Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

mosthenes of Maryland" when they
heard him cry out: by the God OF
Heaven, I owe no allegiance TO tne
King of Great Britain. Chases naI1e
is the third one above Carrolfs on the
declaration of independence. And so
the day of the bayonet had dawned. AT
the close of the war, President WASH
ineton made Samuel Chase an asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
Men Of standing and of property, men
with much to lose, brought on the rev.
olution. The rebels were not the rap-
ble of the thirteen colonies. Washing
ton. Jefferson and Carroll were r1ch.
They lived in mansions and their FUR
niture and clothing were bought IN
Europe. Carroll, Roman Catholic,
nod been educated in Great Britain and
France.
The same TYNE of men in the north
wrote their names on the Declarations;
wrote, as George Read of Delaware re-
marked with halter around thelr
necks." Wealthy william an ,. EliGrx. '4 ne
see how they all looked. as they sisnea,,
what might be their death warrant,
stood beside Charles Thomson; secre-
tary of Congress. and eyed each close
ment. Cndaunted resolution, so runs
his record of that great occasion, was
displayed in every countenance.
1t was William EllerN VINO. during
all the disasters of the bitter Gays 'nae
followed. concluded every speech ne
made to the starving colonists by say
ing: 1.-The Lord reigneth WORDS
caught up nearly century later oy
James A. Garfield. on the balcony OF
the customhouse in New York. when.
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men bent on avenging Lincoln's DEATH
he said: God reigns and the govern
ment at Washington still lives
The Philadelphia newspapers on July
2 117s. merely announced that on
yesterday the Continental Congress
declared the United Colonies free and
Independent states. Only those WE'VE
words and no more. 1t was not qntii
laration. amended and blue -penclled,
was agreed to and signed by John Ham
cock. President of Congress HIS was
the only name then given out rms
rage drawn by six bay horses and
dressed in cloth embroidered with gold
and silver.
On the day that Robert Morris signed
he was the wealthiest and greatest
merchant in Philadelphia. He pur-
chased goods in England and sold them
here at a large profit. His ships were
on the ocean. He had dollhouse and
an icehouse, the first in America. No
price he might have asked would have
gone unaccepted or unpaid by the Brit
ish government.
The colonies had nothing to offer but
liberty And when Washington's SOL
diers as the struggle went on, needed
clothing. shoes, guns and ammunition,
Robert Morris personally advanced
S1,4OO, 900 to a nation that was debt-rid-
den and empty of ready assets except
the courage and the patriotism OF its
inhabitants.
In the same city of Philadelphia was
wise. frugal. Industrious and opuient
Reniam min Franklin. the editor and pub
Usher, whose fortune and whose life
went into jeopardy at his signature
He was seventy years old when ne put
his name among the other n1ty,nve
rebels and invited poverty and felon's
death. I'VE must be unanimous" John
Hancock urged; I'VE must all hang to-
gether."
yes" Franklin answered. pen in
hand. "or most assuredly we shall hang
separately"
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of
Independence, but John Adams passed
it through Congress- He was Its moor
through Pennsylvania for the purpose
of creating public sentiment.
See" Chase wrote back to Philadel-
phia, 1.-The glorious effect OF country
instruction. The people have fire, it is
not smothered" Jefferson himself ac-
knowledged that Adams was the
ablest advocate and defender OF the
Declaration against the multifarious
assaults it encountered"
Il knew him WELL" Jefferson wrote OF
Adams, land l repeat that man more
perfectly honest never issued from the
hands of his Creator.
the time the Declaration was adopted
bv Congress He was saving com
petence from his earnings as lawyer
and was writing Abigail. his remark
able wife, to be economical Tor the
saLe of their children and themselves.
A man Of established position and
great promise. with a fortune growing
under his hand, he was no less an