said. but
hscause some Of the men denied that Bradford had
any authority over them after the patent had been
abandoned The new instrument was Intended 20
be declaration that all stood on an equal footing
The critical period OF the Plymouth colony
from 1890 to 1927. In those seven years It's found
era achieved the success and rendered the unique
service that have nightly Influenced the subse-
quent development Of the world.
These were not the first religious .eslots who
landed IN the New World. for the Huguenots had
preceded them; was Plymouth the FIRST col
any for many settlements had been made earlier
but they frat interpreted America TO Europe. The
thing that impressed Europe was not the high
ideals Of the Pilgrims. not their religious devoton
the fact that counted was their economic success
II Is not easy for US to understand what II
meant In those days To demonstrate to the Old
World that men could live, could prosper In
the New World. without aid from over the sea.
No one had previously done II no one believed It
could be done The men and women OF Plymouth
came to the New World to make homes, to stick
even though they died In the struggle. They stuck
and they died. In the frst year more than one
half their number died. In the next six years. out
Of n population OF one hundred and ninety-nine
only six died
The great Puritan migration which began in
1827--whch directly created Mass lchusetts. and
had an almost Unreasonable influence In founding
New England--was the direct result not Of the
Pilgrims religious beliefs but OF the economic sue
cess achieved at Plymouth.
Six possibly more, of the guarnntors Of the Bay
colony had been members Of the Adventures who
purchased the Mayhower and backed the original
enterprise They knew the whole story intimately
and profted by the experience.