Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-09
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
A friend has handed us n copy of the
ReynOlds's Newspaper, leading British
journal published in London, in which
q writer discusses, on the 9th of July,
1876, some OF the causes of the trouble
between the Mother country and the
colonies. As reminiscence il is well
worth reading, and you will see in the
acts of the British King, those of Stan
ton and his satellites during the second
rebellion. The acts, threats, and men.
aces of Seward and Stanton, when COM
pared with those of King George, will
be found to be exact copies. As a con-
trast the following is worth reading.
The correspondent says
10 the Editor Of Reynolds's Newspaper ;
Sm--On Tuesday the Americans ccle.
brated the Tooth anniversary of the
Declaration of independence. God
knows they have reason for rejoicing
A connection now between the repub-
lie of America and the monarchy Of
England would resemble that of bind
ing a living man to putrid, rotting,
and corrupted corpse. Discomfort was
| first created in America by the imperial
parliament in England asserting its
right to impose taxation on the Ameri-
cans without their assent, and the per
sistent refusal of the King and his
Government to entertain the remon-
strances of the colonies. George the
Third treated the appeals of the Ameri-
cans with studied and contemptuous
disregard, asserting that royal power
and prerogatiye must override all other
considerations. We are told "overy
remonstrance, every complaint on the
part Of the colonies, tended to embitter
his feelings towards them, whilst the
expression of sympathy with their
cause on the part of Englishmen pro.
duced in him corresponding accession
ofseverity and resentment" He wrote
to Lord North, Every means Of dis
tressing Americans must meet with my
concurrence" And, again, this mis-
chevious madman did not hesitate to
declare that he would Gas lief fight the
Bostonians (his own subjects) as the
French /"
A last appeal was made to the home
Government by the Americans, and il
was backed by large number of in
telligent Englisbmen, who foresaw the
gulf into which the mad-brained mon.
arch was about to plunge "No," said
that idiot, in rely to the appeal "let
us first compel them TO admit our right
to tax them as much as we please, and
then, if they show proper contrition
for their past opposition to our WILL we
may, perhaps, as an act of bounty, re-
lieve them of the payment for the
present"
After this, the Americans called form
al convocation ofdelegates of the States,
and adopted so threatening an attitude
towards the home Government that the
English regular army under Gen. Gage,
in America, consisting offs 900 men, was
greatly strengthened. The Americans
likewise prepared for action, and sew
eral very able military men came for.
ward in the good cause. Amongst
them was General Lee, who had previ.
ously served in the English army and,
in reply to letter demonstrating with
him for taking up arms against his old
comrades, he said, 81 was bred up from
my infancy in the highest veneration
for the liberties of mankind in general
What I bave soon ,,f cour.e and n,.;ncas