Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-01
HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS
Events And Incidents That Awaken
Memories OF Other Days OF
The Old Town By The
Severn.
CAM EOS OF ITS HISTORY.
MIR. RandalPs Address To John
Hopkins Summer SchOOI-He Tells
0f Interesting Features OF
This Old Town.

| %S OAN ASWAs
Several requests having come to the
Capital to print the address made las
Friday evening in Baltimore, at Nc
Coy Hall, before the students of the
Summer School Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, by the Hon. j. Writ Ran
dali, of this city, this paper prevailed
upon Mr.. Randall to permit its pub
lication in these columns.
The address, which consumed about
an hour in its delivery, will be pub
lished in serial form, from day to day,
as space permits. 1t is well wor tn
preserving and should be read by all
who love this dear old town, around
which cluster many historic associa-
tions, linking it with the past Mr..
Randall spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Johns
Hopkins Summer School:
am informed that you propose hav-
ing an excursion to Annapolis tomor-
row, or at some early day, and | am
desired to call your attention to some
of the interesting historical features
OF that old town, preparatory to that
visit.
When you think how many hun
dreds, nay thousands, of towns there
are in this country more important, in
| point of population and wealth, than
that little town, it is really remark
able how few there are which are more
interesting, historically, and in sew
eral other respects. About il cluster
many memories of distinguished men of
our country's early life; associated
with it's settlement, with its early life
and with its 262 years of existence,
are some of the great principles which
are the foundations of our liberties;
| moreover, there yet remain, to a
| greater extent, perhaps. than in any
| town of our country, the actual homes
| of our early settlers-specimens of
| public and domestic colonial architec-
ture, which render it quite unique
| among American cities.
Before calling your attention to
some of the historic buildings and
points of interest, which you will see
on your visit to Annapolis, let me
| awaken in your memories a few of the
historical incidents connected with it,
which it will be we'll to have you keep
in mind. There are several of these,
that to my mind always stand out
| sharply on the background of the CEN
turies-cameos of its history. First,
its settlement. Annapolis is, perhaps,
| the only Colonial town, south of New
England, of distinctly Puritan origin,
and in that fact is involved a story,
quite romantic, and yet also of much
political significance. How did it
| happen that this little town, so far
away from the other Puritan settle
ments in America, was founded by
Puritans?
1t is a recognized fact of history
that the Puritans, who landed at Ply
mouth, Mass, in 1920, intended to
go to Virginia ;stress of weather and
necessity compelled them to land on
the New England coast. They re-
| garded that as an interposition of
| Providence and remained there.
During the ten years following, it
| has been estimated that over two
hundred emigrant ships crossed the
| Atlantic, carrying over many thous-
ands of Englishmen, fleeing from re-
| ligious persecution and finding refuge
with their compatriots in the New
England Colony.
They were being very bitterly per-
secuted in the old country. They were
set in the pillory; their noses were
slit; their ears were cropped; their
tongues bored; they were condemned
to Imprisonment for life and not few
of them met death. No wonder they
| fed from their homes to join their
comrades in New England. But some
of these Puritans carried out the origi-
nal intention; and, seeking a milder
climate, detached themselves from the
main-body of their brethren and set
| tied in Virginia, on the Elizabeth and
James rivers, near the present city of
Norfolk. Their numbers gradually in
creased and they began to be of some
| Importance and to attract the atten-
tion of the Government of Virginia.
John Fiske. the Virginian historian,
states that as early as 1888 there
were more than 1000 Puritans in Vir-
ginia, or about per cent. of the en-
tire population.
At that time the long contest had
begun in England between King
Charles the First and Parliament,
which terminated in the temporary
overthrow of the Monarchy, the ex-
ecution of King Charles and the estab-
lishment of the Commonwealth of
England with Oliver Cromwell, the
Puritan, as Protector. The feeling
between the Kings party, the Royal
lists or Cavaliers (as they were called
and the Parliamentary Party, the
Puritans or Round Heads (as they
were called) continued to be very bit
ter in England, and that feeling ex-
tended to these Colonies. 1t was in
deed, in England, struggle of liberty
against tyranny. The Kings Judges
had decided in Hampden's case, con-
corning the "Ship Money" that no
statute could be pleaded against the
Kings will. They are void acts Of
Parliament, to bind the King not to
command his subjects, their persons
| and goods and their money foo ,,