Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-24
The Regcnt's RenlN.

GA tAtAN'. 4 u Altti anu aANA.AAtlA-
The Regents Reply.
The Regent of the Peggy Stewart
Tea Party Chapter, i'm expressing
thanks go the Governor. said;
The members of the Peggy Stewart
Tea Party Chapter wish TO express to
YOU their appreciation of your accept
ancc of this tablet for the State of
Maryland
"They would also like TO express.
thus publicly. their further appreci-
alton of the many courtesies which
YOU and the other State officers have
extended to them during the past four
years"
The Regent then introduced the or
ator Of the occasion in the following
words
at is our great privilege TO have
with ms this afternoon, a gentleman
well ycrsed i'm both the history of our
State and our country. And. while
TO the Maryland Daupghters of the
American Revolution. he requires no
introduction. it gives me great pleas
ure to Introduce to our guests Mr. A
$. Goldsborough. of Baltimore"
Mr. s. =. G0idSh0rOugh'S Speech.
Mir. A. =. GOldshoruugh. of Balti-
more the orator of the occasion. is
indeed an orator. He spoke without
notes and made an earnest. forceru
and patriotic address that inspired in
the hearts of his hearers deeper vener-
alton and love for General Washing
ton His theme was Washington. the
Ideal American Citizen; "a man of high
ideals who followed the dictates of his
conscience and whose keynote through
life was Hold fast TO that which is
Good, and PcrSeycrc i'm that which is
Better"
Mr.. Goldsborough began his remarks
with reference to the architecture of a
building, particularly the State House,
whose dome IS admired by connois-
seurs of art. But, he said. the real,
important phase of a building was not
its embellishments or its architecture.
but it's foundation. A building is
measured solely by the type of it's
foundation, and this beloved Temple
Of the Republic OF America" this
United States. has been built upon a
safe and sound foundation. with such
cornerstone as General George Wash
ington
The orator depicted the personality
of Washington and how far it PLAYED
a part i'm the foundation of this Re
public He spoke of Yorktown and the
years that intervened between then
and the day when Washington became
q private citizen. He told of its am
bilious power. of the dissatisfaction OF
the Army. and it's threatened disinte-
grafton Nothing could have kept the
Thirteen Colonies together sad Mr.
Coldsborough. as did the personality
Of Washington, man If great strength
Of character and force Of Will.
Each cOloaY felt n cJIl - on %
further without losinG IT'S individual
ity. and the Continental Army had
gone through the seven years war
without proper care o. protection Of
the Continental Congress.
tt was the intervention OF the great
personality of Washington that saved
the cay. Washington came between
Congress md the Amy II was cf-
ferod i.rf ship by the people but he
spurncG tie crown and royalty. 1t
was not the purpose # George Wash
ington Wr Goldsborough said, 10 turn
the current of the Republic down
stream
South American Republics topplc.
fall and crumble because they are
founded upon ambition, power ard are
victims Of bad precedents, el OF
which makes a weak foundation
Wash npton stood for example, not
precept. He was the ideal American.
and we are to judge a nation by its
ideals. The orator said ne did not
care for a man Who measures his
country for the value of his country
to him.
Washington always asked himself
what conscientiouslv was the right
thing for him TO 30 This was the
dominating influence that actuated
Washington's life rhe people dan
gled crown before him He knc% he
would h19c made a fatal blunder had
he yielded to the tenDtor and he said
Get thee behind me Satan" He
would rather rule a nation and lay
down the sceptre at the feet Of the
people. as he did when he laid down
his sword in the old Senate Chamber
instead Of taking the scaptre from the
hands Of the people. He was surren-
dering to the hands of posterity
greater power than that which they
prnnered him.
influence for good 'ook hold Of his
soul as well as OF his hand, and he
/ said: 81 give back 70 yol your power.
and 20 back to my home TO live as
any private citizen" Such was the
foundation Washington laid for tie
/ Temple Of tile Republic. which gave us
4 genuine American citizenship. This
T is not the land for royalty, for autoc-
/ racy. It is land made for some
+ thing more sublime
Not once, said the orator, has WASH
ington been known in minor or
( major matter to think Of Washington
I but always What is bets for the na-
tion. There was no shaking his de
cision. He nodded his acts TO what
/ his conscience said. In closing, Mr..
< Goldsborough said;
The domination of an idea follow
ing Yorktown. started in this land a
Z tendency 10 form a nation OF high
rim tvIsCrY4 Wacbiu pfOU