Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-09

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our brief retrospect \ very few additional
references to enr carly history will cxempl;rv
the foregoing rem Irks, and snlis for my prc.
| ont objec:.
The insnrrcctionary movement Of the
Boston Mohawks" excited the utmost If 4.
across the wassr-- naturally enough -nGt
on acssunt oc ,i', yrl;e Of the cargo thrown
iato Boston Bay, but hrcaoIe the act
throw 6f the British policy Of cslpaial ta=a-
linn. Lbwas the Immediate prrlude 10 the
the seizure of the Mlssachu:c;ts military
stores at Concord By the troops Of Governor
IGaGe. GTills wished" says D.. Il su,say, 'tc
prevent hostilitics by lspriYing tie inhaLi-
tants Of the means necessary 10 carrying
them on" Wishing to accomplish this viii :
cn: hl1odslieeeaA.sf,c took every prc:antion t.,
effect it by surprise and witllou: alarming .hc
cJuntry."-(Ilist. U. S
But, Notwithstanding the .socresy Hi:i
which the expedition was planned III, ac;ie:ro
go: wind. and the provincial forces mad,
.raSty preparations to defeat it; How hoaGr
able does the representative Of royalty a;,pa;.,
by tue side Of the nominal Republican, chief Ct
the cruaders, aud lis hru:l generals. Whic!
Of them ever devised Il scheme 10 save thl
cfusion oI any iont. except their Gwn? Thar
war dogs have bean h?uaaaI On maya elan
d1stiuc rad-n0t for the SAKE "r humanity.
but that by falling unawa-cs on less cauti,m.
foe they might toe nore surely and safely
fulfill their mission Of Ia7nge and slaughter
| Secrecre'ivcnCsa is Iot the Jortc nor habit
Of the honest and humane. |; j. 700 near akin u
cunning and deceit Tie brute and the savage
! practice it from instinct; th. thief and tho
assassin, The ultra Puritan and the crusader,
from cold Dlonded calculation. Witness the
underground railroad, the workings anl
windirgs Of Lincoin's prime minister, and
the midnight en'rte Of the crmmrnl.. IN
chief himself into III, city Of Washington.
disguised in Il Scotch cap and military CLOAK
So prone, ab1re MI, is the natural born Yaa,
kcc, swadllsd up in Infancy and c akcJ
| through life in the garh Of Puritansm. 10
trickcry and dsacption. thai he will loso half
the merit Of {. deed worthy of ail praise, b?
| pluit in The hny Of Boston.
| Tho revolutionary co.ilict WAS u civil war
in the true sense Of the term. Il began in
Ma sachusctt5, and fnr :. time was carried "n
exclusively between the Inoil,rr country and
that "jisloYal" provrce-on the par, Of the
one TO punish ard suppress ar alleged "rc!:i
! ltUl --ti bLilSIf ~ litH tChN INV
"burbarous" INVASION. The villages of l.'x-
inston and Concord haze l,?cumc !ah'd in
history "A the s:cTea Of the first conflicts be-
tween British ard American forces. There
| fifty Of the Massachusetts, militia, aud some
what greater number Of British regulars, icl
on one and the same day-".!' day" says tho
official record Of it's cventrnl histary, 80 hc
remembered by all Americans OF the present
generation, and which ought, and doubtless
will be. handed dnwo to ago' We! unb1ra
| Did the bagkwm,dsman uf Illinois ever hc:.r
Of it2 Is it It'll! remembered in Mass .rhr
Gets: No: not even in Lexington ani Con
| cord.
II thcro he nnc-silhirct of Gov. Grgc's loyal
Successor (Andrcws) who dare maintain the
| principles which. FAR more than the valur ,i
its champions, male tha: daY sacred 20 fr"r-
men, You will find him. tcIl it not in B -
ton, publish it not in tho avenues Of Wash
ington les. the tories of Britain rcilicp
lest the slaves Of Lincoln triumph ~
You will find him pininG in the castle
that now Dedicated tn ii.c nses Of tyran., desc.
| crates tho name OF WAhsEN gazing on the
bay h0norrd nf Ole bv grateful libation 70
liberty, and muHing -. ihG "haugr 'shiei has c"mc
orsr Mr spirit yi his drc@m tha: lb.rty conli
long dwoI i'll tho lard W the persecu'iug Pill
grims, in the midst Of The "otf-:r ourings' ef
Enropa.
Tho eighhoring Provinces. CONNECTICUT. S"w
| Hampshire, AMI even rebeliouq l;tln Rhode :
lsnd, notwithstanding thr protest Of her Royai
| Governor become immediate partiI i}Hu's of the
J "tIeH5on" Of Massachusetts. In I'll the cher
= colonies. the rersevcr;ng efforts Of The british
Ministry TO stias the principles oF Free Gnver".
nett had already spirit reused Of disalrcli"a
and Il, iiance. The disastrous Int raiuri.l
result ng ministerial venccuca against MaSsn
chuJetts. now thrilled all faithful hearts, AMI
convinced them that the pn henlS Of VII we're
at length uDchainol. Loud AMI deep were the
curses showercl npon tho rulers abroad. while
sympathy for o sister colony, under tn" ban Of -
| vengefu oppressor, so3n ripened iuto friendship
and union.
The Grand or Continental Congress met 10 h
May, l775 and came (" The ruscrr of Massnrhu-
sstts. They raisel III armv nn1 appointed
Georg, Warrington The Vireiuian. a5 ita crm'
lrander in chief. n, repaired 10 tho encarp-
meut at Cambridge. arromp in:od by General
| Charies Lee, ia!so ANi.pinian,) and assumed the
command early in July. I715; ths Spring :5Il"w-
iug (iTl March. lf',i compelled the British 10
evacua'e Boston .--
| (Thnii of that mas.er Lincoln Wa4lic g.on
and Lee; wicked slave holders and sinners as
| ihny were, accepted NJ Leaders by the Puritan
| fa,hers. to aid not in crushing. bu. main ny
Rebellion
Not only dil both Provincial and Continental
Congress raise armies, but in November. HIo'
they each provided for n'ting out pr:Vateers, to
crnise on R'iish commerce
TYcs. il is positive fact recorded in their OWE
! i,urnals th.t the SONS Of the Pilgrims wee. PI-
RATES. lVMe Stewards correspondence with
Dayton.
| Down to this time. and uptil the i'h day OF
July lT16 the Colouics disclaiu,ed all thought
| of ren6un-irg their connection with Great
Britain or sllep lance 10 the British Monarch
The struggle,,in its origin, ~as for liberty not
| for Independence. .1u 4 letter addressed hy tho
Provisional Congress of Massachusetts on The
alith OF April, IT'S. (before The blood Of their
countrymen shed Mt Lexington "as dry,) to DR..
franklin, giving narrative Ct :!at event they
say to the inhabitant. of Gre1; ..'riiain:
These, BRLTHEREN, are MI rs OF ministerial
vengeance ogainst this colony but
they have not yet detached from our Royal
sovereign. We p.of-s, 10 b. his loyal aud dn'i,
full subj cts. and 80 hardly dat with ~ W" have
been, are still eaIy, with our IS and r:un's,
10 def-nl his person, family. crown and ';E'
! uiY.'
The Continental Co. G 'css, ,bo l. il I'LL ardi775
usej anp,lspe, if possible more l-yal. But sii:ec
these prott stations. twelr months OF ioa!!y
| find and indeed, Of open Wv, had iHtervei:.d
settlinr finally in Inutual lated. All gl:i Ia
acknowledge The absurdity and insirrnr';y u
continuing to profess allegiance aud al = ion
for the King, the known a,id Interest enrn!t n
ct!ona rights, and at tho SAME time, Meeting il-
forces in battle Accordingly OF the Ttl Jm::e
l77a nicharl Henry Lee oiFirginin. novel tn;
Continental Congressto declare the colonies free
and independent. The final destination pii'.t "a
,tf,ct wins adopted OH tho 4l july io'Io"'"t
and tho colonies jointly AMI "r"r"Hs as,,"el /
all the rights and powers ct independent Pr
In presenting tha foregoing rciT"'ps".' re
not designed. as must he, obviou'' 10 cpn'pDs, q
history, but simply 10 cull from exi::iug chr'r'
cles sach facts and 81. oirI uny as NIGH. SEEN
.I,uIa,'L ~ eIn =. ny v;,.gs. We l:sve
nn,v cached y. - some waysil. wHE'lerngs
IJ,L,e,S dl,i,..,e an iy;"j ;he epoch-amoIE tGe
grandest in &C history. Of nHiols-0t Amerssn
emsucipa'i n Hsre' II, s!cw' as /: were, "' 'me
Fathers laid the cornerstone y: their sublime
,,anument to freedom sn' iudepa ndencs, let as