The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-08-19

the story to the Maryland Council of
Safety and to the Continental Con-
gress.
To President Hancock it sends also
Lees letter to Purviance which
echoed Purviance's sighting remarks
about the Maryland bodies.
Investigators Named
The Council also delegates Charles
Carroll, barrister, John Hall and Will
liam Paca to call upon Eden at Anna
polls and ask for look at his CORES
pondence with German.
| These delegates are reasonably as
sured by Eden that his intentions are
of the best; that he has not been play
ing a double role and that he has no
intention to attempt to escape. Asked
to give his parole, Eden asks for a
few hours to consider the demand.
While these matters are progress
ing the Continental Congress gets
news of the Eden-Germain letters and
debates The situation at great length,
finally resolving that Eden had been
caught in correspondence highly
dangerous to the liberties of Ameri-
ca" and that the Maryland Council Of
Safety should Immediately seize Eden
and all his papers.
Letter Withheld
The Continental Congress refuses,
however, to send to the Maryland
Council the Purviance letter which re-
Elected upon the usefulness of the
Maryland body.
1t soon breaks upon the conscious
ness of the Maryland Council that it
has been grossly ignored, if not actu-
ally insulted, first by General Lee,
then by Purviance personally or by
the Baltimore committee, and lastly
by the Continental Congress.
This conviction is confirmed when
the Council learns that on the respon-
sibility Of the orders from Lee and
the Continental Congress, Purviance
and the Baltimore committee are
making plans to seize Eden.
These plans are being worked out
in great detail at Baltimore but with
no authority from the colonial capitol
at Annapolis.
Captain Nicholson is to prepare the
Colony's ship Defence for action and
set out after Eden, wherever he may
find him, taking along a small detach-
ment of militia under Captain Smith
with the approval of Major Gist.
To Seize Governor.
Blunderbusses and other arms are
to be taken along in abundance and
both Eden and Ross are to be seized
and brought under guard to Balti-
more. Accordingly to Purviance's
plans, the Council of Safety at Anna
polls is to have nothing to say about
it from beginning to end.
The Defence sets sail from Balti-
more for Annapolis on April 16, and
after series of conferences between
Smith, Carroll and various others, in
the course of which Smith learns that
Eden is still at his mansion, the De-
fence returns to Baltimore and the
pursuit of Eden is over.
Eden has entirely treasured Carroll,
Hall and Paca of his good faith He
has refused to give his parole, but ne
has promised to do exactly what
would have been required of him as
prisoner on parole.
"While act" he says, sin any de-
gree as governor of this province,
cannot give my parole to walk about
in it as prisoner at large under any
obligation whatever.
To Continue Office.
But then he announces his resou-
ton of continuing in his station "as
long as permitted, or the ostensible
form of the established government
can contribute to preserve the peace
of the province.
'You shall find me here and willing
to continue acting in the same line l
have hitherto done, so long as Mary
land can reap any peaceful benefits
from my service"
So here was Maryland's central
executive body for the time being, the
Council of Safety, with the explicit
orders from an officer in the army of
the United Colonies, as we'll as from
the Congress of the United Colonies,
to arrest Eden, while it had on its
own account examined Eden person.
ally and become convinced that his
arrest would be a grave mistake at
that time.
Such arrest would in effect be a
breach of faith with Eden and in fact
a broad invitation to the British war
ships somewhere off the Virginia
Capes to come to the rescue of Eden
and turn loose upon Maryland the
style of guerilla warfare which they
had been directing against Virginia
because Virginia had quarreled With
and driven away her detested Dun
, more.
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