The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-20
TODAY IN HISTORY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 1oio

| bcnjamin j. Losing In his Eminent
| auGllcahs. says. often in mems nsti
bmt ,,t'Sri vi success makes effort a virtue.
t out failure makes IL a crime A success
iui oIoW at tyranny is called patriotlstn
IN unsuccessful one is branded as rebel
non. Nathaniel Bacon lifted his arm for
popular freedom failed, and history ~.
corded his name among traitors
bacon was u man of great holiness
imt [,u .iet Sy vi character, He was Young.
,aWyer ricE r,o OF noble English birth. and was
i,'.H, tioqucnt ana popular, He came 10
America during CromwcIl's rule i'm E,co
anu ana was given seat I'm the counTiI
"t Governor Berkeley. OF Virginia Thor
oughly democratic in his Views Eeaca,,
often crossed the official path ~ tGn
naughty cavalier, especially after tbo
restoration OF Charles II made tie Vir
INC assembly. under the liberties Of the
people propagated the vipcrs of intoIcr-
ance, and imposed heavy fines upon Ran-
usts and Quakcrs.
Inc people soon learned TO dcspise ,bo
name name OF King and strong republican
party was formed. and Bacon's rebel
non followed. The general causes wero
p"itnieal p,nSts ana economic tyranny. the i'm
lHcu'ate occasion being Bertclcy's In
dlin policy The Indians had become
hostile in 1876. and massacrcs OF men
women women and children I'm the outlaying SET
Elements was OF almost daily occurrence
But Berkeley persistently refused 70 roli
out The militia, for The reason II Is bc.
iieVed. that he did not wish 20 disturb
inc {n iur trade. from which he was receiv-
lng good Income,
In defiance of the governor. Bacon
raised band OF men and marchci |
again against the Indians on April 90. 1876 in
Kelley, greatly incensed al the vGI,n., |
mans INSTRUMENTATION. started after bir9
WIN WI y troop of horse: but scarcely had |
me ne Icit Jamestown when word reached
MN tnal the whole peninsula had risen
against him. Fastening back. he found
that he must do something 10 placatr fbS
people, and he dissolved tho long as
sembly and ordered new election. This
20 the burgesses. This assembly passed
D series of reform laws known as .sIa
cons Laws. The old governor. doeni,
olienned at TINS course dissolved the as
again marched against the Indians -
raitor, Whereupon Bacon. at the head a:
several hundred men, marched uno,
'armGS'Swn Rnrl,oI" ana ma burned it to the ground
'aders and took refuge on the castar,,
ide OF the Chesapeake. Bacon had now
ull control OF Nirginia's affairs and he
ven contemplated resistance to the
;ing's troops. that were said ia bc t nn
heir way 10 the colony when = deadIio,
oe than armed mcn-the swami fnvnr1
nded his short, brilliant career. and Vir-
mia was destined 10 spend anoiher
undred years as Il royal colony.
~ BaconS death his followers scat
cred. and Berkeley was again i'm fur
ossesslon and nc wreaked vengeance ON
hem by hanging more than "A score in
ludinS the Rev. William Drummond
cotch Presbyterian. and one of the lead
~ men Of The colony. But the king was
lEb lSbbIease1 WIN the governors rancor
nat naked country than | have taken for
nc murder of my father" said Charles
nd Berkeley was recalled
April 20 is the date on which the snan.
IN fleet was DESTROYED by RIal,a in is.I4 |