New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-20

untripr energy that UnerrinC perception thM shi'ne
will which moved before tho chosen People oi ue Vo''-
mics pillar OF cloud by day, fire by nSh~ Teop'o y
Mnss busetts your proud AM grateful hearts ontslFp
sos, ,is ~ ,,roponnc NJ tho nams % S.miel Adams bSN
whore today nearer tho spot whore he soo" vain hl' ia"
,,r,l friand Hancock hundred years ago ms morning.
son 4 Massachusetts who bears The nome oi ''" u
s.,,ul Adams and whose own has honof'hly IL
Iustrfcd N, fidelity OF your State 20 human liberty VIII
pay Citing tribute 10 tho true American tribune OF nc
peopi-he flasher OF the Revolution, - be Was iohd)
osl But we also aro his children, and must no' oi'
vur duty.
VITAL POINT or THr CONTROVERSY
lrofu ITOs Samuel Adams Aid not despair Of pea"c
f.suc 81 the quarrel with Gr'at Britain bnt Whon "
NV OF tat year the Btish frigate R0Inucy sailed mi"
p,s,sn harh,r and her sbotcd guns VEN trained npon
te toSn he saw that the question wa changed f'"in
thai moment hc knew that America ml' b. Tree or shNe
and thc uucDasnS effort q" hs ne 'I Jay ma l'e",
with tom e ANA VCn was Go ncrNc III, ieoWf1"''S 20
strIk, hcn Inc hour shoul On tiat gray ile,em
evening Two 5cs lalci' "h'h i' i"So ~ tn O
south and IN u cltar, calm voice s,i. ms h"cNE ,a
d. nothing more 10 save tie c'n;Nrl ana so g'Sr5 nS
ries the iIncnso ana frIUaCiHg CON, QItnet"oi Is
words. lie ready To- throw to ie "N 1Htgu uo
e,nso hc We ready . throw overheard tho Ming "h"
Parliament OF England. -, a4 $1,000
act u toe fight 40 Lexington ana nc9rd tl~ POOR n,Hh
IN au ohsJure provincial town beyond tlr s'a WIS e'
gas " th the British Ministry ~ ono OF tho inlghuet
i ~, t 6 = moi ~, ct m tic Cabinet thar lie did
mo- tes VIM brain and ucart and conscience al alive,
he opposed every hostle order IN Council WIN biuSn
Ifec, NJ and array ed Against TIN Government oi GItdh
Britu tie battery Of principles uulte7mbe WIN uc
accumulated sr,ugth OF centuries OF British convection
The Geld Grenvc, tue brilliant Tow lr.od tne obs ou'
Nnrth tc Cklc>s Marlborough, tho crafty Ddr'm0'lh'
~ the trimmed and corurc ciis OF Tug ,rordcs, 1r
touYscy iu the world deriJod Nrln, "llo"b'o' tiJ
uHjaSs tt.vs, and troops 60 collect tneni ohil
loudly 10y s'r6ii ~ rs p,II lid his fng,r
or tue vital point Il tb' tremendous controversy ana
held 10 1t lneNoIs,by-kirg Loris Commons tne '"i9
g. 80, t " H. kruc's ctU Corld not hny him
- his IA
YutCeGld not take HIM Ana wien on tils n"ihIS 1ne
beyond the clouds the moment the rising sun of the
Ancnea that behold. ana careless OK himself mindful
only " las country he tAultiSy oAoahh,u On "l''
Hrt this man held no Office but that Of Clerk Of The
Assembly 30 which yearly elected. and that ot
constant Moderator OF the town meeting. TINS was his
mighty weapon The town mc' unS Wls Tie aillmDlI
with which he fenced with the ministry. IT was the
SayInoro with which lac smOe their cOusrls Ii Was the
hap OF thousand strings chat lie swept into burst OF
passionate defiance, an electric call To arms; OF IL
proud paan of eXulring trium.h-ciance, chall,n
His ndUrtabe VIII aud command OF The popular conf
town meeting against the rOy1 Parliament, Faueuil Hal
against 81. Stephens. And a. long as u.o American
who with the town meeting overthrow empire. So
his most httng monument; ami whei fahtu" IA IS'
beau upcn every FAITHFUL American heart.
TIIF FIRST AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
The frst imposing armed movement against the colo
mics ON the 10Th Of April 1873, did not % couIsc tako
by surprise people prepared For ton years they had
seen tho possibility, for five years the probability and
for least year the certainly Of the contest They
Quicy organized, watched and waiiod. The royal Gov
eTnOr Gage soldier aud he bad reld the signs or
the tns. He had fought WIN provincial troops at tho
81 thc mi ,y Reorganization that exalted NewFngland
lie had about 1000 effective troops uanei veterans
with brilliant OBicvlb, VINO deoplSei AM rdlcnou the
lanlce militia Masot huseiis had loIld d lor Con
eVtrywh're organized nud military supplies were ue-
posted 10 enicnt towns. LNc.ybodY was ON the
s,o1id. tic British mlrcb ana WAGONS remove tuc
the early Spring Gage srut ont some ~ MS
oicor spies md two OF hen cano IN dsSisc az lar
-. ,., in I'M. tnvn aud m IA, M II arr ~, IN n, :.
ior possible battle bcegng the militia ana nudc-m "a
T. De- ready, but o. act Ory Oh zoe dlon.Ne
AZ me spring advanced IL was plain that somO move
men, would be made and Monday the i7th Of April
slo Committee safety ordered part Oi tine stores de
Inc cannon 20 Do sc,Iccd on Tuesday. thc 18Th, Gage,
who had decided Send a force - Concord TO destroy
the stores. pickted the roads from Boston into Middle
- prevent any report u ihe intended march rom
tine IN tension OF tho popular mind every sound aud
Eigt Significant IL was part o CAGES plan ~ seize
evening Of the Ism the Committee OF safety at Cam
brl' them word 20 beware for suspicious oic,
were atruad British crenadicr in fiul uniform wont
into % shop In Boston. IemlSht ~ wei have proclaimed
thai IN cI ,edon was on foot In the afternoon of
tn governors prooms splcd into a stable whore John
Ballard was cleaning horse. john Ballard Son OF
Ing.h that there would bo hell to pay Tomorrow"
johns leaped ant his hand shook and asking the
gronn TO tinsh cleaning the horse hc Ia friend
who carried the straight Paul Revere, who told
hun he had already heard 1t nom two Otlol leiSOus
THE ALARM.
That evening ut 10. 500 troops, under LeutCOL Smith,
took boa; foo; the Common ana crossed to the
Camhd 90 shore. Gage thOuSAt that his had been
kept bat Lord Percy who had heard the people say
tho Common that the troops would miss their aim. undo
ccivcd him Gage instantly ordered That no should
Ieayr But Or. Warren before him, and ~
The troops crossed the river Ebnclos Dorr, with
SAG FROM Warren g. Hancock and Adams riding
over nm Neck 10 Roviury and Paul Revere was rowing
over the farther down tn ChaTlestown, having
a lit isn. NeVsl tn lufp
from the belfIy Of The on North Chnfch-
q signal of march OF the Brush. Already the
moon w,s rising and while TIM truopa were seathiiy
into the April night ana PAM Revere sprn ug into the
saddle the CharIcsown shore, spurrod away into
How far that Hte candlf throws his beams Z"
Tia modest spe vet stands reverend relic of the old
town of Boston, OF those brave and of their deeds.
Startling The land that u,sLt with the waning of danger,
lei n remind the land forever of Tho patriotism With
for fathers still stand secure the pharos of American
II was brilliant April night The Winter had been
.lally mild and the Spring very forward. The hills
were already green. The early grain waved in the fields,
aud Tho ait sweet with DiO<SOming orchards.
ALREADY tho robins whsflad tho bluebd sang. and the
bruclron of peace rested upon the landscape Under
clOutess tn soldiers silently marched, and
Pau Revere swiftly rode galOpns through MedUld and
West Cambridge, romsng every house be ut. spur
ring for Lexington and Hancock and Adams, and eVaIng
te british patrols VINO had been SCnt out 10 stop tho
news. stop tho news! Already the village churches
had been ringing for many year. In the awaken
me hou>cs lights flashed from window to window Drums
beat family far away and on every side. Signal guns
flashed and echoed The watehdOgs barKed, The cocks
stop the ut We Stop The sunrise The
p-ctet - dreaded desired, And rs long ago the
voice rang out at midnight along the Syrian shore,
wailng that great Pan was dead. but in the
moment the choirng angels whispered, Glory 10
Cod IA, highest, for Christ born II the stern
aan Of that April night seemed to many wistni and
loyal hrrt 10 pOrt' nd inc passing glory OF British do
mlOn and the lasiciI Cndif Oi war; II whispered 10