The Ordway new era., 1913-08-01

and Bland had themselves turned.
after the first hesitation. to act with
ardent men like Lee in framing the
memorials to king. lords and commons
which were to go from the burgesses
along with the resolutions of the
stamp act congress in New York: and
Washington, who had never hesitated.
but had only gone slowly and with his
eyes open, with that self polse men
had found so striking in him from the
ffrst. came steadily with the rest to
the at last common purpose OF reso-
lutte opposition.
Repeal Of the Act.
The repeal of the act came to all
like great deliverance
Governor FauquIer had deemed It
his duty to dissolve. the assembly
upon the passage of Henry's resolu-
tons. but he had acted without pas
sion in the matter. and had kept the
respect of the men he dealt with. He
was not man, indeed. to take public
business very seriously. having been
bred a man Of fashion and courtier
rather than a master Of affairs. He
loved gay company and the deep ex-
citement OF the gaming table. not the
round OF official routine. Affable, gen.
erous, elegant, scholar and real lover
Of letters. he vastly preferred the
talk of vivacious women and accom-
plfshed men to the business Of the
general court, and was man to be
liked rather than consulted
A RoyaiIst Governor.
Washington. always admitted to the
intimacy Of official circles at VIII.
iamsburg. very likely relished the gal
liant Fauquier better than the too off,
cious Dinwiddie. 1t was. unhappily
no portent to see man still devoted
to dissipation at sixty-two, even
though he were governor OF one of his
want Of the crown: and Fauquier's
gifts as man of wit and Of instructed
tastes made his companionship no less
acceptable to Washington than to the
other men OF discernment who fire.
quented the bathrooms and receptions.
ate formal dinners, and played quiet
games of cards during the brief season
at the little capital.
1t did not seriously disturb life there
that the governor upheld the power
of parliament to tax. while the bur-
gesses strenuously opposed 1t. Wash
ington, for one. did not hesitate on
that account to be seen often in
friendly talk with the governor. or to
accept frequent Invitations to the
palace" He was OF the temper
which has SO distinguished the nobler
sort Of Englishmen in politics: he
might regard opposition as a public
duty but he never made 1t a ground
Of personal feeling or private spite.
A Man Of Influence.
In a sense. indeed. he had long been
regarded as belonging to official cir
cles In the colony. more intimately
than any other man who did not hold
ONCE He has been put forward by
the Fairfaxes in his youth: men in
the council and at the head Of affairs
had been his sponsors and friends
from the first: he had been always:
like his brother before him, a member
OF one OF the chief groups in the col
ony for influence and a confidential
connection with the public business.
1t was even understood that he was
himself destined for the council. when
1t should be possible to put him in IL
without seeming to give too great q
preponderance to the Fairfax interest,
already SO much regarded in its make
up.
The first furry Of differing views
and conflicting purposes among the
Virginian leaders had passed of. Tho
Judgment Of high-spirited men every.
where sustained Henry-gave him un-
mistakable Authorization as a leader:
put all public men In the way of un-
derstanding their constituents. Some
were bold and some were timid. but
all were animated by the same hope
and purpose. and few were yet intem-
prate.
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