The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-02

forage, another his horse shOd, another ms
pay, fourth provisions, &C., to which the
General replied "Your wants are numer-
Gus, but you have not mentioned the last;
you want to go home, and you shall be
indul.sed, for d-n you, you do no good
here"
At the battle of Long Island, one OF the
New England troopers was captured and
brought before British officer and upon
being asked what was his particular line
of duty in the American army, he replied,
it was 'to flank little and carry tidings.
NEW ENGLAND's ADoRATIoN OF MONEY.
Graydon, Northern writer, says II
very well recollect that it was found neces-
sarv to post guard at Kings Bridge to
stop the fugitives, and that, upon one of
them being arrested with number of
notions in bag, there was found among
them cannon ball, which, he said, he was
taking home to his mother for the purpose
of pounding mustard" Graydon adds that
''it appeared that the sordid spirit of gain
was the vital principle of the greater part
of New England troops" This view is
sustained by Washington, who in letter
to General Reed, dated February 10, 177G,
says: Notwithstanding all the public
virtue which is ascribed to these people,
there is no nation under the sun that pays
more alteration to money than they do. .
Again, in letter on the goth of December
he says:
"When danger is at distance they will
not turn out at all; when it comes home to
them, instead of flying to arms, the we'll
affected are employed in securing their
families and effects, whilst the disaffected
are concerting measures to make their sub
mission and spread terror and dismay all
around to induce others to follow the
example.
JOHN ADAMS LIKE THE REST.
About this time sudden change also
came over the mind of John Adams, who
began to tire of the war and to sigh for
private life Four days after the landing
of Howe upon Long Island, he would have
abandoned his seat in Congress had not
sense of shame restrained him. On Octo-
Der 13, 1777, when Washington was writ
ing from Harlem Heights that his army
was ''on the eve of dissolution" and that
/ Howe was advancing to strike a decisive
blow, John Adams, of Massachusetts, not,
withstanding he was chairman of the Board
of War, abandoned Congress, followed by
the triumphant scoffngs Of the enemy.
On his route home he avoided the army
and did not return until February l, 1777,
after the victories of Trenton and Prince
ton. which turned the scale in favor Of the
Americans.
When General Schuyler heard that the
New England troops would not fight under
him, he replied: "My crime consists in
not being New England man in principle,
and unless they alter theirs, hope never
shall be"
While Maryland was doing all in her
power to fill up the armies from Boston
to Savannah, General Clinton wrote :
"Connecticut and Massachusetts have not
furnished man for the Southern depart
ment; nay, scarcely answered the letters
sent them"
Governor Reed, of Pennsylvania, in a
letter dated July 18th, 1850, said: Il
have never sought after comparisons with
other States, but have ever understood
that, Maryland excepted, this State always
had greater proportion of troops in the
field than any State unless We reckon the
ill-selected drafts that came in from some
Eastern States, proportion OF which
would not pass muster, and the rest went
home as soon as they became soldiers.
In the Southern department the Mary
landers constituted two-thirds Of the army,
and as Mr.. johnson, the biographer of
General Grant writes, they were the only
body of men ''who could be compared to
the enemy in discipline and experience. y
At the battle of Guilford, General Greene
says: ''Near the whole party fell sacri-
ice.'' At the siege of Ninety-Six General
Lee says: "The Marylanders under
Handy carried the victory by the point of
the bayonet." He also says it was the
First Maryland Regiment under Howard
which "gave us the victory at the Cowpens
by the free use of the bayonet." At the
battle of Eutaw Springs, General Greene,
in his official report says that "the Mary
landers under Colonel Williams
bore down all before them, and adds that
he could not help acknowledging his
obligations to Colonel Williams
in leading on the Maryland troops to the
charge, which exceeded anything | ever
saw" In another letter to General Small
wood, he said "Nothing could exceed
the gallantry of the Maryland Line"
When the tide of war was transferred
by the enemy TO the South, Mr.. Sparks,
the biograp pher of Washington, said ::
''The Eastern States relapsed into state
of comparative inactivity and indifference. "
As soon as it was made known that
Lafayette and large army was to be sent
South, to effect, if possible, the capture of
CORVALLIS, spirit Of disaffection began to
spread among the men. They had receiv-
ed most willingly the help of the Southern
troops when the war was at their own
doors, but when it left them in safety and
menaced the homes of their Southern
neighbors, they began to display mutin-
Gus spirit and deserted in droves, The
troops from the North never served further
Gs..tI. thes, Yorktown durinS the entire
war, while those from Maryland fought
under officers from other States from
Boston to Savannah
james McHenrY, in letter to General
Greene, dated April 1G, 1871, said General
Lafayette and 'his troops passed here
(Baltimore) yesterday, disconted almost to
general desertion, To conciliate them,
Lafayette applied to the merchants Of
Baltimore for assistance The merchants
loaned him $4,000, and the ladies sup
piled his troops with all the clothing
necessary to clothe them. The assistance
rendered to Lafayette by the citizens of
Baltimore restored tranquility and disci-
pline to his command. In recognition of
the services of the patriots of Baltimore,
Congress, on the 10th of May, passed a
series Of complimentary resolutions thank
ing them.
Mr.. Depew, in his vaingloriods spirit,