The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-05-05

in my native tongue. but more in the
language of France" And the temper
of both crews was the same. Concern
ing his French volunteers. he said on
the same occasion: "In case of battle. |
simply let my Frcnchmcn fight their
battle out" which is: exactly the method
ever followed by American chiefs with
American soldiers or sailors.
After each of his campaigns he re-
turned to Paris. more and more popular
at court. in society. and among officers
the good will toward him almost equal
ing that which every one there bore to
Franklin.
When the independence was pro-
claimed and that treaty was signed at
Versailles which increased by one the
number of free nations. the best days
of Paul Jones were over His fate re-
Semhlcd in this that of his French
brethren. The sacred cause of indie
penrencc had been. for most of them
the occasion of their lifcs best work.
and tickle fortune had stood. for once.
on the side of the good cause. The
work done. fortune abandoned them all;
she abandoned to Il more or less un-
happy fate D'Estaing. De GrasSe, Suf-
fren and Paul Jones himself. He died
in France, who had proved for him an
other mother land. and who honored him
dead as she had alive.
But he had done his lifc'S work, and
that work consisted not only in playing
Splcnddly his part in the struggle for
freedom. but also in showing the Young
Republic the importance of having a
navy of her own. This is the best
means. he had written rs early us 1T7J,
It" create Il great and most desirable
sentiment and respect toward us" And
he dld not conceal that his dream was to
h." one of 9Th" pioneers of Il new Pow
'r ON the sea. with untold prospect of
Development"
His dream. or rather his prophecy.
has been fulfilled; he was one of those
pioneers, and the new Power on the sea
which he helped TO raise has proved
to have indeed an untold prospect of
development"
10 no nation can such a development
be more welcome than to the one who
first arplau.cd the birth of the incip-
lent American Navy. and if is for
France Il souvenir to be proud of, to re-
member that the earliest of those ships
meant to carry Is stripes and the "thir-
teen stars in Il blue field representing
n new consultations" rs reads the reSo-
luton of Congress PASSED in 1777. was
IN" Alliance, an appropriate name, built
in New Hampshire. exactly ON the
model of the French frigatc La Terpsi-
chore the plan of which had been given
to Jones by the Duke de Charities. ont
Of sympathy for America.
Now til" smoke of the fights of those
heroic days has vanished: perennial in
dependence has been secured and peace
has been established: real peace, fecund
peace. the one which sweeps away, or
nj least allows the dying out. of former
animoSities and hatred. And such n
peace now reigns. and has long and
shah long reign. | hope. between the
nations which met then as enemies on
land and on sea.
Paul Jones will sleep his last sleep at
the place most congenia to his valiant
soul. by the shores of that ChpSapeake
nay. mt the entrance of which the com
hined action Of Washington. Rocham-
beau and De Grasse ended the war: in
that town of Annapolis where. year
after year, are formed generations of
brave officers. who continue their an
ccStors' traditions. on board the more
and more numerous and more and more
powerful American Navy.
The foregoing was intended for last
weeks issue. but was omitted for lack
of room and though delayed is given
space by reason of ITS general interest