The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-18

com posed or the maCerlal OF WHICH
have spoken, they boliN asserted
their position, anu resiStei.
i For some time the English gov
eminent merely claimed this right,
but made no effort to enforce their
claim. 1t was only in the attempt
10 enforce it that We find the OppO-
). SItiOn of the cnlOnlt aroused. ] his
opposition cummenc d ab ut the
time OF Inc treaty. =, I l74S. and WIS
continued up TO the time of the e0s-
tiltieS. One of the positions taken
by The colonies WAS that in ill
LagOliism to tile dOctrne of taxa
ion with nut representation. With
il delatlgAD labor associated with
braYers and end rance, they sue
ceeded in their eff rus, and erected
the uabi.>t type 81 representa- G
gOveTnme t knOWh 10 man, and to
us.the people Of AnrIIca, they have
transmitted this eft. bequeathed
this glorious legacy.
1t Is a fact foun k 81 in history, the
cOnquestS of the Roman Empire
particularly furnishing the exam
pies, that when nations through
conquest or other means gained pos
session of provinces, established
their authority, withheld the right
OF representation from the people,
they, the people, became SerfS-
mere things upon which royalty
feeds its ravenous appetite for
power, gratifies its insatiate thirst
for pomp and luxury, while the
people dwell in the darkness Of ig-
nOrance and superstition, the aven-
HeS of progress closed against them,
and thus forbidden to enjoy the
blessings of life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness.
But more repugnant to the feel
ingS does it become in a republican
government, any system or policy
that denies the people the privilege
OF proper representation. He who
advocates such doctrine now has
lived his life in vain; bias not kept
pace with the growth of man nor
the expansion of mans power to
think, is decidedly behind the spirit
of the age, and has certainly failed
to inhale the pure atmosphere Of
our institutions
Other causes Of great magnitude
could be enumerated, but let these
suffice. Those advanced were suff-
cient to arouse our Watehful fore
fathers to activity; indeed, they had
not been slumbering, but were fully
wide awake, watching with eager |
eye the advancing tread Of the en-
envy upon their liberties; an en-
envy who was preparing to riYet the |
chains of bondage upon the people, |
all the while the fires Of resistance |
steadily burning within the bosOms |
of the wOuld-be free. There was no
fanatieism manifested. They had |
given the entire subject thought,
accompanied with prayerfuI cOnsid
GRAFTON. They had made full and
complete calculation Of the cost, and
had arrived at the conclusion that
possibly it would cost them their
all, even life itself. Still they hest
tated not. They were undaunted.
No idle misgivings entered their
hearts. Not a thought of yielding
or giving up as the martialed power
of the enemy frOwned upon them.
They were not disciplined soldiers
either. Up to the very hour Of ac-
ton they were pursuing their voca
tions in the fields and workshops,
but the trusty musket was ever close
at hand. This was the condition of |
things, when about o'clock on the '
morning of April 10, IT'S, the first Z
firing OF that long and severe war of ;
the revolution, broke upon the plains !
Of Concord. Sixteen of the colo !
nists fell, there being only seventy
in the action. The rest fed; their !
provisions and stores having been |
removed previously to a place Of
safety. The echos Of the shots Z
aroused the minute men, and they
came pouring in from all parts Of I
he country, and met the enemy at I
Lexington, and had it not been for :
he heavy reinforcements and the
superior discipline of the British
the total route and ruin of ;
he latter, at that place, would have I
been recorded fact of history to 7
lay.
The result of this battle spread
ike fire through the land. The t
N uOlS country was thoroughly
aroused. The first shot for democ- S
.acy had been made. The faithful 9
1evotees of freedom gathered in a
md around Boston, until, soon an Z
army of 1900 had assembled. The Q
English also received large rein '
.orcements; and, with the arrogance '
If despot the commander issued a t
denouncing the colo c
lists and branding them as rebels a
md traitors, title they would have c
Justly earned had they failed. t
General Gage made preparations s
o sally out of Boston and devastate
he surrounding country. The Am t
ricans, to meet this movement, t
eized and fortified Bunker Hill, a z
Ieight which commanded the PENN Y
ular, and Boston, as also did Brees c
Hill, which stood a little further on, I
The Americans numbered about q
800 and were worn out with IA |,
lgue and hunger. Imagine that G
title army, tired and exhausted, o
With but little ammunition, facing a
powerful foe backed by large s.
eet. The Americans fought like b
rave men as they were. but were Il
to yield to the over Il
Thelming force brought against n