East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-05

The people of the city were assem-
bled by the ringing OF the State
House bell on April %. 1853, to pro-
test against the acts of Parliament
that closed the planning and splitting
mills and stopped the manufacture
of iron and steel in Pennsylvania, the
affixing of the Kings arrow on pine
trees and the cutting off of the trade
of the colonies in all parts of the
world.
1t called together the famous meet
ing in the State House yard on July
30, 1868, at which it was stated
that the Parliament of Great Brit
ain had reduced the people here to
the level of slaves
Continuing to proclaim and herald
almost every important step taken
by the Colonies toward the goal Of
freedom, the Bell called together. on
December 27, 1873. the largest meet
ing that had ever assembled in the
State House yard. There the citizens
decided that the ship Polly then
coming up the Delaware to the city
with tea and miscellaneous cargo,
should not be permitted to land.
There was named the committee
that followed by the citizens general
ly sent the whole cargo with the
tea, the captain and the consignee
from the Arch street wharf to its
sf01d pnffsrdar, y,fooa in Toodo-Lo1I
street London They would not have
THE detestabe tea funneled down
their throats with Parliment's duty
mixed with it. Leading citizens and
officials of the province stated at
that meeting adding that ''No power
on earth had the right to tax them
without their consent"
TolIed When Boston Was Closed
Again the hard-worked bell was
"muffled and tolled' on June /. H.
"A, to announce the closing of the
port of Boston. A meeting assembled
in the square by the ringing of the
bell adopted resolutions protesting
| against this act on the part of Parla-
ment On June 18, It called a meet
| ing to relieve the Boston sufferers, al
which Philadelphia contributed 1000
pounds sterling, the Friends Of Phil
adelphia Meeting subscribed 254C
/ pounds in gold, and other counties
smaller amounts Supplies were also
| forwarded from this City.
After having done duty at almost
every important event which led w
to the Revolutionary War, the Liber-
| ty Bell called eight thousand Of
citizens Of Philadelphia to the square
( on April %, 1775. after the Battle Of
Lexington. There the men pledged
themselves to the cause Of liberty
From then on the bell rang almost
| daily to assemble the Continental
Congress to its sessions. first in Car
penters' Hall and later in Independ'
ence Hall
Finally on July s, 1915, the bel
pealed forth on the great occasion
whereOn it justified the action Of
Norris and his associates in having
inscribed upon 1t the Injunction
Proclaim liberty throughout al
the land unto all the inhabitant
thereof and lived up to the expecta'
tions Of the old Assembly.
Truly the Liberty Bell earned th'
title bestowed upon It on that occa
sion. although only about 800 attend
ed the historic and momentous meet
inig at which the Declaration Of In
dependence was given to the world
There John Nixon read the proclama
tion, as first introduced by Richard
Henry Lee on June 7, 1875, in th'
resolution which has since becom'
I famous
Achieved lasting Fame
This was the greatest occasion up