The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-10
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CHARLES CARROLL OF
CARROLLTON
Declaration of independence.

Declaration of independence.
Carroll being questioned in refer
ence to the Declaration of Independ-
ence said: when l signed the Dec
laration of independence, / had in
view not only our independence of
England, but the federation of all sects
protesting the Christian religion, and.
communicating to them all equal re-
ligious rights. Happily this wise and
salutary measure has taken place for,
Graduating religious feuds and per-
secution and becoming a useful les.
son to all governments. Rejecting on
the disabilities, may truly say of the
the prescription of the Roman Cath
olics of Maryland, you will not be sur
prised that had much at heart, this
grand design founded on mutual char
ity, the basis of our religion"
In letter to Richard Peters, dated
September %, 1920? Carroll wrote;
THE government established by the
long as it's end, spirit, and principles
are acted upon and preserved; should
the jealousy, and the ambition of some
states succeed in sapping the powers
of it, or so restrict the exercise of
them as to control it's superintendent
over the states within the limits pre-
scribed by the constitution, the con-
federacy will be dissolved, and all the
evils experienced under the first will
recur and in a general degree in pro-
portion to the increase of population
and multiplicity of clashing interests.
Il think with you, the addition of
new states will not produce but will
rather prevent or at least retard such
an event; are there not other evils
threatening the general government?
What government, the principal object
of which should be the preservation of
morals, can subsist amidst their gen.
eral corruption?"
At the funeral grafton of Adams and
Jefferson who died July 4, 1926, DAN
iel Webster said: "Of the illustrious
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence there now remains only Charles
Carroll. He seems an aged oak, stand
ing alone on the plain, which time has
spared little longer after all it's
| contemporaries have been levelled
with the dust. Venerable object: We
delight to gather around it's trunk,
while it yet stands, and to dwell be-
| meath it's shadow.
Sole survivor of an assembly of
~, L,
messed in transaction one of the
most important that history records,
what thoughts, what interesting rec
ords must fill his elevated and devout
SOUL If he dwell on the past, how
touching it's recollections; if he sur
vey the present, how happy, how joy
Gus, how full of the fruition of that
hope which his ardent patriotism in
dulges; if he glances at the future,
how does the prospect of his country's
advancement almost bewilder his con-
ception.
Fortunate, distinguished patriot;
interesting relic of the past; let him
know that while we honor the dead,
we do not forget the living; and that
there is not heart here which does
not -feryently pray that heaven may
| yet keep him back from the society of
his companions.
Death of Carroll.
On the death of Charles Carroll, the
| signer, President Jackson ordered:
sThe last survivor of the Signers of
the Declaration of Independence, he
who for many years was the
last precious relic of the band
of July d, 1875, is no more.
The death of Charles Carroll of Car
rollton is announced to U.S. The tri-
umph of the grave over the living mon
ument of our nations birthday around
which the gratitude of nation loved
| to gather, will be the signal for a
nations mourning. AS mark of re,
spect due to the occasion, the Offices
of the United States Government in
| this city will be closed tomorrow, the
10Th inst
The last surviving signer of the
Declaration of independence, and the
| Oulyi OdIuOdC WIZ utu sigh IL, ulcu dt
Dougonegan Manor, November IA,
| 1882. His granddaughter married
titled Englishmen. Catharine Louise
Cation married the Duke of Leeds; her
sister Mary married the Marquis OF
Wellesley; another sister married
Lord Stafford, and died in 1850. Emily
married the British Consul at Balti-
MORE and died in 1871. as
1t is not my intention to tell in this
article the part Carroll did in the Rev.
olution or the upbuilding of this Re
public; perhaps that may come in q
! later article. Here, however. would
like to quote one letter he wrote to
Washington, under the date of Septem
Der 26, 1775: If we cannot obtain, q
peace on safe and just terms my nexl
wish is that you may snatch by force
from our enemies what their policy
and justice should have granted.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, writ
ling to his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Har
riet Chew Carroll, wife of his son
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