Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-22

the duty on tea was retained for the oN-
press purpose Of affirming the right o.
tax, and his Lorlship openly declared his
policy: "To temDorize is 20 yield. ami
the authority Of the mother country if it
is now unsupported, Will iu reality ho
reluquished forever; total repeal cane
not Dee thought of am America l- prose
trate at our feet" This declaration on
the part of Lord North was received by
the Colonies with just Indignation.
Hoping % reconcile the colOn.sts 20
the payment Of the import duty OF
pence per pound on tea. Parliament
passed a law under which the East ln-
dia Company was permitted % withdraw
from English ports millions of pounds
OF tea there stored. and 20 ship them
10 America without paying any duty
TO the custom-houso Of the mother coun-
try The eyes Of the colonists were now
wide open and the determination was
almost universal not 10 use imported
tea and not 20 permit this hated come
modify 20 be landed. English ships a-
den with the article were dispatched to
Charleston. Philadelphia New York. ami
Boston
AMERICA GOT MAD.
when the news became known an
America was I'm a flame. The people
had taken a stand upon "a principle. anil
they withdraw their opposition $50
where was the feeling more intense than
I'm Boston. On Sunday. November -st.
the tea-ship Dartmouth appeared ir ffs
harbor with IL chests OF tea. anj. Sr-
day though IL was. the Selectmen arf
Committee Of Correspondence heii
meeting 20 take immediate action against
the entry Of the tea The towns ar1.
Boston were then invited % at-e.l
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ing and the following placari apr.1rrf
Friends. Brethren, Countrymeu, rlst
worst of plaques, the detested tea ship
ped for this port by the East irHt
Tea Company IS now arrived In t-.s
harbor. The hour OF destruction or
manly opposition 10 the machretiors
of tyranny stares you In the face
Every friend 10 his country. 70 himssf
and posterity is now called upon u
meet at Fanueil Hall at 9 o'clock tbs
day. 10 make a united and successful
resistance TO this last worst ana m9s-
destructive measure OF adm.nistrs ton"
THE PEOPLE RESPONDED
The people responded 10 this call. ana
at the meeting IL was unanimously pc
solved that the tea should be sent back
and no duty paid on H. The best way
To get rid OF it, said Young "is fl
throw IL overheard" This idea was COS
a seed falling upon fertile ground. as
after events viii show. In a short tr
the other tea-ships arrived. and were
anchored near the Dartmouth Uul-
the revenue laws the shipss could not Dr..
cleared n Boston with tea on b0arH
nor could they b. entered in Bingham
and. moreover, on the twentieth Ilr
after their arrival thew would be 1af'.
10 seizure. The patriot leaders We're al
sincerely anxious 20 have the tea &C.
turned 10 London peaceahly. and t.r
left nothing undone 10 accomplish faf
object. Thursday, December 18th. came
al last, and Boston calmly prepared I'D
meet the issue At o'clock In the day
the number Of people In and around .Hs
Old South church was by far the lars
gathering ever seen in Boston. A.-
dresses We're made by all the leair,
men. who knows" said Rowe, 'tT
tea will mingle with saltwater" "a s.--
gestion that was received with loud
plause. IL was now getting darker lrl
darker, and the meeting-house c0
only be lighted with few candles
people all remained. knowing THAI .r
great question must soon be decided
shout was heard at the porch. the i-
whoop resOunded. and band ~ tF
men. disguised as Indians. rushed H
the door and hurried down 20 the barb
followed by a throng of people. The
hawks" sprang aboard the tea-shps i
emptied the entire contents OF $40 ..i
chests into the sea. The multitude
on the bank and looked on In SILENCE
while the welrd-looking figures. made W
tinctly visible in the moonlight
open the chests and threw ihe tH.
cargo overheard. Then the people 1911
home. and the town was as quiet as -
nothing had happened. SO ended U'
Boston Tea Party" and with 3, Ns'
struck the first blow Tor American ifi.-
pendence
Fast sped the tempest's darkening rAl'
The mighty realms were trouble
The storm broke loose: but. first OF t'
The Boston teapot bubbled.