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[Wiman Schoellkopf]

Djusted his spectacles to read it, he pathetically said: "I have not
only grown gray but blind in your service." He then made a touching
appeal to them not to increase by example the spreading spirit of
revolt. The very sight of their old commander turned the hearts of the
revolting element and the officers remained loyal to their noble

leader. Where the spirit of disaffection
was thus found in high places

it naturally prevailed more widely among the masses who had been
driven to frenzy by their sufferings. This culminated in a revolt in
Massachusetts under the leadership of an old soldier named Shays, and
it spread with such rapidity that not
only did one-fifth of the people join in attempting to overthrow the
remnant of established authority in Massachusetts,
but it rapidly spread to other States. The offices of government and
the courthouses were seized, the collection of debts was forbi
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