Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
Virginia S Place
in the Revolution
DIR. n, j. Eckcnrodc Rcvictvs
Policies Of Great Men
of State.
"ihe revolution in Virginia" ~ II
j. Eckcnrodc, aSsociaIc professor
or economies in Richmond College.
IouEhton Mifflin CnInnnnN

or economies. in Richmond Coilcrc
Houghton Miffliu Company.
The present volume is the ripe rro
duct OF Or. Eckenrodcs studies As
"'chlNist OF Virginia he had an un-
''Hh'cH opportunity 10 familiar!a. him
ee'i W''h the manuscript materials in
Inc possession OF the state The nres-
ent study is Il survey OF the whole n,la
or Revolutionary History. IrG5-l7Sa.
pleasantly told, carefully oreaniznd and
RttractiNciy printed. II should no
handled by all students of tile history
or this stale and of the Revolution. as
We'll as the general reader
The first surprise in the book is the
relatively small amount Of space giyen
70 mintaFE matters y chapter or
me struggle for Norfolk" one on
Military Operations" and "a few pages
in chapter on The FAN Of JEFFERSON"
are GrudginSiy bestowed by the an-
thor on the campaigns which are popu-
iarlN supposed to mark the Revolution
lhese chapters are Illuminating. hove
ever, particularly that on The Struc-
gle for Norfolk Here q detailed ac-
count Of the events surround!n. the
disappearance OF the last royal Cover
nor. Lord Duunor.. from Virginia and
American history is wrought out from
the manuscript reports n the sub
sequcn, chapters mentioned tho various
invasions from which the State sur-
Tered between 1879 and 1TSl-inva-
sions by Collier and Matthews in I77a,
l.csli" in l7SG. and Arnold, philip. and
hna!iN CORVALLIS in 11SI-arc briefly
and carcfull" described. until I.afay-
cite. Washington and ne Grassc have
p"nncG The British general UP at York
town and Independence is assured
Eut Dr. Eckcnrodc is THINKING no,
IA OF
causes. or method. OF machinery. ~
institutions. % Richard Rland. Patrick
Henry Thomas Jefferson, George Ma
ieon, James Madison. TO pr ECken-
rore the Rryolut!on is y statcsmnn's
revolution rather shan a soldiers light.
ono Of TN" distinc, contributions II The
BOOK Is the resurrection Of the Prince
George statesman. Richard Bland.
! More than any other man Ne was In.
author OF The Revolution in virginia -
lie vas the best constitutional lawyer
In tho colonies Rland indeed advanc-
ed by l'G6 10 -" position that "all men
horn under an EnElish government are
subject only 80 laws made with their
own consent"
Patrick Henry took M the philosophy
or Bland. popularizcd II, worked IL out
10 Its extreme conclusions. insisted on
putting Il into action The caatorncrs.
''i "hoIi i'idiu spoke. We're patriotic
and believed in the preservation Of
American rights, but insisted on opcrat-
ing by protests aud h0yCotts Tho
w"sterners, OF whom Patrick Henry
~as the tumul,uous leader, with th.lr
eastern allies Ike Richard Henry Lee
( would raise an army and make good
their demands by force. Mason. with
/ his practical rcpuhiicanisIn" crystal
Lied into institutions tho revolutionary
4 yt Hoo A,
part IN drafting the Bili OF Rights and
tho Constitution Of !17c
iiu' after Independence had hecr So e
cured the Jicnrys ana Masons would
| hnv" stopped. Here is where Jefferson
stepped into the brcach From an OK
formal conflict Tor the rights OF Amer
lea. the Revolution became transform-
I'D into IN Internal contest for the
rights of man So from iITG on, Jcf-
ferson and his disciple Madison fought