Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-24
tablet contains the following inscrip-
ti0D:
STANDING On THIS SPOT GENER-
Al GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIGNED HIS COMWIS-


Rah heNeIu'loh.
PRESERVATION OF ia"iet'
IN presenting the taoiet the Hesent.
Mrs, Harrison, spoke as follows
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enacted mere one huluIeu ana 'ulI'E-
years ago today
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The Governors Acceptance.
Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough
of MARYLAND. in accepting the tablet on
the part of the State. spoke with erau-
estness. and throughout his remarks
displavpd deem feeling He said.
"rhe members of the Peggy Stewart
Tea PARTY Chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution Ladies'
and Gentlemen:
To-day marks q most conspicuous
event. for we are gathered here TO do
honor to the memory Of a man. George
Washington. who. more than any other
individual contributed to the ere
alton of this nation and stamped upon
republican institutions a prosperity
which made for their permanence.
"There is one here who wiz. no
douht most ffttinglv portrav the life of
This great man his accomnlisbments
and the DEVELOPMENT of the colonies
under his benefcent guidance.
In youth when I listened TO The
orations common to this day. was led
10 believe that his fame rested upon
the fact that he was a delegate 10 the
Continental Congress from the State Of
Virginia: that he was commander-in-
chief of the Continental torces during
the Revolution. and that he was Pres
fdent of the Constitutional Convention.
and was twice President Of the United
States.
Perhaps it was only in my matur-
ity that 7 realized it was not these
offices alone that had made him great.
but rather was II his native powers
and personal accomplishments which
tbrnetinv these honors unon him no
used to,spcb great glory to his own
fame and in the interests of mankind.
Had Washington been a Caesar. or
Cromwell. or a Napoleon. he would
have listened TO the opportunities Of
his friends. and seized the reins Of
government. and considered unset
6shlv. no doubt the interests of them
all and would have welded the colo
MES together into one Empire that
would have demanded the western
World
..Rut he racognizad too well that the
;pdanondance ca dearly boupbt belong
cd to tboeo v,bo had Maid Tho nrica and
that TO do this wouId be but TO follow
history and the example Of Caesar.
and even with the best intention i'm the
world. the result would not only be
the beginning Of nation. but the be
ginning OF its decline.
Having these things. therefore. in
mind he was willing TO retire and let
the nation work ont for itself its own
destiny. But. no sooner had he retired
from public office. than he set to work
in quiet and effective manner 10
weld together the western portion OF
the nation with the eastern. and TO
create. as far as possible. common
! interest in all the colonies in the de-
! velopment of the West. feeling that in
this way could perhaps he accom-
| plished a. solidarity which he sincere
| " hoped for.
while he was doing this. he at the
same time through force Of his per
sonality. and through the influence OF
his friends, began to agitate the neces-
sity Of a stronger and more vigorous
government than provided in the Arti-
cles of Confederation.
But I am not here to tell you ol
the fulfllment Of his work-of tbs