Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-27
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From The .udsydchusetis Journal.
NEW HISTORIC Al NOVEL,

interest fte book, and anticipating the readers udg
ment OF ITS merits We wish that others should enjoy
II as highly and Judge as freely we have done The
author is 50 extensively and avorably known the
writer of previous and very powerful production
founded the earliest history of New England, that
the present work, in our opinion needs nothing more
Its own title page TO bring lairy and advau
tagcousy before the public II has been said that per-
sonal beauty is good letter Of recommendation. We
VIII add that work. whose title page disc loses the fact
That the author has previously written tale beaui-
iui as lioboinok needs letter of recommendation
from any We shall coninc ourselves for the pre-
sent 10 one two extracts The following is the de-
ScriptiOn of meeting i'm "Fanuc IIalln held i'm
consequence of the Hutchinson mobn II James
Otis spoke in this fashion, tie wonder is that the Reyo-
luton did not begin sooner.
Ihe friends OF government pretended TO look all
tins as tho artful nanGcuvres of men anx ous TO ward
off the effects of their crime To further their tvran.
meal design OF obainingJnitary assistance from Eng
iano the two governors chose 10 represent the affair
The Spontaneous movement of the whole town. suggest
ed and aided by lis best and most influential citizens
and one OF Bernard's friends, who had accompanied
Somervie 10 the hall, impoli.ic enough TO saw
aloud, This IS sheer pretence The legislature ap-
prove OF the transaction; and would publicly vndicae
1t, ifthcy dared all this only to show that thew
have not spirit enough 10 carry them through"
With face of fame, James Otis arose and answer
cd, You assert what no honest believe sir
policy as wicked as II IS shallow, alone induce
our enemies to give currency to such an opinion AZ.
the and sinew of the community were exerted to
stem the torrent Of popular fury: during the whole of
the last fearful night.
al do not oppose the resolutions in favor of Governor
Hutchinson. No enc more sinccrey regrets the in
suits offered his person, and the injury done 10 his pro
perry; hut cannot restrain my indignation, when |
hear the public virtue that promptly recols from IN
due violence. stigmatzed tinc-servin cowarlice-
Some viii mistake my zeal for personal resentment; but
those who understand ne well, will hear in my voice
the laundering echo Of free people who cannot be
silenced. and who will not be Knocked.
Let Inn who dares to say we have not spirit sufi
cient TO respt oppression, look the fallen cupola the
PROSTATE pillars the tattered hangings and the ruined
walls in Fiezel Court,
God forbid that should thus recapitulate in Or
der TO add insult 10 outrage. merely wish TO prove
that c spirit which cannot be controlled by friends will
never be overcome by enemies
England NAV sell dam ZIP the waters of the lie
with burushes rs TO fettcr the step Of Freedom more
proud and firm in this youthful land than where she
tcads the sequestercd gens of Scotland, or coucbes
herself anoug the magnificent mountains Of Switzer
lanh.
Arbitrary principles, like those against which we
now contend, have cost one king of England his life
another his crown-and they nay yet cost third his
most fourishinG colonies.
awe two millions strong-one fifth friino man
owe are bold and vigorous, and We call no man mas
ter.
"To nation from whom we are proud 10 derive our
origin, we ever were, and ever will be- ready 10
IL. n
never can be extored! exclaimed me- striking his hand
I'LL the hall lung again.
Low murtnurs of Treason! reason.n were heard in
some parts OF the room, and Henry Osborne, fearing
his vehencncc might betray him into danger gently
touched his Am no; of agc:n said O,is, petu
!enty; but instantly calming his irritation he CONT
nucd,
''Soinc have snccringly asked, Are the Americans
too poor 10 pay few pounds on stamped paper Mo-.
America thanks 10 God and herself is rich But
the right to take ten pounds, implies the right TO take
thousand; and what must be the wealth that ayarcc
aided by power, cannot exhaust?
True, the spectre is small; but the shadow he
casts before him is huge enough to darken all this fair
lard. "
''Others. in sentimental style. talk of the immense
debt of gratitude which owe to England And
what IS The amount of this debt? Why truly is the
same that the young lion TO the dam which has
brought it forth The solitude of the mountain or lG
II amid The winds and storms OF the desert
we banged INTO the wave with the magma charta of
'ec"o'n III our teeth because The aggo and The torch
we're behind US We have walked this new world from
us savage lethargy; forests have been Frustrated in orr
path; towns and cities have grown up suddenly as e
flowers OF the tropics, and the fires in our auturnna
woods are scarcely pd than the increase of our
wealth aud population
"Ahd do we owe all ibis TO the kind succor of ourmo
ther country? No. we it to The tyranny that drove
us from her.-to the polling storms, which inyjrorstcd
our helpless infancy.
'But perhaps others will say We ask no money from
Fo"' S'a''uGc' we only demand that you should pay
your own expenses.
And who pray, is to Judge Of their necessity
why, the king; land with all due reverence 10 his 81
cred majesty, he unde stands the real wants of his dis
tan subjects, as little he dces the language of the
"octSws.) Who is tojndge whittier the money is pro-
perry expended The cabinet behind The throne
"ln every instance those who take are TO iutro f,r
those who PT and if IBIS system is suffered TO 20 into
OPERATION shall have to esteem it great pr
vhege' that rain and dew do not depend upon parlia
mcnt; otherwise thew would soon be faxed and dried
"8u thanks be TO God, there is freedom enough left
nPon carth to resist such nonstrUus Injustice The
harne "i liberty Is extngusled in Greece and Rome
ou' Tie light OF ITS glowing ombers is still bright and
strong ON the shores Of America. Aciuated BY its "a
crG H influence we will resist until death But wc
VIII not countenance anarchy and misruc Tic
wrongs that desperate community have heapcd upon
thclr enemies, shall be amply and speedily repaired
sun 1t may be well for proud men to remember
th7t FIRE IS lighted in these Colonies which one breath
OF ihcIrs may kindle into such fury that the blood oC
oil England cannot expguish n
We would with pleasure proceed with further obser
yaons and extracts of the book but il contains matter