Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-05-18
rae sooiErr OF COLONIAL TAss.
Entertained IN the Historic Senate cham
Der At Annnpolis, sd.

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Der at Annapolis, sd.
The third and closing day of the
second triennial session of the General
Assembly Of the National Society OF
Colonial Wars was spent on delight
full excursion from Baltimore to An
napolis as the guests of the Maryland
Society of Colonial Wars.
The Delaware Society was repre-
sented by Judge |. G. Grubb as Deputy
Governor General and ex-senator J.
Wilkins Cooch and Col. Andrew Gray
Wilson as delegates from Delaware.
Accompanying the members of the
General Assembly were many ladies'
representing the Maryland Society OF
Colonial Danes, which had extended
to them brilliant and hospitable re-
ception the previous evening at their
elegant Colonial Mansion in Baltimore.
The eourtesies of the State and the
Navy were cordially extended to the
visitors. On their arrival at the Naval
4 Academy they assembled in the his
4 toric Senate Chamber of the old State
House where Washington surrendered
his office of commander in chief of the
colonial armies. There they received
an eloquent welcome from Gov.
Lowndes, which was followed by grace
full responses from Governor General
de Peyster and other members of the
Society OF Colonial Wars.
In reporting their respective remarks
the Baltimore newspapers state that IN
responding for Delaware, Judge Grubh
observed: Maryland has met US with
open arms. but If We stay much longer
we fear she will also furnish us with
hospitable graves.
He expressed gratitude to Maryland
| for the hospitalities so beautifully ex
. tended, acknowledged her to be tbs
: cherished parent of the Delawar'
Society, and paid an eloquent tribute
to the memory of the late Thomas
Francis Bayard, the first governor
the society.
In complimenting the ladies of tn
Society OF Colonial Danes who accom-
|. panied the General Assembly on thei
4 excursion, he declared that he ha'
! come to the conclusion, despite til
2 testimony and theories of sll other
uron the cpntroverted question, tina
= Maryland was and still is the yeritabl
= Biblical Garden Of Eden.
Z Governor General de Peyster cha
g lenged the last statement, saying tha
= Eve was banished from the Garden (
= Eden while Eve and her fairest daugf
/ tiers were still with US here in Mar!
L. land. To this Judge Grub rejoined
u ~ regret to note that Governo
y General de Peyster in saying that E'
u was banished from Eden has not on
made the first mistake OF his az
(, ininistration, but has also shown tht
~ he is not up to date with Delaware
40 Biblical information. If he had re;
~ the revised version Of our Historic
!. General Moses account. as correct'
y. By the latest discoveries, he wou
az know that Eve was not driven fro
u Eden, but voluntarily and wise
" accompanied our knight-errant q
:" cestor, Adam, because he could Il
!. safely be trusted at large as an u
"a protected cruiser"
~ After transacting the final busint
% of the triennial session, the visitc
:, spent several hours in exploring I
y, ancient and picturesque town q
N seeing the naval academy, the cac
! drill, the U. S. gunboat Gloucester
=, Santiago fame, and other objects
~ historic interest.
- Col. Henry A. du Point was elect
IN on the nomination Of Judge Gruhb,
~ be the Deputy Governor General in
y ,S 90 stead, from Delaware.