Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-05
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MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1854.
THE SAME LAw-BREAKING. sEDITI0us
BOSTON"

il the Boston IL WAS iu WIG i'se w"i W"
Great Britain that it wes when Shadrach
YVES escned, tho same law breai, ng sedltions
Boston - Richmond Va Examiner
Ycs--the bad habits of the Revolution still
| cling to Boston, which now ia as much hated
by the Aristocracy of Slavery rs it was by the
Aristocracy of England, when Lord Grenvillo
attempted to enforce the Stamp Act and Lord
North shut up its port on account Of its sedi-
tions. The prejndiccs Of education are lot
quite overcome in that Claw breaking" clty
Much allowance should BIO made for her I'M
fortunate training in revolutionary times, un,
der Hancock, Otis, and Adams. They had a
way of resisting authority aud speaking evil
Of dignities, which savored somewhat OF sedi
ton indeed, il Is safe to say that Treason
began to tester in Bosom 70 far back as
the year 1864, when tow meeting Of its citl
zens protested against Grenville's scheme OF
| taxation without representation, and recon-
mcndcd combination Of the Colonies in de-
! fence Of their common interests. It broke out
into an g eruption = the next year, when stamps
prepared in Great Britain, by order Of the Cen
| trial Power, we're sent to Government ofhcials
| in the Colonies, to sell them. There was
great elm in Boston, which the seditions oppo-
nents Of the Stamp Act styled Liberty Tree"
under which they concocted their treason
able schemea and on whose branches they
sometimes hung efgies of persons conspicuous
| or their Administration zeal. lnfamed to
desperation, one day, by the seditons ha-
| frangues of selfstyled patriots the Liberty men
went straightway to the house of Oliver, Sec
rotary of the Colony, s.amp-dis'ributor Tor
Massachusetts,, pulled down small br;ld'ng
intended for ftamp-oilce, and frightened the
f6cial into a resignation. The pcstiferons
preachers were also ut work Jonathan May
hcw, congregational minister, descended
from his exalted place, to dabble in the dirty
waters of politics, and preached sermon
against the Stamp Act, taking for his text
: would they were even cut of, that trouble
Pe!'
II is even suspected that Boston was the
birthplace Of that sotorons order called
hSons of Liberty" which everywhere busted
| itself in stirring up scdition." Meantime
Treason continued to fester," and there
was another eruption in 1853. Certain
Government officials, attempting to enforce
some severe regulations Of the Administration,
on commerce, were obliged to seek shelter I'M
der cover Of company Of British artillery, and
town meeting in Faneuil Hall demanded
from the Governor the removal of tho ship Of
war from the harbor.
n To put down tbs sediiious0 spirit, the
Government ordered two regiments of soldiers
from Halifax and two from Ireland, but the
People, getting wind of i, sent out notice for
convention Of delegates from all the towns in
tho Province, to be held in Boston in ten days,
advising all persons not provided with arms to
procure them at once. After this, the troops
arrived, and General Gage undertook to have
them "quartered at the expense Of the town
,eople in accordance with instructions from
the Home Government; but the "sedItious"
town set the instructions at defiance, refused
them lodging, bedding, fring,D and the Gen.
eral was Obliged to support them as he could
The English aristocraey hereupon was as much
incensed as tho Erominer is now, and de-
nounccd Boston as factious and rebe,liouso
Franklin wrote home Every man in Eng
land regards himself piece Of a sovereign
over America, sccms to jostle himself into the
throne with tho King, and talks Of our subjects
in the Colonies
The soldiery Of the Government being sta
toned in the street and about Faneuil Hall, 10
overawc the People, they became subject to all
kinds OF annoyances and Mt last q collision
took place, in which several "seditious law
breaking citizens were killed. Forthwith tho
misguided People assembled in town meeting,
resolved that the troops must be removed, and
appointed a committee to wait upon the Gov
ernor and the General, and make known their
demands. Strange to say, the reasonable
requirition was promptly complied with--the
troops were removed.
So Treason continued TO Jester till the last
great eruption when 6fty seditious" per-
sons, Disguised as Mohawks, boarded the tea
vessels in Boston harbor on the evening of De-
ccnber rs, 1873 and in the course OF two hours
emptied three hundred and fDrty-two chests-of
tea into the water.
Thus, for ten ycars was Boston trained to Sc
dition and Law. breaking, and what is very Gu
rious, Virginia admired her deeds, responded
TO her appeals, and pledged the lives and prop
erty of it, citizens to sustain her The secret
Of this wa--- Boston was committed TO the death
against tho exercise Of arbitrary, unconstitu-
tional power by the Administration in EGG
land. II was loyal, willing 10 obey just laws
but determined TO maintain its rights against
usurpation. This was why the virginians Of
that day loved her, and stood shoulder 10 shoul-
der with hcr. Patrick Henry was himsclfas ase
ditous and law breaking a. Hancock or Adams.
There was no time, during that whole period,
when repeal Of the unconstitutional laws of
the Government would not have sIlaycd dis