The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-25

Livingston, were men OF properly .od
the possession Of property enlarras AZ
bump of caution They cried for ~
lay. The older Quakers. men oe 49, ~
had set their faces and thair go
against rebellion.
New York was milk and water 1boro
had been the failure of the Canad,an
expedition, and, besides, the nrov,no,.
had Its exposed harbor and the mat
raids on its frontier to think of TN
pennsylvania delegation refused u
vote on separation and left theIr 49,
In anger. Maryland had few er,sv
ances.
And what Of New Jerseyf Thor.
was Toryism intrenched. tn r,raI
governor, the son Of the benevolent
( faced patriot Benjamin Franklin Wont
breathing fire against the Wings Not
TIL he had been shipped to Connects.
cut in irons. not. till congress had sent
three of It's members to arcne ~
plead. to storm, did its assembly do
clare for freedom.
Think not that those who hesitate,
We're not men of honor, jealous for the
welfare OF their country, Not every
one believed George III. another such
despot as Philip IL. Of Spain or tho
bloody minded man the radicals iluh-
orally called him. The storm was
high on the horizon. And II ia the
part Of wisdom to count well the cost
of desperate ventures. Against the
colonies was pitted the mistress of the
seas-a king. innumerable battalions
armament, navies, money and the
prestige of hereditary possession. The
colonies stood alone.
There We're those who, like Henry,
whose clear eye saw the future as with
divination. pinned faith upon Gallo
enmity to England and looked for a
sign of aid. But the months came and
went without its appearance. Now the
Third congress was sitting, and France
was silent Granted defiance to
Great Britain, the outcome was doubt
ful-how doubtful five red years of
smoke and blood were to demonstrate.
AS the pendulum vibrated a British
feet In the Delaware brought the war
within hearing. and Lord Howe hove
to of Sandy Hook with all his army.
The congress was, after all, NINA
ture of the country. 1t held a Tory
party who awaited some disaster to
become dangerous. 1t held faint hearts
who croaked, respondent ones who
predicted ruin and brave hearts that
dared struggle they believed would
be uncertain
On such fleld for twenty-five hong
days a determined battle was fought. 1t
ended at last. and one evening Thomas
Jefferson of Virginia betook himself to
little house back of an oblong green,
where lived DIR. Franklin. and wrote
the first draft Of the Declaration of In
dependence.
There comes O time in the history of
every great movement when 1t must go
forward or die. Lethargy breeds reac-
ton. The fierce fight for Declaration
had marked this point now. In the
three days since the vote the opposition
had gathered its shattered forces.
There were new mutterings, and the
little Virginian delegation in the shop
of Mr.. James Randolph on High street
knew that the defiance which was TO be
offered on the morrow, If it We're to be
signed at all. must be signed quickly.
So out of humid morning grew the
afternoon of the Sd of July for Phila-
delphia. 1t came in heat. with brazen
sky.
Opposite Mr.. Randolph's shop on the
same evening Joseph Galloway, the
lawyer, walking slowly, paused and
looked across the street. He was thick
set and middle aged, with a smooth,
crafty face and restless eyes.
He had lacked Wing patriotism In
he First congress. The Second would
have none of him. And yet he had ear
lier led the popular party against the
proprietary. Such strange overturnings
the new idea of freedom was bringing
about. The fierce Tory rancor which
had made of this man at first the de
fender of the prerogative" was to con-
vert him later into spy, g refugee and
a sour pensioner Of Georg~II.
Now, there was the open hatred of a
bitter Tory in the look Joseph Galloway
cast upon the little shop.
Good day, Mordecai," he said in
greeting to a rotund merchant Quaker
who Joined him. II see you also look
ing. What think you our Virginia hot
bloods will brew next in their den yon-
der?"
The Quaker frowned. Il love them
not" he answered. what saith the
Scriptures? For the weapons OF our
warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down OF
strongholds.'
Gentlemen of birth and wealth, for
sooth." continued Galloway angrily
land yet prating like the veriest clouts
OF independence and brotherhood
Whose was the bill TO separate from