The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13

If the student cares enough ABOUT the
question to make it q matter OF research,
and will read MIR. Jenerson's sum
mary View" his various letters. and state
papers. previous TO the French revolt
ton, he viii find every principle JET
ferson afterwards professed, every prin-
ciple now classed as Jenersonian.
CHAPTER VII
The day Of fasting and prayer having
been held, political sermons preached and
his majesty. King George III. prayed for
in seditious, if not reasonable, man
ner-to the intense displeasure OF GOV
ernor Dunmore-the cause OF rebellion
was greatly advanced; and the delegates
to the convention carried with them to
Williamsburg the conviction that Viz
ginia was about to back them up In any
course. no matter how radical"
This convention Of August !. 174, was
a purely voluntary and revolutionar
body, yet it merely repeated the old prin-
ciple that the rights and privileges 0t
their fellow-subiects in Great Britain boz
Ionged also to the colonists. The cau foi
a general congress having been favor
ably received. by the other colonies tas
convention proceeded to elect delegate.
George Washington, Patrick Henry, Ric
ard Bland Benjamin Harrison and EI-
mund Pendleton
During that summer Of 1774 Boston sur
fered, and the heart Of all America sym
pathized with her. The port closed. COM
merce dead. thousands were Suffering
for the necessaries Of life.
The cause Of Boston is the cause NJ
us all" Boston must be fed. From every
quarter aid ls sent. New England gives.
New York and Pennsylvania give, Tao
south gives
North Carolina sends food by the ship
load, Maryland sends three thousand
bushels Of corn, besides pork and bread
and -four; Virginia sends ten thousand
bushels Of grain and money by the tha1-
sands: South Carolina ana Georgia sni
rice; verify there was brotherly love ID
those days
So powerful was the sentiment OF loyal
ty 10 the common cause that when An
thony Stewart. Of Baltimore. falth-ess to
his non-importation pledges. brought over
on his brig, the Peggy Stewart. seventeen
casks of tea the public feeling against
those concerned ran so high that tn
made humble apologies. reaowed th lr
boycott pledges. and as evidence o5 Soaa
faith, burnt the tea. To set matters rish-
beyond all peradventure, Stewart con ths
advice, it is said, Of Charles Carroll, u
Carrollton) set fire to his vessel. the
Peggy Stewart, and destroyed it. With
his own hands he applied the torch, ana
tradition says that his daughter, Peggy,
sat in the piazza Of her fathers house
looking on while her namesake was bein1
offered as voluntary offering to disarn
the wrath of indignant patriotism.
Peggy Stewart Day" the 18th day of
October, was made a legal holiday jn
Maryland and remains so 10 the present
time
The professor Of history in Harvard uut-
versity. Edward Claiming, has published
"A Students History of the United
States, his aim being. one would suppose
to attain especial and critical accuracy.
On page $50 Of his book he classes tAa
burning Of the Peggv Stewart with that
Of the Gaspee, mentioning the two as
deeds of daring" 1t is painful tn see
learned professors who write students
histories going astray in this artless sly lie.
Stewart burnt his little snip be-
cause he was afraid of his ne:shbors. and
10 class his act as a deed OF daring,
comparable to the audacity Of those who
and critically accurate manner in which
Students history should be prepared hy
Harvard professor Of history.
Lord Dunmore, who succeeded Governor
Botetourt, was member OF the Scotch
house of Murray. and while no reference
is made to the facts in the books he T3s
probably related to the Randolphs. Of
Virginia. At any rate they supported
him almost TO the last, and one o. tina
most prominent members of the Virginia
family followed the Scotch earl into e<l'a
In 7774 Dunmore led a large expedition
against the Indians into the Ohio country,
where mutual outrages had at length
brought on a state of war. y pitched bat
tie was fought on the Great kanawha
by The Americans under General Lewis
and the Confederated Indians under the
famous Chief Cornstalk. The red mon
were repulsed. and. while their losses had
not been heavy, they lost heart and sued
for peace.
The Americans were eager to press the
advantage they had gained. but Lord
Dunmore, who had done no fighting. de-
cided 10 put and end to the war
To the conference which was held be-
ween the governor and the Indian chiefs
me of the leading warriors refused to
'ome, This was Logan, a headman OF
he Mingoes. At the commencement Of
he trouble nine of the women and chill
iren of his family had been butchered in