The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-06
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
Revolutionary Troops Defeated the
Government Troops and Displayed
Great Cruelty
BRITAINS UNDERTAKE BIG JOB

BRITAINS UNDERTAKE BIG JOB
Bank OF England Had Hard Time
Britons Hired Troops From Several
Countries-Meeting on Account Of
Lack Of Wages-War With France
and Spain at the Same Time
Russia and Germany Help the
British Fight-Sapoleon Appears.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
Bilkinsville, N. c., March 4, 1913.
While hit may seem strange, yet
hit IL stated az a historical fact that
| during the seventeenth centuhry,
| durin' a prevalence or a civil war
revolutionary troops defeated the
| government troops at Culloden. They
displayed great cruelty: refusing to
! grant quarters TO the wounded, the
| unarmed, and defenceless.
In 1856 the British undertook a
big job, that ov conquerin' the Amer
lean colonies an to discourage the
| French in any attempt to take Can
ada or assist the American colonists
At the same time the British had a
war going on in Germany, and more
or less fightin' in France. But
France finally gave up the idea ov
Canadian territory, an the British
delayed the main attempt to hold
the eolonists until hit wuz too late,
though another effort wuz made
some twenty years later when the
revolutionary war wuz the outcome
France had a large population in
Canada, especially at Quebec, an
about Niagara Falls.
On the 23rd ov October, 1863,
George II. died. He had been King
thirty-three years. George III. sue
ceeded him.
In 1868 the charter ov the bank of
England wuz renewed. This great
financial institution practically ruled
the finances ov Great Britain-does
yet, for that matter. The promoters
ov this bank gave the Government
about six millions ov dollars at this
time. The Government awlso began
to get up plans to tax the American
colonies heavily. The colonies had
more than two millions ov people an
were considered good subjects for
taxation. They stood it for a time.
But was few years later led to re-
lief from British dominion.
By this time the British had made
much headway in controllin' the peo-
pie ev India. The financiers had
great plans on foot to relieve the
people ov that country ov awl they
could make an soon had about awl
in site. A famine wuz the result an
the Government wuZ forced to return
part ov the funds taken from the
people ov India.
A little later the American colon
lists began to protest against the in
justice ov English rule an later sent
strong petition to the ruler ov that
country. The high tax placed upon
tea wuz probably the main cause ov
complaint, though there were many
things considered unsatisfactory ALI
ov which added together caused the
Revolutionary War which lasted
nearly eight years. Ov course, your
readers are familiar with that stormy
period.
Near the end ov the seventeenth
century the long drawn-out war be-
, tween the British an French practi-
caliy came to an end. Great Britain
had placed large number ov Ger
man soldiers on her pay rolls to help
carry on the war. Some Spanish
soldiers were hired, too, for there
wuz NO international law against
such practices at the time. The Duke
of York had in addition to Spanish
troops, Austrians an Hollanders
The French were quite successful in
many battles, especially along the
river Rhine. In 1894 Howe gained a
victory over the French fleet which
wuz conveyin' a feet ov sail ships
carryin' grain from America. The
British gained a victory, but the
French got most ov their ships
through, This WIZ one ov the great.
est naval battles over fought up to
that time, though the ships were the
old-fashioned kind using sails.
, A short time later the British navy
mutined. The men claimed they did
not get pay enough and that the pro.
visions we're short. This threatened
to prove serious, but wuz finally set.
tied in a satisfactory way. The King
granted general pardon to awl the
sailors who would return to their
posts an most ov the officers were
reinstated. But this peace wuz oy
, short duration, the clamor for more
pay an prompt pay continued. The