Calvinism - pagina 4
the origin and safeguard of our constitutional liberties
Calvinism and
646 in
[Oct.
the cabinet of Catherine de' Medici, and led to the horrors
of the Bartholomew massacre.
saw through
this,
and
led
it
" If then Calvinism
tion.
allow your
Huguenots
is
Admiral de Coligni likewise
him
to devdse a plan of coloniza-
not to be tolerated
to emigrate to
America.
be a Catholic France with Calvinistic colonies.
in
France,
Let there
Then
will
our persecutions be ended, and as a naval power also, France will
be the successful competitor of Spain and Portugal."
deemed this project not altogether impracticable, August of 1555 Durand de Villegagnon, a Maltese Knight, and Vice-Admiral of Bretagne, set sail with two of
Henry
and
11.
in
the king's
men-of-war, to found a colony
Bay
in
Brazil.
He
of Janeiro, planted the flag of France, and
landed
in the
named
the fort which he built Coligni, after the hero whose
project he
was carrying
In the following year three
out.
ships of the royal navy were employed in the transportation
But, alas! even then a less noble intention
of emigrants.
was entertained to introduce
at court.
Orders were sent to Fort Coligni
Romish worship.
This put a stop to further
Huguenot emigration, and those who were already in Brazil were overtaken by the Portuguese and most pitilessly massacred.
But de Coligni went on, and
in
1562 induced King Charles
IX. to send out three men-of-war with Huguenot colonists
North America. The fort they built was named, after the king, Carolina, to which in their turn the states of North and South Carolina owe their name. By bad management, however, this fort also fell into the enemy's hands. The Spanish marines took it, and the Huguenots they strung on trees,
to
with the base superscription over their heads: heretics, not as
Frenchmen."
"Killed as
This cruelty became the more
in history becaus.e it incited that Gascony nobleman, Dominique de Gourgues, to take revenge by going to America, and obtaining a hearing with the Indians; with their help to recapture this fort, and then, with equal cruelty,
notorious
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1895
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 34 Pagina's
Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1895
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 34 Pagina's