New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

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| E,ri.,d hut he is the friend OF the Friends
| AFTER a wear and a half OF tranquil life IA
New Jersey Bernard succeeded Po"a4i4 a. Gov
ernor Of Massachusetts and bis uOu"4e'
| promptly began. From this point on the a1thor
appears as her great-graEdfather' speci44 ad''-
cate She cannot contemplate With patience 'ha
I insurgent agitatOrs OF the New-England coiNNJ'
the wrath Of the Bostonians over the stamp act
would seem 70 be to her partly an excuse i'r
smuggling; Samuel Adams IS anatherna. ths
Boston massacre is the result OF the perse-4-
tion by a rancCrOus pOpUlace Of the uni0rtln,i-i
| british soldiers garrisOned there The feIi4li"s
energy Of her defence is natural enough, ana s4i
makes out as good case for her roya4-st CIV
ernOr as any one could construct IL g no 1o'4--
% Rarnard's credit that he fOresaw the Dis
astrous consequences OF EnSland's taxing ni"-a-
ures with the colony, and protested Win s"'-f
reasonable arguments. lie declared that taxes
/ imposed upon the external domlnloHs '1s"- I'd
be applied to the use Of the people from whom
/ they are raised: but he little remedy Tor
the fast gathering storm. save to recommend %
the home government without consultation MN
| the authorities OF the colony a fo"Ish sch"iif
for the reorganization Of the provincial govern
ments one OF his suggestions was OF a tiiii
legislative power "A nobility appointed % '.7
/ King for life and made independent Ih4a i.
biIity he thought. would probably E.--
|
ments as erectuaUy as an hereditary nobl-'y
| does 20 that Of Great Britain" Enough Of Coz
ernor Demands feeble and pompous Efforts TO
| ride the storm, He meant well. perhaps. bl- ne
| had no talents aIr-inistratlr. Ihere Came
| 4 night when his little six-year-oli Gauslt-r
Julia saw the Lieutenant Governor. H-tei---
son. his sister and his two daughters tF'----
into Castle William ~ the Governor after --i
sack Of their house. They had nothing olt
can remember my mother getting them o-t
clothes and ordering beds 10 be prepared l-.-
ror and distress sat upon their cOuItenante-.
II we may credit Julia Demands reInlnlscrl. $50
the Governors unpopularity did not extend I'D
his wife "A Governor Shute." she says. I'D
held the government some little time before tas
| who was a relation of my mothers, and -.'
being great favorite with the BostonlaHs. ot.l-
stoned a prediction in her favor, she was UL-l
respected and beloved" This IS in curious con-
trast with an extraordinary tradition current
Iauong the English Berndrds and grayely con-
sidered at some length by the author. This ira
ditiOn was to the effect that in some luH.---
during the period Of Governor Bernards admin
listraton he had been driven to conceal hlu-s- Z
from the Infatuated mob Of Boston, bent on u----
der: and that these American patriots. unable 10
discover his retreat, forced themselves into tie
presence of his wife. and threatened II she I'D
not reveal her husbands hiding place. to c-t
off her ears The narrative further states t-lt
Amelia Bernard kept silence and endured t-s
penalty; in other words. her ears were actl-.y
lsevered from her head by these rutHans.' Ia5
statement the author adds. was certainly -r-
lcepted in Bucknshamshire. where the Gov-r.-r
and his wife spent their last years, and she
brings forward testimony 10 show that Lady
Bernard used TO wear her earrings SUSPENDED
from thread or cord fastened apparently I'D
her hair. II is. however the sOlemUly recorded
conviction Of the lays sreat-gr.il dt--us--,.r
that this tradition is unsupported ty any s.-t-4-
factory evidence. This seems 20 be re.--..-
able admission. considering that the only -..-
dence" at all was the fact that the supposed ..--
tim of the -iufUriated mob of Boston wore -.-
earrings suspended from her hair. The 4~--..-
is. moreover. candid enough 10 admit taat ID
miniature OF the Governors wife. taken before
she went 70 America, showed earrings ----
pended in the same Way.
At the end Of nine extremely unpleasant y.---'
Bernard received from the uil.str. the 5...t
Of a baroretcy and u percmp,gry r..--..
Neither in pocket uor in repute had those CATS
been profitable. II the Governor was H.- SD
black as he was painted by cou-er-l.r.F
American writer's. he was it must Be aLr-----.
politically couteuptible. Boston very h.--.
hated him. and sent after HIM. he sailed one
of the harbOr ON a British uuu-Of-V.,r. the l...-