The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-21
ABOUT TEA PARTIES.
BostOm Historians Biased--New EnE~
 History, "How She Is Wrote.n

BostOm Historians Biased--New Eng~ History, "How She Is wrote.n
 To the Editor of The Louisville Cou- rier-Journal
 Having just read 'The Beginners American History" published by Ginn & O., of Boston. and written by D. H. Montgomery, I find page 101, the fol- l lowing. At Boston they had a grand tea party. A number of men dressed 1 themselves up like Indians, went on board the tea ships at night. broke open all the tea chests and emptied the tea into the harbor."
 The Boston historian first related in cursory, careless manner what was done with the tea at New York, Phila- delphia and Charleston, s. C.; but, as most Northern historians do. omitted telling what was done with the tea at Wilmington. N. C., and Annapolis, Md. Let him peruse, to be informed, the School History of the United States" by John Wm. Jones, D. D., of Virginia, published in 1896 by R. H. Woodward Company, Baltimore, on this tea tax subject, and he will find on page S1, as follows: "S. The Boston Tea Party" England now tried to soothe the Americans by taking off the tax on everything except tea. The colonies, however, were contending for a prin- ciple. and would not admit the right of AAhB AoAu tO kdA IhCHl dl 1Hey EC- fused to buy the tea That which was sent to Charleston, s. C., was stored in damp cellars and spoiled. The careoes which reached New York and Philadel- phia were not allowed to land.
 Tn Boston, on the night of the 18th of December. 177s, a party of white men, painted and dressed like Mohawk Indians, went down to the harbor and boarded the ships lying there They brought un all inc Nheats of On board and emptied them into the water Then they went quietly away and none of the British ever learned the name of single one of the 'Indians.'
 This is known as the Boston Tea Party When the news sprSad through the other colonies, the people were de- lighted and proud of the bold act. But have. somehow, been lost sight of by many writers, but which were even bolder than the one in Boston. At Wilmington, N. C.. band of bold men, led by Cornelius Harnett, John Ashe and Hugh Waddell, went in open-day and without disguise. and boarding the tea ship. destroyed her cargo.
 'Tn Annapolis, the ship Peggy Stew art, which had cargo of tea, was lowed into 8 safe place in the harbor and In broad daylight burned with her entire cargo"
 For this act of unequaled tea party bravery at wilmington, nothing be- ing destroyed but the tea, the Legisla ture of North Carolina has most ap- propriately and deservedly perpetuated the names and deeds of Harnett, Ashe and Waddell by naming a County after each of these fearless patriots. Massa- chusetts could not do so as to her painted, disguised Indians" who went "at night" to hold their Tea Party" It was unfortunate for these reasons. that the British censure and punish ment could have fallen upon the un- offending, innocent Mohawk Indians" In fact, this too. much boasted and too long paraded Boston Tea Party" was. in its true eolers and analysis, as com pared with other Tea Parties an in significant affair. It was surely most