Middletown transcript., 1911-12-23
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TIE sentiment that prompted The
oE the delightful little book
on ths hagoie history oi Delaware. ,0nce |
Upon Tins already becoming BIT
Fapaoua ID quite Is delightful IL The
work ilaslf
+ Is published By the Colonial Damea
oE Delaware, who. will ! commendable
pride in their state, wish 10 aequAint the
school children aud others with the
illusirious deeds 81 their iorbears So
they TO qnote the words Of the editor,
Hiss Emily p. Bissell, well knoBn for
er philsnthropic efforts 10 behalf Of
Hope Farm ~. Sell it 81 cost price
Dwer than cost to schnols--in oider tc
let il TO tie children. Il is NOT a money
making affair, but patriotic effort to get
HE story Of our state into the minds Of
is young people. The whole edition Coz,
lsi50O. 90, and tle CT ! ,nial Danes nisdt
4p their minds to loss money Unnecessary
But if The whole edition sells-aud i
looks as il ii was gong, to-we ill come
ont sven--.on see the author had 10 b.
paid, and the illustrator, aud the en-.
graver and the printer. and no expense
was spared to make il a thoroughly good
book in every detail"
Asit turned OUT Rodney's vote on tht
adoption in the second Continental Con
gress, Of the Declaration Of Independence
was not needed, nee the delegates Of tA
1ut Of the 13 colonies, had already voted
Ifirmatively, and Dickinson and NJ ,rris
Of Pennsylvania by STAYING away, had
turned it's adverse vote Of to the other
Say, and South Carolina's delegates had
also intimated willingness to reverse
their first vote in the negatives, thus in.
surfing II out OF IL Yet, there were
many strong conservati We patriots like
John Dickinson aud James Wilson OF
Pennsylvania, James Duane Of New York
ana our own George r ad aud others,
who doubted the expediency At that time
of so radical step; and moreover thers
we're colonies like Maryland aud Con-
Decticut that bad no canse TO complain Of
their treatment bs g eat Britain, aud 6
rally, The strong colony Of New York did
not sign Tie Declaration tiil 5 days after
be adoption aud signing By the dsleeatee
LI the other y colonies. So natural,
friends of liberty felt anxious and
nted ito make assurance doubly sure"
securing every possible vote.
Then, too, when Mexican Wiete his frsi
Urgent letters to Caesar Rodney, then
,aptive in the sweet thralls Of Mistress
Row land, at LeWes. the two thirds ma
ority had possibly not becolrs certainty.
At any rate, iust as much credit lie CAesai
Rodney's for his bold aud exhaustiDf
horseback ride Of 80 miles to Philadelphia
i Without stop or food, as though in yer,
ruth his vote had cast the die for Inde
pendence.
His ride, though lacking the variety Of
Il 0AaA1dklO tbStACh5 OAAnh mat hC0 bAlnH VI
Paul Revere, was quite as important, and
bad it also been been embalmed in Long
fellows verse and its historicity colo:eo
up as va. Revere's, it would have brcomt
quite as famous.
Then Sgain, the victory, against odds OF
zen and guns, Of our gallant McDonougfl,
on Lake Champlsin was Of more strategic
Importance ii the war OF 1912 than thar
Other great naval victory of Perry's OH
Lake Erie.
The Erie battle merely restored tue pos
session Of Detroit and the Lake and repair.
ed the loss ofDetroit's unfortunate surren
Ter byGeneral Hull whereas Me- Douougil's
victory arrested very dangerous invasion,
# New York aud New Eugla by the
British forces from Canada, whose success
sight have had very disastrous-resul.s.
But the exciting episode Of Prrry's fear
less passage in all open boat under tirt
IRON hts sinking Hagship TIT ID II74Tfrreess5sest
TO the Niagara, caught the popular fancy
and gave to bis fight the more prominent
place in history which iightfully be-
longvd to onr Delaware McDonough.
"We wish to call attention to the impor
ssnt question OF who was the first Euro.
pean setH-r 10 land Oh the Delaware soil
Although "Once Upon Time" has 81
excellent an authority as Bancroft in Civ.
ing tile honor to DeVries, il is well estab
lished, that it is to his tfficer, Peter Heyes
that honor belongs. Drvries did not @
fact come over until after the Psiel
Heyes colony (which landed near Lenes.
April, 1881, and sas nIassacrpd BY the
Indians in. few months thereafter.
There are not few other memorable
things that might have been put in tha
ine work, for instance, the fact that "Lit
tie Delaware" cent as soldiers to she Re.
volutionsry Wara higher percentage OIL
her citizens than any other cOInnv. III
l775 The States population WIS 81, ,2I9, Of
which 2, 600 were slsv. aIloying to te
males, that would give qnote between IS
aud 45 years Of age about 3500;and this is
hot counting hOuls guards and militia,
in fact she sent nearly 1900: and
his creditabIe record was repea ted in the
Civil War.
This superb little book is for sale at cost
It Foge and Burttan's Store or can be bad
,f the New Century CluE-Eyery Della.
ware boy and girl should get copy-oDly
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CECILTON