Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-16

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alone for its own life and existence
later.
And now that the war is over the
questions of reconstruction, restora-
tion and readjustment are demanding
early solution. A great responsibility,
as well as great opportunity, now
arises before the American people. Old
conditions can never return.
England. Canada and France too,
have had for sometime past, yes for
several years. commissions appointed
who have been working out and de-
vising ways and means to solve the
great questions which must be solved
after peace shall be declared, and the
nations of the world once more at
tempt to adjust themselves to the new
conditions which must now arise
Therefore, we have no time to lose.
1t is always by looking back that we
may see how far we have gone, and
often when we do this we find wonder
full encouragement For example, a
general conference of the states was
called to meet in Annapolis in 1885,
That was the critical period of our his
tory. The States we're in bad way.
They we're less known to one another
than foreign countries are today. They
were legislating against one another.
They had tariffs against one another.
Their antagonisms threatened the
whole national organization And
H. e<,. Il.
here only five states were represented
and the meeting had to adjourn before
discussing the object of the call.
Providence was watching over even
that small attendance and those pres
ent had the vision to call another con-
vention to meet in Philadelphia and
devise some way out of the difficulties.
If nations will come to understand
one another as American states have
come to understand one another, and
to think and work together there will
never be another war.
1t is marvellous how differences and
doubts and quarrels disappear in bet
ter understanding and that, gentle
men, is the thing the world needs to-
day and which, we pray, may come out
of the meeting in Paris.
! Let us find out the causes for Boil
shevism, for socialism, for anarchy,
and, if possible. remove the causes.
Nearly all of the isms hayeesome ele-
ment OF right and are caused by some
element of injustice. A proper study
will give better understanding, and
when we dig into conditions and
causes we find that most of the causes
are social And thus we come into
new light, and in the marvellous de-
velopment of the social vision and un-
selfishness of our people we have the
miracle and the gospel of the newsday
of our new world.
am proud of the fact that your first
meeting after the war is in Maryland.
one OF the old thirteen original states,
in whose borders are so many land
marks of the early days, and, indeed,
in this old Senate Chamber, where the
Father of our Country handed back his
commission to the Continental con-
gress and retired to private life, after
having won for US our independence as
nation. There is no parallel in the
history of the world of the scene which
was enacted in this Chamber on the
23rd day of December, 1855, victor
ious general winning and establishing
the independence of his country, the
idol of his countrymen, as well as the
idol of his soldiers, voluntarily resign
ing his commission and returning to
private life.
Upon this very spot where 1 now
stand the Father of our Country then
stood, delivered his farewell address,
surrendered his commission, and
standing by his side were his faithful
aide, Colsnel Tench F. Tilghman and
General Lafayette, of France, Wash
ington's and Americas faithful friend
No wonder then that Maryland holds
sacred this old Chamber and has dedi-
Gated it as a memorial of the great
event which happened here. Maryland
is a proud state. proud of her tradi-
tions and proud of her history. No
state holds in higher esteem those an
cestors who distinguished themselves
either upon the field of battle or in the
councils of state in our early history.
We speak of these not by way of COM
parison- We recognize that other
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