The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-16

.sr fashion, moreover, by broil be
.ween 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 ais
pect of massacre.
The year 1771 went quietly enough |
for Virginians Botetourt was dead, |
and that good merchant OF York, Viii |
liam Nelson, president of the 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 it hap
pened. was fixed chiefly upon Massa-
chusetts, where trade conferred at a
growing port and opposition had q
local haDitation.
Quiet In Virginia.
In Virginia there was no place to
send troops to, unless the whole coun-
try were occupied, and so long as
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 af-
fairs go there: but Governor Tryon
was soldier as well as despot, and
did not need to trouble his neighbors
about that
An Unpopular Governor.
It was not until the first months OF
1872 that Virginians began to read
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 a satrap to his province, who
brought a soldier with him for secre-
tary and confidential adviser, set up
fixed etiquette to be observed by all
who would approach him. spoke
abruptly and without courtesy. dis
played In an things an arbitrary tenn
per, &nd took more interest, it pres
eatIy Appeared, in acquiring tracts OF
western iaz4 than in conducting the
government Of the --Jny.
The year of his coming was marked
by the secret destruction of the reF e
nue. schooner Gaspe in Rhode IslaL I
and by many significant flaws Of TEN
per here and there throughout the col
onies; and ITS saw affairs at last
come to crisis.
Dunmore and the Burgesses.
Dunmore had summoned the bur
gesses to meet him upon his first com
ing, but had liked their proud temper
as little as they liked his. and val
careful not to call them together agar
till March, 1773, 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 upot
/, the trial of malcontents in England
! and the burgesses were hot at seein
! the sentiments of the colonies $
!. fiouted Conservative men would stil
. have waited to try events. but thei
( fellow-membe of quicker pulse wer
4 diligent 10 disappoint them.
Leadership fell to those who weT
bold enough to take it; and Patric
Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Dabne
! Carr and Thomas Jefferson. radical
! all, drew together. a self-constitute
committee of guidance.
i Evening after evening they met j
/ a private room at the Raleigh. wit
now and again one or two other lik
| spirits called into counsel, to consu
what should be done.
Richard Henry Lee proposed thu
the colonies should be invited to joi
Virginia in appointing committees I
| correspondence through which to d
| wise steady concert OF action, and Thu
| Virginias committee, to be appointe
at once, should be instructed to loo
into the character of the new court I
trial lately established in Rhode
land
An Understanding With New Enalan
Dabney Carr was directed to MOI
the resolutions. and the eloquence
Lee and Henry won for them an
slant and hearty acceptance.
il Dunmore promptly dissolved the a
81 sembly, and Washington was free
81 set out for New York to place Jacl
4 Gusts at Kings college. lingering I
the way in Philadelphia to see &
races, and pick up the talk Of I
= hour during half dozen evenings
the rooms of the Jockey club. at I
balls and assemblies. of the gay TOW
IN and at the hospitable tables Of
or friends.
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