The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-18


want, ne SAID, 20 oppose the sA@ie'as
C a power when mad a'Trtay COSY
one klng MS heaG ana aDo..'.i
throne To oppose N such case
10 defend the very cons.. -t''N
der which the king wore rs
7 hat constitution secured re
men every Were me fis
men; the coicn-ats Aac
plan guaranre3s ~ 'A.-r oEa
eTs: # Constitution ara
failed, CT we're eai--
ci-les 81 natural reason
defense against meas
and so f-tlIe. No laa
tkese extraordinary
win an army Fl A
force them 70 eNecl .n
Protest not Cl-T our i
very clear n these te4r.a
and ministers must avow
very ignorant should
they did not know bow N-
kiadled FIRE from ore fr1
colonies % the Other t't
was resolute TO take al rs&s a
push this policy.
The Obnoxious sta-p bct.
He did not finch from me
ment Of the measures III i,ft and
the session Of 1850 calmly i-|a-
promise OF further taxation pr1-
posed that the colonists Should p ra-
CURED 20 use revenue stamr upon a
their commercial paper le-4i tD3-
ments, pamphlets. and mes spare-s.
and that, 81 once as a general uear-
ure Of convenience and a sallfar eE.
hIoition Of authority his majesty
troops stationed in the plantations
should be billeted on the people
Parliament readily a~q4ies.ed r
was thus Greny.lie Turposed lefraF
ing the expenses o. defending grn-ac-
ting, and securing" the colonies b-t
he cam, near losing them instead
The act was passed Ia March b.
was not TO 90 into effect unta NoFen
Der; but the cclonists t.d nor ~
him waiting until November for the.r
protests. Il was the voice % vertfa.
bic tempest that presently came over
sea to the ear Of the startled minis
ister And il was not the general
court OF turbulent Massachusetts blt
the house Of burgesses % loyai Nir-
ginia that first spoke the general in
dignation.
A Polite Protest.
Already in the autumn OF 1854 up
on the mere threat o. what was -
come, that house had spoken very ur-
genr,y agains- the measures proposed.
in a memorial TO King and parliament
which. amidst every proper phrase
az LOYALTY and affection. had plainly
declared If the opinion OF his MAJ
iestv's subjects IN virginia that such
acts would be in fla. violation ~ their
undoubted rights and liberties. and
the committee BY which thar Mem
orial was drawn m had contained al
most every man of chief CONSEQUENCE
in rba counsals of the colony. The
kings attorney general himself NOT ex-
cepted.
But it was one thing 70 protest
against measures to come and quite
another TO oppose their execution
when enacted into laws. The one vas
constitutional agitation. the other Fat
-e5eIlion-little less.
II was very ominous TO read the
words Of the extraordinary resolutions
passed BY the burgesses on the soth
OF Nav 1865. after the stamp act had
become law. and note the tone Of re-
strained passion that ran through
them.
Plain Speech From the eurcesses.
They declared that from the first
the settlers OF his majestys colony
and domain Of Virginia had pos
sessed and enjoyed all the privileges.
franchises, and immunitles at any
time enjoyed by the people or Great
Britain itself; and that this their free
dom, had been explicitly secured 70
them by their charters. ITO all inten's
and purposes as II they had been ab.d-
ing and born within the realm Of Eng
land :" that the favariOn of Tho UFC-