Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09
CHAPTER III
They lowe their land baeautsnT
And acorn to give aught other reaso9k
Would shake hands with the King upqh Is throne.
And think il kindness to his Bfsiesty
III.

4hcy lowe their land becaUBn -
And acorn to give aught Other reasoIk
would shake hands with the KingupQhis throne,
And think il kindness to his Majesty
FITz GREEN hLLEcK.
Much has been said and Frittenay various
historians, respecting the first Blot that was
struck in the colonies for liberty md equit-
table taxation. Some hare br4nded the
leaders as turbulent and heditidls charac-
tiers, and as a nuisance on ne b9y polite.
lie that as 1t may, we inclin to the belief
that were the same causes bought to bear
upon us again, there would b as much tur-
hulence and sedition manifesto as was in the
days of the Regulators and the battle Of
Alamanee would be fought oEr again with
tenfold intensity. 1t was the gDirit Of Liler-
ty crying out against oppression By unjust
taxation, that warmed the hear Of old Hus-
bands, Hunter and others witiI1atriotic fire,
and urged them to the vindicaion of their
rights by the sword. Althougl their move
ments may have been hasty, aid in advance
Of the weight of public opinion yet all must
confess that the principle thst ppmptedth m
to action was the same that afterwards led
the legitimate armies of tho milton to the
tented field under tho chivalrops command
of the " Father of his County 81 and the
spirit offearless bravery that H1a1sessed st.
self WITH such daring on tbs. ban, inc Al
amance, was the same that soon FELlled the
bosorns of the great American people. and
ultimately achieved the halloTed boon Of In
dependence.
1t is q source Of pride to US asa North
Carolinar, that the first outburst q the A
merIcan heart crying for Freedom, vas IN the
bounds of the old North ; and it is o source
Of pride to US that the actors in that drama
were those who titled the same soil that we
do and it is a source of regret with Us. at
the same time, that the names Of these gal
LIANT actors should be suffered to go Town &c
oblivion, together with their memoirs, while
the nanle OF some coxcomh, whose service iol
the country in which no lives has not beer
worth 9 pepIshcd exclamation is Landed t
thesIies-be-dinnered while he lived, AM
= -be-mCnumented when he died
E It was the true spirit Of Republicanism tina
united a portion Of the inhabitants togethe
t as Wings, determined to be free themseiye
} from taxation without representation, and
, free their country from the tyrannical rule {
: British oppression. They loved their cour
try because their ancestors had sought 1t g
an asylum from religious int2leIaN2sptaa
tOyCd It because from early childh9 THEY ha
+ been taught it was q honc-a shelter frol
e oppression and when political intoleran'
IS came upon them, robbing them Of their che
d ished rights and liberties, it is not a matter
: surprise that they arose in the face of the
u aggressors and daredto promulgate the dc
e trines of Liberty, and in the end dared to
free!
S Many of those who espoused the cause
r king George no doubt were honest in the
Is convictions and believed that it was their I
ID litical and religious duty to fight for the GRO,
n of England while many Of them, on the o.
ut cr hand, wire designing knavcs with hea
to full Of corruption and sin many we're hi
lings 0 fthe crown, and were prompted to tn
al warlikc deeds by the desire for gain.
ct The reader will pardon this DEPRESSION Fl
O. the main incidents of our Tale, and fndth
he in our next chapter.
it. TO EE %CoNTISUED.