New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-06


CORDED as political measure, mean the recommeni-
alton 10 the 10 pay their quota OF the Province
tax not to the Receiver forhe Grown bat TO lreas-
Ter eypoipted by this Provincial Congress- Dorchester
ON the 97th December IVA, complied with this recon-
incubation aud resolved that the Collectors OF this
town pay the Province tar now Ia their hands or yet
d" 10 be collected 10 Henry Gardner, Esq. OF STOW,
man Of gigantic statue and of patriotism beyond all
proof prema,urely wrested from the pat1oi cause
whose grandson native son of Dorchester the chief
magistrate not OF the colony of Massachusetts, but OF
the State Of Massachuss It's sits IN that char AMI
horrors US with his presence Loud applausel. ~
arotLer act equally decisive, the provincial
CONGRESS of Massachusetts, made military preparation
for The approacl,nc crisis The enlistment OF 10000
men was recommended, and officers of the seven
wears war designated for the command. In pursu-
snce Of t- accommodation, Dorchester on the ION
March I775, resolved that the Whole OF me inhao-
itants Of this town assemble on certain day, those
"vho are liable TO 90 military duty with arms aud
ammunition according 10 lac, IN order 10 be ne
viewed and 20 see whether any member OF them VIII
"enst aud hold themselves IN readiness as minute men,
and those in the ALA list 10 choose officers to COM
90 and them. Rec. III. 442.l On the 18Th OF Apul
the all.inIorant blow vas struck-the blow which
severed tie fated chain whose every Ink was bOted
by an set of Parliament whose every riyet closed
up by an order IL Council, which bound 10 the wake
of EuroTe tie brave bark of our youthful fortune
destined hencotorih and forever 10 ride the waves
alore-ile blow which severed the iated chain was
struck Tie blow was struck which viii he felt in its
tin tie seventh seal is broken upon The agocayPtic
volume of tie history of empires. the contamination
OF four centuries was completed The uie-ong hopes
and bear-sick visions of Columbus, poorly tuihled
in tie subiugation OF the punled tnoes Of
few tropical islands and the distant glimpse
Of continent; cruelty mocked b. the letters
placed ron bis noble limbs by his own menia and
which be carried with him into his grave, are al length
more than filled when the world OF his oiscov-
CIV nut on u sovereign robes OF her separate national
Nsence and Joined the great Panathe nac procession
of the nation [Applausel The wrongs of genera
lions were redresSed. The cup OF humiliation drained
10 the dreos by the old puritan couossors and non-
confomist V ctims of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. prisons
blasted fortunos-EIs forbidden to open IN prayer
earth ard water denied 70 their pleasant naive Land
tie separations and souows Of eNhe-the sounding
tels Of the ocean-tbe scented hedgerOws and vocal
ihickes of the "old counuie exchanged for the path
less wilderness rr Ciug with the w0rwhOop ano gloan-
ing with the sca in -kne-the secular iueotnce OF
colonial rule checked By no periodical recurrence 10
II q public Hi-governors appointed on the other sde
cftie globe hat knew not Joseph, the patronzing
dsdan Of undeeeated power, the legal cOntumely OF
for.isu law wanting the first element OF obligation,
tie consent OF the governed expressed By ms authof
lied reproseDiatVo-tnd at length The last unuiter'
able ard burning 0fIront and shame, a mer-
ccusrv soldery encamped upon the fair emlnenc es
of our citts-slps of with springs on their cables
mooIod in front of our crowded quays-artlleIy
planted opeD-moulcd in our principal streets, al lhe
doors of our houses Of a.sembly-thelr morn
the setting sun that we are the subjects and they the
lords-all these phantoms of the long colonial night
swept of by the first sharp vooy on Lexington Green
Wei might Samuel Adams cXcaim as he heard II,
"oh, wha glorious morning is this y glorious, but
as is too often the with human glo res, the germ
and the uit sorrow sanctihed with tears ana sealed
with blood. Precious lives are to be sacrheed-great
trials public and private TO be enduredeght years of
war are 10 desoate the lGnd-patriot armies are to
mar.h with bloody feet over ceclad fields, cloud OF
auxict, must hang the prospects of one genera
ton of the young while another of the aged go down
to the grave before The vision rs iuhIed but still
glorious III home and abroad-glorious for Amer
lea and strange the word may sound glorious
even for England. Lord Chatham reiOlced that
America lad resisted. Surely Lord Chatham never
rejoced in the shane of England he Ieolced
that America had resisted because she resisted the
great principles of constitutional liberty. Burke in
the taiy stages of the contest spoke these golden
words: ave view the establshm' Mt of the British
Coloni,s principles of liberty, as that which is TO
"iender this kingdom venerable to future ages. In
comparison of this we regard all the victories aud
" conQuests of our werke ancestors or OF our own
tine barbaTOus and vulgar distinctions in which
many nations whom we look upon with little
resi- Get value, have equaed if not exceeded Us.
Tins Is TIE PECCLIAR GLORY OF england All
tie victories and tongues Of our warke ancestors or
of our OVID tlmcs-Planiagenets and Iudors; Cressy,
ToiceIs, Agncouu; Dunkfk aud Calais; Jamaica
and Gibraltar: the Cronwells and the Blakes; the
Wilkins and the Georges; the triumphs of Marbor-
ough the gates of France the thunders of Give on
the banks Of the Ganees; all, IN Burkes judgment,
baTbarous distinctions, vulgar fame, compared with
" the LccuaT glory Of founding q colonial empire
on The pin ciples of liberty lCbeersl OF the great
events which Influenced the result of toe Revolution
few ale more mportont than that which took place
within our lmiis. st Lexington and Concord the
great am cal To AIMS was irrevOcably made. As the
Glam of that day spread through the country, the men
of Doiches fastened 10 the hed they stood side by
side with their couniIymen from every part Of New
England wien the great question OF the capacity OF a
f.tI.u
decided at Bunker Hill. But the occupation of our
HieLts produced distinct strategic result, not in
ferior in importance to any other in the whole war
II was literally UictOrtd sine ciade-a noble VIC
tory achieved without the etfusion of blood
But there is another circumstance which must
ever clOihe the occupation of Dorchester flights
with an affecting interest. 1t was the first great mill
tary operation OF Washington in the Revolutionary
war cheers not battle indeed, but the prepare
ton for battle on the grandest scale, planned with
such skil and executed with such vigor at to
pnralyze the army and navy Of the enemy and force
him, without striking blow, to an ignominous re-
treat [Applausel. Washington, as you well know
was chosen TO the command OF the army IN Phlla'
delIhia Oh tie day the battle of Bunker Hill was
fought The siege of Boston had been already formed,
aid those noble lines of circumvalation-twevem miles
in compass, of which some faint remains may yet be
tracec-had been drawn along the high grounds OF
CLarlestOwn, Cambridge, Roxbury and Dorchester.
An adv, expedition against Quebec had failed
partial collisions had taken place wherever there were
Roy al forces throughout the country Dut nothing &C.
cislye was brought about, ana feyerlsh excitement
pervaded the Continent Congress was still conduct
ing the war without Constitutional existence aud all
YES and hearts were turned to the army aud to Wash
ineton. Men at safe distance and with nothing at
stake are prone Judge severely the conduct of those
who are at he post of responsibility and danger
Washington himself felt the decacy and the hazards Of
bis position the Importance Of sustaining the expeca
tons of the country the necessity OF decisive results
But his army was without discipline or experience save
a few veterans OF the years war-without ade-
quite supplies Of any kind-composed of men who
had left their homes at a moments wcrning and were