Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . s by proclama-tion, which the people regarded as an invasion of their rights,and resisted accordingly. A prolonged debate took place through the columns of theMaryland Gazette, published at Annapolis. An article was writtenby Daniel Dulany, the secretary of the province and a lawyer ofgreat ability. The article was written in the form of a dialoguebetween two citizens; the First Citizen argued against the actionof the governor while the Second Citizen defended it, and wasmad
Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research . s by proclama-tion, which the people regarded as an invasion of their rights,and resisted accordingly. A prolonged debate took place through the columns of theMaryland Gazette, published at Annapolis. An article was writtenby Daniel Dulany, the secretary of the province and a lawyer ofgreat ability. The article was written in the form of a dialoguebetween two citizens; the First Citizen argued against the actionof the governor while the Second Citizen defended it, and wasmade to win the argument. But a champion of the people nowappeared in the person of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, whoproved a powerful antagonist. He was descended from Catholicgentlemen who had long held offices under the proprietary inspite of their religion. He had been educated in Paris and hadstudied law for seven years in England. Mr. Carroll published aseries of articles as the First Citizen, whose arguments had notbeen properly stated in the first article, and in the popularopinion he won a complete BURNING OF THE PEGGY STEWART FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PAINTING BY FRANK B. MAYER, IN THE STATE HOUSE AT ANNAPOLIS 82 LEADING EVENTS OF MARYLAND HISTORY 57. The Burning of the Peggy Stewart, October19, 1774.—In 1770, Parliament took off the tax from all thearticles except tea, which was left in order to assert its right toimpose a tax. But the Americans were contending for a princi-ple, too, and although it was ingeniously arranged that the tea onwhich a duty had been paid, should cost less than smuggled tea,yet the people stood firm. When tea was sent to Boston, thepeople, after other means had failed, sent on board a party dis-guised as Indians, who threw the cargo into the sea. On the 14th of October, 1774, the Peggy Stewart arrived atAnnapolis with about two thousand pounds of tea. The ownerof the vessel, Anthony Stewart, paid the duty on the tea in orderto land
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