The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-12-25
The Tea Party Of liza, - Re-
ported by the Boston Ad-
vertiser at that
Time.

Thursday following, ten O. clock. They then met
and being informed by Mr.. ROtch, that clearance
was refused him. they enjoyned him Instantly to
enter protest and apply to the goven0ur for pass
port by way Of the castle, and adjourned again TO
three o'clock for the same day. At which time
they again met and after waiting till near sunset
Mr.. Rotch came in and informed them that he had
accordingly entered his protest and waited on the
governour for pass. but exccllency told him that
til his vessel was quaiied. The people finding all
their efforts TO preserve the property
of the East India Company and return
it safe to London, frustrated by the tea eonsiguses,
the collector ofcustoms and the govcrnour Of tie
province DISSOLVED their meeting. But BEHOLD
what followed, number Of brave and ressauts
men determined to do all in their power to save
their country from the ruin viii b their euenies
had plotted, in less than four hours emPtied every
chest OF tea on board the three ships commanded
by the Cantans Hall, Bruce and Conn amounting
to S+s chests, into the sea- without the least dana
age done TO the ships or any other property The
masters and owners we'll pleased that their ships
are thus cleared; and the people are, almost uni
versally eonsratulatinS each other on the happy
event.
In an other part of the same paper was
printed letter from an 'Impartial Obser-
ver," who affected to be . Rhode Islander
visiting Boston. He says:-
Previous to the dissolution q NUM- Der Of perssns
supposed 10 be the Aboriginal natives from their
Completion, approaching near the door Of the ss.
stfuUlv, gave tnc W8TsWnOOp, WHICH WAS 1usW0IeO
by few in the galleries of the house where the
ssmbly was convened. Silence was Commanded,
and prudent and peaeable department. again en-
toyed. The savages repaired TO the ships which
contained the pestilental Tea and had began their
ravayes previous to the dissolution Of the meeting.
They applied themselves to the destruction Of this
commodity in earnest, and in the space Of about
two hours broke up 3a2 chests and discharged their
contents into the sea. watch - l am informed
was stationed to prevent smbe1zlement and not .
single ounce of Tea was suffered TO- Be purloined or
a considerable quantity Of goods Of different kinds
were still remaining board the vessel, no injury
was sustained such attention to private property
was observed that a small paddock belonging TO the
Capt. of one Of the ships being broke, another was
procured and sent to him.
The eonsisnees must attribute to Themselves the
loss of the property of the East India Company.
pie by a resignation, all had bsen we'll. The Gus.
tom house officials and man who dissraces majesty
by representing him, acting In confederacy with
the enemies Of their country, are alone b held
answerable for this distraction.
The reader of to-day is accustomed every
morning to read in his newspaper the per-
sonal biography of every person who had an
important part to play tine day before. Our
own reporters" give to him, from each &C.
cessible point of view, the most minute detail
of every event described. To the reader thus
trained the brief narratives copied above
which are all that our predecessors in this
office thought proper to print regarding that
action in which began the separation of the
United States from England-may seem
even absurdly, lacking in detail.
He may draw unjust inference a. to the spirit
and the method of the journalism Of the
fathers.
The truth is, that the plan for action was
formed under the roof Of the man who wrote
the narrative. In his parlor the band Of dis
guised Indians assembled. From his house
they repaired together to the scene of their
enterprise. As has happened in hundred
other cases Of critical importance, the Office
of the journalist was itself the place where
great resolution was taken and q great deed
was born. Benjsmin Edes at that time pub
lished and edited the Boston Gazette, which.
with every other journal then published in
Boston, except the Massachusetts, Spy, long
since lapsed into the journals which were
united in tie office of the Daily Advertiser
more than forty years ago. Benjamin Edes
WAS one of the men who saw the necessity for
action, and Was not afraid to take the respon
.ibiIity of action. In the room over his
printing. office the leaders met to consult, and
in his house the actors who had been agreed
upon assumed their DISCUSSES. From his
house they started to do the duty assigned
to them, which proved to be nothing leas
than the division of an empire. In his desk,
until his death, was the only correct list ever
made OF the actors In the afia,r: he ~ MOI
death it was taken away, and it was in all
prbability destroyed.
There is pretentious svstem, now, Of
what !. called Acknowledgement bepr.ised
ome,imes-vh;cb would maintain that the
,,u,v of Nv Edes IN bis reader, required
him To print mi. document the next morning.
Under sncb snnr;on. ssiournalism. - one add
another nevspaper in The late war offered
constant aid and comfort N the rebels in
anna Rnt the Boston Gazette in this Ell.
rency w.s true to the dutv of a newspaper.
The Conductors Of The Gazsus knew that
heir first duty was to their couutry-as
heir successors under whatever name. have
,Iway, construed theirs to be, Il NAV be to late
for us to offer an opoloey for any short-com-
mo in our report OF the Boston Tea Party -
published at the time. But this 10 our apol. |
,gv: Tba, the editor of the print-which
bIs Journal succeeds-was one Of the prime
movers in the deed: and that the narrative
which he published ia studied, word BY word,
~ the ARES, of the cause which he espoueed. |
The tea party proper took place in Faneuil |
4,u and wa, n,sz;sea ovar bp Col TW
~, =,
hisginson. Inc leai op)ect vi tue nieeuns
Tas explained in the following Introductory |
emarks delivered by Col. Higginson.
I.nrrs Avn Grxr1rury-I have b.en
eauested to call this meeting to order; but |
I is not easy 10 call such a large assembly a.
ms 70 ordei, because .nele var are 70 rev
'.ra..o, ~ H.. . ca,h.,;,, tn. h..
,een called the "cradle of liberty" and |
women have the right to understand any
hing 40 domestic az . cradle: but the cradle /
hey rock to-day is the cradle of women's |
lights. We have met TO dedicate old Fan
MI Hall to another one hundred wear, more
TAXATION with representation" We shall |
;.h, il out on that line if it takes another
entury. For years the woman Of New Eue.
and knew what was coming If the men did /
,ot. four vears before the men did their part |
,OO women of Boston. in one week. had sent
n their names "a ab;nr;np tea. 126 unmar-
ned ladies also sent in their names and |
pledged Themselves to renounce tea, The