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282 HLSTORY OF MARYLAND.
And in the "Act for granting one Subsidy," passed in 1642, they set forth in
the preamble the motives of that act, by which every inhabitant of the
province, female children under twelve excepted, granted to the proprietary
fifteen pounds of tobacco per poll, as some compensation for his heavy
charges in the settlement of the province. These expenditures, for the two
first years alone, and before he received any return, are estimated by Chalmers
as not less than £40,000 sterling, for the transportation of colonists and the
necessary provisions and stores.
Again in the Act of 1671, Chapter XL, granting the tobacco duty, the two
houses of assembly declare that they do it from a sense of " all imaginable
gratitude for the great care and favor expressed by his lordship to the
people of the province in the unwearied care which his lordship had shewn,
and the vast charge and expense he was put to from the time of their
first seating unto this instant, to preserve them in the enjoyment of their
lives, liberties, and the increase and improvement of their estates and
fortunes." %
These were no idle words. And'certainly if wisdom, justice and clemency;
if unselfishness, generosity, and truly paternal care; if a philanthropy
which, instead of disturbing others, carried out its benevolent plans at its
own cost and risk, and a liberality which exemplified in practice the most
generous thoughts of the noblest minds—if these be singular virtues in a
ruler, then had the Marylanders of that day reason to feel boundless gratitude and affection to Cascilius Calvert, and their descendants to cherish his
memory.
Charles Calvert, after assuming the titles and estates of his father in the
province, meant to return to England; but before doing so, he convened the
assembly on May 16,1676, for the purpose of repealing certain laws, reviving
others, and ascertaining what laws were actually in force. The code was
revised, the act of toleration confirmed, and after appointing Thomas Notley
to act as deputy governor in the name of his infant son, Cecil Calvert, Lord
Baltimore returned to England in the same year.
Soon after his arrival, he found a singular complaint preferred against his
government. A certain clergyman of the English church, the Rev. Mr. Yeo,
had felt the want of an established ministry with its tithes and glebes, its
authority and perquisites, to be a grievance; and had written from Patuxent,
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a frightful account of the spiritual condition of the province. "The province of Maryland," he writes, "is in a
deplorable condition for want of an established ministry. Here are ten or
twelve counties, and in them at least 20,000 souls, and but three Protestant
ministers of the Church of England. The priests are provided for, and the
Quakers take care of those that are speakers, but no care is taken to build up
churches in the Protestant religion. The Lord's day is profaned. Religion
is despised, and all notorious vices are committed; so that it is become a
Sodom of uncleanness and a pest-house of iniquity. As the Lord Baltimore
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000309 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 282 HLSTORY OF MARYLAND. And in the "Act for granting one Subsidy," passed in 1642, they set forth in the preamble the motives of that act, by which every inhabitant of the province, female children under twelve excepted, granted to the proprietary fifteen pounds of tobacco per poll, as some compensation for his heavy charges in the settlement of the province. These expenditures, for the two first years alone, and before he received any return, are estimated by Chalmers as not less than £40,000 sterling, for the transportation of colonists and the necessary provisions and stores. Again in the Act of 1671, Chapter XL, granting the tobacco duty, the two houses of assembly declare that they do it from a sense of " all imaginable gratitude for the great care and favor expressed by his lordship to the people of the province in the unwearied care which his lordship had shewn, and the vast charge and expense he was put to from the time of their first seating unto this instant, to preserve them in the enjoyment of their lives, liberties, and the increase and improvement of their estates and fortunes." % These were no idle words. And'certainly if wisdom, justice and clemency; if unselfishness, generosity, and truly paternal care; if a philanthropy which, instead of disturbing others, carried out its benevolent plans at its own cost and risk, and a liberality which exemplified in practice the most generous thoughts of the noblest minds—if these be singular virtues in a ruler, then had the Marylanders of that day reason to feel boundless gratitude and affection to Cascilius Calvert, and their descendants to cherish his memory. Charles Calvert, after assuming the titles and estates of his father in the province, meant to return to England; but before doing so, he convened the assembly on May 16,1676, for the purpose of repealing certain laws, reviving others, and ascertaining what laws were actually in force. The code was revised, the act of toleration confirmed, and after appointing Thomas Notley to act as deputy governor in the name of his infant son, Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore returned to England in the same year. Soon after his arrival, he found a singular complaint preferred against his government. A certain clergyman of the English church, the Rev. Mr. Yeo, had felt the want of an established ministry with its tithes and glebes, its authority and perquisites, to be a grievance; and had written from Patuxent, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a frightful account of the spiritual condition of the province. "The province of Maryland," he writes, "is in a deplorable condition for want of an established ministry. Here are ten or twelve counties, and in them at least 20,000 souls, and but three Protestant ministers of the Church of England. The priests are provided for, and the Quakers take care of those that are speakers, but no care is taken to build up churches in the Protestant religion. The Lord's day is profaned. Religion is despised, and all notorious vices are committed; so that it is become a Sodom of uncleanness and a pest-house of iniquity. As the Lord Baltimore |
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