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Show I VMiyVTirc story or hie first vmsimtSjf yZ- BY THE PRESIDENT' 4 frJC had the soldier's steady bablt of self-possession self-possession In the presence of a crisis, and his own wsy of holding things at arms length for scrtitlny "like a bishop bish-op at his prayers," a wag said. He had a soldier's loyalty, too, and slowness at rebellion. Ills thought, no doubt, was with the conxervatlves, whatever may have been the light that sprang Into his quli-t eye when Henry's voice rang out so like a clarion, calling call-ing Virginia to her standard; and he went home, upon the dlsHolulion, to Join and aid his neighbors in the slow dlscuHsion which must shape affairs to an Issue. I "The Virginia Itesolutlors" had run like a flame through the colonies not as the burgesaes had adopted them, but as Henry had drawn them, with their express threat of dlaobe-dlence. dlaobe-dlence. Nor was that ail. October, 1765, saw delegates from nine colonies coma together In New York, at the call of Massachusetts, to take counsel what should be done. Every one knew that Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, the only colonies absent from the "congress," would have sent delegates, too, had their governors not prevented them by the dissolution of tbelr assemblies before they could act on the call. Excitement In the Colony. A deep excitement and concern bad spread everywhere throughout the settlements. set-tlements. Not only did the Impending enforcement of the act engross "the conversation of the speculative pari of the colonists," as Washington wrote to Francis Dandridge In Umdon; It promised to engross also the energies ener-gies of very active, and It might be very violent, men In many quarters, and It b'gan to grow evident that some part of government itself would be brought to a standstill by Its pro-tesse. pro-tesse. "Our courts of adjudicature," declared de-clared Washington, "must Inevitably be shut up; for it Is Impoeslble (or next of kin to It) under our present circumstances, that the act of parliament parlia-ment can be compiled with , . , and and Hland had themselves turned after the first hesitation, to act with ardent men like Ie In framing tho memorials to king, lords and commons which were to go from tbo burgesHi-s along wltb the resolutions of the stamp art congress In New York; and Washington, who bad never hesitated, but had only gone slowly and with his eyes open, with that self poise men had found so striking In htm from the first, came steadily with the rest to the at last common purpose of resolute reso-lute opposition. Repesl of the Act. The repeal of the act cam to all like a great deliverance. Governor Fauquier had deemed It his duty to dissolve .the assembly upon the paseage of Henry's resolutions, resolu-tions, but he had acted without passion pas-sion In he matter, and had kept the respect "of tho men he dealt with, lis was not a man. Indeed, to take public business very seriously, having been bred a man of fashion and a courtlei rather than a master of affairs. IU loved gay company and the deep el cltement of the gaming table, not the round of official routine. Affable, gen rrous, elegant, a scholar and real lovet of letters, he vastly preferred th talk of vivacious women and acconv pllshed men to the buslnoes of thl general court, and was a man to b liked rather than consulted. A Royalist Governor. Washington, always admitted to tht Intimacy of official circles at Will lamsburg, very likely relished the gal lant Fauquier better than the too off! clous Dinwiddle. It was, unhappily no portent to see a maa still devoted to dissipation at sixty-two, ever though ha were governor of one of hit majesty's colonies and a trusted ser vant of the crown; and Fauquler'i gifts as a man of wit and of Instructed tastes made his companionship no less acceptable to Washington than te the other men of discernment who frequented fre-quented the ballrooms and receptions ate foraial dinners, and played quiet games of cards during the brief season at the little capital. It did not seriously disturb life there that the governor upheld the powei of parliament to tax, while the bur gesses strenuously opposed It. Wash Ington. for one, did not hesitate on that account to be seen often In friendly talk with the governor, or to accept frequent Invitations to th "palace." He was of the tempet which has so distinguished the nobler sort of Englishmen In politics; h might regard opposition as a public duty, but he never made It a ground of personal feeling or private spile. A Man of Influence. In a sense. Indeed, he had long been regarded as belonging to official circles cir-cles In the colony, more Intimately than any other man who did not hold office. He has been put forward by the Fairfaxes In his youth; men In the council and at the head of affairs had been his sponsors and friends from the first; he had been always, like his brother before him, a member of one of the chief groups In the colony col-ony for Influence and a confidential connection with the public business It was even understood that he was himself destined for the council, when It should be possible to put him In It without seeming to give too great a preponderance to the Fairfax Interest, already so much regarded In Its make up. The first flurry of differing views and conflicting purpose among the Virginian leaders bad passed off. The Jud jment of high spirited men everywhere every-where sustained Henry gave him unmistakable un-mistakable authentication as a leader; put all public men In the way of understanding un-derstanding their constituents. Some were bold and some were timid, but all were animated by the same hope and purpose, and few were yet Intern-prate. Intern-prate. (TO nie CONTINUED ) Joaquin Miller's Vogue. That Joaquin Miller's vogue should have been greater In Iindon than It ever has been In this country Is quite In accordance with Europe's traditional tradition-al attitude toward American literature. litera-ture. The old world has never forgiven for-given us for falling to live up to Its Ideal of our primitive civilization, it Is the volcanic or eccentric elements In our literature that Europe prefers to accept as typically American Poe and Whitman In the spirit of their w orks. Pert I arte In his picturesque material and Joaquin Miller In his own picturesque personality of flowing mane, flannel atilrt and boots. Miller's Mil-ler's theatrical flair suited I-ondon's preconceived notions of our far west, notions bssed partly on Inductive reasoning rea-soning and partly on Dret Harte's romantic ro-mantic evocation of a California that never existed. The foreigner never ceases wondering why the tamers of a continent and the upbullders of the greateet Industrial society In history should fsii to be Inspired by the work of their own hands New York Evening Even-ing Post Msking Glass Marble. Two or three process are followed In l-V acufacttire cf artificial glass marble. FOrrar?y material was made In a targe mass and planed Into slabs, but this operation Is a ted!ras one. and In order to avoid It the Imitation Imi-tation marble Is molded In a sheet on a piece of glass. To get the lines and markings of marble this sheet, which la highly polished and rubbed with oil,-has oil,-has also traced upon It the desired characteristics Imitating marble, and then a three-quarter rncb layer of a thick mixture of gypsum of the desired desir-ed color Is carefully poured over the glass and left to harden. After hardening hard-ening the aUB Is carefully removed, aad the surface next to the glass will be found to be absolutely smooth, and eeoT ae plantsf. , ' ,f; ' ' V" j f 11 Installment 9 He was but twenty-nine rears old, but he had spent all his life in learn-I learn-I Ing bow the world went, and by what manner of speech It was moved and ! governed. He had roamed the woods with no thought but for sport, or a quiet hour with a book or bis fancy i In the shape of the trees. He bad ; kept a country store, and let gossip and talk of affairs of colony and country coun-try side take precedence of business, Finally he bad turned with a permanent per-manent relish to the law, and had set himself. jO plead causes for his neighbors neigh-bors In a way that made judges stare and juries surrender at discretion. In everything he had seemed to read the passions of men. Hooks no less than men, the chance company of an old author no less than the constant talk of the neighborly land be lived In, seemed to fill blrn with the quick principles prin-ciples of the people and polity to which he belonged, and to lend him an in-' evltably every living phrase In which to utter them. , Hie Power Over Men. The universal sympathy and Insight which made his pleasantry so engaging engag-ing to men of every stamp rendered his power no less than terrible wbsn be turned to play upon tbelr passions. He was not conscious of any audacity when he sprang to his feet upon the Instant he saw the house resolved Into In-to committee to consider the Stamp Act. It was of the ardor of his nature to speak when conviction moved him strongly, without thought of propriety or precedence; and It was like him to stand there absorbed, reading his resolutions from a fly-leaf torn from an old law book. It seemed no doubt a precious piece of audacity In the eyes of the prescriptive pre-scriptive leaders of the house to bear this almost unknown man propose bis high recital of Virginias liberties and his express defiance of parliament In tones which rang no less clear and confident upon the clause which declared de-clared "his majesty's liege people" of the colony In no way bound to yield obedience, than in the utterance of the accepted matter of bis premises. Astounds the Old Leaders. Debate flamed up at once, hot, even passionate. The astounding, moving elouquctice of the young advocate, bis Instant hold upon the bouse, the directness di-rectness with which be purposed and executed action In so grave a matter, stirred the pulses of bis opponents and his followers wltb an equal power, and roused those who would have checked blm to a vehemence as great as his own. The old leaders of the bouse, with whom be now stood face to face In this critical bualness, were the more formidable because of the strong reason rea-son of their position. No one could justly doubt that they wished to see the Old Dominion keep and vindicate her liberty, but tbey deemed It folly to be thus intemperately beforehand with the Issua. Almost to a man tbey were sprung of families who had come to Virginia with the great migration that had brought the Washlngtons, In the evil day when so many were fleeing flee-ing England to be quit of the Puritan tyranny royalists all, and touched to the quick with the sentiment of loyalty. loy-alty. Twaa now a long long time since Cromwell's day, Indeed; generations had passed, and a deep passion for Virginia had been added to that old reverence for the wearer of the crown In England. Hut these men prided themselves still upon their loyalty; made It a point of honor to show themselves no agitators, but constitutional constitu-tional statesmen. It made them grave and deeply anxious anx-ious to see the privileges that were most dear to them thus violated and denied, but It did not make them hasty to quarrel with the parliament of the I realm. Tbey had Intended opposition, but they fesred to throw their cause ' away by defiance. Twas as little wise as dignified, to flout thus at the sover-' sover-' eign power before all means bad been exhausted to win It to forbearance. The Speaker of the House. It wss not the least part of the dlffl-eulty dlffl-eulty to fare the veteran s speaker.John ; Robir.sca. so old la affairs, so stately la his age. so gravely courteous, and ! yet with such a threat of good man-r.ers man-r.ers acaitei thoae bo should make breach cf tae decorous traditions of the rUc Fat the men ch'.tffy to be feared were on the floor There ess Rirfcard Pland. "wary, old. tr-rVnr4 " with -something of the kvk," a Mrjtstaa wit said "of eld ten ty rrrtmats. which he haodleih and stud.eit rssch" suthor cf a -treailae afair.at tae liuakera on water bart!w." BVB p tB 'fu f aa orstcr, f at a veritable aatuar. la in law aad tie r-navedrets cf public pub-lic baaiaeea a very fonr.UaKa traa ta eeseewt tl ea treated h'.m. aad t boo kt his frr very viae Oeort Wvtae a leas Vearaed. aad ae rae iaf eewtial Vea ksew im a aaaa sf Vxtef-A k-Hag-.M tbo kaeel edg f teas Nrk t le rese ttle ef afsfra. iM it enee by fcte efrery. as ertiea as It wee be aaaa. aad eee4 nh trJ totta It eaetN RardAlf-h asd -- ( and Nicholas, the elder orators of tb? house, seem the more redoubtable that they should have such men as these at their elbows to prompt and steady them. And yet they would have been formidable enough of themselves. Edmund Pendleton had not, Indeed, the blood or the breeding that gave his colleagues prestige. Ha had won his way to leadership by bis own steady genius for affairs. Ha read nothing but law books, knew nothing but business, cared for nothing but to make practical test of bis powers. Put be took all his life and purpose with such a xest, made every stroke w ith so serene a self possession, was so quick to see and act upon every ad vantage In his business of debate, and was withal so transparent, bore him self with such a grace and charm or manner, was so obviously rlgbt-mlnd ed and upright, that It meant a great deal to the house to hear blm Inter vena In Its discussions with bis me lodlous voice, his cool, distinct, ef fectlve elocution. Robert Carter Nicholas added to like talents for business and debate a reverent piety, a title to be loved and trusted without question, which no men ever thought to gainsay. The Loyal Randolph. And Peyton Randolph, with his "knowledge, temper, experience, Judgment, Judg-ment, Integrity" as of a true Roman spirit, was a sort of prince among the rest. No man could doubt be wished Virginia to have ber liberties. He bad gone over sea to speak for her In Dinwiddle's Din-widdle's day. though he was the king's attorney, and had lost his office for his boldneis. But there were traditions of loyalty and service In his breeding which no man might rightly Ignore, His father before him bad won knighthood and the royal favor by long and honorable service as his majesty's attorney In the colony. Pride and loyalty loy-alty had gone hand In band in the annals an-nals or a proud race, and bad won for the Randolphs a prestige which made It Impossible Sir John's son should very long be kept from the office be had so honorsbly inherited. And so Peyton Randolph was cow once again the king's attorney. It was cot as the king's officer, bow. ever, but as an experienced parliamentary, parliamen-tary, tactician, a trained debater, a' sound man or affairs, that he had set himself to check Henry In his revolutionary revolu-tionary courses. Accused of Treason. Henry round himself. In truth, passionately pas-sionately aet upon. Even threats were uttered, and abuse such as proud men i And ill to bear. They cried "Treason! treason!" upon him when he dared declare de-clare the king would do well to look to the fate of Caeaar and Charles I. for profitable examples. But he was not daunted a whit. "If this be treason, make the most of It," was bis defiance to them. One ally who might have stood with him, had be known, was absent Richard Rich-ard Henry Lee would have brought to his support a name aa ancient and as honoraole as any of the colony, and an eloquence scarcely less than bis own. But, aa It was, he was left almost al-most alone, and won his battle with no other aid than very plain men could lend by vote and homely utterance. The vote was very close, but enough. Randolph flung out of the bouse, muttering mut-tering In his beat that he "would have given five hundred guineas for a single sin-gle vote. Not inflated by His Triumph. Henry, taking the triumph very simply, sim-ply, as was his wont, and knowing bis work for the session done, quietly made his way homeward that very day, striding unconcernedly down Duke of Gloucester street, chatting with a friend, bis legs clad In buckskin buck-skin as If for the frontier, bis saddlebags saddle-bags and the reins of bis lean nag slung carelessly over his arm. The assembly had adopted Henry's declaration of rights, cot bis resolution resolu-tion of disobedience, and bad softened a little the language be would have used; but lis action seemed seditious enough to Fauquier, the governor, and be promptly dissolved them. It did little good to send Virginians home, however. If the object was to check agitation. The w bole manner of tbelr Ufa bred thought and concert of action. Where men have leave to be Individual, live separately and wltb a proud self respect, and yet are mech at earb other's tables, often In vestry council together, constantly coming and going, talking and planning throughout all the country side, ae-customed ae-customed to form their opinions In league, and yet express each man his awn with a dash and flavor of Independence; Inde-pendence; where there Is the leisure to reflect, the habit of joint efforts In business, the spirit ta be social, and abundant opportunity to be frank wlthaL If you will you may look to see public views form themselves very coafidently, and as easily without as sembllee as with them. Wsshlngtoe a Meet Observer. Washlagtoa bad takes no part la the stormy seeasa of the house, but had ' eat calmly apart rather, concerned aad i tbceghtfal. He was aet eaaitf eaaght by the ex- i en are owl of a eaddea a glut lee. He Peyton Randolph. If a stop be put to our judicial proceedings, pro-ceedings, I fancy the merchants of Great Britain trading to the colonies will not be among the last to wish for a repeal or It." A Bill of Rights. The congress at New York drew up nothing leas tbsn a bill or lights and Immunities, and sent resolutions over sea which arrested the attention or the world. The Virginia assembly despatched like papers for Itself; and Richard Henry Lee, when he had assisted as-sisted to draw Its memorials, haat-ened haat-ened home to form In bis own Cavalier Cava-lier county a "Westmorelsnd association," associa-tion," whose members (four Washing tons among the rest) bound theu-selves theu-selves by a solemn covenant to "exert ery faculty to prevent the execution ti the aald stamp art In any Instance Vhatsoever within this colony." The Ministry could not stand the pressure Yhey gave way to Lord Rockingham, and the act was repealed. Washington Tskes It Calmly. Meanwhile Washington, bis calm temper unshaken, was slowly coming to a clear vision of affstrs In all tbelr significance. Fox hunting did not cease. He wss much In the saddle and at table with the Fairfaxes, whom nothing could shake from their alia, glance, and who looked with sad fore bodlngs upon the temper the colony was In. It was proper they should speak so If they demed It just, and Washington had no Intolerance for what they arged. But George Mason, the neighbor neigh-bor whom be most trusted, was of a very different mind, and strengthened and confirmed blm In ether counsels. Maaon waa six years his senior; a man. too. cast by nature to under stand men and events, how they must go and bow be guided. Tbey f erred constantly, at every torn of their Intimate life, la the field or ta the library, mounted or afoot la the forests, aad came very deliberately sad soberly to their statesman's view. aUadofph aad Fendietoa aad Wythe |
