Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . as people had to be interred in their own localitywithout regard to the natural desire to rest with kindreddust. All the writers, both of history and of letters, agree inalluding to these years as singularly peaceful and prosper-ous ones. Crops were good, commerce flourished, andsociety enjoyed itself. Governor Boone did indeed make himself very unpopu-lar by attempting to interfere with the right of election,and had odd little difficulties with Mr. Gadsden, , and Sir John Colleton.
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . as people had to be interred in their own localitywithout regard to the natural desire to rest with kindreddust. All the writers, both of history and of letters, agree inalluding to these years as singularly peaceful and prosper-ous ones. Crops were good, commerce flourished, andsociety enjoyed itself. Governor Boone did indeed make himself very unpopu-lar by attempting to interfere with the right of election,and had odd little difficulties with Mr. Gadsden, , and Sir John Colleton. But the people wereused to these quarrels between Governor and Assembly,and troubled themselves but little about them. Only theywere glad when he went back to England, leaving Lieu-tenant-governor Bull once more in command. Upon them the Stamp Act fell like a bolt from the it should have made such a commotion is, to peopleaccustomed to bear with equanimity the most enormoustaxes, mysterious. It took so little, and so much protec-tion and advantage were given, so many troops guarded the. St. Michaels from Meeting Street 158 CHARLESTON frontier, so many ships patrolled the seas, that one reallywonders that any objection was made. Still the principlewas altogether wrong — the same principle against whichthey had struggled for so many years, the claim to taxthe people without their own consent. The long contro-versy had so educated the people to political thought thatthe importance of the measure was at once understood andresented. No taxation without representation becamethe cry. Mr. Pitt and Colonel Barre put it into eloquentwords, and America blazed. Proceedings in CharlesTown were picturesque if disreputable. The news thatstamps were coming and a distributer appointed caughtthe imagination of the lower orders ; Christopher Gadsdenharangued the mechanics, St. Michaels bells tolled all dayas for a funeral, and Charles Town to her great disgustfound herself in the hand
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