The Ordway new era., 1913-08-08

troops to Boston and dissolved every
assembly that protested, but had ad.
vised the king to press prosecutions
Tor treason in the colonies. and.
should there be deemed sufiicient
ground. transport the accused to Eng
land to be tried by special commits.
sion.
Hot outburst from Virginia.
1t was this last measure that had
provoked the Burgesses to their hot
test outburst. AT a time when our
lordly masters in Great Britain will
be satisfied with nothing less than
the deprivation of American freedom"
wrote Washington to Mason, with a
sudden burst Of passion, 'it seems
highly necessary that something
should be done to avert the stroke.
and maintain the liberty which we
have derived from our ancestors. {.
That no man should scruple. or hesi-
tate q moment. to use arms in de-
fence Of 80 valuable a blessing, on
which all the good and evil of life
depends. is clearly my opinion. Yet
arms. would beg leave to add, should
De tn0 last resource.
Addresses to the throne and remon-
strances to Parliament had failed: 1t
remained to try starving their trades
and manufactures" to see II that at
last would arrest their attention. No
doubt even that would prove Of little
avail: but It was at least peaceable
and worth the trial.
Washington on His Feet.
The next month. accordingly, he got
unhesitatingly to his feet in the pri-
vate meeting of the Burgesses at Mr..
Hays and moved George Mason's
resolutions; nor did he forget to sub
scribe his quota to the fund which
was to defray the expenses of the "as-
ISOLATION" there formed.
The next evening he attended the
Queens Birth.Night" at the palace
with the same naturalness OF demean-
or and frankness Of dealing towards
the governor as before. Botetourt
was not all show and gallantry. but
was a genuine man at bottom. He
had come to Virginia thinking the
colonists pleasure-loving people who
could be taken by display and cajoled
by hospitality: he had been told they
were such In London.
A Manly Governor.
But he knew his mistake almost as
soon as he had made 1t: and was
prompt. even while he upheld prerosa.
tive, to do what he could to deal with
them III liberal and manly spirit He
had acQuiesced very heartily at the
outset OF his administration in de-
cision of the council that writs of as
sistance, could not legally be issued in
virginia-for the process had been
tried there too. He made such repre-
sentations with regard to the state. of
the colony to the ministers at home
as were both Just and wise: was as.
sured in reply that the ministers were
willing to make every necessary con-
cession; pledged his word in Virginia
that there should be a substantial
change Of policy: and died the soon
er October 15, 1770) because the gov
ernment would not, after all. redeem
his promises.
A Doubtful Compliment.
"Your governor is becoming very
popular, as we are told here" wrote
Arthur Lee to his brother, from Lon.
don. land l have the worst proof Of
1t in the increased orders for fineries
from the ladies'" Virginians did not
find It easy to break an immemoriaI
habit in order to starve the English
trades and manufactures; and 1t was
more than once necessary to urge and
renew the non.importation agreements
alike among the Burgesses and mer-
chants at Williamsburg and by means
of local associations throughout the
colony.
But Washington was punctilious to
observe to the letter the agreements
he had himself proposed. Again and
again he bade his mercantile agents
in London assist him to guard against
any inadvertent breach Of them: not
to send him the articles Parliament
had picked out for taxation In the
colonies.
Life still continued to go. 1t is true.
with something of the old sumptuous-
ness at Mount Vernon.
1t was in June. 1868. that Colonel
ordered new chariot,
maze IN tne neWebt tAste, hdnubOne,
genteel, and light to be made of the
best seasoned wood. and by cele-
brated workman" which was to cost
him, fittings and all. s133.
For all he grew uneasy lest the col
onies' disagreement with England
should come at last to conflict of
arms. he pushed his private interests
with no abatement Of thoroughness or
self f-possession, as II there were no
fear but that things would long enough
stand as they were.
Washington Acquires Lands.
He had not run surveyors lines for
Lord Fairfax, or assisted to drive the
French from the Ohio. without seeing
what fair lands lay upon the western
rivers awaiting the owner: and,
though there was still doubt how titles