Marble Hill press., 1921-10-20

sold for f6U us ancient and v.r, y.luapt,
civil silver plate. Recently Il has risen once
more 10 the occnsion and has had the parior. rich
In the Seventeenth century pitchplne panellng
With noble fireplace and oyernHuie all thckIy
painted In a seang.wuN or postofice red II i
remarkable indeed that the very fnc and curious
Henry VIII period linenfold paneled doors u what
was once the municipal strong. room and reposl-
tory Of documents have been allowed 10 remain
In their oden condition.
Assuredy these Bostoulans are not sentimental.
lists and where such ancient buildings as remain
are allowed to exist It Is mostly because they can
be put 10 commercial The most Interesting
old warehouses left In The town are for example
those which face confectionery fnctory IN Spain
lane and arr used by o. Spain lane Is an ex
eeedingly picturesque nook II takes It's name
from the old merchant family OF De Spayne These
surviving old stuns hIlIdIugs are perhaps some Of
those which once beuusrd to various abbeys in
Lincolnshire. ~ projecting stone bosses
perhaps Indicate the means by which the goods
were raised or lowered tp from the upper hoorS
The very Irregularly shaped Market place
Ia spite Of It's containing uo buildings Of any note
is remarkably suggestIvy of the central place"
Of some foreign towns This Is due not merely
to It's wide area, but largely TO the imposing sight
OF Boston stump" which is as Wei viewed from
this standpoint ss from any other aud looks not
a little unEngsh with - lantern stage Ike a
cVruhh. GsttfhltlI supported n1 UNlUE hNttrPSSpN
at the angles. 4 not Improbable time may he
spent along the riverside whose ancient buildings
and old.world SAVIOR Inevitably recall fougfelows
lines;
Il remember the black vharves and the ships,
"And the sea.tidc, tosSIng free;
And the Spanish sailors with bearded lips
"And the beauty and my Stery OF the ships
And the magic of me sea"
The Pilgrims and the rurttans should not he
confoundcd in the reader, mind, Frank VI Gregg
sets forth the direrencc between them Clearly in
his introduction to The founding OF u Nation"
(Doranl:
The eolonIsts Of the Mayaower were EnClishmen
OF the period of l6lS white the Puritans of Massa
chusetts bny colony lSBlem and Boston) were
EnglIshmen of the period OF l62S, The name
pilgrims" was given to the Plymouth coloniSts
by Gov. William Bradford who Il passenger
on the Aiayfower. The name "Puritans' was ap-
piled 10 reformers Of all classes IN England n
the early part OF the Seventeenth century by the
supporters Of the court and king.
When the Pilgrims He'd from England to Hc-
land In 16oS, the Stuart dynasty had not fully de
velopcd Its despotic theory Of the divine right OF
kings, The commoners at this period still
loyal The Pilgrims themselves attributed their
prosecutions TO the bishops Of the established
church and not to the king. But In 1928 Kings
James | and Charles had denied many OF the
ancient rights Of the English parliament and peo
pie; and disloyalty rife throughout the nation
II is evident, therefore, that the men Of these
periods were not impeed by the same motives
The Pilgrims came to America to enjoy religious
freedom. The Purltans came TO America TO enjoy
political as well rs religious freedom. Consider
ing the conduct Of the two colonies in after years
toward the mother country, II Is reasonable TO as
xume that nj no time during the life of the Fly
mouth colony could the rgrims have written the
Declaration ot Independence. On the other hand
at almost any time between i62s and lT7o the