The Pilgrim Fathers in Holland

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Excerpt from The Pilgrim Fathers in Holland: Their Condition, and Their Relation to and Treatment by the Authorities and the People, With Special Reference to the Proposed Monument at DelfshavenThe Connecticut Congregational Club, in an elaborate report through the chairman1 Of the committee to consider the project, say that The Delfshaven monument postulates an historic error. The Congregationalist Of November 6, 1890, by the hand Of a great authority in New England colonial history, - the late Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D.D., LL.D., - declares: We have no money to waste upon any monument, whether at Delfshaven or elsewhere, in com memoration of a fancy which is in the face Of history.The Rev. Daniel Van Pelt, in The Christian Intelligencer of January 28, 1891, intimates that Dr. Dexter should have taken to the scheme with peculiar kindliness. But love for the Pilgrims or any race Of heroes never historically blinds the true scholar in his researches after light upon disputed points in their lives or in the transactions Of a nation. The most useful members of our historical societies are those rare spirits who are ready, if needs be, on behalf of accuracy to declare against their own inclinations. Such men represent the historic spirit in its highest embodiment.The Netherlands afforded a shelter from persecution to vari ous sects when, in 1608, the Scrooby Independents, under Rev. John Robinson, left England for Amsterdam. For political and commercial as well as religious reasons the Dutch government gladly received sturdy, industrious, law-abiding communities, and Protestant in faith, as desirable accessions to the population. When therefore the Pilgrims at Amsterdam, in 1609, applied to the municipal authorities Of Leyden for permission to settle in that city, for the purpose Of carry ing on their trades, without being a burden in the least to any one, their reply was as follows: The court, in making a disposition of this present memorial, declare that they refuse no honest persons free ingress to come and have their resi dence in this city, provided that such persons behave them selves and submit to the laws and ordinances, and therefore the coming of the memorialists will be agreeable and welcome.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.