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' ' " 'Y4CU Y4CU ' W I . - - 1 By ELMO ELh10 SCOTT WATSONECENTLY WATSON WATSONCCENTLY CCENTLY CCIJNTLY ECENTLY there githered g'lthered glthered getliered ' at Jord'ln'S JordlnS Jordan's Jordans Jord'ln'SR Jord'ln'Snear Jordan'snear Jordansnear Jordan'snear ' ' ' near Beaconsfield Be'lconsfleld Belconsfleld Beiconsfeld ' in Bucks nuckc Buckc : , , Cngl'lnd Cngllnd England Englanda ' , R i ' . a great crowd to witness wItnecs : a p'lgeant plgeant pageant pageantwhich p'lgeanthlch pageantwhich ' \\hlch hlch which \ hlchas was \\as as \ given In the plctmesque plctuiesque plctmesque'court plctuiesquecourtyard pictuiesquecourt courtyard ; ) ard 'lrd lrd ' of old Jordan's Jordans Jor 'ln's lns ' ' Hostel IIoctcl ; All Al Although Although * though the locale loc'lle loclle locgle ' of the pageant p'lgeant plgeant p'tgcant ptgcant ' ' wasIngllch wasEnglish was ; English Ingllch ; and the actors In It were wereInghsh wereBnghsh were5 'court court ' ; English Inghsh Bnghsh , . it was W'lS WlS wgs ' staged In celebration celebra celebrabon celebration bon tion of an e\ e e event eent \ ent In American historythe historythe history historythe -the the - the 250th 50th anmv nnnn annit ers ersary ers'lry erslry ' iry of the foundfag founding found foundIng Ing fag of Penns Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniaass ) 1\3 1 3 \ " 1a . , ass For . , adjoining the broad groundswhich grounds groundswhIch groundswhich whIch surround sui sm round the ol old hostel hoctel : , , Is an ancientgraveyard ancient ancientgrweyard ancientgriveyard grweyard graveyard and the Inscription on one of the slm aim aimpie slmpIe simpie pIe headstones he'ldstones heldstones ' in this graveyard gr'l\"e\'lrd gr'l grl "e e 'lrd lrd gr'ivevard grivevard ' \ " \ " ' tells the visitorthat visitor visitorthat visitorthat that underneath underne'lth undernelth ' It lies tlie the dust of wi wint wh'1t wh1t ' it h'ldonce hidonce had h'ld hld hid ' once been a man m\n m n min ' \ named n'lmed nlmed ' 11'il1 11il1 William WIllJ'lm WIllJlm ' } ' m Penn Just beyond be beJond Jond yond ond this gra\e gra e grape \ stands st'1IHIs st1IHIs stvnis ' a : small cm\ll cm ll ' \ brick brlel . building building"blcb buildingwhich which "blcb blcb " had ha once been a farm ffirm house but which \ hldl isnow is 15 15now now used as a meetln meeting house for those who c'111 c111 call callthemselves c'111themsehec ' themselves themsehec : ; the Society Soclet ) of Friendb Friends rrIen : " buthom but whom \\hom hom shoin \ \ weknow wehnow we weknow know hnow as the thc Quakers QU\hers QU hers ' \ Nearby Aetrby e1rb ) , ' also 'llso llso , Isnother Is anotherbuilding \nother nother another ' \ notherbuilding building which tells a 'l l ' tale talc from American AmerlC'1n AmerlC1n ' Ius his Iustory histore historv tory tore . . It is only a 1 ' barn b'lrn blrn ' but tlie the beams be'lms belms ' in it "ere ere sere sereonce wereonce "ereonce " once the timbers of the good ship "I'l Il ' 'May May ' " liay ' flo\\ flo floc floer \ er " In which the Pilgrim PJlgrIm Fathers rathers sailed s'liled sliled ' to - New r-oew r oew Fng Fngland Fngland Fngland land and this tbls barn is now n used < : ; ed as a recre\tlon recre tlon recreation recretlonroom recreationroom recreationroom ' \ room by the Society of FriendsSo Friends rrlends So this pageant recalled once more to both bothEngland bothEngland England and America the name of an Lnbhsh Lnbhsb Lnbhshman Lnbhsbman man whose Influence In the history of their tlieir na nation na- na nation nation - tion Is greater granter than roost most Americans realize realizeWh'lt realizeWhat What Wh'lt Whlt ' that influence was Is pointed out in a newbiography new newbiography biography of the founder of Pennsylvania Pennsylvanm whIch whIchappe"lred whichappeared appeared appe"lred appelred " recently It isVilliam 19 IS "William William "WIlll'lm WIllllm \Villiam Villiam " \ ' Penn , Qur Quaker Quakerand .er er . .erand and Pioneer ' ' by Bonamy Dobree , , published by bythe bythe the BoughtonIlffhn Houghton Boughton : \ Mifflin \Ilffhn Ilffhn compnrlIn company compnrl\ compnrl \ , . In an epilogue , , which sums up tip the contribution of Penn to his history history tory , the author points POlDtS to the gigantic glg'lntlc glglntlc ' statue st'ltue stltue ' of ofPenn ofPenn Penn which stands on the top of the cupola onthe on onthe onthe the city hall in Philadelphia and savs S'lYS SlYS s'ivs sivs ' ' " ' 'He He ' hoc h\ h hlio has ' \ , lio\\ lio lioc however tiosever \ \ c\ c cer \ er , , e\ e every eery \ ery reason to be proudof proudof proud of what wh'lt whlt ' he sees from his inhuman mhuman eminence emInence- emInencethe eminencethe - - the miles mnes of habitats h'lhitats hlhitats ' containing contalnmg some two t\\O t O tso \ mil million million lion people , spreiding cpre : ; 1l11O away 'lWfi\ 'lWfi lWfi 'lWfifrom ' \ from between bet een therivers the therivers rivers to the foothills footh1l1s , . thectones tlie the ' \ factories \ctones ctones , , the thewharves thewharves wharves , . the great bridge brldle brldbe , which S\\ S swings SIngs slings \ \ Ings irreslstIbly irreslstibly Srresist irreslst SrresistIbly Ibly ' across 'lcross lcross the whole wholc width sIdth \ \ filth of the Deh\\ Deh Deh'lre Delaware \ 'lre lre ' , the structures growing growlnJ growin ? ever higher . , If less gr'i gri gr'icious r\- r rClOns ' ' \ - Clous ClOns cious , : spaced cp'lced cplced spiced ' out on the & : grid rld he h hId id conceived , ' Its history has been noble for though it hesI hesItated hesitated tatcd tated at .It It . tlie the beginning begmn1D of the struggle stru gle againstEngland 'lgaInst lgaInst against 'lgaInstEngland ' England the still sUll important Quakers QU'lkers QUlkers ' being bemg hlrbe large hlrbely lar e I ly indifferent lDdlfferent and then tllen lovahst loyalist 10) 10 ) alist , . , It was within Its ItsI itsprecincts I precincts that the Decl'll Declll Declaiation Decimation ' aUon of Independencee Independencesax Independence , was sax . .IS IS . signed sl'ned slned ' , and that th'1t th1t ' the fir firbt first t fla flag of Stais St"lIS StlIS Stvs " and andStripes ! Stripes was woven coven " 0\ 0 \ 0en en Later , in 10 the Civil CIII CI\ CI \ II war car \ \ ar , theQuaker the thei theQuaker i Qu\ker Qu ker Quaker ' \ Influence came into It Itb its heritage hentnge , for Phil Philadelphln Philadelphia Philadelphia adelphln adelphia " was "as as vvas stoutly anti ant ! slavery and 'lnd lnd ' , . n as ' ) Penn Penn"ould Penncould " would "ould ould could have ha\e ha e \ \ wished Ished , . convincedly convmcediv conv11lcedl ) anti secessIonist , , ' " "The The 'he he ' ; [ 7he United UDited States Statee ; of Ametlca Ametlcath'lt America-that America that Arnei lea ' ' -th'lt th'lt thlt - - that ' n\me n me ngine ngines ' \ s \ would ould have IU1e IU1\ IU1 \ e pleased Penn for In 1GOG 169E lGD s \ with Ith hIs hIsstnrtUng hisstartling startling stnrtUng capacity for seeIn seeing & : ahead nhe'ld nheld abed ' , , he had "rlt rlt Brit "rltteT Britten " ten teT } a n booklet bool.Iet boolIet . advocating adocatlng ad\ ad \ ocatlng the federation fedC'r.ltlon fedCr.ltlon fedCrltlon ' . of ot 111 all 111the allthe ' the colonies , though not , he ne would "ould ould could " ha have vc plO pro protested plOtested tested vehemently vehementlv , . in opposition oppocitlon ; to tlie the cro crown crownMoreover " n nMoreover Moreover , , of those th060 states his hh . , own has h'ls hls ' been one oneof oneof of the roost most flourishing . . , It had h'ld hld ' been I'on Ion ) ( ' a n flourIshlng flourishing flour Ishing Ishlng colony colonv from the beginning begmnll1g for with sith \ \ Ith "h'1t h1t shat "h'1tCer " shatever ' \ ever C\er C er tioublcb t1ouJle troubles ! Penn I'enn Ienn ' may m'lY mlY ' have ha\e ha e \ had h\d h d ' \ In govern government governmeat ment meat ( and his bls Provinceae Province \ was \\ae ae ; not by hy any an ; ) means lDe'lnS lDelnS inegns inegnsthe lDe'lnSthe ' the only one to lIa\ lIa have lIae base \ e such troubles ) of all theproprlptary theproprlrtary the theproprietary proprietary proprlptary proprlrtary colonies , . his \ was as easily e'lslly elslly ' the mostsuccessful mostsuccessful most successful"And successful "And And " e\ e even een \ en In government gOernment gotiernment gO\ gO \ ernment he had not failed failedso ( 1llell 1llellso ' so disappointingly dlsappolntlngl ) as he supposed , . for with " Ith tll ill tllthe illthe the alterations and t imperiug1- imperiug1 Imperlo-- Imperlo impering- impering imperiug1his Imperlohis imperinghis ; - , - - - , . , his old and seem seemInly seemably Inoly Inly ably ! . ; battered b\ttered b ttered bettered ' \ I 1 rime ( ' 'The The ' The Fiame Plame Piaine of GO\ GO Gov GOern \ ern ernment ernmeat ment meat ; , ' written b by bv ) Penn in 1GS1) 1GS1 lGSt 1031) 1031 ) ) Is ts set yet et the tlie basisof basisof basis basisof of fundamental fundament'll fundamentll ' liberties j i h I ) 'Nor Nor ' Nor does his Influence Inf1uence cease with slth Ith the st'lte stlte state st'ltegO stategovernment ' gO\ gO government gOernment \ ernment , . for the present prec'nt precnt : ( ' Constitution Con'5t1tutlon Con5t1tutlon ' of the theUnited theUnited United States St\tes St tes ' \ In many ways reflects Penn s m1l1d mind , notably in the executive executh e being helng separate separnte from the thelegislature thelegislature legislaturend legislature , . and \nd nd ' \ lu In the tho President's Presidents ' appointment3- appointment3 appointmentor appointmentof appointment of or certain officers It is not Pennsylvania Penneylvnnh ; alone aloneth'lt alonethat that th'lt thlt ' owes lt3 Its shape to the tbe constructive con&tructl\ con&tructl contructl con&tructle & \ e brain brainof brainof of William WIIllam Penn " Such was the tbe D1 at nun m in \ who \ ho be began an his hie ; pioneering ploneermg- ploneermg pioneering- ploneermgpioneering pioneeringpioneering - pioneering In departing from tlie the beaten bl'uten bluten ' p'lth plth path p'lthof pathof ' of most men's mens mpn's mpns ' thlnklnb-e1lly thlnklnb e1lly thinkingeaily thinking- thinking - thinking - caily eaily In to bis hIs life Penn"as Pennsas Penn Pennwas " was "as as sas born In 1G11 IGJ1 1011 , , the son of Admiral SirVII Sir 1VIIliav VIIlIa \ WH \VII VII 1VII WHCLV \\CLV\ CLV liav \ lIa \ CLVPenn , \ ' Penn of the British royal navy Ue lie He entered I o b 1 . , William Wilham Penn at the age of twenty tv/entytwo.From tventytwo.From tv entytwo.From entytwoFrom / two . From the Historical Hlstortcal Society of Pennsylvania'scopy Pennsylvaniascopy Pennsylvanaa's Pennsylvanaas Pennsylvania's Pennsylvanias ' . copy of the portrait painted pamted in Ireland In 1666 2 Flap r1ap nap showing the 40th parallel of latitudeand latitude latitudeand latitudeand and the part it played In the boundary dIspute dIsputebetween disputebetween disputebetween between William Penn and Lord Baltimore . 3 The "Mayflower Mayflower " barn " at Jordan's Jordans ' in Bucks BucksEngland , England . , The beams were formerly the timbers timbersof timberof timbersof * of the historic ship "Mayflower Mayflower " " The barn Is Isnow isnow Isnow now used as a recreation room for the Society Societyof Societyof of Friends 4 The farm house at Jordan's Jordans ' In Bucks , Eng Eng.land England . land , used by the Society of Friends as a meet meet- meeting meetIng meeting - ing house In the foreground Is the private cem cem- cemetery cemetery - . etery of the Penn family . The grave before which whichthe whichthe whichthe the man is standing Is that of William Wilham Penn who whodied whodied whodied died in 1718 He was survived by 11 sons who whowere whowere whov/ere whov ere were / also buried burled here with the exception of twowho two twowho twowho who were buried burled In the Stoke Poges Pages graveyard 5 The letters patent , dated August 20 , . 1694reinstating 1694 , . reinstating William Wilham Penn as governor of Penn- Penn Pennsylvanaa Penn.sylvama Pennsylvama . - sylvanaa sylvania In place of Benjamin Fletcher Flltcher Fletcher ? who hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been appointed appomted In Penn's Penns ' place when he was de deprtved deprived dcpnved prtved prived of the government of his colony . , ! r :1 1 : v Christ college , Oxford , , at about the ' age 'lge lge of fif fifteen fif- fif fifteen fif- fif fifteen - - teen where he came C'lme Clme ' under the Influence of ofGeorge ofGeorge ofGeorge George Fox f'0'C f0C ' ' and 'lnd lnd ' Thomas Thom'ls Thomls ' Loc Loe , . , the great Quakersof Quakersot Quakers ot of the pcnod pellOd period , , " who "ho ho Induced him to join that thatbOdJ thatbody thatbod bOdJ body The college authorities fined tIned him for non non- nonconformity nonconformity nonconformity - - conformity but as he adhered to hi his ' : ! faith hlth he hewas hewas hewas was expelled from the collegePenn's collegePenn's college collegePenn's Penn's Penns ' father was furJouslth furious furJous \ with \\lth lth viith him at first but butfinallv butfinally butfinally finallv finally relented and sent him to France Prance trance where he hewas hewas hewas was greatfavorite presented to I louis ouls outs XIV and nnd became a great favorite ' at 'it it t the court Then followed foUowed a brH brief briefcareer briefcareer f fcareer career ' as 'lS lS a la law lass student and as a member of the thest'lf1 thestau1 thestaff st'lf1 stlf1 stau1 ' ' of his ' \ father f\ther f ther , the admiral admlr'll admlrll admlr'llIn admiralIn admiralIn ' In 1CG8 16GS 1065 he lIe returned to Navy Gardens and anddropped anddropped anddropped dropped the sword sn ord for the pen , writing writmg a num num- number number number - - ber of tr'lFts trlFts tracts ' ' for one of which shish \ hlch , , entitled entlted ] 'Truth Truth 'Truthc 'TruthExalted TruthExalted ' TruthL'valted c\ c c'llted L'valted Lvalted : ' \ 'llted llted ' " 'he he he , In 1CG8 lGGS 11365 . , was sas \ as committed to theTower the theTo theTosser To Tosser " cr of london I ondon In 1G7G lG7G 1670 William WIIlhm Penn W'1S W1S was W'1Sone wasone wasone ' one JerseyIn of the earl early , ) settlers In West New Jersey In America , but prior to this he had often In abroadin bis his Inhis Inbis mind the Idea Idc'l Idcl ' of forming a settlement abroad abroadIn abroadIn In some country countrv where the Quakers Qual.ers Qualers . could estab est'lb- est'lb estlb estab- establish est'lbUsh establish ' - - lish Ush themc themselves ; lves for their own o\\n o n osn \ good , and live at atpe'lce atpeace atpeace pe'lce pelce peace ' \ with sltti lth all men As the king , diaries Charles II , wasIndebted was wasindebted wasindebted indebted to his Ius fns ' late I'1te I1te iate ' \ father |