Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-05-11

Mr.. Pendleton, Colonel Harrison, |
limping from the govt, and Colonel
Richard Bland got upon their feet !
with arched frowns, barking that such |
action was premature" and at the
word Anne saw a pale scorn burn
IIenry's face. These, who had so late
ly sat in the Continental congress,
prated of "dignifed patience" "flial !
respect and discretion" the relenting
of the sovereign" the nakedness of
the colonies"
Anne had afterward no certain rec.
objection OF how Henry began in an.
swer. All impression was swallowed
up In that thrill which held every hear.
err. II has been said that he spoke as
Homer wrote.
shall We shut our eyes - we wise
men struggling for liberty-and listen
to the song OF the siren till she trans
forms us to beasts?" he cried. "Shall
we, having eyes. see not, and, having
poral salvation? For my part | will
know the worst, and will provide for
it. cannot Judge the future but by
the past, and by the past how shall you
solGce yourselves? What Is there In
the conduct of the British ministries
of the past ten years to justify hope?"
As he wenton passion crept over his
face like the wind that precedes
Storm his lean neck was scarlet and
corded with white lines, and his eyes
glared holloway.
do you regard the insidious smiles
with which our petitions are received?
Be not betrayed with a kiss"
Sitting in culver OF feeling, with
fingers clasping the gallery ledge, An.
ne felt the shaken pulses of the audi.
ence. Under the intrepid metaphor
she saw the messenger Of the colonial
assembly standing before the kings
attorney general entreating that Vir.
ginia had souls to be saved as well as
England, and the british answer: ID
your souls. Make tobacco" She saw
the colonies duplicating on their
knees, spurned. condemned, spit upon.
She saw the chains forging, navies
building, armies gathering. She saw
British ministers. like harpies, with
cold eyes upon the green of the Amer.
icas.
Henry's voice had risen louder. more
intense, and his colorless features and
eyes of fire had become terrible to look
upon. He sat upon the whlrlwind. The
very walls seemed to rock with vibra.
tons.
There Is no longer any room for
hope. II we wish to be free. II we
mean to preserve inviolate those privi.
leges for which we have been so long
contending, II we mean not basely to
abandon the struggle we have vowed
tanned, then We must fight. We must
fight! An appeal to arms, to the God
of Hosts. is all that is left u.s."
Anne dragged her eyes from Hen.
rvs. Amid the sea there was one face
that had not moved a line. It was
Colonel Washington's. He sat stone
hike, as immovable as a bishop at his
prayers his hands stin upon his knees.
He was as soldier should be - cool
OF head and saving passion for the
hand. And as a soldier he was slow
to disallegiance But cold as he seem.
ed when Henry Bent the wills OF that
assembly and whipped the conserva.
tives to the wall, there was a glitter In
his eye that leaped to anne behind the
quiet mask.
They tell us that we are weak.
When shall We be stronger? VIII 1t
be next week, or next year? When we
are totally disarmed and when Brit
ish guard Is in every house? Shall we
lie still till our enemies have bound us