In the then rugged
The little band ofPilgrim Fathers,’ who, on the th oi oenteniDor. io»u. set sail m tne gooa snio “mavnower.” to seek a refuge and the right of worship wilderness of America, were the heroic heralds of a mighty movement, which, as by the wand of enchantment, has since changed that rugged wilderness into one of the greatest nations which the world has ever seen.Since this penod, England has been constantly throwing off her swarms, sending forth hive after hive of earnest, enugntenea unrisuan communities, uonunent ana lsiana. wilderness ana lungie. lorest ana uraine. out a iew vears since m© aesoiate naunts oi me savaff© ana oi nrownncr ana Greening miners. are now aiive wiin me dusv nam oi commerce, and echoing with the glad sound of the churchgoing bell.On that luxuriant plain, which but a few years since revealed no trace of human kind, save the wreathing smoke from the wild mans solitary wigwam, von see nocKS ana neras ana goiaen cfods surrounding the busy city, teeming withcivilised life. The clear waters of that noble river, for ages undisturbed by aught save me native’s irau canoe, or tne wuci neasts wmcn came at nightfall to lap their dnnk, are now ploughed by gaudysteamers, and thronged by fleets of tall merchantmen and ncn argosies irom tne most distant regionstne eaixn. And we are winning these new worlds of ours, planting our banners over these new and fruitful southern lands, not as in days of old, by the blighting march of armies, by fire, sword, anil desolation, out i»?