Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-20

American "Knighthood was m
Bloom" and the Ola south Was
in the saddle
"Giye me liberty, orgiye me death. rang
out thg tumpet.lko voice of Patrick Henry
one morning considerably over century
ago, 300 the l,ue state Capitol at Williams.
burg. II was cry that was heard and
hcarkeucd 90 from one end of the country
90 the other A cry which sent the hot
blood coursirg through every fiber 100 the
patriots body 10 was indeed tine battle.
cry of freedomi and as ] paused 100 my
walk the other morning at the identical
spot where once stood This historic capitol
building my faucie- travelled back to that
memorable morning of long ago, where the
tall aud severe figure of Patrick Henry,
then tweuty.niue years Old stood up among
his fellows, and with the fire of patriotism
flashing from his sparkling blue eyes,
shouted forth the defiant sentence that
electrified his countrymeu and caused our
cousins across the water many hours of
excited consultations
A short distance from the spot where once
rested the capitols foundation stands the
modest little court house, within whose
narrow walls the greatest iurists of a CEN
tury ago praciced their vocation. All. me,
what glorious oratorical battles must have
occurred within this quaint old building
What superb wit and legal acumen must
have been displayed here by such eminent
practitioners as Patrick Henry, Thomas Jef-
fersoni James Monroe, Benjamin Harrison,
the two Raudolphs, John Tyler, John Blair,
Carter Braxtou, Tom Nelson, Chief Justice
Marshall, and numerous other famous men,
who have argued eloqueuuy within this
insignificant and grim old edihce, that could
it but speak would delight the world by
simply repeating the witticisms and bon
mots that were banded about on court days
by the stately and dignihed gentlemen Of
long long ago.
A stones throw from the old court house
is the site of what was once the palace of
the crown governors where, if tradition is
to be believed the fe.es given here were
indeed upon a royal and magnificent scale.
The first royal governor of Virginia, Nchol.
son, commenced the construction of this
magnificent palace, and the governors, who
succeeded him in the following
order-Spottswood, Drysdale Garter, Gooch,
Dinwiddie Farquier, who dissolved the
burghers' assembly because Patrick Henry
made a speech there la which he declared
that Cesar had his Brutus, Charles I. his
Cromwell" and he added in a meuacing
manner that George H. may profit by
their example added TO the beauty of the
palace. After Farquier's DEATH 1908
Berkeley lord Botetourtl, was sent from
England. He died I776, and lies beneath
the chapel of William and Mary college, the
best loved governor of all Virgiuia's many
executives. The most hated was Lord Dun
more. the last royalist governor of Virginia.
Near the governors palace was situated
the famous Raleigh Tavern adjoining the
tavern was a large assembly room, also used
as a theatre, the first in America, it Is said
at which Shakespeare plays were acted
These were indeed, the merry days In
Williamsburg history What with the
assemblys, the theatre, the fetcs at the
governors palace and the nightly enter
taiumeuts everywhere, the old city was i'm
deed a hotbed of gaiety But wait, amid
an this extrayagant confusion there were
men i'm Williamsburg who did other things
besides riding about dressed i'm costly
vclvets. There we're profound thinkers like
Randolph Burwell, Wythe, Henry and
other famous men who began TO murmur,
then 10 talk loud and then so loud that their
cricsMere heard and answered'by such men
as John Hancock Otis, the Adams, Frank
lin, and a score or more Of other Northern
patriots.
Ah me; what excited gatherings must
have been held in the brilliant Raleigh rav.
cru OIt was here the Burghers held their
meetings after Farquier had dissolved their
assembly, during those trying days OF
doubts and auxicty. Think of the eloquent
and mpassioned speeches that were de.
Iiyergd here by that little body of s,aunch
patriots yet up TO the very day of the great
struggle the gay and fashionable of Viii
liamsburg merrily made their pleasure
rounds and laughed danced and were alto
gethcr merry.
And one day there came messenger into
the old town, and halting before the crowd
ed Raleigh Tavern he told a remarkabl,
story of a strange happening way up III
Lexington, Mass
Like a flash, the gaicty vanished from
Williamsburg and men and women wor,
/ Grape upon lleli Ndl9. Inc DlIHucT1 were
so loud and defiant IN their denunciatiou'
/ of the outrage, that Lord Duumore essayeC
/ 90 close mp their meetings The burgher
/ couldn't see the reasoning quality in Dun
more's request, and fatty told him to &c
hence, and at last things IN Williamsburg
becoming altogether too warm for thi
Euglshmau, he stole off one dark nigh
and concealed himself on the royal warshil
that lay of Yorktown, and thus ended til,
English reign IN Williamsburg, and all thi
happened long. long ago. 1 mused as
left the spot where once stood the palace o
the royal governors and slowly made m
way iu the direction of William and Mar.
College
This fine old institution was founded d
i69l and is the oldest college IN the South
It has turned out the greatest men in tn
history of this country. Two Presidents
Jefferson and Monroe, were graduated here
as was the eminent Chief Justice Marshal
also The college Is stately, dignifed ed
fee, and is we'll patronized to this day
General Washington was chancellor of th
college up TO The time Of his death, and h
was particularly proud of the fact. II wa
from this institution that he received hi
commission as surveyor in 1850.
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