Addresses Delivered Before the Dauphin County Historical Society : in the State Capitol, Harrisburg, July 4, 1876
The book Addresses Delivered Before the Dauphin County Historical Society : in the State Capitol, Harrisburg, July 4, 1876 was written by author Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901 Here you can read free online of Addresses Delivered Before the Dauphin County Historical Society : in the State Capitol, Harrisburg, July 4, 1876 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Addresses Delivered Before the Dauphin County Historical Society : in the State Capitol, Harrisburg, July 4, 1876 a good or bad book?
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The discussions which ensued may truly be said to have sown the seeds of the Revohition, and in a letter of Gov- ernor John Penn to his brother in England, written at this time, he thus alludes to the inhabitants of Paxtano-, "their next move will be to subvert the government and establish one of their own." No wonder then, when the first mutterings of the storm was heard, that the people of this entire section were ripe for revolution. Tlie love of liberty was a lead- ing trait of the people w...ho settled this delightful valley. The tyranny and oppression of Europe drove them to seek an asylum among' the primeval forests of America. Persecution for conscience' sake compelled alike the Scotch- Irish and the German of the Palatinate to come hither and rear their altars dedicated to God and Free- dom to man. With them Independence was as much their dream as the realization. Their isolated position — placed on the frontiers — unprotected by the Provincial authorities — early Instilled into their minds those incen- tives to action, that when the opportune moment arrived they were in the van.
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