Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-11

tion cried with voice that no tea subject TO duty
should be landed in their town, and held themselves
ready for the last appeal.
| "The morning of Thursday, the 10th Of December,
1773 dawned upon Boston, day by far the most mo-
mentous in its annals Beware, little town; count the
cost and know well if you dare defy the wrath of Great
Britain and if you love exile and poverty and death
rather than submission. The town Of Portsmouth held
its meeting that morning, aad with six only protest
ing its people adopted the principles of Philadelphia,
appointed their committee Of correspondence and resov
ed to make common cause with the colonies At ten
o'clock the people Of Boston, with at least two thousand
men from the country, assembled in the Old South A
report made that Rotch had been refused clearance
from the custom house. Then said they to him, pro-
test Immediately against the custom house. and apply
the Governor for his pass that your vessel may this
very day proceed on her voyage for London
The Governor had stolen away to his country house
at Milton. Bidding Rotch made all haste, the meeting
adjourned to three the afternoon At that hour Roch
had returned 1t incidentally voted, other
towns had already done, to abstain from the Of tea
and every town advised to appoint its committee Of
inspection prevent the detested tea from coming within
any of them Then since the Governor might refuse his
pass the momentous question recurred whether it be
the and determination of this body oabde by their
former resolutions with respect to the not suffering the
tea to be landed On this question Samuel Adams and
Young addressed the meeting which become far the
most numerous held in Boston, embracing seven
thousand men. There was among them patriot Of
fervd feeling pasionatey devoted to the liberty of his
country; still young his eye bright his cheek glowing
with hectic fever He knew that his strength ebbing
The work of vndcatng American freedom must be done
soon, he will be no party to the great achievement
He rises but it is to restrain and being truly brave and
truly resolved, he speaks the language of moderation
Shouts of hosannas will not terminate the trials of this
day. popular resolves, harangues, and accamatons
yanquish foes We must be grossly ignorant OF the
value Of the prize for which we contend OF the power
combined against u.s. of the nveerate malice and insa
table revenge which actuate enemies, public and
private abroad and in our bosom, if hope that
shall end this controversy without the harpest conflicts
Let us consider the issue before we advance TO those
which must bring the most trying and ter
ribe struggle this country ever saw. Thus spoke the
younger Quincy Now that the hand is to the plough,
said Others there must be looking back, and the
whole assembly thousand voted unanimously that
the tea should not be landed.
1t had been dark for than an hour The church
in which they met dmly lighted when at quarter
before six Rotch appeared and satisfied the people by re-
atng that the Governor had refused him pass because
his ship not properly cleared AS soon as he had
finished his report Samuel Adams and gave the word
This meeting do nothing to save thecounry On
the instant shout heard at the porch the whoop
resounded body of men, forty or fifty in number, dis
gused Indians passed by the door, and encouraged
by Samuel Adams, Hancock, and others, repaired to
Grns wharf, posted guards to prevent the intrusion of
SPIES of the three tea ships and in about
three hours three hundred and forty chests of ea being
the whole quantity that had been imported emped
into the bay without the least injury to other property
All things conducted with great order, decency,
and perfect submission to Government The people
as looked were SO Holsc ol
breaking open the tea chests was plainly heard de-
lay Of few hours would have placed the tea under the
protection Of the admiral at the castle. After the work
was done the town became still and calm as if it had
been holy time. The from the country that very
night carried back the great news to their villages
The next morning the committee of correspondence
appointed Samuel Adams and four Others to draw up
declaration of what had been done They sent Paul Re-
express with the information to New York and
Philadelphia
The height of Joy that sparkled in the eyes and ami
mated the and the hearts Of the patriots
they met another is unimaginabe. The Governor,
meantime, consulting his books and his lawyers
to make out that the resolves of the meeting were
reasonable Threats muttered of arrests of exc
cutons, of transportation of the accused to England
while the committee of correspondence pledged them
selves to support and vndicate each other and all per-
who had shared in their effort. The country was
united with the town and the Colonies with another
more firmly than The Philadephians unanimously
approved what Boston had done. New York, all impa-
tent at the winds which had driven its tea ship off the
coast, was resolved on following the example"