The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-20

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for the colonies" Massachusetts pub
licly rebuked him for his 'intemper-
ate speech. Soon after this those
brave North Carolinians seized a YES
sci and confiscated all the stamps she
had on board.
The celebrated tea party then took
place. By the way, history as it is
now written, makes so much of this
tea party at Boston with its disguis-
ed men to throw the tea overheard,
and says little of that one at Charles
ton when the tea was thrown over
board in daylight by men with no
DISCUSSES, and the one at Annapolis,
Md, about the same time and the
tea openly thrown into the sea.
Jonathan Bryan of Savannah call
ed a meeting in 1863 to protest
against the stamp act, and Governor
Wright dismissed him from the cOun-
ell The Boston port bill followed.
Who issued the non-impOrtatiOn act,
refusing to trade with England or
the West hides until Boston was
relieved? John Hanson of Maryland.
Who came in loving sympathy to aid
Massachusetts? The Southern colo
MES. Washington said, 4 will equip,
if need be, regiment Of soldiers at
my own expense to relieve poor Mas
sachusetts." Georgia said, - will
send her 500 barrels Of rice and the
equivalent of 1920 to aid her" North
Carolina said, Il will send an eQuiya-
lent of $4,000 to her" and South
Carolina said, Il will also send her
rice and money" George Mason
wrote to his daughters in Virginia
that when the services were held to
pray for the relief Of Massachusetts,
they must go to these services in
deep mourning. Patrick Henry said,
AN insult to Massachusetts is an in
suit to Virginia."
The bail of the revolution really
started, for this was the first public
act of defiance, when Patrick Henry
made that speech in the house of
burgesses in Virginia in 1774, when
he said, Caesar had his Brutus,
Charles [ had his Cromwell, and
son, treason!" Pausing for a moment
he added, may well profit by their
example. If this be treason, make
the best of it." That ball continued
to roll and gained in impetus until
his memorable speech in the Saint
Johns church at Richmond, begin
ming with, I'VE must fight if we
would be free" and ending with
those memorable words, but as for
me, give me liberty or give me
death" These words, liberty or
DEATH" became the battle cry of the
revolution.
Following closely came the Meek
Ienberg declaration in North Caro-
lima, May, 1875. Then in June of the
same year South Carolina declared
for independence, and in July follow
ing the Liberty Boys of Savannah
called congress and practically an
nulled the Objectionable acts of par
lament, questioned the supremacy of
the British crown and advocated
statehood They erected a liberty
pole, the first in the South.
But the boldest act was when in
September, 1775, the Council of Safe
ty of South Carolina, at Fort john
son, tore down the British flag and
raised the flag of South Carolina-a
blue flag with a white crescent in the
corner bearing the word Liberty"
When the Virginia assembly met
Pendleton, | forget his first name,
Edmund, I think, wrote a set OF reso-
buttons and, because he was presiding,
asked Thomas Nelson to read them.
The resolutions we're to the effect
that a delegate be appointed to go
instructed to present at the second
continental congress a set of resOlu-
lions that the colonies be declared
free and Independent states. Richard
Henry Lee was the delegate. Thus !
it was a Southern man offered the |
resolutions for freedom (Lee); a |
Southern man was appointed to give |
the summary of rights answer to |
Lord North (Jefferson). A Southern |
man was made chairman of the COM |
mittee of correspondence (Dabney |
CARR remember we had no rail-
roads nor telegraph wires in those |
days-a Southern man organized the |
first troops for American independ
ence (Hanson of Maryland), a South
ern man was made commander in
chief of the army Washington,
three Southern men were appointed |
to arm the colonies, and nothing
could have been done had not anoth-
err Southern man George Mason OF
given his declaration of |
rights.
So can any one dare say that the
South was not pre-eminent at this |
the second period of our history?
The colonies would have declared |
for freedom earlier had not the |
French and Indian wars kept their !
thoughts at home. But even in those
Indian wars who was the hero Of
Kaskasgia, Cahokia and Vincennes?
George Rogers Clark of Kentucky,
and but for Clark and his brave men
all of that northwest territory would
now be part of Canada. Who were
the heroes of Council Bluff? Lewis
and Clark. Who were the heroes of
Point Pleasant? Se1by and Lewis.
Who was the hero of DuQuesne and
Great Meadows? George Washing
ton. And did not Burgoyne say his
men feared above everything the ri
femen of Daniel Morgan Of the She
nandoah?
Now let Us see the South's part in
the war for independence, the third
period of our history.
We are too apt to think that this
began with Jefferson's Declaration of
TndnDp0dn0ca hit remember that the