The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-28
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1906.
Senator Iioar's Fine Tribute.

Senator George +. Hoar. OF Massach"-4
sets. was the guest OF honor ~ 'i'e az
nual meeting OF the Virginia bar Nsso-
citation in 1875. III his very bcauui"l 'io-
dress he spoke especially OF the Intimate
ossoc,nt;on In colonial days between mrs
sach,,sctts ana Virginia. II was hat ioar
years. said he. from the landing AZ
In mestoyn to the landing al Plymouth.
Each has been in its way q leader. Eacn
has been the mother of great STATES. f'''e cti
Is without n rival in history, except lhc
other: in the genius for framing constr
buttons and the great statutes, winch
~ constitutions. lie at the foundation
of all governments.
Proceeding in that strain, he shoWfu
how the men of Virginia and the men OF
Massachusetts had linked their names
together in their work for common
country and coming finally 10 more pa
thetic themes. he said
..Thcre is no more touching stors "
no munifccnco and bounty OF one people
- another than that of Virginia to Mas
sachusetts, when the port Of Boston was
.h,,t5,,n hv act of Parliament and D! u
hostile English feet. dare say generous
Virginia has disdained to remember ny 1n
snntinn Massachusetts, never will
forget 1t.
Little had happened which bore ha, ..,
~ upon Virginia You we're an asrlcule
& tural pcol r,ar ali was not taxation.
~ J" =, ~ ,,,,,assion of her manu- ia cture
-, .os M nersonal suffering here
-. orIv tbc love of liberty that IN
~ Voc ~ ~. ,enoro,,s people of the Old
,pn',,f,ion IA stand by Massachusetts.
...rh, statute of IA, George LIE. known
tbo 1eoston port Bill, entitled IAN ACT
, ,lis in Such Manner and For
-. -, ,r;,,o &c arc Therein Mentioned
Sut II "a 1,iscbnrrinc. the l.ading
ne ,. L-,.'os 80 goods Wares Mcrchan-
=. ?. !, ~, ',rnn, .,;d Within the Efarbor
,,t,s,r,n II mo province Of Massachu-
" i2''E,,u..' 80 enacted nv the British
r,,Iio n,ont In March. 177i. 1t was meant
"a r,,nish The pcople of Boston for their
nr,nwful resistance to the tea tax and 10
80, ,he nrovjnce to submission. If
8uo..'p.i NE ,ct WITH tolcrablc unan-
I -, said lord Mansfield Boston will
en.;. ,nd ri, will end in victory with
r,.os The act took effect mt -
,a,oo,, IN Tho Isl of June, TIA Boston
nnrended almost wholly on her commerce..
r, a fcw weeks business was nnralyzed
ana Tho whole town was suffering. but
r:corra III and his councillors had Fir-
rini, az vel, as Massachusetts to reckon
hs..i., I1or renero,,s people rose as one
,,.n MOI only letters of sympathy came
nn,,r;nc in "a the selcctmcn Of Boston.
H., there came substnntlr, contributions
~ Money and food. whisS considering
he noycrtv Of tya time. and the difficulty
80 ,.nn,m,Inicntlon and transport are al
=, 49, n,thnut 4 porallel in history. The
House IF Burgesses appointed day Of
90 .,irr and n,aycr, and ordered that the
n,a,rhers IA ~. trpd In their places to pro-
nccd With ,l,s ,SncaWer and tho Mace to
Church for the purposes aforesaid. But
they did not leave Boston to fast. meet
Ings were held all over ne "a i,oln',lp ~
In fnir,aS eo"n, my, nc,}nI The s,bscrIp-
W., W. , v;' ",o Tha convention over which
he presided recommended subscriptions
In every county In N're'h'n. Masn ',,, ~