Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-10

The coolest heart His pom and sword
alike compelled the admiration OF bus
foes. and It was but their own guilt that
styled him criminal. HIS name shall
bleed for q season, but when II snail
bring TO Virginia truth crowned with
freedom, and safe sgainst danger. pos
terity shall sound his praise
rHE ouIcKsSrSa THE.
A century rolls away and the time or
riyes when the name that bled shall
bleed no more. Deep answers unto
deep. and the pleaders come who shall
plead again the cause that persisted.
Long has the land lain fallow, long
have the seed been planted but :" that
which thou sowest cannot quicken ex-
cept il die" That which was dead is
ouickening now. and shall spring to light
ia land Of truth crowned with freedom.
George III. is on .he throne OF Eng
land. Twelve more colonies fiourisn
along the Atlantic coast. The great
revolution OF 1893 has long since es-
tablished sovereignty OF Parliament IN
ENGLAND and supremacy OF law, but tEc
Golden Rule has found no place in the
laws of nations and they are not yet es-
tablished here. The mighty mother
whose brave and generous sons nave
multiplied and replenished the wild land
over the ocean does not realize the
strength or growth OF her children.
The distant cabinets take no cognizance
of the organized interests that have
sprung up, Of the dignifed and progress
siye society that has been formed. OF the
numbers, activity, culture, industry,
and aspirations of the people Learn
ing nothing from the warnings OK early
years and nothing from experience,
they would still tax the colonies without
their consent, still prey upon their com.
merce, still pour into their Golfers what
their hands have earned. Step by step
they are forcings revolution.
THE SIGNAL TO THE CONTINENT
In 1865 Parliament passed the stamp
act. Will the people submit? Two
colonies give quick answer. Massachu-
setts invites the colonies to general
congress the House OF Burgesses OF
Virginia meets at Williamsburg. and in
it rises Patrick Henry and offers (the
first protest) his resolutions. They de-
clare equality, with the people of Great
Britain. that taxation by themselves or
their representatives is distinguishing
characteristic of British freedom. And
they echo the voice of jamestown that
the General Assembly has the sole right
TO tax the inhabitants. "Thus," said
General Gage, Virginia gave the signal
TO the continent" "This is the way"
says Bancroft, "the fire began"
THE TRUMPET CALL.
The stamp act is repealed in ITO
amidst general rejoicing. But Parlia-
ment levles yet q new duty on glass,
paper, and tea, and insists on transport
ing to England for trial persons accused
of treason. Again the House OF Bur
gesses asserts its sole right to tax, and it
now warns the King OF dangers that
would ensue II any American is trans
ported beyond sea for trial II calls for
concert of the colonies to care for their
violated rights, and it communicates its
resolutions to every legislature and asks
concurrence. Delaware in the North,
and every Virginia colony in the South,
adopt word for word its phrase and
language, and all through the North it
Is hailed with reclamation. What is
more. the Virginia House of Burgesses,
Washington leading them. resolves that
they will import and use no British
goods until the unconstitutional act is
repealed. Relief is not granted. Again
the Burqesses protest. In 1773 Rich
ard Henry Lee proposes, and Dabney
Carr offers resolutions for correspond
ence with all the colonies aud q COM
mittee is appointed consisting OF Bland,
Lee. Carr, Henry, and Jefferson. A
copy is read in every town and
district in Massachusetts, and the hearts
of New England leap for Joy. "Glo-
Iious Virginia." exclaimed the Legs
lature OF Rh04le Island, " for its patriotic
and illustricas House OF Burg5ssos, "
and on motion of Samuel Adams
Massachusetts, returns thanks to Vir-
ginia's House for its "uniform vigilance,
harmony and WISDOM" and expresses
concurrence. In this manner Virginia
laid the foundation of the Union, Mas
sachusetts organized a province, Vir-
giuia promoted confederacy. In De-
cember OF this year brave Boston men
threw the tea OF the East Indian Com
pany into the harbor. Parliament hurled
back the culver full of darts at Boston
and Massachusetts. In Iva they passed
bills to close the port of Boston until it
made indemnity for the tea to the East
India Company.
co. To alter the charter of Massachu-
sets and break up its system Of local
government.
(3.) To transport accused persons to
Nova Scotia or Great Britain for trial.
a. And to quarter troops upon the
people OF Boston.
TEE MARsHAILINa IN ARMS.
Massachusetts and the North spring to
arms. Virginia rushes to their side. a
convention OF delegates is called Of seve-
raj counties and q general Congress is
invited. Events now roll swiftly on to q
crisis and conclusion. The clash of re-
sounding aims is heard from Concord,
Lexington, and Bunker Hill. and is re-
echoed from Moultrie, in South Caro-
lima, and from the Great Bridge
in Virginia. In quick succession
come independence, war, the Con-
stitution, and freedom. And now
look upon the statute-books OF the
Virginia House OF Burgesses II you
would see the perpetual memorials Of
their service to the people. There stands,
first, the resolutions against the slave
trade when they were in the colony, and
there follows swiftly and first in all the
Union its repeal when they are freed.
All had they only been free England
had never thrust upon them an institu-
ton from which they revolted.
(2.) There the statutes enfranchising
OF the land for the old English system
OF primogeniture and entail.
(3.) The franchising Of mans con-
science forever.
al There the first statutes OF repre-
sentative sovereignty in 1924, the reso-
lutions against the stamp tax in 1765.
t5.) There is the invitation OF cores