The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-07-05

from thoughtful men of America,
| that we hold this fort in the central
! sea against the alien races until they
| have learned to march with steady
step to rhe music OF our own civiliZa
tiou aud can be safely enlisted in our
own garri-oDs.
Let us, therefore, with the memo
ries of the Mayf1ower of 1920, and the
memory of the Mayfiower of 1920 be-
fore us, and with the spirit of the in
trepid signers of the great Declare
| ton, made in defiance of powerful
army and navy, accept this challenge
and, in enforcing new and broader
Declaration, "piedge to each other our
lives, our fortunes and our sacred
| honor"
p. G. Jones was the next speaker.
( He said:
FELLOW CITIZENS:
AS my speech is not on the pro-
| gramme, [ will announce my subject
now, which Is ''Great Grandfathers,
or "reminiscences of the Revolution:
| With Few Side Remarks on q Great
Aunt" very has lily prepared, but re-
| spectfuily Dedicated to His Excellency
Sanford b Dole, President of the Re
public of Hawaii.
Fourth of July some years ago, said he
always likei to have me speak upon
such occasions, as L always had some
thing TO say about my grandfatherS,
who took part in the American Rev
olution-or words to that effect-heuce
my dedication of this address to our
worthy President.
[ purpose today to do up the grand |
father act by telling what L know of |
mine.
Like all other men, 1 had four |
great grandfathers. On my mothers |
side both of my great grandfathers
participated in the war for indepeud-
ence. One of them, Captain Isaac
Baldwin, who was killed at Bunker
Hill, L have spoken of on former
occasions, and SO will not refer to him
again today.
My other maternal great grandfath
er was also an active participant and
from all L can gather of his history,
he was prominent ia his opposition to
Great Britain, and resisted to his ut
most ability the oppressive laws,
which caused the American colonies
to revolt.
His name was Peter Mcintosh, a
blacksmith by trade and a native of
Boston.
He was a leader in the Stamp Act ]
riots in Boston, and had the support
and approval of the best men i'm the ]
town. He also assisted in throwing
The tea overheard in Boston harbor.
L have reliable authority for stating
hat when the "Indians'' assembled
or that purpose they went to his
shop and blackened their n
aces with the SCOT from his forge. I /
I'M not so sure Of his going on board '
he vessels, out as he was a great i
riend of Paul Revere, who was one of s
he indians " it is safe to say that he e
oined in with them. t
He was also the first Captain of the Il
Sons of Liberty" q
He no doubt received great inspir- Il
tion by a constant attendance at the u
own meetings and hearing the patri- e
tic nttehzETrE oLLIsh aTer s;osfkt, ;,
7 -.s1CU~Iances or John Hancock, 1. /
Z. Otis, Samuel Adams and other
leading spirits of the Revolution.
He was always present at the "Old
South Church, to hear the annual
orotion delivered, "ro commemorate
the horrid massacre of the 9Th of
March, ITO, by a party of soldiers of
the Twenty-ninth Regiment, under
of Captain Preston"
An grafton was delivered on this
subject for many years on the ami
of that event.
He was a firm believer in the town
Of Boston, and felt confident that j
Great Britain was indebted to Boston
for its Importance as great nation,
and was at the meeting of citizens {
held May Is, 1774, presided over by J
Samuel Adams to consider the action |
aiken by the Home Government to s
lose the port of Boston, when the G
oIlowing resolution was passed unan- Z
mously by its citizens. d
"That the trade of the town of v
Boston has been a link in that vast v
hain of commerce which, in the g
ourse of few ages, has raised New e
England to what it is, the Southern 8
provinces to be what they are; the s
Vest India Islands to their wealth, j
nd, in one word, the British Empire |;
o that height of oppulence, power, a
ride and splendor at which it now a
tands." ii
Mel ntosh, as a young man, was a q
erfect terror to the royaIists of that
ay. Had he lived in Honolulu I'll
undred years later [ think he would j
ave given our friend Murray hard W
40 for the presidency of the American n
league. c.
After the war he was, with Paul al
.evere and others, one of the founders CO
the Massachusetts Mechanics Char
able Association. [ remember him tt
men L was very small boy then an "
Id man of nearly four score years and 81
su, quiet, gentle and mild, having al
cen greatly tanned by nearly ninety ri
ears of life. Ir
On my fathers side L find that nv P,
reat grandfather Peter Jones died al
anuary l9, 1772, his son Peter was 10
My five years old at the time of the be
ar, and his son Peter (my father) or
nd his son Peter (myselD were not
orn, so you can readily see that none br
the Jones family were Gin it," til
My remaining great grandfather, 10
~ fathers mothers father, was a W.
,sident of Charlestown and his house an
as destroyed by fire by the British it
Iring the battle of Bunker Hill. His pc
anne was John Hay. While he was
OF actively engaged in the battle he an
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