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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTBK IX. DESTRUCTION OF THE TEA. Warren On New-year's Day. -- The Patriots And Union.--HutchInson's Speech. -- Death Of Elizareth Warren. -- The Call For A Congress. -- Tea Importation. -- Action Of Philadelphia. -- Proceedings Of Boston. -- The Destruction Of The Tea. -- ConTemporary Vindication. 1773. January To December. Warren was required to devote himself still more to the public service, by being a member of the committee of correspondence. Its records attest his continuous labors in the patriot cause. This committee, as the executive power of the "Whigs, took the lead in the measures that resulted in the destruction of the tea in Boston harbor; and Warren was in the foreground of the whole action in this great crisis. I know of no revolutionary deed more worthy of a careful analysis and a grateful remembrance. It brought into requisition the press, the club, the public meeting, and the new party organization. This act of self-preservation, like a decisive battle, influenced the course of events.1 i It is said, in a political review in the "Independent Chronicle," Dec. 25, 1777, that it is "certain the consequences of the destruction of the tea" were "a dissolution of civil government, the seizure of the capital, the commerce of it interdicted, and a military government, supported by a formidable armament, both by sea and land." William C. Rives (" Life of James Madison," i. 40), says, "This memorable occurrence was undoubtedly, in the immediate sequence of the events which it produced, the proximate cause of the American Revolution." The late Joseph T. Buckingham ("Annals of Mass. Charitable Associn "Warren passed the evening of !New-year's Day with a circle of kindred spirits, among whom were Gushing, Pemberton, and John...