The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27

CHAPTER XVIII.
When Virginia got rid of Lord Dun
more, she placed Patrick Henry in the
vacant place; and for three successive
terms of a year each he had been chief
magistrate.
The candidates before the legislature &c
succeed Henry were Thomas Jefferson
and his old friend. schoolmate and conf
Genital correspondent, John Page. In
whose cupoa at Roosevelt tradition mis-
takenly says that the first draft Of the
Declaration of Independence was written
The contest was purely political. neither
candidate took any part in 1t; Mr.. Jeffer-
son was elected by few votes majority;
and manly John Page wrote him hand
some letter of congratuation. A big
hearted patriot was this rich master OF
Roosevelt the largest mansion In Virginia.
! The time was soon to come when the
American soldiers would need lead, and
then the Hon John Page was to prove
the quality of his patriotism by stripping
the leaden roof from his grand house In
order that Washingtons musl<ets should
not lack bullets.
1t was on June /. 1879, that Mr.. Jeffer-
son entered upon his duties as governor
Of Virginia; and his biographer gets the
idea that this was one office that he at
forwards regretted having accepted
Away from the halls where statesmen
debate and vote; away from tho quiet
rooms where laws are changed and peace
full reforms planned; away from hearth
and home, from sunny field and rumbhnS
mill and busy mart Of trade; let US look
to the camp where the soldier sleeps, the
road along which he marches, the battle
wherein he fights. The brain may con-
ceive, and the tongue proclaim, and the
pen record. but il is the sword which
| must transform dreams Into facts, oecla-
rations into deeds.
We look back through the gathering
mists Of the years and we see. as in
dim and distant vision, the hurrying
events of the great struggle for indie
pendence.
We see the dead and dying heroes OF
Lexington and Concord borne off the field
| TO clean New England homes; We hear
the wais Of wives and children as the
| blood of the martyrs drps upon the fiooT
We hear the shouts of fury the min
ute men run to thelr guns. We see the
British scurry along the road back 10
Boston dropping-by the dozens. by the
| scores by the Observation-Disclosures two
lines Of fire.
| We see Englands army shut up in the
| city and held there by militia whose lead
! ers are lawyers doctors. farmers. me-
| chanics.
We witness the charges OF the British
regulars against tie yankee militia al
Bunker IIiIl-the two which fail. the
| third which wins; and We see the un-
broken yankees, oul OF ammunition
slowly leave a field where the glory of the
suhstantial trinrnph 70 tteirs
J we see the eager faces at doors and
! windows as Washington rides by to Cam
bridge; we see the CLEAN OF his sword,
under the great elm. he takes com
mand of the army
We see the line o. steel drawn about the
british in Boston, we watch the fleet az
It sails away TO Halifax.
The gallant Irishman Richard Mont
gomery. comes down Lake Champlain and
takes Montreal. Benedict Arnold PUSHES
ia Join him with 1000 men. through the
frozen woods OF Malne-an awful awf9l
march.
They unite Montgomery and Arnold.
and assaulted Quebec. }g the Veriest mar
rowest chance. they fail. A sailor WHO
had run from his post. as the othw Brit
lsh sentries had done turns back IN tho !
driving snow storm Of this last Decem-
her night of IT'S and touches off a grape |
ma ~ american coli1r,n |
away we NJ" ~ ,srv man vino
Ni'l16 OK ~ g.. saz-e Aaron Rurr
80 -. t., go, fba slain.
psv IS last dawnag Jauuay 1, 1576.
Panic sets in; there Is 30 cometent man
| to take tne Dead 'e' ~,
shoEtS Go on! 20 on.
refuse TO ondge-talN W. f,, ~. e,'r
acting Inc brie'Sn ~. -I,lI f. o,,|.
PRISE come pdcN ~ - ~ ai,,ht
Inc silalI A'iiet '0f'i1 .t.,,+,l ~ y,>,,
L't'le ''"i "'9 ''',a.s no bol,. ~
! bearing apo" ms
Montgomery ,o,,. a,,
we see the 6tlIsH ,n KIN
! hoNeS apoul ~" t
Lcng island IS io"el'' '. a. .i,,,l,ra ~
feated ana roses q 'i1"9 ,1II.,,e ,,1,,,,ho,.
Is hemmed up oy oFe'
can ne escape
| Brave Nathan Hale. takes Is NE III ms
hands, and goes into the i''' ,7l- 'l'leS ~
gather Information loI u ,s,I
situated Americans y le'atINe
knows him through his din1se and de-
nounces him as SPY. o"iS
that l nave nut one NE ~ 10y
country says the nero aSo e'0' " '''7
death. ,..
The British general Is "a
| mortals. anu Withal' e o"i"7' ~ W!
George Fisher and other suspect that
Howe did not FeaiIy WISH " wv '''iN
| on Washington
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