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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
By Col Wm H MurrayCopied front National Portrait
Oallory Vol11 Published Phil ¬
adelphia D Rico X A N Hart1850 Contents of Volume 11
I Patrick Henry First Republi ¬
cnn Governor of VirginiaPage B On the 1st of July
he was elected the First Republi-can
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Governor of Virginiaand wascontinued In thatUnanimous vote until 1778IRend this firstsigned his commission as Colonelof the first Regt and Commanderof all the forces raised and to beraised for the defence of the Col-ony
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he was elected a del ¬
egate to the Convention which meton 5th of May 1775 at WilJulyPage
t was once more electedof Virginia which ho declined
Pago 4 The Virginia conventlon met a second time In
I Maroh 1775 at Richmond whenMr Henry brought forward a seriesof resolutions containing a forthe organization of the militia Indefiance of the opposition of the
J ablest and most patriotic membersof the convention they wore sus-tained
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by a torrent of irresistibleeloquence from Mr Henry who in ¬
spired the convention with a deter-mined
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spirit of resistance An op ¬
portunity soon occurred for a trialof his courage as well as of his in ¬prohli ¬
from Great Britain was followedby attempts to procure the posses ¬
sion of magazines in America bywhich would be de ¬
prived of the means of defense Alarge quantity of gunpowder wasclandestinely removed from thecolonial magazine at Willlamsburgand placed on board of armed Brit ¬
ish vessels So was the voice ofthe People in Ky removed andplaced the hands of three menThe excitement which I-
ttproduced extorted from the gover ¬
nor a promise for its return bywhich public feeling was for the
I time appeased but subsequentthreats rumors of frosh enoroaohments on their magazines
JIItogethor with the irritation pro ¬
I the battles of Concordand Lexington aroused the coun ¬
try to arms The movements ofthe military was howeverarrested by the exertions of MrRandolph But Mr Henry deter¬
mined not to submit to the aggres ¬
stone of the British governorDemoorat Gov in Ky todaydispatched riders tomembers the Independent Com-pany
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of Hanover to meet inarms at Newcastle Havingaroused their patriotism by all theefforts of his eloquence by the resignation of the Captain no becamecomI ¬
Frankfort The country waselectrified Other comapnlqs joinedthe revolutionary standard of Patilok Henry and at least five thou ¬
sand men 1200MountalnMenwere In arms rushing to his
a assistance The governor issued aproclamation denouncing move ¬
ment Likewise Press of Dombcracy in State against Mountainmon coming to Frankfort
The greatest consternationoventhepatched messenger after messengerto induce him to abandon the en ¬
t but undaunted he reso-lutely pursued his march The-
M governor after making prepara ¬
tions for his defence deemed itmost prudent to avoid a conflict
so it was in Frankfort andaccordingly ordered Mr Henry tobe met at Newcastle with a com-pensation
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in money for the powderAnother proclamation from thogovernor denouncing not onlyfell harmless before him butseemed to render him an object of
reater public regard Mr HenrysJourney to Congress which hadbeen interrupted by this event wasnow resumed and became as faras the borders of Virginia a tri-umphal
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notdenrtopeople1nof legal forms had nothet dawnedwas the voice of
liberty which when once spokennever ceases to echo andfrom age until the angel shall close
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Ithe book of time I love to lIstenits pealing strains No music
winged cherubimof God Is so sweet to my ear Icontrast it with tho harsh discord-ant notes of the Executive usurpations of the Legislature of thepresent hour and tho abject tonesOf those who feed on the smiles ofUsurper executive favor I turn
away form tho sight of expiringliberty In this State to assuremyself by a of otherdays that It cannot altogether die
The lessons of history upon thisgreat are full of loop undpainful instruction I look at ques ¬
tions In their general import Bydegrees in all ages of tho pasttyranny has encroached upon pop ¬
ular Vide Kentucky todayTho citadel of liberty was nevertaken by sudden assault withoutprlovious mining battering andtreachery The approaches haveboon made by numerous measuresof a kindred tendency The pro-gress
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to the stronghold has beenstep by step Good mcjn too haveoften been the Instruments of theseencroachments Plausible argu ¬
ments have likewise been made forthem As has been made for thoGoebel bill Gentlemen from allover the State no doubt will riseand tell us that the abominablefeatures of this measure Goo belbill are wise and gopd To letall men vote at the polls but tothrow voters precincts and coun ¬
ties and citicd out on tho countby the Commissioners three saintlymen appointed for that special pur¬
posecount outThe seditious American citizen
who holds public station Legisla ¬
ture of Ky and partisans courtsc embraces a corrupt and stormy
fanaticism and a brood of frightfuland depraved theories and revoltIng actions Instantly spring upandWith wide Cereriun mouths full
loudharass and shock the patriotism ofthe country State
We can appeal to the Americancitizen to allow the house whichtits fathers built to stand foreverthat though divided it may be inits domestic economy yet it is notdivided unto its We can dothis and we can hope that ourlabors will bring forth the fruits ofpeace But if the evil hour mustcome if patriotism is to be humil-iated
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am exalted If thoschemes of the seditious citizensare to triumph and civil strife andcommotion are to cumber this fairland then may some Brutus avengethe cause of liberty In the capitaland may the authors of our ruin bethe first to sup full of its horrors
If in the wisdom and mercy ofdivine providence Kentucky Ispermitted to survive the balefulprinciples of the present crisisserene skies and a peaceful calmawaits us in the future The pat-riot will take hope and the Conspir ¬
ator Legislature and PartisanJudges Courts c will shrinkaway baffled into an odious obliv-ion
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Good omens will cheer us andthe Kentuckian race will rushforward again on the bright trackof American progress blazed outby their illustrious forefathers-
So too the adherents of Ctosarsaid at Rome when he was con ¬
trolling the elections prior to cross ¬
ing the Rubicon and usurping Im ¬
perial power In speaking of Cmsar Monresquiem says He raisedtroubles In the his emissa ¬
made himself master of allelections and consuls praetors andtribunes purchased their promotionsat priceCresar himself master ofall the elections Time blackestcrime over seeks the highest liveryof virtue to cloak its infamy WhenSatan himself carne from the burn¬
ing pit below when ho lurkedaround the courts of Eden andfinally scaling the bright rampartssat down to seduce Eve in thosegreen and ambrosial bowers he ledher to her fall and all of us to ourruin by disguising the hideouslineaments of evil In tho skillfulguise of good So time advocates ofyouItis all for the worst And feeblethough my voice may be smallyetinof a constitutional duty with allmy strength I warn my countrymenagainst a measure lrnu ¬
aster and overthrow to the Institu ¬
tions for which their fathers foughtand bled on a hundred fields ofbattleWhen Cromwell designed theoverthrow of tho liberty of hiscountry what did ho do I will letHume tho historian speak Hearhim
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Cromwell began to hope thatby his administration attendedwith so much luster and successabroad so much order and tran-quility at home ho had now ac-
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such authority as would en ¬
able him to meet tho ropresontntives of tho Nation and would as ¬
sure him 6f their dutiful compli ¬
ance with Hesummoned a parliament but nottrusting altogether to good willof the people he used every artwhich his now model of represen ¬
tation allowed him to employ inorder to influence theVide Goebol law and fill tho house
with his own creaturesWhe unlawful assumption of
power by those who hold authorityLegislatureservants of thepeoplo
hasbeenwaglng an unbroken contestwith the rightful sovereignty of po¬
litical institutions from the earliestdawn of history to time timeLiberty and despotism have Leonthe two forces
worldtStatoplanted new ones as was the caselast winter and marked the worldshighway of progress with fields ofbattle There struggles for the su¬
premacy have never ceased Changebeen the desire of
mans heart It Is In the heart ofman to grasp at power Like wasexhibited last winter Dominionis sweet and the earth and seawith all that In them dwell havenot sufficed In their subserviencyto fill the measure of mans ambi ¬
tion to gov rnThey party now In power know
that they are the Hessians of thispolitical strife and that no peace
will be permitted to revisit thisbleeding State as long as villainycan pay in the coffers stolenoffices of the government if thisButasirIs on tho wall The corruptand Impious feast of Belshazzarthe King his princes his parasitesand concubines is about overTheydranksilver of brass of Iron of woodand of stone But in the samehour came forth fingers of a manshand and wrote doom overagainst the candlestick upon theplaster of the wall of the Kingspalace And the fingers of timeKentucky people are busily en-
gaged in writing a doom equallyterrible against those who haveturned the temple of our fathersState of Kentucky into a den of
thievesSir the history of the progressof Liberty next to the history ofthe Christian religion is the mostsublime and instructive lessontaught in time annals of the worldIts fortunes indeed have beenadversityhasvestal fires which burn on Its al ¬
tars And In all the terrible strug ¬
gles which it has jarred the nationand liberated the people Its soleprInciplethatto govern the many Kings andthe courtiers of Kings who talk ofthe divine to the possessionand exercise of have beenthe enemies which Liberty has hadto encounter Every contest it everwaged has put restraintand control on the will the preten ¬
sions the authority of one manEvery battle fought beneath itsbanners In all the fourquarters ofthe earth has been fought to resistand repel the arrogant and unlaw¬
ful claims of power made by oneman Every Jaw which was en¬
acted In Its interests from the lawsof God on Mount Sinai to the pres ¬protect ¬
and oppressive hand of one manThis has forever been the Issueand It is the issue now
UBut sir it is a dangerous In ¬
gredient to cast by the passage ofthis bill Goebel Bill into the oilIng cauldron of popular discontentand popular Indignation and thepopular voice comes last
ringing loudand clearover the storms and dissensions Inthis hall saying to the members onthe other side go back to yourbroken pledges go back to tho Con ¬
stitution you have all sworn tosupport cease as you value yourlives cease as you value time peaceof tho State cease as you dreadthe lurid flames of civil war at yourown homesteads cease the infrac ¬
tions of the Americans Kentuck-ians birthright tho ConstitutionDare no more to 1aylyour hands onthe white Go nofurther In this line of policy whichyou have attempted I say to yougentlemen that as the Lord Godreigns in heaven you can not go onwith your system as defined bytho Goobel Bill depriving citizensof their inherent rights free whitemen for what they conceive to betheir duty within the plain provis ¬
ions of the Constitution and main¬
tain peace in Kentucky Bloodwill flow You can not and youshall not forge our fetters on ourlimbs without a struggle for time
say this In sorrow butI wouldbe false to the people whomI represent false to my own con ¬
duty If I did not toll
inbItternesspeople are determined on this sub ¬
blood of a race of freemenis up and will not submit to thisassault Time great American Ken¬
tucky heart is fired anew with thelove of liberty and the people arearousing like the giant after his
They have erected theirheads and warn you not to lay theof your finger of your
smallest on ono of the great muni¬
ments of personal freedom whichadorn the history of the world If
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you do It Is at your most deadlyperil
Time voice of barons the voiceof John Hampden and the voice ofPatrick Henry crying as Johnthe Baptist cried In the wilder¬
ness Give me or give medeath wore all concentrated In thevoice of tho people of this countryState as expressed at the ballot
box In the recentSet aside annulled by three elec ¬
tion commissioners and by thornreferred to tho Legislature a bodyof servants of tho people tho ser ¬
vants proved In this case to bogreater than masters for theyrepudiato their masters voice and
up own in lieu thereofand make him Governor whom thepeople hud rejected at time polls by
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