The rumblings of a coming storm began to be audible.
By and by there was a result; and I think it may be called the finest thing in Australasian history.

It was a revolution--small in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for a principle, a stand against injustice and oppression.

It was the Barons and John, over again; it was Hampden and Ship-Money; it was Concord and Lexington; small beginnings, all of them, but all of them great in political results, all of them epoch-making.

It is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle.

It adds an honorable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it.