The Irish standard., 1913-07-12
CHARLES CARR0E
OF CARR0LLT0N
THE IRISH IN AMERICA.
CARROLL, THE CATHOLIC, THE
SCHOLAR, THE PATRIOT.
Specially Written for The Irish Standard.

Standard.
tion in their various professions whose
names are regarded as peculiarly An
glo-Saxon, but they do not belong to|
that race; they are the lineal de-
scendants Of Irish emigrants who on
account of persecution and the penal
laws were compelled to adopt English
names. So that if we gather together
the loose data which have floated down
to us, and, if we base our estimate
thereon, we have no hesitation in in
dorsing the opinion that out of three
millions who inhabited the thirteen
colonies at the beginning of the Ameri-
can Revolution. at least one-third were
Irish by birth or descent"
But there were two notable excep-
tions in the matter of colonial preju-
dice-Pennsylvania and Maryland. And
here we state a proposition which we
can establish, and which, to our knowl-
edge, has never been fully recognized,
that Pennsylvania is entitled to stand
side by side with Maryland in main
tanning liberty of conscience; and
Quaker and Catholic equally deserve
the laurel wreath. American Cath
olics remember with gratitude that
Pennsylvania in colonial times was
the only protestant state which had
no penal laws against, the Catholic re-
lfgion upon her statute books. Hence,
Catltesic csesntgr rxnts~f ~fiockeds-koy FennI;
sylvania. They also went to Mary
land. a colony founded by Catholics.
and the first, as the American school,
boy knows, to proclaim the principle
of religious liberty and enact it into
law. 1t is only fair to the Quakers
to add that this proclamation was made
before PENNSYLVANIA became a colony;
for the Quakers. after they settled
there, followed the example Of Mary.
land.
The Carroll family settled in Mary,
land, and therefore, was not under the
necessity of changing it's name. This
fanny, branch of which took root in
CARRELLTON and DOUGHAREGAN
Manor, traces it's descent to the old
Irish family of the O'Carrolls of Ely,
Kings County. Ireland. Thus, Fiam,
king of Ely, who died in 1888. was the
ancestor in the fourteenth degree Of
Charles Carroll, who migrated to Mary
land. The coat of arms of the Car
roll family, worn for centuries by the
chiefs of Ely, bears this significant
motto, "In Eide ct in Bello Forte" It
would carry us too far afield to fol-
low the fortunes of this distinguished
family, branches of which fourished
in France, Spain and other countries
whittier Irish exiles had been driven.
We are now directly concerned with
the branch that drifted to Maryland,
acquiring large estates there, around
the colonial estate of CARROLLTON.
The biography of Charles Carroll has
never been fully written. The publi
detailed account of his, public SER
vices, would be acceptable to all pa
triotic citizens and students of his
tory Carrolls life may be roughly
divided into three periods: thirty years,
more than half of them spent abroad,
in preparation for the patriotic duties
which awaited him; thirty years in
the service of his state and country;
thirty years in scholarly retirement,
where as a close and interested OBJ
server of public events, he remained
in touch with the outside world. even
to the last months almost of an un-
usually long earthly career. He was
born at Annapolis, Maryland, Septem-
ber 10. 1897, and died in the same
state at DOUGHAR MANOR
on November 14th, 1882. On his death
bed he uttered these last memorable
words: Il have lived to my 96th year;
I have enjoyed continued health.
have been blessed with great wealth
and prosperity. and most of the good
things which the world can bestow-
public esteem. appreciation, applause;
but what I now look back on with
the greatest satisfaction to myself is.
that have practiced the duties of my
religion" 1t is a summary of his
life as we'll as confession of faith
Like his famous kinsman. the first
Bishop of Baltimore, Charles Carroll