The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-01

back in the same ship.o n,
meetings of these early ~ VI 3
tees of correspondence W. S~s
no manuscript record extan,
The organization of a o..
committee of correspondent
the whole county took nlao s
November Is, 1774, when ,a, y
ing of the qualified voters ~
held at the court house
were then selected to attend
Provincial Convention. tO
into execution the assoo;o ~,
agreed upon by the Coptina.s
Congress and to act as a cOms
tee of correspondence. This y
committee was soon succeedsi,
an enormous committee Of OS
walton, chosen at the court Ivy
on January %, 1775. This S.'
numbered one hundred and Az
four members, "with full nOs.
to prevent any infractionn Of \,
Continental Association and \
carry the resolves of the Ame,i,'
Congress and of the Proyin.s
Convention into executlon.n
seventy five of the commi,.i
were to be a quorum to act
the county and "auy five in ~
of the larger districts" could H.
in any matter that concerns M
division ouly."
Western Maryland, though \,
surpassed in her patriotism ~
devotion to the common cam
was not anxious to break av'i
from Great Britain. In MI
after the first Continent
Congress, the magistrates and M
grand jury of Frederick cOups|
adopted addresses to the prOvi'|
cial representatives in that bod
These papers offer sincere N
acknowledgements to the delegatal
in the "Grand Continental Ca,
gress," and express the warms.
esteem and gratitude for the n
gard manifested by that BODY i.
the ''interests, the rights and m
critics of your country But ii
magistrates also praise The mes,
ures taken, because "the wbdl
of the proceedings of that impOr
ant assembly are so replete wi,
loyalty to the King, with tende
ness to the interest of our fellO,
subjects in Great Britain. an
above all, with reverential regs
to the right and liberties of Anne
lea, that they cannot fail to 9
dear you to every American al
your liberty to your latest post,
ity." The "loyalty to the kim
which was still associated wi
"the rights and liberties of Am,
ica," was soon to be rudely d
severed from it, and ThOu
Price, who signed the addre
was to command a company
riflemen in the intrenchmeI
around Boston before another V,
should pass.
That was still in the futu
Thomas Cresap, John Stull, v
liam Beatty, William Luckt
Edward Burgess, and UptonSh
edine had as yet no difficulty
agreeing to the praise of the c
tinental Congress, for lis SEQ
ellis tempered with such tilial
atty to the Sovereign, such
ternal delicacy for the suffer
of our friends in Great Britt
and, at the same time, with s
, mistaken zeal for the preseI
ton of the inestimable privile
derived from our admirable {
stitution." The men of Free
, lex were neither wavering
, craven. They believed that "
results of the Congress cannot
to give weight and influence
, the cause and must moderate
relax the minds of our most p
J nant enemies.
/ The "most poignant enel
was King George, and when
men of Frederick discovered
, fact, all "filial loyalty" was
and they girded themselves
: the fray.
1t will not be our purpose
! this paper to discuss the achi
r ments of Frederick men out
of the county, but the name
> Thomas johnson, first Cove
| of Maryland; John Hanson, /
7 ideut of the Continental Cong
and Richard Potts, a membe
1 that body, may we'll be rem
$ bered.
ITO be Conttmaed.j