The Ordway new era., 1913-08-08

ter fashion. moreover, by a proil bs
tween townsmen and troops in the
streets OF Boston, in which arms had
been used and men slain. and in the
heated imaginations of the colonists
the affair had taken on the ugly as.
pect of massacre.
The year 1771 went quietly enough
for Virginians, Botetourt was dead.
and that good merchant OF York. vii.
liam Nelson, president Of :ne council.
sat In the place Of authority through.
out the year. Although the whole
country refused the taxed tea. the at.
tention Of the ministers. as 1t hap
pened. was fxed chiefly upon Massa.
chusetts, where trade centered at .
growing port and opposition had Q
local habitation.
Quiet In Virginia.
In Virginia there was no place te
send troops to. unless the whole coun.
try were occupied. and 30 long al
Mr.. Nelson was acting governor,
Colonel Washington could go without
preoccupation to the races. and gentle
men everywhere follow their own de-
vices In the quiet counties.
There was rioting-rebellion, even
In North Carolina. SO uneasily did az
fairs go there; but Governor Tryor
was soldier as well as despot, and
did not need to trouble his neighbors
about that.
An Unpopular Governor.
1t was not until the first months OF
1734 fhof Ufr1irfonu tn
plain signs of change In the face Of
their new governor. John Murray. earl
OF Dunmore-a dark and distant man,
who seemed to the virginians to come
like satrap to his province. who
brought a soldier with him for secre
tary and confidential adviser. set UP
q fixed etiquette to be observed by all
who would approach him, spoke
abruptly and without courtesy. dis
played In all things an arbitrary tenn.
per. and took more interest. 1t pres.
emily appeared. in acquiring tracts Of
western land than in conducting the
government of the colony.
The year Of his coming was marked
by the secret destruction Of the rev
nue. schooner Gaspe In Rhode Island.
and by many significant flaws OF tenn
per here and there throughout the col
onies; and 1878 saw affairs at last
come to crisis.
punmore and the Buroesses.
Dunmore had summoned the bur-
gesses to meet him upon his first COM
Ing, but had liked their proud temper
AZ little as they liked his. and was
careful not to call them together again
till March, 1878, though he had prom
ised TO convene them earlier.
There was instant trouble.
In view OF the affair OF the Gaspe.
parliament had again resolved upon
the trial Of malcontents in England.
and the burgesses were hot at seeing
the sentiments of the colonies 80
louted. Conservative men would still
have waited to try events, but their
fellow members Of quicker pulse were
diligent 10 disappoint them.
Leadership fell to those who were
bold enough to take it: and Patrick
Henry. Richard Henry Lee. Dabney
Carr and Thomas Jefferson. radicals
all. drew together, self-constituted
committee Of guidance.
Evening after evening they met in
o private room at the Raleigh. with
now and again one or two other like
spirits called into counsel. to consult
what should be done.
Richard Henry Lee proposed that
the colonies should be invited to Join
Virginia in appointing committees OF
correspondence. through which to de-
wise steady concert Of action. and that
Virgnia's committee, to be appointed
at once, should be instructed to look
into the character of the new court Of
trial lately established in Rhode Is
land.
An Understanding With New England.
Dabney Carr was directed to move
the resolutions. and the eloQuence Of
Lee and Henry won for them an In
stant and hearty acceptance.
Dunmore promptly dissolved the as
sembly. and Washington was free to
set out for New York to place Jacky
Custis at Kings college, lingering on
the way in Philadelphia to see the
races. and pick up the talk OF the
hour during half dozen evenings at
the rooms of the Jockey club, at the
balls and assemblies Of the gay town.
and at the hospitable tables OF his
friends.
(To BE coNTlNUED.)