The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-04-19

drake, when the indignant lady of the
house mounted negro boy on a horse
with the drake slung at his back. Iii,
recting hin to 60 to Colonel Tarlcton
present her compliments. and say that
there was something which he had
forgotten
! When the dire edct of the Burgesse,
went forth that no more tea must DC
used in Virginia, after the closing OF
Boston port, the ladies acQuiesced, but
did 50 with humorous sorrow. The
sorrow and patriotism both appear in
the poetry of the period. 1t was fear
full to be deprived of their tea-cup5
but no good Nirginian could thence
forth use the hateful commodity. Read
"a Iady's Adieu to her Tea Table. y
in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE:
Farewell to the Tea Board, with It's guady
equipage
OF Cups and Sauccrs, Cream Bucket, Sugar
longs;
The pretty Tea Chest, also lately stored
With Tyson, Congo, and best Double Fine.
Full many Il joyous moment have sat
hy ye,
Hearing the girls tattle, til" old maids talk
scandal,
And the spruce coxcomb laugh at maybe
nothing.
No more shall dish out the orre loved
liquor,
Because I'm Taught, and | believe it true,
It's use lcN .InSteM &ioriM r"ihS upon ma
conntry."
The young lady who produced this
"effusion' must have been very pretty,
since she wrote 50 badly; but one can
see that She was in earnest-that the
girls mus: tattle, the old maids talk
scandal, and the coxcombs shipper
henceforth without their tea.
These mirthful maidens made de
termined patriots. When Lord Corn
wallis raided through Hanover, Mrs.
Nelson buckled on the sw0rd-belt of
her boy OF sixteen with her own hands.
and sent him to Lafayette and when
some British soldiers burst into a Viz
ginia manor-house, brewed punch in
the great family punch-bowl, and with
drawn swords ordered young lady of
the establishment to kneel and drink
Success to Corvallis" - she knelt.
caught the glass in her hand, and de
family exclaimed, Success to Wash
inston ~ The bowl is still preserved
in the family as relic of the cid times.
And the boys OF the epoch we're as
gay and brave as the girls. They were
not content to stay at han.e when the
enemy appeared. Near Williamsburg
they formed company of mere urch-
ms, and marched, with drum beating.
toward the bay, when lady passed in
her coach and recognized her two bows.
They came at her call, Welding to nur-
sery discipline, got into the coach
weeping and wailing, and were borne
away from the field of Mars. But be
fore the war ended they were with
Washington and Trenton at Yorktown
1t is well now and then TO recall
these trifles of the past, which have 4
real historic significance, however much
they may appear beneath the dignity
of history" They are very character
istic of a peculiar race, the Nirginans,
whose faults and virtues were and are
all their own. The loyalist sentiment
was very strong in this old population.
but the jealousy Of right was stronger.
The NirginianS of the Revolution were
attached to monarchy and the Estab-
lished Church, but they swept away
both without hesitating when their per-
sonal rights were invaded. The spirit
of the people was that of the motto Of
the Culpepper Minute Don't
tread on me = and when the fighting
time came they met the ordeal with 4
gay courage which did not flag between
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