The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03

and 1t began TO grow oH1Qe0t t0ao
some part of governments itself would
he, brought to standstlh BY its pro
eesse. s: (
/. t. ,''Our courts Of adjudcature," do
clared Washington. must inevitably
he, shut up; for It ID impossible (or.
next Of kin tozit) under our present
circumstances, that the act Of parlia,
rnent can be complied with -. and
II = stop be put to our judicial pro
ceedings, 7 fancy the merchants of
Great Britain trading to the colonies
will not be among the last to wish fo1i
q repeal Of it,
A Bill Of Rights.
The congress at New, York drew
up nothing less than a bill OF rights
and immunitles, and sent resolutions
over sea which arrested the attention
Of the world. The Virginia assembly
despatched like papers for itself; and
Richard Henry Lee, when he had as.
sisted to draw it's memorials, hast:
ened home to form in his own Cava-.
Her county a ''Westmoreland associa-
tion," whose members -four Washing
tons among the rest) bound them
selves by solemn covenant to exert
every faculty to prevent the execution
Of the said stamp act In any instance
whatsoever within this colony" The
ministry could not stand the pressure
They gave way to Lord Rockingham,
and the act was repealed.
Washington Takes It Calmly.
: Meanwhile Washington. his calm
temper mistaken, was slowly coming
to a clear vision of affairs in 2ll their
significance. Fox hunting did not
cease. He was much in the saddle
and at table with tho Fairfaxes, whom
nothing could shake from their allie
glance, and who looked with sad fore
bodings upon the temper the colony
was In.
!. It was proper they should speak 50
If they DENIED it Just, and Washington
had no Intolerance for what they
urged. But George: Mason, the neigh
Dor whom he most trusted, was of a
very different mind, and strengthened
and confirmed him In other counse1s.
Mason was six years his senior; q
man, too, cast by nature to under
stand men and events, how they must
60 and how be guided. They con.
'ferred constantly, at every. turn Of
their intimate life, in the field or In
the library, mounted or afoot In the
forests, and came very deliberately
and soberly to their statesman's view.
Randolph and Pend1eton and wythe
and Bland had themselves turned,
after the frst hesitation>> to act with
ardent men like Lee In framing the
memorials to king, lords aud commons
which were 10 60 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 poise mon
had found 30 striking In him from the
arst,. came steadily with tho rest to
the At last common purpose of reso-
lutte opposition. |
Repeat Of the Act.
The repeal OF the act cs1ne to all
like great deltverance.
Governor Fauquier had deemed It
his duty to dissolve the assembly
upon the passage Of Henry's resolu-
lions, but he had acted without pas
sion in the matter, and had kept the
respect of the men he dealt with. He
was not a man, indeed, to take public
business very seriously, having been
bred a man Of fashion and . courtier
rather than 4, master Of affairs. He
loved gay company and the deep ex.
element Of the gaming table, not the
round Of ofncial routine. Affab1e, gen.
circus, elegant, q scholar and real lover
of letters, he vastly preferred the
talk of vivacious women and accom-.
plished men to the business Of the
| general court. and was a man to be
liked rather than consulted.
A RoyaIIst Governor. ...--.
Washington, always admitted to the
! intimacy Of official circles at VIII.
lamsburg, very likely relished the gal.
liant Fauquier better than tho too on.
cious Dinwiddie. It was, unhappily,
no portent to see man still devoted
to dissipation at sixty-two, even
though he were governor Of one of his
| majesty's colonies and trusted ser.
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. ~
II did not seriously disturb life there
that the governor upheld the power
Of parliament to tax, while the b,1r
geBses strenuous1y opposed It. 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. tempe,
which has SO distinguished the nobler
! sort Of Englishmen IN politics; he