The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-09-26

Minister Adams on the shores of France. l
is a matter of history that the gallant old Com
modorc captured more guns from the enem
than any other naval commander during tn
war Of the Revolution.
Another hero Of the war Of the revolution
whose name the people of Maine deligh
to revere was Gen. Henry Knox. Thougl
not born upon our soil he early identified him
self with us. At the commencement of tn
/ Revolution he was Young man keeping Smal
bookstore in the city of Boston. lie c>pouse,
the cause OF the Patriots with all the zeal of hi
nature, and having ability rose rapidly until h
hecamet the trusted advisor of Gen. Washington
When W A. >hington became President. Knox wa
twice selected by him as Secretary OF war. Hi
wife was the granddaughter of Gen. Waldo
mentioned above and through her he came il
Possession of large tracts Of land in this state
known a, the Waldo patent. which compriSet
all of the present counties of Waldo and Knox
a part of Lincoln and that part of PenohSco
in which are now the city of Bangor aud town,
of lIampdeu and NeWburg. He built larg,
mansion at Thoma>ton near the Georges River
where he spent the remainder of his life. Th,
Old mansion was torn down but Il few wear,
AGO u make room for the Knox 4 Lincoln rail
road depot ut Thoma>ton, to the everlasting di>
grace Il the people Of Maine. The mansion anc
Grounds should have been preserved, and hetl
second 0uly ID Mount Vernon
II lla> Seen Said MANY Times, and nv pao
Iip of the southern States during the Wal
III the Rebellion in uartculA. that MaS~;t
eUu-ctt~ dil ua more. If alWuth, in the
rcI1 STRUGGLE for independence a. the 9th
gI colonies, | ilye Il report of Gen. Knox
mIle while Secretary Of war. which shows the
percentage of men furnished and the population
Of each of the thirteen colonies. and which give
in Il condensed form: Maine wa, then a part
OF Massachusetts and contained about one third
of the population. he entire population was
ii0Oju. Cut Of that number 1000 men
fought in the war Of the Revolution. Mas
>achu>ett> furnished about one out Of seven
of the population If men, women and chill
lrcu. while New Hampshire and Vermont
furnished one for every nine, Rhode Island
ani Connecticut one ont of eleven. New ork
and New Jersey one out Of thirteen, PennSyl-
vania and Delaware one out Of sixteen. Mary
land ono for every seventeen. Virginia one for
each nineteen. the Iarolina> one out of
tWenty-three end Georgia one for each twenty
nine Thus You will see that where Georgia
furnished one man Massachusetts furnished
four 1t cannot be said that the reason Of this
was htcau-e we Were nearer the seat OF war
than the rest Of the Colonies, for the war en-
tended along the entire coast. and the British at
some time during the struggle bad possession
of eNery important seaport. and Cornwalli> sur
rendered in Virginia.
After we had gained oul Independence we
had country, we mad a President we
had tllI nut wt had no navy to protect
that llag in foreign lands. and no money to
build one and the most of the business of the
new country being commerce. our llag wa> in
suited Toy many Of the little petty nations Of the
ealth. Il i said that our Government actually
paid q tribute to the piratical AlgerineS and
'Triuotit4n- to keep them from rohhug our YES
sells upon the high seas, and that did moi prevent
them from taking our men from ullr ships and
:, IIuo thprl llto hnn,Iatrt, prQpI4lnatious from