The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-05-02

or Lazy Dunmore and her daughters
on the evening the day they had
held their meeting in the "Appolo
room" at the Raleigh.
But there were fasting and prayer
on the list of June; the convention
met on the first day of August very
outspOken resolutions were adopted;
and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry
Lee. Patrick Henry. Richard Bland,
Edmund Pendleton, George Washing
ton and Benjamin Harrison were di-
rectcd 10 attend the congress of the
colonies appointed to meet in Phil
ndelDhia ca the fifth day of Septem-
beer
Sets Out for Congress.
When the time came for the jour
ney. Henry and Pendlton Joined Wash
'nefon al Mount Vernon. 1t must
have been with many grave thoughts
h1t the three companions got to
horse and turned 10 ride through the
.oug August day towards the north.
la the congress OF 1874 the leaders
~ Viz mia We're for the first time
iuufht into face to-face conference
R3th the mon Of other colonies.
ga 1865 Fauquier had dissolved the
'orgesses with such sharp despatch,
up.n the passage of Mr.. Henrys reso-
buttons. that they were all gone home
before the call for a congress to act
rpon the stamp duties could reach
thal
The Patriot Leaders independent.
But in 1874 they were not to be so
cheated They had themselves issued
the call for a congress this time, and
dissolution could not drive them
home Their leader could at least
liuger at the Raleigh and concert
means TO have their way, house or no
house.
A convention took the place of the
assembly. and seven leading members
of the house We're sent to Philadel-
nhia. with as fun authority to speak
and act for the colony as if the Bur
~csses themselves had commissioned
thorn
Bluff Ben Harrison.
Mr Harrison declared in Philadel-
phia that "he would have come on
foot rather than rot come and quiet
Richard Bland that "he would have
gone II il had been to Jericho"
Colonel Harrison struck his new
colleagues from the north as a bit
rough in MS free southern speech and
manner; and Mr. Rland seemed to
'hcm - plain, sensible man." such as
would be more given TO study than to
agitation
IT such men. artless and steady as
any downright country gentleman of
rll England. held so high a fancy for
the Business of the congress, it was
o3-t TO conclude what the hastier,
onrr.r men would be likely to plan
End do; and the Massachusetts, dele
rates found themselves greatly heart
ne
f-ha ADAMS. Thomas Gushing, Sam.
ug Adams ana Robert Treat Paine
tine representatives. Of Massa.
hr" 7, was their people who
't uot provoked Parliament to be
h.es banded and aggressive.
Tic truogle with the ministry at
w had taken shape in Boston. 1t
rl come to actual riot there All the
taert and all England had seen
ho. tborn was the temper how in.
rrl.hin the spirit OF resistance, in
f1 Oh seat of the Puritan power, nj
vaga hard set and proud in its self
viHed resolution to be independent;
ara an ewes were turned now uDon
Cushing and Paine and this brace OF
Asamses." who had come, it was
'honeht to hurry the congress into
Wc7l courses. Kindness applause
hospitality, studied and expensive
?. rect" had attended them at every
III their long ride from Boston
Cd Philadelphia
Crcat Excitement Over Congress.
The country was much stirred by
the prospect Of a general congress Of
eamu toes" at Philadelphia; and the
Go1ets from Massachusetts were
ere t.I as they rassod even more gen
r.ou-E tlan the rest because their
M hal been the first to suffer i'm
a- bad business; because their
h..f port at Boston was closed ana
i.dcoated son'ries were On their
streets
10 behooyol the MASSACHUSETTS men,
however not 10 suffer themselves to
bo uisled Many looked upon them
askancc: some disturbed them hearth
ly The.r own hot-headed mob had
pro, okod tle massacre" Of which
hey made 50 much They had wan
loalr Jroyed private property when
they threw the tea into their harbor
20 sloU tne government their spirit.
Suspicious OF New EneIanders.
There had been more than a touch
of violence. more than a little turbu-
,encc. and a vast deal of radical and
revolutionary talk in all that they had
done; and the colonies We're full vet
of men who had no tolerance for any
thing hat nsgressed, We're it never
SIS Htflp the moderate limits of CON