The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12
IMMORTAL HEROES.


Sk0LGUf< NJ tatIlot> ~ n1 80 = -
Revolution In Motion. \
E,sn-vnls cszrs<r. n
How many who heard the Declaration
Of In read last week can re-
cite the names OF the sixnerss How
uany can even tell the number Of men
Who dared 10 put pen 10 paper q the
bottom OF that bold pronunciAmento OF
Revolutionary principles. #
\ Almost without exception the men
Who s<t in motion the main springs o.
What uas n be the American free gov
eminent Of to dsy were men OF the high /,
est cearscter. intellectually and socisiiy.
Nosf OF them we're wealthy. Many OF
them we're arrissocrass. BY birth. edocs-
ton and environment closely allied tol
the British Crown. 20 which they were
soon TO renounce alIegisnce. ~ mst
sep they severed ties Of eonsangu.sIty
q seil - Of political association. reI'n-
gushing hereditary rights and leopard.
ized their own property and lives and
7 those Of their families.
!. The Isst Of them did not die until 1852,
time within the memory Of men nov
, living. 10 that year died Charles Car
] roll. OF CarroIlfou. 0nlv thirty years De-
fore our civil var The venerable Si-
mon Cameron. who has just passed away
! in Pennsylvania. could easily have
: known him and probably did Conse-
anensiy. the signers Of the Declaration
: of Independence bad almost living In
tere<s Tor the early members Of this gen.
\ erxfion, and there IL no reason Why they
! should Be remembered BY us only %
/. names il list, or forgotten altogether.
n II nav surprise many persons TO know
I that when Charles Carroll. Of CARROLL
q ton. already mentioned. pledged himself
. - one OF Nsryl4nd's signers 20 the
y .csu-e or liberty, he was Offering 70 sscri-
nee the largest private fortune in Amer
-'ica- He was not only the richest but
, one OF the courtliest, best educated and
= moss progressive men in the colonies
:. How many persons know that ne wss
- one OF the original projectors and found.
ERE of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1e He wss an able political pAmphleseer
- Ills writings. under the name Of The
"a First Citizen. received the formal thank
or the MARY land Legislature while the'I
o. authorship vas still unknown he serv
nz "a several times - United States Sen
sror. and when be died he was the Iass
% the survivors Of the signers Of the Dec
ilsration. HE funeral was IN histories
Y event
: Interesting 10 those who have see
'erlthe autographs is the fact that Charls
ed lCarroil's signature Is the only one 10 a
5D~rlxrsfiJn which 10 followed by %
o. name OF . place Of residence Mr.. CsI
90 roll pus IL there to emphasize the fact
o. his patriotism BY preventing any po'
nE ,ibility OF another Charles Carroll bein
n1 mistaken for him
al Then there was Philip Livingston, Q
'ns New York. : man Of great wealth sn
G. distinguished ancestry. direct descend
snt OF Regent OF Scotland. Hing
St the Hebrides and the Earl OF LivingstoI
er- in scotland His father was the found'
IN of Livingston Manor on the Hudson
Per Philjp himself was the most prominer
I'LL m~rchsnt OF New York City lie VI
the friend ana correspondent Of Efmnn
icn Burke. snd Burke's friendship for Ame
ND ica and defence OF her cause were due
al L.ivinx-ton's lucid explanations Befo
20 the var Livingston was for nine tern
Ryan Alderman for the eastern wards
lry-|yew York. He wss member O. q
Ter. f;r-f State senate Of New York. and dis
nee in the senate CHAMBER at Albany. u
ner losses BY The war were very great, q
'ay,|ai< patriotism never wavered-
'esf Francis Lewis. the substantial me
last chant OF New York City, Who bad
Eht ceived 5000 acres OF land for his disti
nth ruished services in the French and i
1cfs dian var. was another noteworthy Pc
,er--rn II the time His wife died Of Z
y stresfmeut she received in British pris'
0ds and Ne uas hunted for with spies. VIII
'ent hrs entire fortune wss swept away q
'ur-| his country residence on Long Isla
tne wss rszrd 20 the ground
,sryI Posii~ns John witherspoon- the grt
beexecusive Of Princeton College, vi
, oe iraised Il from obscurity and penury
J, nthe firSt rank among educational instIl
belsious len an imperishsbIe name asi
from HE services 10 American indepeu
Ieuce. He was IN eloquent preacher
- riter OF standard books on theolo
-t and recognized in Europe - one Of =
~ frst educators Of his age before the b
Que sIe Of Lexington was fought. He CO
.lsinned 10 Be Member OF Congress
sltiI l7s2, q the close Of the war.
Nv lLrrxRARY, LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC sIcSE
and A poes. literary man and polish
I~~rsismsn 80 Francis Hopkinson,
, 49, smsPennsylvAnia, y whose s.greescle YER
me verr "a veil known in England q
~, she Ministry rewarded him with lscI
20 live once. His humorous ballad. II
IB<ssIe OF the Kegs.- has LASTING place
Dm Eno;ish literature 0is mother VA
en- daughter Of the Bishop Of Worcester =
o'his lsmily wss of high social standing
Enslsnd and America
Richard Stockton. Of New Jersey y
~ sIso famous outside his patriotic reco
W He 80 then the best known lawyer
q merica. AZ early - l76f be hsd 0e
made sergeant at-law. IN those time'
Ipo-isioo OF high dislincsicn 10 bic n
5ession. II 1866. when be visited =
,,,s.| land. be found that his fame bad prec'
So "a him and be was received everywh
80 - ish the greatest respect. The Marc
go 80 Rockingham. ex-Prime MIuis'