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Show I Saint John's (Urclt at Richmond, Virginia, WKe: Jatrick Henry Made His Fiery Appeal . . V I .M'dSxp'' - MOT U n l iL,. itt.tJ III 4 '1 ' "1 MrT33ryslaU 1M WrTrifS- tt rfh A -i A A fT r ni A " niWmmt Tli iTln iTr JT "hi " J- St John's church, Richmond, Vs., on of ths meat famous meeting places during the Revolution. It was nera that Patrick Henry, that fiery-tongued orator, In his apeech denounced tho articles of tha English king to analava tha I Colonlata (March 20, 1775) In hla famous speech which ended ''Is Ufa so dear, or peace ao sweet, aa to be pur- 1 chased at tha price of chalna and alaveryT Forbid it, Al mighty God. I know not what course others may take, but aa for me, give me liberty, or give ma death." An hour within the llttl church I aati Where Patrick Henry's voice was heard to ring. Rousing; hla friends asalnst a (reedy kins. Calling to irmi all lovera of the State. I seemed to see hie eyes In high debate Flashing-, yea, felt my heart for action spring-To spring-To attention, and heard the northwlnd bring The sound of clanking chains! and rose, slate, Swearing, as many a patriot soul did swear. That come what may, not slavery should be Man's heritage, but freedom, evermore. So lives the power of eloquence, ao share We In the feaeta of Immortality, Drinking the wine that Liberty doth pour. test shall be obtained we must fight I An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that Is left us I Liberty or Death." "They tell us, sir, that we are weak unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will It be next week, or the next year? Will It be when we are. totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed In every house? Shall we gather strength by Irresolution and Inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance resist-ance by lying supinely on our back and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak, If we make a proper use of these means which the God of nature hath placed In our power. Three millions mil-lions of people, armed In the boly cause of liberty, and In such a country as that which we possess, are In- I 4 Patrick Henry's ! Stirring Call i ! When the Virginia Patriot I Delivered His Immortal 1 "Give Me Liberty or Give I Me Death," and Thu I Moved the Old Dominion I to Arm for the Coming I Revolution. i1 One hundred and fifty years ago In St. John's church, Richmond, Va., Patrick Pat-rick Henry stood before the now famous convention and delivered his i Immortal "give me liberty or give me death" speech. Virginia's delegates had convened to consider whether or not to organize an armed force to re-7 re-7 list the soldiers of the British king. Revolution was In the air. The Dec- 4 Inratlon of Independence was little i more than a year away. But opinion 4 was divided among the planters of the Old Dominion. Some would arm In s telf-defense, others trust to his Brit- , 'ait;ijf, Sm onto the rcrffig sv V.lf&v lkk and Joe Saban of the CaivJ fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are Implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort re-sort I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if Its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for It? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us ; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to ofTer upon the subject? sub-ject? Nothing. We have held the subject up In every light of which It Is capable; but it has been nil In vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? ex-hausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. "We Must Fight." "Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned pe-titioned ; we have remonstrated ; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne and have implored Its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced pro-duced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded, disregard-ed, and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne I In vain, after these things, may we Ljfck and Joe Saban of the Caf !ne in the Cottonwood district, via ited with the Missea Pollick at High-land High-land Boy on the Fourth. Richai-d Eatough, Jr., and Miss Thelma Burr, a popular young couple of Bingham, were married at Salt Lake city this week. ' The Industrial Commission of Utah reopened the case of Ben Lujan the past week. He was paid fifty-five kveek's compensation for injuries susr (tadned while working for the Utah (A.pex Mining Co. in 1922. The com-fnission com-fnission found that the man had not buffered any disability after No-clember, No-clember, 1923, as a result of the in-bury. in-bury. W , i repeat, sir." lertA-1 ctAtfJ. S"0 ,.f 4 "It Is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace. The war is actually begun I The next gale that sweeps from thg North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms I Our brethren are already In the field I Why stand we here Idle? What is It the gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, aa to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid It, Almighty Al-mighty God I I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death i" gOs IS Ifc h fl J ) ; Ish majesty to right the wrongs they f I were suffering. If It came to revolu- ( t tion and the revolution failed, their heads were at stake. There needed the Impact of eloquence to move the t" convention to Join with the patriots of II other colonies. That Impetus was giv- I j en when Patrick Henry arose and ad- dressed the convention. When he had H Bnlshed, the convention adopted reso-H reso-H lutiona calling for the organization of t ; militia, and the taking of such other II steps as would put the colony in a f l state of defense. The speech follows : II "Mr. President, it is natural to man L to indulge in Illusions of hope. We 'i ere apt to shut our eyes against a f, I painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us Into beasts. Is this the part of wise - men, engnged in a great arduous strug-k strug-k I gle for liberty? Are we disposed to ; be of the number of those, who, hav-2 hav-2 1ng eyes, see not, and having ears, 'M hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit It J may cost, I am willing to know the 't whole truth; to know the worst and , provide for it. i, "I have but one lnmp by which my I ? feet are guided, and that Is the lamp f -'j of experience. I know of no way of I Judging of the future, but by the past. 1 And Judging by the past, I wish to 1 know what there has been In the con- duct of the British ministry for the I ' last ten years to Justify those hopes f with- which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is It that insidious smile with -which our petition has lotely been re- celved? Trust It not, sir. It will I prove a snore to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. An Appeal to Arms. VAsk yourself how this gracious reception re-ception of our petition comports with thee warlike preparations which cover ur waters and darken our land. Ara interior of St. John's Church. lnduh e the fond hope of peace and recent-Illation. There Is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free If we mean to preserve Inviolate those Inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending If we mean not basely to abandon the l noble struggle In which we have been j so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon , until the glorious object of our con-1 |
