New-York tribune., 1906-08-13

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naO organized parliamentary o.o,-or---. - .il-J
most or the colonies on the English 80. q
W!th more exact representation and undsr -. ,a.
ten cOnst1tu utiOnal arrangements r,oro : ~tll-
than England had ever employed Tbc. ttIeells
90 England for protection spOkc oF h ~, ,,S0Asl
as home and held themselves under ~ u.ly
thoFity' vet they already exercised = a4-
measure of local self-gOvernmeDf rigts,- elss
sidered this a necessity Of their rarS-.s s con
ton and peculiar Derils and regarded an. T,'.- a
frngenent upon IL with even move 80 n
historical Anglo-SaxOn jealousy ''a" tHs
The old ideas Of blind loyalty N ~.
had been shaken. first by the PI1rifs,, .-lole le
against Charles. and later by the denos,.t-.o -.ot
James. They had twice seen Tsrjisr.a.4.on jis-a,..on q
aside a king. and It was only a sfen Vo- V,.-t sst
to the belief that not the king. but the ~ -a ms
& q. enosen ny the people must aIVsS
From that again the distant coIonisfs Sssss sac
only step further to the belief that - - - =
remote isolation they should choose their 80
representatives instead Of submitting ~ fLo ~ ~
by representatives chosen back in F,relo-. ~ -
Engilsh purposes Thus early had the .'Vrc.s..-
or FdFIiaments tauSht the sons OF Great Brissi-
beyond seas to better her instructions ''all
And yet a personal sense OF IovaIfv o. 4.
sovereign remained down To the very orfe.. u
the Revolution, often as strong in Arlerf-s =
IN England. sometimes stronger and
more disinterested- benjamin Franklin -
privately i'm 1853 TO his friends AZ E,o-s 'o-s
George III as "the best monarch anv rs.,.- "
was ever blessed with IN 1869. when Eo 80
TO report the refusal by the House OF C,oro7,o-- -
to reDeal offensive customs duties he 80
even stronger language: eu
Il hope nothing that has happened o- -.
happen will diminish i'm the least our Io,--I.s
10 our sovereign or affection for this ratfs- Y
general j can scarcely conceive a king ~ 49,
Ter dlsposltie rs, or more exemplary virtues or
more truly desiTOUs of promoting the vaIF--,, -
all his subjects The body Of this paonls -. -
is Of noble and generous nature lovino -
honoring the spirit Of liberty. and hating a-tI
trary power of All sorts We have uanV vs--
many friends among chem
Seven years later came the bitter arrai~D-.-.
Of the same sovereign in the Declaration ~ ~
dependence, and the richest possession ~ -
English crown was lost for ever
From the outset the colOnists were thro--- -
their own resources in a wild continent ~
among savage people. The survival NJ -
f1ttest made them a picked body. a real co--.
d'elite- Their faculties We're quickened nv No.
Sity, by danger and by climate The lonely me-,
and the necessity for quick decisions 90,
to a marked personal independence an svs-
ready resOurcefuluesS and an absolute frseia-
Of individual initiative. which speedily baes---
general characteristics.
But at the beginning Of the eighteenth rartr-,
their opinions and their traits had not WORKED
out 70 the logical conclusion With all Their
personal independence the CoI0nists usvo-
dreamed Of standing alone: with all their ~
personal initiative they still looked frnpIcisls -
the Mother Country for guidance.
The growth Of these colonies which for a I,-~
time was slow. painful and fnterrnittent hsa -
late become more rapid Their population "a,
only about 100000 when James II was depossi
/.
quarter of century later. when The house of
Hanover came in with the accession Of GeorEsI
the tables compiled for the Board OF Trsdz gi-.
Ing IN detail the whites and Negroes in the co..
Onies. showed an aggregate Of 43AO0O Tss
number had thus more than doubled n TIE
next half century this again was rrebles a.
1'54, when the movements for taxing America
were about 20 begin. there were 1.165.000 whites
and 253,OO0 Negroes; say. in round uurlSsrs
nearly million and a half
The England which after variasl., hus On
the whole not unmotherIy, care OF the colonies.
was now to enter UPON that IN
ENGLAND IN happy experiment OF taxation
THE XvIIITH presented almost as strong 4
CENTURY contrast 70 the England vs
have seen in the closing Gays
OF Elizabeth as did the thirteen col0llss q
1154 to the New World before jamestown
and Plymouth In numbers Il had Grown from
four millions 20 perhaps ten In government
II had passed from Essex TO NsWcastls and
Butte. landmarks on that long road were civil
war, a Commonwealth. restoration. more dis
content. a deposition. with choice Of new s0v-
ereisn from abroad. and enormously increased
power in Parliament. And now az last another
rOyaliSt reaction. with revival Of old p-erosa-
ttves through parliamentary methods ey yur-
chased rlatOr1ties. was 20 precipitate crisis n
the American possessions. Meantime. the NJ
ttOn had enjoyed an enormous extension OF c1m-
merce. beginning with the revolution In 1856. ha1
prOSpere0 on colonial trade, had won glory IN
foreign wars. OF its entire exports. one-f0urth
was taken by it's colonies in America: unds7 the
inspiring guidance OF Chatham England was
and this political leadership among the nations
was followed by a sudden and enormous n
crease in national wealth
But IN the attempt now TO begin for s.r>-esns
the power Of the crown in the colonies one thrs
was forgotten While the people that elar.a4
their sovereign by Parliament had thus ua13
their own representatives supreme few rsalz1a
that Americans could learn the lesson
scarcely entered many English minds that tnoss
dependent poor relations might in their tulA
demand an equal authority for their rer-ess1la-
a. data
ously ignorant OF the colonies. Distalee. mar
tenttOn and miSinfOrmatiOn cO-opeTate0 % ll'-
duce political blindness. An acute Ensls1 -
tOrian, explaining how sUbServient ana Elsls
diced English officials in America misled tas1
sovereign, said that IN fact his own GOVe1Iol'
by their reports TO him. wrote King GeoTse y.
OF America" To them and SO easily elousa y
him. il seemed a natural thing that the cOio-s-s
should be content 10 buy everything from -
land-UnreasOna BILE that they should wan ].
manufacture things for themselves; q ratlsi =.
course that they should accept interferenee ~
England in their domestic concerns. ana q.
English taxes-dislOyal and rebelliOus tnat ul''
should hesitate
And vet these uneasy cOIonists had given sD.aas
did proof of their devotion Unaided they -
captured LOUisburg. then the greatest ELs-~
stronghold in America. for the BRUSH S-SS-.s
They had responded TO Pitts calls inyOlVHs -
men and money. far beyond reasonable eAlS--~ -,
tions Nearly twO-thirdS Of Abercrom0les : s3-s sO-s
on Lake George had been sent from New Eh,.---
New York and New Jersey Another S- yea -
$780,
support the British campaign and Mass.-sss "a
SettS seven thousand When disasters CAM
feeble cOOniStS strained afresh their rss.- =.
Massachusetts sent out one in SIX or al ~ -.
habitantS capable Of bearing arms. anu .'-1
necttcut an equal or even greater piO-sS-,,-rs
While the lasted that expelled tnS AISsv ~
from the Great Lakes and from the OnD. OnD.-S
Jersey taxed hersti II the rate OF q go
head for every inhabitant Massachusetts n. |
on personal incomes at the rate Of thirteen 80
liugS and fOuTpence 10 the pound. besluSS S.~ss
taxes, poll taxes and even colonial stamp - -
Connecticut. though feebler III resources; -
whit behind. With such warmth GRs tII.S- tIo
nists support the great sympathetc N,TsI-si.
the crown while he rescued TenneSseS. -.
gan and the country OF the Great LaheS- -E-s,i
Quered the West and conquered Canada- 10
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