The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-05-05
pANcRoFr,s HISTORY or THE U. STATE.

BANcRoFTs HISTORY OF THE U. STATES.
The seventh volume of Baneroft's History
Of the Uniied States is shortly TO be ISSUED,
and the Boston !" Post" publishes extracts
from advanced sheets which have been exhl-
biiei to the editor. This new volume con-
tains history Of the events 81 the year liza,
when he British shut up the purt d Boston
and tried 10 slarye its inhabitants into sub
mission. Mr.. Bancroft shows how the people
of that tnwn we're sustained by the cnnIlbu-
tions aud sympathies Ofesery part Of The com.
try. lie thus speaks Of the spirit that filed
Virginia aud Washington:
On the affairs Of Massachusetts the tenn
per Of the ylrginisns ran exceedingly high
An innate 80 ri OF freedom such were the
y ord- Of Washington. teIls me that the mea.
sures which the Administration are most VIC.
lrnily pursuing, are opposed toesery principle
III natural justice He was certain that IL was
neither the wish nor :he interest," Of any gov.
rrninent IN this continent, separately or col-
i l.cisely, 10 eel up independence. but he re-
jretrd indignantly the claim of parliament,
aud Jaw no reason to expect anything from
4 their justice. The crisis, lie said, is ar.
rived wren We must assert oar rights, or sub
NIT u every imposition that can be hesped
npnn us. I'LL custom aud use shall m.ke y.
tame and ahject slaves From the FIRST he was
convinced that there was not anything 20 be
expected from petiiioning' Ought We not.
then, lie exclaimed, TO put nur virtue and
lnrirudr IL the sesrrest testr Thus Wash
ingtnn reasoned privately with biz friends.
10 the Convention. Richard Henry Lee and
Patrick Henry we're heard with such delight
|. that the oae was compared 10 Cicero, the
ether 20 Demostsenrs. Bot Washington. aho
never was able TO see distress without de
sire TO assrnge il, made The most efectiy,
speech when he uttered the wish 10 raise OH,
thousand men, subsist them at his own sE
prnre, and march at their head Zoe the relie
&c Boston,
Delaware WAS 50 much in earnest. that il
, devised plans Tor sending relief annually. Az
. MARYLAND and all Virginia we're eOntrlbatin.
, literally and cheerfully being resolved thai
/ the men IL Boston. who were deprived Of thei
/ daily bread. shunld snt be compelled 10 chang,
, their residence f,r want. 10 Rairfax county
, Washington presided al spirited meeting. sn'
/ headed Subscription paper with his osn III
/ lnf fffy pounds. A special chronicle coul
hardly enunrrafe Ill tie generous deeds
/, Beyond the Blue R.Hgc. the hardy eRigrant
sn de ranks II the Shenandoah, Aany n thea
Germans. met at Woodstock, end with Mob
4 ipnbgtg lien clergyman, soon to be mill
4 tsry chief, devoted themselves 10 the eaas,
/. II liberty. Higher up the Valley ef yirghi
\ where The plough already Tisd with the ride
!. and the hardy hunters. not ALWAYS ranging Oh
/. hills with their dogs for game, had also begu
1. 10 90 the cod. The sumner Of that year ripen
|, cd the Nkest.6eld, Of the pioneers, not "a
4 themselves sione. When the sheases la
been harvested. and the corn tfsshed an
/. ground 10 . eegbtry as yet poorly provides
/ sith barns or mills. the bsckwoplsnsn q
/. Asg1sts tosa,s, yithog; any rs., ,hrDrg