The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-10

| Part Taken ia Historical Events 10y Residents
of Annapolis and the te-Contributious
TO the Army We're Greater IN Proportion
Than Those Of Any Other Sate-George
| Washington Nominated for Commanderi in.
Chief by Thomas Johnson-Tbe Peggy
Stewart Not the Only Vessel Burned IN the
Chesapeake Bay.
AnnaraIis correspondence Of the Baltimore sunday
| Herald, February -
On the occasion Of the uuyciiiug Of the
| memorial tablet presented by the members OF
| the Society of the Daughters of the Revolu-
tion. at the Naval Academy. on Thursday
| Elihu : Riley, of this city, delivered the tol-
! lowing interesting address on Maryland N
the Revelation =
Men and women are the sums total OF their
| ancestors Environment, education and he
reditv are the factors in moidiug character
| and the greatest ot these Is heredlty. Thu,
assembiagc stands for the potential power oi
| An honorable aud patriotic ancestry. II
I rI.eats cot those Who live in the heroic work
Ehey achieved in Hle aud in the herediiy and
| heritage that ihry handed down To posterity
The one a. priceless 70 the iuvldHal a. the
other Is matchleSs 10 the country.
4 people cannot be nation, nor man q
| factor in the progress of the huiie 10 The INN
nite, until they have history behiud them
That history Of the individual need not b,
written IN blood -red letters scross the scroll
oi ,ime ba, !, must, st least, b. recorded u
The grsat struggles that come To- every human
/ heart, aud Which have ended N triumph ul
! ylghs aud principie over self and wrong ia tht
8istufn afths wisesi ef CODES lie that ruletl
n. awu spisii is better lhsp he that takeih q
city.
Haug FoE EeitstoCs LIEEgTY.
To-Day 80. cou.e ia touch with mea whl
have changed maps sud made history IL
that smbFyo Maryland that the Dove aud ,h'
/ Ark hraagh: came the aiisr branch og peact
ia a acx world, and is4 the hc'i tune in all
arra uas established : hamr inr religious hb
,rtt. and ihis Commonwealth became the
land uf ihs sanctuary. Tbs vas the b'-si
psra Ur:stru ia Am~glean history, tor d
isaebt mankind o.ee fsr all that uasu eani,
diler in Religions ga5gh and yea d. friends an'
patriots
/ Al Ss. MAry's the Cathohe Narslander
/ raisra his standard, aud az Aanaf-si- cul
Partsn taretAihors rsarsd their ALTAR. and
/ With a nAturalaess gaits "a keeping With iheiI
history sasd Ca the armed forces q n MARY
( a., thay approached the town Nv arr r.
/ safsrd "a submit ourselves into shs hands o
God. and rather die like men than be- mad'
slaves e From lhIs coaimingiins OF ehtvalTl
and ssesnness sprahg th's Maryland Common
wealth. whose predominant 'irtars arc -
rmplihsd IA the legend ui its Stale seal
Manly deeds, Nnmanly WoT'is COURTESY
and courage IN iudissolubi. weilock i1iue,l.
As citizens OF Maryland, ~ iee' that An
/ nats.li. is. ui q truth. a fitting spot for ih'
( creative fascr 0ts the United States NAVY
/ She Naval Academy Ii Was b0uor-d by th,
ioya aud frequent visits vt him whose brit
4r celebrate today. Ia y0ndrg building
| wbss.. shadow falls ghts house u prayer
| Washington vas often guests within ihs 81
/ grounds the Peggy Ssewayi and her obuoN
| idlls tea chests Nsge harmed, aud here, in al
| probability. lvcd the gnaalssi lawyer Of iht
Colonies, Danisl DulAny, whose Consider
a,snas, written against th- first stamp act
/ furnished William Pitt With his annor ut a,
tack in hts defense Of American rights agtIns
| Lord North and teogse Ill, aud here ih
| ushi oF asylum IN 1919 waas gIvon 80 Pauiai
| refugees. Events have tususp'rcd - ihis cii
and Stale that have leit their mdclible indel
upon ,he life Of The nation and have i'spresse'
thelr moldiag hand apoa It's form AMI come
| bncss-
Here. in i659, a treaty oi peace vas mad
With the powerful Sasqushanuocks--a leagu
that was never broken, and not one hearilvs
saf against the aboriginal srsticrs siaias lhs
spaiiesS eseutcheoR OF Maryland.
rHE PURITAN FOUNDERS.
Here The Puritan founders of Annapolis. u
1885. rieh, or wrong. showed that American
Engiishuen could defend their faith an,
| principles with the same vig0r aud succes
| that Crafnsell's Roandheais had dispiaye,
against the flower of the English artsteeracy
Here. over and over again, the lowe
House Of the General Assembly of Maryland
the elect OF the people. fought many q sever
aud successful legislative hattie Tor their right
| against the English Governor aud the IpPe
! House, the appoiutees of the Proprietary O
/ CrOwn-strugglrs that culminaied IN ltH
! aud lTT8, when, IN the former year, Cover
| nor Eden undertook 10 revive by prBciami
| ton au net Of Assembly that bad expired /.
| Limitation. and which conflict ended IN
complete triumph of the people.
COURAGE ASD CONSERVATISM.
If the Colonial period Of Aunapoitan his
tory was marked with a patriotic aud indie
pendeut spirit, its Revolutionary annals ar
sill more emphatic in their proof OF the deter
nipation of the people ot this ''ancient capi
tai 10 maintain all their just rights and PRIV
ileges. The Revolutionary epoch begins witt
the passage of the first stamp act in 1855.
| II is noticeable here how readily the Mary
| land character for courage and conservatism
was happily combined-the one appeale
with arguments to the sense OF justice IN ih
English people in Dnlany' pamphlet, and tn
other met a determination to commit th
wrong by force by ounter-demonstratio
| in force.
When Zachariah Hood, the stamp coilec
tor arrived with his stamps IN Annapolis
about the latter part of August, lI6o, he wa
met at the dock by the citizens of this place
i A ial..f
ties was delivered on the wharf AT Annapoll
and resounded around the colonies. Thi
initial resistance to British aggreSSions i
America was successful. The ship aud Hoo
were driven away, but the conflict had bee
20 severe that Thomas McNeir, "a hero 4
The. strife " suffered fracture of his thigh
The names of three of the patriotic partci
pants ia this contest have been handed dow
by Mr.. David Ridgeiy in his "Annals G
Annapolis. They are Abraham Claude
Charles Earris and Thomas McNeir, who de
serve a memorial tablet in gold to perpetual
to the latest generation the memory of tn
men who bit the first blow in the struggle 10
American liberties. 1t was "A simple step {
progress. when Boston groaued under th
heel of the oppressor, for Maryland to MAX
the next patriotic movement IN civil or mil
tary action.
THE FIRST STAMP ACT.
On March %, 1865, the first stamp act wa
passed. This was no sooner known than th
people of America began their opposition |
it, The Maryland Legislature could onl
convene by the will of the English Governor
When he directed,t hem to at assemble AnnaT
. oils in September one of their first acts was
call him to account for not convening theI
sooner, in order that they might express thei
= determination to make common cause wit
the other colonies to protect their commo
liberties
The Frederick County Court, when it a:
sembled and found itself face TO faea wit
, the stamp act that forbade it conduct the bus
r mess of the term without the English stamps
bravely decided that that act OF Parliamen
had no validity in Maryland, and coolly pro
ceeded to work without the stamps.