The Robesonian., 1897-10-06

iti UIlitN " itl1 SUNNI VI ~ N'it'4 = s>
and The soldiers and rope makers
fell together by h ears IL good
earnest. Tho la;ter got The worst
OF il.
THE pacrya were p?w m9Fe an
CRY than ever. \ great tumnl
broke out bc;wcen seven and e.g'r |
e, lock, On the eyening Of March |
tle 5,h. The mcb armed with
clubs, ran towards King Street,
new State Street, crying, Let Us
drive out these rascals! They |
have no business here. Drive |
them out ! Drive out the rascals!
| About this time, some one cried
out, that the town had been set
on fire. Then the bells rang, and
the crowd became greater and
moro noisy; they rushed fuIiously
to The custom house, and, seeing
III English soldier stationed there
shouted, Kill him! kill lim!
The people attacked him with
snow balls, pieces of ice, and
what they could find.
"The sentinel called for the
guard, and Captain Preston sent
corporal with = few soldiers to
defend him. They marched with
their guns loaded, and the cap
J tain followed. They met crowd
l of the people led by a giant ne
l gro Attucks; they brandished
I their clubs, and peltod the soldiers
? with snow-balls, abused them with
0 all manner of harsh words, shout
u ed in their faces surrounded them,
: and challenged them to fire..
"They even rushed upon the
0 points of the hayonets. The sol
l. diers stood like statues, the bells
t. ringing, and the mob pressing upor
r. them. At last, Attucks Will
l. twelve of his men began to .strik'
=. upon their muskets with club
ii and cried to the multitude, Don
Ie be afraid They dare not tire-th
g miserable cowardsl Kill the ras
D. Gals! Crush them under foot
d Attuclzs lifted his arm agains
le Captain Preston, and seized upol
ot Il bayonet. "They dare not fire !.
ne shouted the mob again. At thi
y instant the firing began. The nt
10 gro dropped dead upon the groun
4! The soldiers fired twice more
IL Three men were killed, and other
were wounded. The mob disper2
N ed, but soon returned to carry O
ne the bodies.
III "The whole town was now in a
ld uproar. Thousands of men, We
n men, and children, rushed throug
dS the street. The sound of drums
'e- and cries of "To arms! to arms
NJ were heard from all quarters. I'll
I'll soldiers who had fired on the PEI
lo pie were arrested, and the govenc
at at last persuaded the multitude
IL go home quietly. The troops we:
'e- ordered off to Castle William, no
}" Castle Island. The three slai
laV citizens were buried, with gre'
5es ceremony, on the Sth; the sho1
'lii were all closed; while the bells
'io Boston, and the towns around we
" all tolling.
~ ~ "The bodies were followed to Il
''l churchyard, from King-stree
'iV through the city, by q long file
10y coaches, and an immense croy
a.! Of people on foot. The soldie
eli were soon after tried. Two we
oU, condemned and imprisoned s
ip0 of them were acquitted, much
~" the honor of the jury, and Of Jol
0h Adams and Josiah Quincy, W
''ii pleaded for them. The irritat
III and unreasonable populace wou
0n7 have torn the soldiers in pieces,
'nN they could have had their. way
Can it be that the men W
'1o' committed the murders, who p
" tected the murderers, who impr
nus oned the sworn officers of the ci
~ law when they went to arrest tn,
VI SO they might be put upon trial
'1o answer the charges made agai1
"i them, are the descendants of
IA" ., men of 1770 and 1776? God f
i'ii bid that the race has so degene
~ ted.
: Oh! my countrymen, what
''i contrast! Are we now sleep
Pi0 the death sleep of American
~ erty, or is it the usual calm
-i'' fore the hurricane, the cyclone
~ the storm? In my oppinion
~ are walking on a volcano and
90" crust is thin, exceedingly thin.
80 .4 the patriots OF seventeen sever
Ivy six can view this land must t
20 VI not weep in Heaven itself to
~ i'll this land, which they died
- " make free, such despotism, $
A' tyranny? But I must stop
! W will be enjoined for reasonable
= ~ seditious language. | expect t