The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-12

s TRE1 TUERI
i'NFORGOTTEN
A Revolutionary Episode Recalled

Major Andre wore during the revo u
tionary war, and with which, and the
offer of hundred guiaeas, he sought
to buy re ease from his captors. 1t Is
Of 90 d, quite flat, after the wol kman-
ship of time, and bears the inscription
'tohn Andre, l114.' There is some
thing indeScribably pathetic iii its as
soclation with that unfortunate Off GER
and one canno. but contrast his happy
and bri liant career with Benedict Ar
mold with the ignomny Of his death
as spy within the American lines.
Forty odd Years after his execu ion
the remains Of Major Andr. We're re-
moved from their pace Of intermcn'
at Tapptn to Westminster Abbey, and
Il marble tablet, orntmented vi h Il
gloup OF figures, was RI 5 d above
them. In this group two prrsorageS
are conspicuous: enc is Andre, appar-
en- " waving Il iarrwe II his trltish
compnioHs in tie distance: h other
il G, orGe Washington enirSlv le-
fusing an ,ntleatv tor tie prisoners
release. Few people know that the
father of The American public sands
thus III et1igy in W,s'mn CT Abbey.
and plohab still fewer are aware that
occasional, his h. al is knocked of
10y sou felve,t Is iton wi l,sants the
intrusion of so distjngt ished rebel
among Eng gland loyal dead. \ glance
shows Il at Washington head has been
freshly replaced and the intorma ion
is Civ tia the last of hese emphatic
vindicativns Of Il at ,g;t, t e tic Il #
the grounded asns:' occurred doz n
years ago.
1t is striking t. find thai OH both
sides OF the \ la ic, despite h. pro-
testatlons Of ri mis- ip of til sc later
days, the memories III It hang ahort
this incident of Andres d at are still
intensely bitter. Fourteen Years o
Cyrus Field, an American Of wide rep
utation erected monument to Andre
on the spot where he died bearing an
inscription composed by he late Dean
Stanley. One night a few months
later, this Shaft was overthrow with
dvnaml There Was nothing III the
words it bore to ruffle American s.n-
slblli'y; nor. probably, would tn 5
slight memorial of Il brave mans last
moments have been molested had il
been rails, d by English hands. Thu
off nse lay in that an American in the
year 1880 should commemorae with
craven eulo9y The enemy who III 1880
came within hairs breath of over
turning the emby,o American Com
monweal'h. Public anlipa' by to the
pro,tra'e plinth was not lesson' d when
MIR. Field caustd i to be restored to
the perpendicular, aud but few weeks
elapsed before violent explosion
again startled the neig hboring village
from its Slumber and daylight, revealed
the Objectionable $ one blown to such
fragments as to preclude its further
restoration. 1t is coincidence tat
the destruction of Andres monument
in America and the latest breaking of
of Washin toms hea should have hap
pened duriug the same year.
There WAS statement in Dean Stan
Iey's inscription which was certainly
erroneous, and may, perhaps, have
given oflvnse. He declares that Andre
died regretted by both armies, which
was very far from being the fact In
1880 the struggle agains the blessings
Of d. 500 ism. which the colonies had
b gun at Lexington in 1775, had lasted
more than five years, and had been
carried on with the venom that marks
"a domestic quarrel. Financially the
colonies were ruined Philadelphia
had been captured, New York burnt,
the Atlantic seaboard scanned with the
march Of hostile troops, commerce and
trade had c. ased to exist, the colonists
had suffered tn stern st hardShips
in silence and now Their h arts began
to sink within them. These were the
DAYS that tried mems souls After
five years fighting was imdepanence
any nearer: The British a-d their
Hessian auxlliaries had suS aimed sev-
eral defeats, but they we're still num-
erous and we'll appointed and conf
der t. The foitude of the Continental
patriots remain d on wardly III Shaken
but contemporary writ lgs show that
10 the wisest an | most devoted. with
the exception If Washington aud
Frankli and a few 9th Is, the Ameri-
can cause seem, It almost desperate.
1t was at his critical juncture that
Benedict Arnold, IA general in The
American army, command mg Il W,sr
p, int, e strategic key tote Iludson
river was led by personal grlevanc
to enter into IA correspondence with
Andre, then Adiutant General of the
forces under Sir Henry c in'on for
the betra,al of his pos. y large sum
was to be paid FIR thus baseness, which
Was TO include The merican CARR ON
of 5000 men and Was to be timed to
secure the presence OF Washing on ana
his consequent capture. inns the
animaring spiri of the American army
one sixth of is fore" and is rongest
tII al ,vnrp n mss tpOnt her n he