The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-30
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one Who hau heen Ooth IN our STATE nut then
represented another, ''Once a Maryland,r. al.
WAYS MafyianleI. Ia u 9ieai measure, this
is true for we are proud Of our good old State
proud oi its early religious lolcralion-proud OF
is early justice to the lndiahs-proud OF the ser
vices OF It's sons in the wars through which the
Nation has passed--proud Of Us hospitality. -
iis brave men aud lovely women
10 the student Of history, no moro Agreeable
stud, can be given than the early rccprds of our
STATE The, exhibit, in strong light, the gtci
christian feeling and sense Of duty which char
acirrilcd our fathers, impclliug them to build up
here a Colony which was the refuge Of the OPP
pressed the receiver Of those who ior conscience
SALE. had been banishrd from oll-rs lcs. iol,i.
ant
Religious intolerance led tu thr formation Of
Maryland George Calvert Lord Baltimore. an
English noblemAn ri ability aud fortune, h4i
invoked the dislike OF the british soyerumcni'iur
his mowci opposition 10 ah established religion.
and a, last, sirkcncd oi the uptie,.iou, be- uh-
tanned gran, Of Land in then wild> OF Amer.
ia ON which our State nov stands, but b,.utc
his intention Of removing hiihcr WAS executed De-
died, leaving his sou, sir CArceiius Calvert, his
land grant and With AN earnest desire iu carry
out his fathers wishes in regard ,o II. In the
charter obtained from Charles /, the Land grant
cd to Lord Baltimore was nam,d T'ru Mria
or Maryland, Ia honor OF Queen Henrietta Marin
aud To that distant province, on the 2ai dan Of
November, 1893, the '.lrk aud Dove. TWO
small vessels containing the future founders at
Maryland, set sail from the l,c OF Wight After
an atduOus and dangerous VuNagc, these FIJI
sriuis tor such they ia tealii, were arrived. GOA
the % OF March. at the mouth 80 the uy,f they
then called 1t. Gregory. tut Which .. nov huo"n
~ the Potomac. Up this il,! saii,d 10 What Is
nov called Blackstone Island. and ou the 9TH
Of March, IA, the. landed and .ulrinnly touk
possession. \ iowa, called - Crm,uj,. Wa
here started, but abandoned suoW siiri. The Col
on! again entering Ihci, ship. aud SAILING up iA,
ST Mars river To wherr LruGulfdiowu uoW
stands, which may Toe called ihy earliest ,c.ilia.
neni settlement vi the Stat. The laud embraced
within the pr,sen, limit a. = Mar, va.
i'Hrcha''f from the Indian. AHi ga i ouf 'aih,r,
planted their COLONY. composed 81 only two hun.
drei men and women. but Of good mairriaI--oi
men WHO would do ryii--o' ,hosr Who were
INJURED To hardship aud danger.
1, Is not our purpose 10 follow thecaily settler.
ofMaryland in their arduuus struggles to build
zap ,hrif Colony. They Nvgr b,sr, b., difficulties
Oa every hand. Trusted friends and adheien,s
betrayed them agents deceived and leaders
proved ialsc. but ye, the people q the COLONY
4tfufFiefl AZ .rarv .t,ss..f.
cNtending their borders TAR out into tie interior
until our State was EXTENDED 10 it, prcsen, good.
~ proportions The grca, reason o the success.
attending the efforts OF the foAudcrs Of NARY land
was, undoubtedly. the cords, welcome they a.
tended 10 Others 10 Join them While Na.sachu.
sits welcomed none but pufilans aud South ar
olina excluded oil tina, did not belong io the
tpscopAlian Church while Pennsylvania r,cog-
nizei only Friends a. worthy. and New York
wanted none that proiessed ANY religion. Mary
lLnd received all, granting all liberty to worship
God rs they pleased aud 20 follow the dictate. 81
their own conscience. Une al tie earliest acts
passed by.a Maryland Assembly sss oa- punish
ing wiih fine aud imprsonmen, any one who
siigsnatizcd his fellow man a. hereto schismAi-
ic. idolaios, Puritan. independent PresbyIe.
rian, Popish Priest Jesuit, Lutheran. Calvinist
" Auabap,is,, Brownis, Animomau. Bcrrowis,
Round Head, Separats,, or any other name or
term, ~ r,PTpIeifui misner. relating to mat.
terra Of religion. Formed upon such princ-
pies as these, the province could not bu, BE- sue.
cessful. Good men .ilockel her, anil when lhey
saw the lust lass enacted, aud that these laws
were carried out. they contributed Of their encr
gies TO common the veal
ThelimiWo ola newspaper article will only allow
cursory glance at che history OF our STAT Il,
increased rapidly ia wealth aud population and
Importance, so tina: in lGG0 ws 6nl seven coun.
ties formed st. Mays in lG39 Keni in lGin
Anne Arundel 1880 Calvert iGi0 Charles iGa-
baltimore lGj9, and Talbot in lGGo The 9th
"r counties have been formed a. ioilo~s som.
cree, in 1906; Dorchester In iGa" Cecil in la74
Prince Georges in 1915 Queen Anne's in 200
Worcester in l542 Frederick IA l74s Hartford
and Caroline in i773 Montgomery aud Nash.
ingion in l77C Allegheny in lTsr: Carol! in
1890 Howard ia i-j0 Wicomic0 l-a;. az
the cities aud towns Of Maryland tie settlement
in 81. Mary s-ao~ I.eonard'own--is, or coursc
the Oldest, "The tOWnland - Pruciors. OF
Providence, now Annapolis sas al. ;...t and
soon grew 10 he the chief city or town Of the
provinee-the centre oil trade nnd sea; Of H.
leaTning-And became. in lG92 the capital Of the
State. Baltimore was laid oniin 72u and Al first
embraced hut fifty acres Of land owned b, Charles
rarroli Of carrollion, but in 1872 IT. limits were
Fals. on the lands Of Edward Fell whence the
uame u Fes Point is derived. Frederick was
aid Gu, la lTss Georgeiown in 1851, aud
i'aVre de Grace Ia 1900.
10 all the wpIs through which our coun,r!
las passed. MATylandcts have horn conspicu-
nus and honorable par, We still rad with
prde Of The valor aud noble deeds Of the "Old
Maryland Line, - at brooklyn lleighis Long
iland. New York. The Heights Of Iiariein. For,
Washington, Trenton. Princeton Brandywinc.
Germantown, Fort Minlin Monmouth. Camden.
Cowpens, Guilford Court llousr llohkirk = Ilill.
Nineiy-six, Euiaw, Yorktown. and others equal
~ a. memorable. Throughout, the long and
weary y,sn of contest for Independence. our
State never waSeFcd in H. adhesion 10 the great
principles OF the "Drclataion % Il gave 10 the
council chambers Of the nation. CARROLL. ~ Car.
rollion, CHASE, Stoue. paca, Harrison rinkney.
Wir', aud hos, oiher, equally ~ famous. IL
gave 10 'he army Williams. Howard, Gis', Small.
wood. fall, craddock, Ramsey, Richardson aud
others ~ celebrated. In thu war Of 1912. our
State took Promincn, par, aud during ~ con.
iinuance our territory was oserrun aud ihr torch
~ the enemy applied 10 our iowa. aud villages
l'n' lie British were taught a, North Point the !
lr'son shat Marylanders knew how Ia resis, ~.
g'''sion, and a, For, NcIIsBry the British Lion
quailrd beneath the splri, Of our new turu han.
ncr While the fierce bOmbArdmsni Was going /
uu between the British feet aud lhe Fort. Franci.
k'' hzfylander, prisoner ou British yes.
al, wrote tina, immortal ode, the Star Slangrd
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