Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-09-02
THE OLDEN TIM f.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
The History of Frederick County II
Slices.
BY CALAMUS.

DI GALA US.
"Thc man who maintains that the King
and Parliament of England arc independent
of the people, and not hound to listen to
their instructions, is either wholly ignorant
of the principles Of free government, or he
is an enemy to it. Such doctrine is new
and dangerous to the liberty of the people
and if persisted in will involve this country
in the horrors of civil strife, and in the end
pull down destruction on the heads of the
advocates of it there is too much good
sense, and too much spirit in the citizens OF
this enlightened colony ever to submit to
such violation of the principles of Repre-
sentative Government
Charh's Car1vN, Of (arroNton. orer tn,
@gnnture Of 'JTrst Cttizen." IN Annapol's
Ga=cttr-.-1110.
In the midst of these events, at
times favorable and at times adverse,
began the year l17O, in which, and
the years which Immediately followed
such scenes occurred in Frederick
county-raging from the Sugar Loaf
Mountain to Ilarman Gap, and from
Middletown Valley to Mundorf's $ Hill
that it would inevitably have ruined
the then inhabitants who resided here,
and prostrated their industrial inter
ests, and set neighbor against neigh
Dor in jarring dscor1, had thcy not
been sustained in the upheaving Of
events by the special rrovidcn"c Of
God.
The settlers here at that time were
fearing men, mostly Germans
from the River Rhine and Saxonv,
and the descendants of Englishmcn,
Irshmeu and t',vtoh h".on f"o.n Du, IL
inghamshire and Derry and Caledonia,
The line of 'lemarcaton between the
North and South was still underlined,
the settlers from the Susquehannah
and the Potomac, met at Mason : and
Dixon's Line and cIasped hand, fo,
Liberty and Independence. The set
tiers of the Monocarv and the Como
WACO, the Antietam and Conochoagac,
and the branches Of pinev and Marsh
creeks here met together near tn"
PENNSYLVANIA Line and not far from
E,nml1sburg, and there made a solemn
vow. an atteytation before the throne
of jehovah, that they would live free
or die Daniel DuIanv was not un-
apprised Of this declaration, and laadc
every effort in his power to countcrAct
1t.
The first meeting held in Frederick
Town in ITO, in support Of tn" views
advanced by Charles Carroll, Of Car
roIlton over the signature of the
"First Citizen, was presided over by
Christopher Edelen, and Capt. Thomas
Elussev I.ucllett acted as Secretary
This meeting was addressed by Geo.
Scott and John Ross Key.
Hugh Mcguire, an old schoolnastcr
of Frederick Town, in his narrative
Of events of by-gonc years, says there
was first commenced in Frederick
Town, a spirit of resistance to the en-
croachments of the British Crown
An association was organized here as
auxiliary to the associations formed at
Annapolis, Baltimore and other por-
tions Of the State, to put in motion the
Ball of Revolution; and Mr.. Mcguire,
in communication to Bartgis Mary
land Chronicle mentions some curl
Gus circumstances which obtained at
this period.
As the animal man, as st. Paul
SAYS, does not understand the things
Of the spirit Of God, neither can it
imagine that any one will sacrifice all
the comforts Of life and all the goods
Of the world to the sole desire for di-
vine g ory. Frederick county had be-
come famous for its rich pastures, its
fine rivers and creeks, and agricultural
riches. These settlers for a time for
got all religious or sectional animo@i-
ties. The fathers and sons, some
speaking the German, some speaking
the English, and few speaking the
Scotch idioms, for time forgot the
past, and devoted their energies to
the present. Mr., Upton Shercdine,
who was an eye witness of the zeal
displayed by the ardent patriots of
76, said in March, ITO, these men
met on Pipe creek, not far from whore
Delaplane' old mill afterwards was
built, and there in the presence of
John Ross Key, Michael Wilson and
Major Sheets, drew up a lengthy me-
mortal to Robert Eden, the proprie-
tary Governor of Maryland, and
Agent Of the British King, in which
were briefly related all the grievances
under which the colonies Iaborad-
showing tho state Of the MatvIand