Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-01-17

uei Adams IN the chair, and asked WHY
4 he bad not kept bis enga cement to take
his vessel and tea back to London within
twenty days after its arrival He plead
ed that it was out of bis power The
ship must CO. was the answer; the peo-
pie of Boston and the neighboring towns
absolutely require and expect 1t; and
they bade him ask for a clearance and
= pass, with proper witnesses Of his demand
/ Were it mine' said leading merchant.
| | would certainly send it back Hutch
inson acquainted Admiral Montague with
what was passing on which the -Actige
and Aangfsher, though they had been
laid up for the winter were sent to guard
/ the passages ont of the harbor; At the
| same time orders were given by the Gov
ernor, to load guns at the castle. so that
no vessel. except coasters, might go TO sea
without permit He had no thought of
/ what was to happen; the wealth Of Han
cock, Philips, Rowe, DenH;e, and so
mary ether men of properly. seemed to
hlm security against violence. and ie
f1attered himself that he had increased
the perpleyities of the committee
The decisive day draws nearer, and
nearer. On the morning Of Monday. the
thirtieth. the committees of the five towns
are at Faneuil Hall with chat of Boston,.
Vow that danger was really at hand the
men of the little town of Maiden. offered
their blood and their treasure; for that
which they once esteemed the mo ther
country had lost the tenderness Of pa
rent and become their great opprcssor-
we trust in God wrote the men of Lex
I t.l ! Al.
require it, we shall be ready with estate
and everything dear in life. YEA and life
itself. in support of the common cause =
Whole towns in Worcester county, were
on tiptoe to come down Go on as YOU
have begun wrote the committee of Lei
cester on the fourteenth, and do not suf-
fer any of the teas a lready come or com
ing to be landed. or pay ore fartbiDg of
duty You may depend on our aid and
assistance when needed
The line of policy adopted was. if
possible, to get the tea carried back to
London uniniured. in the vessel in which
it came. A meeting of the people on
Tuesday afternoon, directed, end as it
were compelled Rotch, the owner Of the
Dartmouth to apply for clearance He
did so accompanied by Kent. Samuel
Adams and eight others as witnesses.
The collector was at his lodgings and re-
fused TO answer till the next morning /:
The assemblage, on their part, adjourned
to Thursday, the sixteenth. the last Of the
twenty days before 1T would become legal
for the revenue officers to take possession
of the ship and so land the teas at the
castle In the evening the Boston com
mittee finished their preparatory meetings
After the consultation on Monday with
the committee of the five towns they had
been together that day and the next both
morning and evening; bat during this
long and anxious period their Journal has
ONLY this entry No business transacted
matter Of record
:. At ten o'clock on the fifteenth. Rotef
was escorted by his witnesses to the Gus
tom-house. when the collector and comp
troller unequivocally and finally refused
to grant his ship clearance till it should
be discharged of the teas
Hutchinson began to clutch at victo-
ry; for said be, it Is notorious tie ship
cannot pass the castle without permit
! from me. and that ] shall refuse On
/ that tlav the people of Fitch burg pledged
I their word never to he wanting, accord
ling to their small abilitv;;' for they had
indeed an ambition to be known to the
world and to posterity. as friends to lib
erty The men of c. .cester also ex-
pressing their ioy at Boston's glorious
[ Opposition. cried with one 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 9th
/ Of December 1873. dawned upon Boston
day by far the most momentogs 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 It's meeting on this morning. and
with SIX only protesting. its people adopt
ed the principles of Philadelphia appoint
| cd their committees of correspondence.
and resolved 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 10 the
/ Old South. A report was made that
| Rotch had been refused clearance from
the custom house Then said they to
him. protest immediately against the
custom house, and apply to the Governor
for his pass, so that your vessel may this
very day proceed on her way TO London
The Governor aad stolen away to his
country house at Milton Bidding RotcL
make all haste. the meeting adjourned to
three in the afternoon. At that hour
r itch had not returned. 1t was inciden-
taIly voted, as other towns had already
done. to abstain from the use Of tea and
every town was advised to appoint its com
mittee of inspection. to prevent the detes-
ted tea from coming within any of item
Then, since the Governor might refuse
bis pass. the momentoa~ question recur
red. whether it be tie sense aud deter
imitation of this body 10 abide by their
former resolutions with respect to the rot
suffering she tea to be landed - On
this question Samuel Adams and Young
addressed the meeting. winch was become
far the most numerous ever held IN Bos