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

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/ and one hour limit on his tongue. say
| ing to the freemen of North Carolina.
! dispense. submit pay taxes, or he would
! fire upon them No wonder the hot blood
! of these Anglo Saxons boiled within
| them; no wonder that their rash reply
was. FIRE AND BE DAMNED!'
! Not at once did the royal troops obey
| Governor Tryons order to begin battle.
| They were North Caroinians also. ana
/ they shrank from this brother-kiiIing
| strife But no promptings Of humanity
/ can resist miliNry discipline, and wnen
/ Tryon. inhamed With anger. rose IN MS
/ stirrups and shouted again:
! FIRE! FIRE, on them or on me.
/ his troops opened fra upon the resu-
lators.
The result could hardly be in serious
( doubt The regulators were broken ana
they fed the field leaving twenty OF
their number dead. besides the wounded
and those captured. The royal forces lost
nine killed and siXty-one wounded. %
CAPTAIN Few. one OF the leaders of the
! regula tors. was strung up to the limb OF
a tree next day. without trial, and stran-
gIed with rope. Others We're tried Tor
high treason. convicted and put TO death
Upon the head OF Herman Husbands,
price was set-$1o0 and a thousand acres
of land A royal proclamation authorized
any citizen TO S"oqt mn Oh IS t,1,,,s,.I.
ESCAPED. an" ll"'e ~ .i'',,,, T,annirr
wanna II>oi' anu M r"rtb tber mock
ets fun. leaving one Of the fairest portions
of North Carolina picture OF deSoia-
ton. and leaving the taxpayers to Sroan
u'lueI q '''''
iet oto' , .,,. ,,,is,o,ern-
uSl'lNeS i'e''s ..aa,,+}or Of
lhe"t ana 'He -, 80,
TINS royal governor tSV.I tir.1a rao,
the mountains anu i',a'-' l,,'l -, rho
ia tH' pi'aS1iit N@'''Hs
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lack OF love shown by the eoiotllS'S 'o'
their mother country.
Is IL true that the royal government was
@orr"pts oppressive? Is IT true 'ha' : ~
ming was naughty. cruel. eNnorni''h'- -
it true that he and the governor We're put
aco"rpices in pjundering the people over
whom they had been put!
Long after the butcherN AZ Aia"ancr
report was made to Lord Dartmouth IN
London by Tfyon SUCCESSOR Marth ;
Il car assure your lordship that these
people were srievously oppressed
Trvon and flaming were tories dcsp.s-
ing the North Carolina wings They had
gone down there to make money; aud
they made it
When the revolutionary war broke out.
they fought the Americans as they had
done In North Carolina.
Tanning the arch-oppres raised a
tory regiment in New York; and. after
the war. became a general in thu British
army. and governor of Prince Edward
Island.
TrTon was the autAor Of the New York
plot to kidnap Washington, and, if neces-
sary. assassinate him. lie was the soul
IF tory resistance in the north
To what extent We're these insurgents
If III the foref1nners Of the men Of
Lexington and Conc9rd2 Remember that
North Carolina had taken UP arms TO
oppose the landing Of the stamps romem
Der that this Instruction had been sue
oessful
That was I'M 1865 VINO can doubt that
the example sunk deep INTO the heaitS
Of tAe people
Therefore, when Tryon taxed them to
build his eNtraVagant palace when Of
hcers Ct the law pf2etioed eNtortlon ana
fraud, when money raised for one purpose
was used for another Is 1t any wonder
that the people should agitate the ques
ti2n. should assemble for discussion,
should pass resolutions and should en-
deav0r to bring popular pressure to bear
upon the governor?
Listen to the declaration drawn mp by
Herman husbands and read to the court
Of Orange county at IT, August session
lIGG-the year following the stamp act
! tumultS
"Whue the sons Of liberty had with
stood the lords Of parliament in behalf
OF true liberty. the officers under them
ought not to carry on unjust oppression
in the province; that in order thereto, as
there were many evils complained of in
the county OF Orange they ought to be
redressed If there be none, Jealousy
ought to be removed from the minds Of
The paper went on to ,,rea that public
meetings should be held. at places where
there should be no liuuor. to take these
grave matters into consideration. IN in
cure what evils existed. and to ADOPT
methods Of correcting them If anv ex-
listed
Surely nothing could be more temperate
! than this Here was no rash IncAndiary
drunk merely on his unrulv passions.
4 Here was an appeal TO reason 70 common
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go, - ~ % NC J.us i,'e''1 lne