Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-21
ATHENS OF AMERICA,
\ SN' METROPOLIS.
, p,,,sn, -Reyolu;iOnary Remini''
81 lnl s,osgil Hal-Ths Patriotic
cen>r, r,'...s-Ihs Famous Boston
'I,.,- r,mn,n Bunker Hil-tda'
Tito c,..oolI Tendencies Of
,Pe Pilgrim Saints
.scmTsCTUSs OF BOSTON
I'' MANSIONS.
,,...,fthc Register.


Aver ?, Boston from New York
.o,tuo since, partly to see tins an
1 a;en' sr historic city Of revolutionary re, rs,
8 ,,,n AMI partly to make snort ,S ~ v'sl'
h'"'' W. u,,ysrd University. The Ne"
a, ,.,,,J ~ metropolis is rich, solid Pn-
,.ani,.,L cultivated old city, Win
I ''' s.rf,steem to keep itself re-
-" .,.,r. It is usually Democratic at
-, conservative, and reyeres the
';rsal. W., Of Webster, the elder AdanSes'
f. IaL,iIIisnt and more modern Andrews
s...,,s Governor of the war days.
It, Yankee city in the offensive
-, the iuluisi,iye, clock ped
I'm, uooica nutmeg sense. 1t Is a
r,ro1.h Easish town, the people
-. ,hs inhabitants OF John Bulls
I.n,I,m in manners, customs and
dress.
y,r;tv in the United States has
NOR. interesting history than Boston.
I, ,,,s ssttled in the year 1850; and up to
rug TINE or THE REVOLUTION,
:, u,s ,he inst town in the country
both in point Of population and IN
huenCr.
The earIy history of Boston has been
IN almost ineShaustible field for the re-
ss,r,hcs ol local ant!quarles. Cons'der'
Sr'.,r.s, almost three, quarters oi CEN
80, - .I,p,,,l before the first newspaper
go. r,I1,,,l the materials Tor maSlnga
,..,.rI.,, account Oi the events that Oc'
c,r,'.I ami Tor iormiug I carrcct estl.
,,I,. ., thr habits and mode OF llis oil
H. people. are remarkably ahun 'aht,
Tur rsrlr.rS have been searched lo Sooi
,,n,,,-,. Ill. IS % visitors, pT'nci-
n,rry rb, Ena.sh traveller, that we are
Inhibited iur S,ma Ol the most quaint
ami interesting pictures OF early Ne"
E1,f,ul Ni,. But while we hnd aoun-
JaGt means Of Judging the people OF hos-
ton. harilya yestIsa ot the town as u
auurlred % the earliest settlers remains.
They have, il IS true, IN s)od state ot
,rp~rryatjln still the three most ancient
ilri,l Grounds Ol the town; Hail dozen
very OIL trees remain, aGd abou, as
many buildings some Ci the narrow
and crooked streets at the north end
Law, retained their eaIiy devious
cnnrsr. Nothing else OF Boston IN lis
first century is preserved. The history
OF the thirty years preceding the EevO-
luton 4, lul, Ol incidents,
Showing the Independent spirit
Of the inhabitants OF Boston, their
A ter .liuation not b submit to the
upwarrantab,e Interference OF the
B-i,ish government in THEN affairs,
and particularly iO the unjust taxation
imposed upon the colonies, and their
willingness % iu"Ur any risk rather
than Weld e. oppression. As early as
l-i1 there WIs great riot IN Boston,
caused by the aggression of British naval
u.lirerS, AMI lt resulted in the tiiS, vic
tory registered % the account OF the r..
siding cJl1nls'S. Twenty years later
the town was greatly agitatei over the
Stamp Act. aud hardly had the excite
ment died away when on March >, lao,
the famous Boston Massacre took place.
The story Is iIu.liar 10 every school by.
The srenc ul lh;S massacre Is near the
old State house, which still remains
standing
The destruction OF tea in Rgston har.
hor was another evidence OF the spirit OF
the people. The people OF the town
took "a pyOminen. part 10 the var
when il broke out as they had taken in
the preceding events. They suffered in
their commerce and in thrir property
by the enforcement of the Boston Port
Act, and by the occupation Oi the town
by British soldiers. Theirchurches and
burial grounds were deSeCrIted by the
English troops, and annoyanceS without
number were put upon them; but they
remained steadiast through all. At the
close Of the war Boston was Ii, not the
First Town IN the Country
in point OF population the most inilu'
eutlal, and i, entered Immediately upon
a course Of prosperity that has contin-
ued with very lew interruptions to the
present time. In the war OF the rebel
lion, having been one of the foremost
communities in the opposition to slay-
cry, Boston was again leader. In this
MAR, in which she only took part by
furnishing men and means TO carry il on
at distance, and in supporting il by
the cheering an! patriotic words Os those
who remained at home; her history Is
that OF Massachusetts, Boston alone
sent into the army 5000 men. The
growth OF Boston proper has been very
seriously retarded by the lack OF room
Tor expansion. Until the cru OF railroads
u was mpracticable for gentlemen do
ing business in Boston to live far from
It's corporate mitS. Accordingly it was
Necessary TO make land" by filing the
Hats as soon as the dimensions OF the
fenlnsula became tOOcOntracted for the
population and business gathered upon
u During the present century very
great progress has been made. The
numerous railroads radiating from BoS-
ton and reaching to almost every village
NI'hln thirty miles, have rendered il
possible Tor business men 10 make their
MONIES lar away from their counting
rooms BY this means scores of subur-
ban towns,
unsQualled in Exte Mt aud Beauty
ny those surrounding any great city OF
.ne country, nave been built up, and
sne Va.ue OF all the property in all the
.SS'eth parts OF Massachusetts, has been
very largely enhanced.
mere are many relies remaining in
Me Guy OF the olden time. Amoag
suCh as are still left, the most conspicu-
1us and the nOSt famous is Old Fanenil
s,;. ,S..' he "Cradle Of Liberty" In the
IO,;ng Ii1.ng events that preceded the Revo-
sn;,;.. H;,Su y vas put to frequent use. The
81 80 - Speeches AMI resolutions adj ,pt-
in a,':,, ''u,n u were a most potent agency
No.I Tue PATRIOTISM OF ali the
snn1 m american eOlonists. In eyerv
I;,eeulng great crisis in onr countr, =
- ~, 'hpuSanis Ci citizens have ss.
U'o,ed beneath this rnnf 40 E0,o,,
Leaders pd'rions tlquence OF their
il ns.n,:l anu eounSelors. The great hail
NJ bF'u''Srly httel Ter popular assnn.
por,r,;, NGmeroGs large aud yaln,ble
iuD lsr~.Ss l'S siora the walls; copy of the
S.swsus'h painting of Wssbinstnn bv
build;,, a smother OF the donor Of tbs
pic,n,ss - TSLer y FaGcul: Ueslry's grsa,
portraits " Webster Ssler replying 10 lIaynT,
second P,ol, ~. Samuel Adams .oj nm,
Warren 'esl1snt ssS Adams; of Geners
EdUard Sa Soa Commodore Prebls. q
John A I,e,tu, Abraham Lincoln an, -
', and OF others nro,o.