LOOKING FURTHER BACKWARD by Arthur Dudley Vinton

Author:Arthur Dudley Vinton [Vinton, Arthur Dudley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788027224890
Publisher: Musaicum Press
Published: 2017-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Lecture VIII

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The 8th of October has come down to us in history, famous as the date of two historical events, the massacre in Boston, and the battle of West Point. Let us consider the massacre first.

I have already pointed out to you that one of the methods by which the Chinese expected to complete and perpetuate the subversion of Nationalistic ideas and the subjugation of North America, was by distributing native Americans through France and China, and bringing native Chinese to America. In pursuance of this plan, between five and six thousand young men were drafted from the trades in Boston, and on the morning of the 8th of October were collected on the Common. Only the highest Chinese officers were aware of the purpose for which they were collected. No suspicion of it had entered the minds either of those drafted or the populace of the city. Indeed, the full meaning of the Chinese invasion had not occurred to any number of the Americans, rulers or ruled. The popular, indeed, I might almost say, the universal and unanimous opinion, was that upon receiving payment of a ransom, the invaders would sail away, and that affairs would then go on as they did before — and all things be as they were, except that the nation might not be quite so rich as it had been.

When a notion is entertained by a people generally, it takes time to make many individuals among that people aware that the notion is erroneous. We must remember these facts when considering the ease with which the Chinese took possession of most of the great central cities of the United States.

No idea that they were to be deported had entered the heads of the drafted men on the Common when they were formed in lines and the roll of their names was called ; but when the armorers of the war vessels appeared and carts containing chains and shackles were driven up, something of the truth became apparent. The lines wavered, then broke into disorder, and the attempt of the armorers to mancle those nearest to them, resulted in a rush that drove them back. Some such resistance was expected by the Chinese commanders, and the Common had been surrounded by a strong cordon of troops. These now advanced with fixed bayonets until the rioters were huddled in a disorganized, indignant, and terrified mass at one end of the Common. The bolder spirits among the Americans wrenched off the branches of the trees, and using them as clubs endeavored by a sudden rush to break through the ranks of the military. It was at this point that the word "fire" was given, and a murderous discharge was poured into the mass of unarmed, helpless rioters. Three volleys were fired with terrible execution — out of the five thousand Americans less than one hundred escaped unwounded, and these were promptly overcome by numbers, manacled and marched to the water-front. Permission was then given to

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