Notre grand continent, des ébauches, pittoresque et historique : l'intérieur et au-delà des États . réclamation, et de la guerre-nuages apparurent. C'est alors que le Colonel James Oglethorpe, un accomplishedsoldier, qui avait été un aide pour le prince Eugène dans une campagne contre l'theTurks, et puis un membre du Parlement, la commisération conditions misérables T50 LA GRANDE RÉPUBLIQUE DE L'OUEST : tion des prisonniers pour dettes, en Angleterre, a porté l'affaire devant l'Assemblée législative-ture. Il a proposé la création d'une colonie en Amérique, en partie pour l'bene-fit de cette importante catégorie. Une commission d'enquête rapport favorable, et

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Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . claim, and war-clouds appeared. It was at this juncture that Colonel James Oglethorpe, an accomplishedsoldier, who had been an aide to Prince Eugene in a campaign against theTurks, and then a member of Parliament, commiserating the wretched condi- T50 THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF THE WEST: tion of prisoners for debt, in England, brought the matter before the Legisla-ture. He proposed the founding of a colony in America, partly for the bene-fit of this important class. A committee of inquiry reported favorably, anda plan, as proposed by Oglethorpe, was approved by King George H. Aroyal charter was obtained (June 9, 1732) for a corporation for twenty-oneyears, in trust for the poor, to establish a colony in the territory south ofthe Savannah River, to be called Georgia, in honor of the King. The management of the new settlement was intrusted to twenty-onegentlemen and noblemen, who were constituted Trustees for Settling andEstablishing the Colony of Georgia. Colonel Oglethorpe was one of them.. •GEORGE WALTON, FIRST GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. They were invested with legislative and executive powers for the governmentof the colony. At the expiration of the twenty-one years a permanent Gov-ernment was to be established by the King or his successor. There was nopolitical liberty for the people. Every feature of the project commended itself to the British people.Donations from all ranks and classes were freely given to assist the emigrantsin planting comfortable homes in the wilderness. The Bank of Englandmade a generous gift, and the House of Commons, from time to time, votedmoney, amounting in the aggregate to $160, 000. Lord Viscount Percivalwa? chosen President of the Trustees. Colonel {Oglethorpe generously offered to accom-pany the emigrants to I ITS STATES AND TERRITORIES. 151 their new home. All things being in readiness, thirty-five families—120 men, women and children—sailed from Grav

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