Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-03-08

opinion that vastly more interesting
history of our State can be complied than
any ever yet given to the public.
There are thousands of people in Ma
ryland, in whose veins flow noble and
patriotic ancestral blood, completely ig-
norant of the fact; and no one for mo-
ment could fail to find deep interest in
knowing something of his or her ances-
try. We have CAROLS, Towards. Pacas,
Delaneys, Taneys and many others
whose names are richly and deservedly
extolled in history for the manly, noble,
and patriotic parts they played upon the
stage of statesmanship-sev of the
above mentioned names are affixed TO
the Declaration of Independence, but it
is an easy thing to move into a house
after it has been built. Now, as these
names appear as monuments in the his
of our State and country, why should
those grand, brave souls, with tear
dimmed eyes babe farewell to their dear
est friends, and looked for the last time
on the scenes of their childhood, and
braved the dangers of the wide Ovean,
to make their homes in an unknown
trackless wilderness, with only the red
man of the forest to greet them, be al
most lost sight of, so meagre is the in
formation that can be CLEANED of them
from any History of Maryland that has
yet been published
What l mean by saying that ''it is easy
to move into house after 1t has been
built, is simply this The carly settlers
did the work, so to speak, of building
the house, and those who came after,
moved in. The Pilgrim Fathers, or our
| Colonial Sires, more noble band of
souls than whom never lived When we
take into consideration the trials, the
dangers, the priyations they so evidently
had to contend with. It indeed seems like
great chapter Of romance, and utterly
impossible that any people that had rea-
sonable home comforts could forsake all,
presumably forever, to seek a home IN a
far.off, unknown land amid savagcs-
marvellous indeed:
What they did for US, can never be
told no man, be he ever so great an or
ator, or ever so great a master in the art
Of writing up history, can adequately
tell this story. Think Of It Huddled
together in an Indian town, ON old ST.
Marys ryer-they in one end Of tAc
town, the Indians ia the other Father
Whites only place to offer up the blessed
Sacrament--an Indian wigwam Bat
strange to say the sayases were their
friends, and willingly divided their scant
supply Of corn and hominy, and what
ever other food they had with the white
man, and kindly called hum their broth.
err Is not the mercy Of God In this
clearly shown They were driven from
their home, because OF the unjust laws
prevailing there against both God and
man, and found an asylum, place Of
refuge, and in truth a greater degree Of
security amongst such Christians as they
left behind thcm--sectg made up OF oil
kinds and sorts Of "isms"
Now think that there is yer in ex-
istence old papers and documents from
which could be cleaned vast amount
Of intensely interesting historical mat
ter, which no writer has ever touched
upon, because It has never been brought
under his observation. In case the bill
offered by the gentleman from Charles
is passed, and In justice to the great men
who laid the foundation OF our native
State, the Lord grant 1t may, and after
everything obtainablc has been collected
in the way Of rent rolls, wills, land re.
cords, testameniary documents, or any
other valuable old papers, let some per.
seycring energetic man go earnestly 70.
work and carefully scrutinizc every pa
per pertaining to that remote period.
The result would be a hearing from many
noble hearted men, whose money, brain
and Drawn we're freely used in carving a
State out Of wilderness, whose names
have never to my knowledge, been ITO.
ticcd by historians, many Of them having
| descendants in our midst today.
There certainly were others beside the
siguers Of the Declaration. and the few
beside, whose records are given us, or
We had very few people at that time
Now, We knights Of the Quill, look
out for, and take up the subject, and let
Us hear something OF the men who built
the house, as well as from those who
moved into IL. II can be done
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