The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-08-09
STARTING OF
REVOLUTION
THEY FIRST DEFIED ENGLAND
Interesting Historic Documents Shows
Norfolk, Virginia, Citizens We're
Ahead of Philadelphia.

The coming Jamestown exposition
brings to mlnd many historic facts
long since forgotten. While loath to
leave the British empire the patriots
of Norfolk, Virginia, were the Ii st
to resent the aggression OF the British
stamp act, which led to the American
revolution. Under the name OF "Ihe
Sons OF Liberty they assembled III
Norfolk on March 18th, aud iii bold
determined phrases Hnnuonced thel1
intention of resisting any further az
gression on the part OF the English
parliament. This was two months be-
loIe the PRONUNCIATION OF the celebrat-
ed Mecklenburg declaration OF indie
pendence and nearly five before the
thirteen colonies assent bled i'll Phlla
deIphIa to forever cast oil the author
| ity of the British crown and start the
country on Il carte or OF prosperity and
splendor, which will be celebrated at
the jamestown exposition, TO be held
at Hampton Roads near Norfolk, In
| 1907.
The Norfolk people did not declare
their independence, but expressly
affirmed their wish to be subjects oi
King George Ill. They merely stated
their determination that they should
not be taxed without representation.
The resolutions read rs follows :,
Having taken into consideration the
evident tendency of that oppressive
and unconstitutional act OF parlia.
ment commonly called the stamp
act, and being desirious that our sen.
| II. 10 1 - pnGinpltN
and recoIlecting, that We are par Oh
the colony who first i'll general assem-
bly, openly expressed their detestatloh
to the said act (Which is pregnant
with ruin and productive OF the most
pe2nlClOus cJns0 i9nees) ana LhWlIl'
ing to riveL the auackles Ui slavery
and oppresslUn On ourselves ANA mil
lions vet uuuOln, Lave unanimously
come 10 the loluNlng resolutions:
81. Resolved, lnat We acknOwl-
edge our Lurd and Sovereign, King
George Iii, to be our rlghtIui ana
lawful king and that We Will, at all
times, to the utmost OF our power
and ability, support and defend his
most sacred pelsUn, crown ana dig'
nifty, and shall always be ready when
oonstitutionally called upon, to assist
his majesty, with our lives and for
tunes; and to defend his just rights
and prerogatlves.
90 Resolved, That we will, by all
lawful ways and means which Divine
providence has put into our hands,
defend ourselves in the full enjoy
ment of, and preserve inylulate TO
posterity, those InesClmable privileges
of all freeborn BriuIsh subjects, OF be-
ing taxed only by representatives OF
their own choosing; and OF Eelng
tried by none but jury of tnelt
peers. And that Iii We quietly submit
to the execution of the said stamp
act, all our claims to civil liberty viii
be lost, aud we and our subjects in
America are deprived Of the lnvalu-
able privileges aforementioned.
"3. Resolved, That a committee
be appointed who shall, in such man
ner as they think proper, go upon
necessary business ana make public
the above resolutions, and that they
correspond as they shall see occasion
with the Associated Sons OF, and
friends to, liberty in the Other Brit
| ish colonies OF America.
AS result of the adoption of the
resolutions Lord Dunmore, the Brit
ish colonial governor, made demon
stration before Norfolk and several
shots were fired into the city from
Che tTigate Liverpool. AS RESULT OF
this and other Outlages, the Norfolk
people were ready to throw off all au-
thority and join with the other col
onies when the Philadelphia declara-
tion of Independence was promul-
| gated.