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460 HLSTORY OF MARYLAND.
inhabitants from the devastations of the French or their Indians. However, I find
neither the proclamation or instructions will be effectual unless the militia can be assured
that they shall receive satisfaction and pay for the time that they shall be out on duty.
I should consider it highly proper for us to have about a hundred, or at least a company of
sixty men, posted or constantly ranging for some time on the frontiers, for our protection.
In this I desire your advice, and that you will enable me to support such a number.
"" Gentlemen:
" At the General's request, and that I might receive early intelligence at this time
from the camp and the back inhabitants, I have engaged several persons, between.this
place and Will's Creek, to receive and speedily convey any letters that shall come to
them directed for the General- or myself. I doubt not you will be convinced of the
necessity of such a measure, and provide for the expence thereof.
" HORO. SHARPE."
The House, on the same day, took into consideration the governor's message,
and immediately passed the following resolutions :
"Resolved, That this House will make suitable provision for the maintaining eighty
men, including officers, for four months (if occasion) for ranging on the frontiers of this
Province, to protect the same against the incursions and depredations that may be
attempted or made by the French or their Indian allies.
" Resolved further, That this House will defray the reasonable expense of conveying
intelligence from Wills' Creek to Annapolis and back thither, for four months."
With some slight amendments, the Upper House agreed to the resolution,
and £2,000 was appropriated for the purposes therein mentioned.
On the 5th of July, the governor sent another message to the Lower
House, informing them that bands of hostile Indians were entering the province, and that fifteen of the people of Frederick county, on their way to Fort
Cumberland for protection, had been killed or captured by savages. The
result of these communications to the assembly is given in the following
extract from a letter of Sharpe's to Charles Calvert, dated July 9,1755:
" The Lower House still perseveres in their obstinacy, and I believe will never recede
from what they have been contending for, though half the province should be depopulated. They have not yet addressed me to be prorogued; but I expect they will tomorrow morning, and 'twill be absolutely to no purpose ever to meet them again. I
have not since heard from the General; but I am not without apprehensions that he will
be obliged to desert the fort when he has taken it, for want of provisions which he cannot
now expect from the colonies. In that case I fear the French will again take possession
of that country, and then let the General's success be ever so great, we shall be in as bad,
if not a worse situation than we were last winter."
In his letter of July 9, the governor touches another subject which was
•disquieting the Lower House:
" I prorogued our Assembly yesterday evening, after they had twice requested me to
be dismissed. In the course of the session they presented me with a furious address
•against Roman Catholics, which you see inclosed. As I thought it contained some indecent reflections, I thought it improper to let it pass unanswered, as you will see by the
papers herewith transmitted. The occasion of it was the late preferment of the Attorney-
General, who unhappily is no favorite with the people, to the Naval Office of Patuxent.
| 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 | 00000493 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 460 HLSTORY OF MARYLAND. inhabitants from the devastations of the French or their Indians. However, I find neither the proclamation or instructions will be effectual unless the militia can be assured that they shall receive satisfaction and pay for the time that they shall be out on duty. I should consider it highly proper for us to have about a hundred, or at least a company of sixty men, posted or constantly ranging for some time on the frontiers, for our protection. In this I desire your advice, and that you will enable me to support such a number. "" Gentlemen: " At the General's request, and that I might receive early intelligence at this time from the camp and the back inhabitants, I have engaged several persons, between.this place and Will's Creek, to receive and speedily convey any letters that shall come to them directed for the General- or myself. I doubt not you will be convinced of the necessity of such a measure, and provide for the expence thereof. " HORO. SHARPE." The House, on the same day, took into consideration the governor's message, and immediately passed the following resolutions : "Resolved, That this House will make suitable provision for the maintaining eighty men, including officers, for four months (if occasion) for ranging on the frontiers of this Province, to protect the same against the incursions and depredations that may be attempted or made by the French or their Indian allies. " Resolved further, That this House will defray the reasonable expense of conveying intelligence from Wills' Creek to Annapolis and back thither, for four months." With some slight amendments, the Upper House agreed to the resolution, and £2,000 was appropriated for the purposes therein mentioned. On the 5th of July, the governor sent another message to the Lower House, informing them that bands of hostile Indians were entering the province, and that fifteen of the people of Frederick county, on their way to Fort Cumberland for protection, had been killed or captured by savages. The result of these communications to the assembly is given in the following extract from a letter of Sharpe's to Charles Calvert, dated July 9,1755: " The Lower House still perseveres in their obstinacy, and I believe will never recede from what they have been contending for, though half the province should be depopulated. They have not yet addressed me to be prorogued; but I expect they will tomorrow morning, and 'twill be absolutely to no purpose ever to meet them again. I have not since heard from the General; but I am not without apprehensions that he will be obliged to desert the fort when he has taken it, for want of provisions which he cannot now expect from the colonies. In that case I fear the French will again take possession of that country, and then let the General's success be ever so great, we shall be in as bad, if not a worse situation than we were last winter." In his letter of July 9, the governor touches another subject which was •disquieting the Lower House: " I prorogued our Assembly yesterday evening, after they had twice requested me to be dismissed. In the course of the session they presented me with a furious address •against Roman Catholics, which you see inclosed. As I thought it contained some indecent reflections, I thought it improper to let it pass unanswered, as you will see by the papers herewith transmitted. The occasion of it was the late preferment of the Attorney- General, who unhappily is no favorite with the people, to the Naval Office of Patuxent. |
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