The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07

litia which lined the shore was no,
there to do him homage. but to re-
slst the landing of the stamped pa
per. Coils. Wadde1l and Ashe con
fronted the captain. and with the
armed militia at their backs said they
Would not allow a single piece of the
stamped PAPER to be landed and
would ire OH any one attem pting it
Here was a Warship from His Maj
estys navy carrying tw%enty-one guns.
openly defed and threatened by the
~"olonlsts of North Carolina, who were
armed and dra W up in battle array.
here was reason, open, fragrant and
IN broad day light and led by the
most distinguished soldier Of the
province and speaker of the General
Assembly. This was more than ten
years before the National Declaration
OF independence, and more than nine
years before the battle of Lexington.
and nearly eight years before the
"BOSton Tex Party" The destruction
or the tea was accomplished by a
party of forty or fifty men disguised
as MohaW Indians. who. under cover
OF darkness, hou any resistance,
boarded a British merchant ship, on
tanning a consignment of tea, in Bos-
ton harbor, and after throwing the
chests OF tea overheard, came ashore
echofng their bravery, which made
the Boston Tea Party famous. His
tory blazOns 1t to the -four corners
of the world. and New E~nglanders
boast Of it, until its fame is Peeled
and chfmed on every tongue Of fame
North Cardinal children are taught
to read it in their daily lessons, it
adorns the picture books of the nur-
series and is chronicled by every
writer on national history.
Here is an act of the sons Of the
province Of North Carolina, not com
n1itted on a harmless carrier Of
freight OF upon the crew of a mer-
chant vessel; not done under any dis
gulse or mask. but or the representa-
tives of royalty itself, commanding *
m~an-of-Nar from King Georges navy
on the one hand, and pon the kings
royal Governor on the other, both
done in the open broad daylight by
men of character and
reputation; much more decided in its
character, more daring in its action.
more important in its results. and yet
few of the youth of today have ever
heard of this exploit.
These are deeds that should not pass
away,
And names that must not wither,
though the earth
Forgets her nnpires with a just decay,
The enslaNers and enslaNed, their
death and BIRTH
Gov. T'ryon, with ~unwearied perse-
verance, earnestly e~ndeaVOred TO pro-
pititate the feelings of the people and
their leaders by an ostentacious pa
rade OF hospitality. He caused three
ken to be barbecued. a load of bread
and several barrels of beer to be pro-
Nided as a feast for the common peo-
pie. They attended upon his invita-
ton, but not to participate in, nor to
partake OF his hospitality. but at a
given signal dumped the roasted oxen
into the Cape Fear river. bursted the
barrels and emptied the beer upon
the ground. The effect was electrical.
The Governor and his suite retired
deeply mortified and hagrined. The
captain Of the Diligence espoused the
cause Of the royal Governor, the master
Of the Viper sided with the Colonists
and a general scrimmage resulted in
which a relative of the Governors
wife fell in Il hand-to-hand duel with
the master Of the Viper Closing field
book of the Resointion).
The people gave three hearty cheers
for the founding Of American freedom
and quietly dispersed. Here is an act
of North Cardinals sons worthy of al
Roman or Grecian fame. 1t was then
that the Governor realized the determ-
ined character Of the Colonists he had
to deal with. With much chagrin
and amazement from the insult and
mockery heaped upon him. he then
and there determined to oppresS them
the more. His taste for royal pre-
negatives and desire for luxury were
gratified two years later by carrying
out his cherished scheme Of taxing
the Colony to erect a palace. and to
successfully accomplish his plans he
devoted all the intrigue Of the politi-
clan and all the ~boldness of the sol
der by taxing the Colony 25.eOC
pounds terling-$125,O0 0-tO build
his palace at New Bern (Wheeler's
History of y. c.. To a people in ar
infant state Of society, with but a few
resources, and hardly enough Eng
lieh money in the Colony to pay the
legal rate of taxes, this bold determ-
ination of the Governor to CRAFTY his
royal vanity was as a thorn in the fesf
of the people. The building" says
General Miranda, of South America
who visited the palace with Judge
Martin (Martin's History OF \. c.