Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-11
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South's contributions 10 the principles OF
freedom. lie said: II VIII ask LOT 'he
South a iust and generous concession OF
,,s f,u eb,ro In the successful Colonial
efforts which established on this CONT
rcnt the fundamental principles OF indi-
yidual liberty. and put them IN opera
ton through a government or repubu-
can-dcmocratic form viii not be
claimed that pol, virtues were all
scntcred in the Southern colonies ana
descended from southern sources alone.
North of the diyilng-lnc drawn by King
lanes In 1910. there lived a host Of men
an whose own brave hearts burned the
inextIneuishahlc fame of civil and reli-
,ious freedom. ] know from the record
thai IN 1890 the spirit of home rule stirred
the soul Of Plymouth men, and Massa-
chusctts resolved 10 hold a legislator
for its settlement II is in happy memory
that in 1893 the Connecticut set lers
adopted ;he fundamental orders for Their
sclf-govcrnmcnt slid TO be the first
written COnstitu Ton Of America. with
pride we read in the records OF New Jcr-
scy for 1850 It's brave resolutions against
Illegal and tyrannous taxation. We re-
call with delight the hrroism OF Peter
Hanger Of New York, who bravcly PRINT
ed In his paper the demands OF ms peo-
PIE for political rich =, and went 10
"With the country-loving spirit moving
mos, powerfully my whole nature NJ ms
moment. I viii colate In very hriei NJ
torical statement some Of those nc
which place my quccny South on an IL
Mmined emincnCc as a panCQl"d ana IN
flexible ylnlcatOr Of mans POW ."
rights IN government or MS in''.I '.'",
choice Examining IN" record INV
that before 1913. within ton years "'l''
L.. 1a a King James Wtff
granted. the outspokcn demands or 'h'
southern English cOlonists caused the
changing Of those charters ln'o iiV''
democratic form. and that IN JOS IN
first representative Legislature IN am
ca selec e1 10y ballot met III ms Sou'"-
ern Virginia to make laws Io' HN -
ME The gray dawn Of stli-goV'rnln'h'
i,a,,,r az mat hour TO break ont of Ions
NIGHT Of hereditary mi-rule, anu IL W.
on tho land Of the South fen the irsi
white beams Of the splendid day OF
rop,,lar solf-covcrnm NJ in America.
There Is a principle Of liberty eNpIeSSc"
by the torsc phrase, no taxation WIN
ont representation, which IS hrmE en-
bedicd in our common ponu'a' anu
and The star which stood over the hIiH
or that great American maxim shod l'a
0rst light in 1923 down u'on the captal
civ Of vour nmstri0us virginia. Follow
Inc olorr the logical inc Of its first step
in 1919 the Colony Of Virginia acqur"h ID
1852 the right 10 trade with All ia ions
without hndrance. to exercise genera
suffrage II an freewen. TO levy Hs OWL
taxes. and to be ruled by Governors 81
its own choosing. The p,ridN OF r"I'IN
brought on period az oppression "'"''
lv Int vaiulv. resisted by Tet lon' re-
,norstr,ncc. and non-intcrcOurse. un'I NJ
lcnpth the South by representative
Virpioio made the first armed resistance
10 foreign Cypress on by the ia'il" &c -
hell,u Of Nathaniel Bacon. one ''ht.iF
before the War Of the Revolution. In'
earliest estahl shmcnt Of freedom VI C""-
science. or the frcer exercise oil I,It'ou9
vvorehip. was i'm the organic law Oh Mary
land The Carolinas. North ana
South I'm 100 made bod isht IoI
hone and established representative gov
ernrncnts From the public expression
Of southern views during these carry uaNS
on the general doctrines OF human IL
berty. I could make volume OF quota
tlons. but viii repeat only ths' that 'h
1cSt he amuicet bill OF RICH ever draft
el was written by George Mason
southern farmer. containing these prlh-
ciples: The rule Of the majority ascer-
taiued bv honest elections: all political
nouer is vested In and derived from the
ueople: the executive. legislative, ana Ju-
dlcial functions shall be seqarte; Tree IN
situations, free enjoyment OF me. hoef-
~. property. and the pursuit OF haIpi-
ness. free ballots free press free CON
science. ana the equal rights or all men
under the law. These grand PrlncIpi,s'
50 familiar 10 us now. were large add
lions to Magma Charta. and they adj
vancad the theory Of human government
10 that summit from which amid the con
ditious Of the rebellion OF our tath-rs
nearly a century later shone the hold
resolutions at Mecklenburg, the Declara-
tion Of independence. which J'uor7o'
drew. and the Constitution of these tnlt'd
States.
GROWTH OF UNION SENTIMENT.
Coming TO the discussion Of the growth
Of the Union sentiment General Evans
said:
"The idea Of union Of the several
Colonies was of slow and painful grow p.
There were instructive thoughts or IN
trinsic and eternal value melting in the
minds OF noble men, Ike precious
metals in heated ladies. which were cast
into model form of government upon
this wild. wooded continent. far away
from the Ola Worlds theatre, where
bad rulers had dehauched and deba~cd
humanity for centuries. The insiaIla-
ton of a new system Of interstate and
intersocial regulations where democracy
would mean the rule OF the people
by repr, sentation, and repubHcaniSm
should signify that public affairs are con
duc'ed with single care for the peoples
rirhts-this new fashion formed i'm the
political processes OF Colonial develop
ment and which an royal and aristo-
cratic Europe decided as a madcap
scheme. was the priceless product of pro
lonccA conflicts which bcstrewed the
field of our heroic history with the wrecks
Of many patriotic ondcaVOrs. but en-
hlazoncd at last by the triumphs OF
sound principles and the establishment
Of our novel potent, and rythmical sys-
TEN Of government The English Colo
MES deploycd along the Atlantic coast
for thousand miles. from BuZzards lay.
the outpost of the Plymouth So temeht
to Brunswick haIbor where oslethoiI'
fought. rocked the infant Union in the
cradle OF thos- recurring roliucal Sl"rlhS'
which beat upon it In varying fury for
80 years.
There was such a growing appre-
citation Of the common i'm crest. that
wherever the British Crown asserted The
claim In hold the Colonies dependent for
laws and liberties upon the royal viii,
~ American discussions had the same
IRE. the protests showed the same spirit.
and the resolutions Of assemblies as
summed the same form. The idea Of Colo
NAL association grew. Franklin formed
a New England Confrdcracy' and made
me fatal mistake Of combining the Union
IN the States of the East in memory
whereof | may here take courage 10 sug-
gest that the word 'confederacy applied
10 "A compact among states. can never
hold IN uuwclcome place IN the American
LEXICON since the use OF the term was