The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-10
"REMINISCENCES.

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sister States, which produced eminent and
patriotic men, who hazarded their lives
in the common cause. But the South
was rich III statesmen, too, whose quick
sympathics vibrated in unison with our
own in the hour of danger. Could any
thing Le more expressive Of their devotion
to US than the fact that when news was
received of tho passage by Parliament of
the bill shutting up the port Of Boston
commonly called the Boston Port Bill-all
Virginia was reused to indignation and as
if some great and sad calamity had fallen
on the colonies, her people set apart day
OF lasting, humiliation and prayer, rs the
records of the house Of Burgesses has it,
"dcvoutly to imploro the divine intcrposi-
ton for averting the heavy calamity which
threatened destruction to their civil rights,
and the evils of civil war; to give them
one heart and one mind firmly to oppose,
by all just and proper means, every injury
TO American rights" This ,ousad the
wrath of Dunmorc, the royal Governor,
who dissolved them, but cigLty-ninc rcso-
lutte burgesscs agreed on and signed a
declaration "tlat an attack on one of
our sister colonies, to compel submission
to arbitrary taxes, is an attack made upon
all British America, and threatens ruin TO
the rights Of ALL unless the united wisdom
of the whole be applied" Ye men OF
Massachusetts who now seek to ALLEVIATE
the affections Of the North {. ON the South,
and make light Of the Union, look at those
acts. observe the dignity, devotion, and
moral courage of the fathers, and let not
the spirit Of degeneracy and disunion seize
upon You 1l'cn arose that genius for the
timcs-Patrick lIenry-then shone his
eagle eye, and was raised his mighty arm
III the cause Of freedom alike at the north
and the south.
ltIcliard Henry Lee, another pioneer Of
! FREEDOM, warns us against the folics of
these times. lie originated the first rcsis-
t"nce to British oppression as exhibited in the
Stamp Act of 1865. lie moved the dec
laration of independence, June 7, I71G.-
lie composed those memorials to Great
Britain, which had such a living spirit in
them. genius demanding justice, patriotism
Insisting OH right. Artlcr Lee his brother,
was also steadt,st friend 10 his country,
IN interchangeable worker for her interests
John and Edward l;utledge, both Of Soull,
Carolina, were eminent in their attachment
to the cause Of independence, aud eflicicn,
in their efforts for the promotion Of that
cause. The former was Chief Justice Of
The United States. The doctrine of nulTti.
cation and secession was then unknown
Those noble men acted in perpetual con-
cert.
OF such rs these was Richard Bland, 4
distinguished member of the House of Bur
gesses, who in 1868 was one of a com.
mittce resolutcy and ably to demonstrate
against parliamentary taxation without rep.
resentation, measure that reused the spiri,
OF opposition never to be allowed until in.
dependence was achieved. In l774 lie was
a member of the immortal Continental
Congress. Declining second election by
reason of advanced age, he declared tl,a,
lie should ever be animated 10 support the
glorious cause in which America was en-.
gagged. lie was succeeded by Francis
L'gll;foot Lee, who had the honor of nut.
ting his name TO the Declaration, soon 10
DC celebrated throughout tile country. Mr.
Writ pronounces this gentleman one of the
most enlightened men in the COLONY: a
man of finished education, and of tic most
unbendng habits Of application. His per.
feet mastery Of every fact connect with the
progress and settlement Of the colony had
given him the name Of the Virginia Anti.
quarry. lie was a politician Of the first class
profound logician, and was also consid.
cred the first w'ter in the country.
10 these VIC must add the name of Henry
Laurcns, who succeeded Hancock as Presi-
dent Of the revolutionary Congress, and
distinguished himself for determined oppo.
sition TO the arbitrary claims of Eng.
land.
Deputcd to negotiate loan in Holland,
he was captured on his passage, and incar-
ccrated in the tower at Lyndon on charge
OF high treason, bit was eventually releas.
ed, as muclsHtom policy as justice. Pro.
ccedng Of Paris, under commission pov-
ernment, with Franklin lie signed the pre-
liminaries of treaty Of peace in 1885,
Paca, Chase, Rodney, and Sewer, were also
ornamental names in the Times that tried
mems souls. We need not name Jefferson.
himself host among men who doubled.
trebled quadrupled themselves in that he
roic period.-N.. Y. Jour. Com.
Finn, the celebrated comedian, once STUN.
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