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its sail to the breeze on the distant voyage. We see the de- 

 voted group — the grave husband, the anxious mother, the un- 

 conscious babe — as they crowd the deck to gaze for the last 

 time upon the receding shore. The bright sun gilds the dis- 

 tant coast, with the rich and varied colors of a summer's land- 

 scape. Behind those vine-clad hills they yet behold the dear- 

 est objects of their affections — beloved friends, and the soil that 

 gave them birth ; all the associations of early life — the remem- 

 brance of childhood's home, their native woods and fountains, 

 their school-boy and school-girl days, and the joy of manhood. 

 But soon we may imagine them turning their visions to the 

 blue heavens above them, now spanned by the arch of hope, 

 and with unwavering courage nerving their hearts to follow on 

 in the appointments of their heavenly leader. The sufferings 

 of the mind are worse than those of the body, yet this did our 

 ancestors brave for freedom of conscience ; nay, more perils 

 by sea and land and the sickening horror of hope deferred, the 

 pangs of disappointment and the untold miseries of coloniza- 

 tion. We cast our eyes towards them in their new homes ; we 

 see the interesting group. There still are the resolute hus- 

 band, the brave-hearted matron, and the trembling infant 

 sheltered in its mother's arm. Casting their eyes through the 

 forests, they behold with wonder the majestic oak. Excited 

 by the sublime exhibitions of nature's works, we may imagine 

 them falling upon the earth and in tears of gratitude sending 

 up the first evangelical prayer ever offered in these wilds. 

 From among the thousands who at this time fled from these 

 violent persecutions. South Carolina received a numerous and 

 noble population, constituting some of the best families of the 

 low country — the Marions, Horries, Legares, Desaussures, 

 Manigaults, Laurens, Hugers, Porchers, Lessesnes, Prioleaus, 

 Gaillards, Mazycks, Ravenels, Duboses, Couturiers, St. Ju- 

 liens, and other well-known names ; a race of men gifted 

 with every manly virtue, who have breathed a high-souled 

 chivalric spirit into Carolina character, and have added to her 



