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THE ASSEMBLY REFUSES SUPPLIES. 461
I believe, too, their warmth was increased by some letters written thither some time since,
intimating that if Mr. Hanbury had not prevented it, you would have got Mr. Darnal
appointed to a seat in the Council. For my part I have not heard but the Papists behave
themselves peaceably and as good subjects. They are, I imagine, about one-twelfth of
the people; and many of them are men of pretty considerable fortunes. I conceive their
numbers do not increase, though I have reason to think the greater part of the Germans
which are imported profess that religion. As the Lower House first resolved that all
the Penal laws mentioned in the Toleration Act are in force within this Province, though
some of them have been entirely, and others in part, repealed by later acts of Parliament,
I declined granting the request in the conclusion of their address, lest the courts should
govern themselves in some sort by the resolve of the Lower House of Assembly, and a
fiery persecution should ensue. This part of my conduct will not, I hope, be disapproved
of by his Lordship or yourself; and I hope you will think that nothing has been left
undone to bring the Assembly to reason and temper, though our endeavours have failed
of success.
"xl bill for an agent was sent to the Upper House, but immediately rejected.
Governor Morris informs me that all his endeavors have proved equally unsuccessful, and
that he cannot think of meeting the Assembly of that province again, unless some reformation be first made in their Constitution."
On the 9th of July, the day of Braddock's defeat, Governor Sharpe writes
to Charles Calvert, from Annapolis:
" From our receiving no letters from the general since those dated the 22d of June, we
apprehend that those Indian parties have cut off the communication between him and
Fort Cumberland and taken the carriers. I am about to depart for Fredericktown (where
I have given orders for all the military officers of that county to meet), to try what can be
done with the militia for the defence and protection of our distant inhabitants. I propose
to draft a company of 60 or 80 from the militia, by lot, and oblige them to keep ranging
on the frontiers for a few months, without any pay. Provisions they must impress, and
take it where it can be found; and if money be ever granted, the people from whom it is
taken must be satisfied for the same. Unless some such step be taken, the people will not
be persuaded to stay on their plantations, being already struck with an universal panic.
The representatives for Frederick and some of the other counties on this side of the Bay
would have gladly done anything to obtain assistance and protection, but as the gentlemen whose counties are not so immediately exposed, did not so sensibly feel for the
sufferings of the poor people as they would were they less retired from danger. All propositions for an accommodation were vain and fruitless."
And on the same day he writes to Lord Baltimore :
" When the gentlemen of the Lower House came to the resolution that your Lordship
was before advised of, I was not without hopes that they would fall on some unexceptionable means to raise a small sum of money for the protection of your Lordship's tenants
who are exposed to-the encroachments and devastations of the French and the Savages,
by whom twenty-six of the distant inhabitants have already perished. However, I with
sorrow find that they will set nothing in competition with the points for which they have
been contending ; and that the lives and safeties of the people must submit to their caprice
and humour Governor Morris advises me that the Assembly of that
province have behaved and concluded their session just in the same manner; and are
determined to abide by their former resolutions, unless they be compelled to recede by
some superior authority."
| 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 | 00000494 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE ASSEMBLY REFUSES SUPPLIES. 461 I believe, too, their warmth was increased by some letters written thither some time since, intimating that if Mr. Hanbury had not prevented it, you would have got Mr. Darnal appointed to a seat in the Council. For my part I have not heard but the Papists behave themselves peaceably and as good subjects. They are, I imagine, about one-twelfth of the people; and many of them are men of pretty considerable fortunes. I conceive their numbers do not increase, though I have reason to think the greater part of the Germans which are imported profess that religion. As the Lower House first resolved that all the Penal laws mentioned in the Toleration Act are in force within this Province, though some of them have been entirely, and others in part, repealed by later acts of Parliament, I declined granting the request in the conclusion of their address, lest the courts should govern themselves in some sort by the resolve of the Lower House of Assembly, and a fiery persecution should ensue. This part of my conduct will not, I hope, be disapproved of by his Lordship or yourself; and I hope you will think that nothing has been left undone to bring the Assembly to reason and temper, though our endeavours have failed of success. "xl bill for an agent was sent to the Upper House, but immediately rejected. Governor Morris informs me that all his endeavors have proved equally unsuccessful, and that he cannot think of meeting the Assembly of that province again, unless some reformation be first made in their Constitution." On the 9th of July, the day of Braddock's defeat, Governor Sharpe writes to Charles Calvert, from Annapolis: " From our receiving no letters from the general since those dated the 22d of June, we apprehend that those Indian parties have cut off the communication between him and Fort Cumberland and taken the carriers. I am about to depart for Fredericktown (where I have given orders for all the military officers of that county to meet), to try what can be done with the militia for the defence and protection of our distant inhabitants. I propose to draft a company of 60 or 80 from the militia, by lot, and oblige them to keep ranging on the frontiers for a few months, without any pay. Provisions they must impress, and take it where it can be found; and if money be ever granted, the people from whom it is taken must be satisfied for the same. Unless some such step be taken, the people will not be persuaded to stay on their plantations, being already struck with an universal panic. The representatives for Frederick and some of the other counties on this side of the Bay would have gladly done anything to obtain assistance and protection, but as the gentlemen whose counties are not so immediately exposed, did not so sensibly feel for the sufferings of the poor people as they would were they less retired from danger. All propositions for an accommodation were vain and fruitless." And on the same day he writes to Lord Baltimore : " When the gentlemen of the Lower House came to the resolution that your Lordship was before advised of, I was not without hopes that they would fall on some unexceptionable means to raise a small sum of money for the protection of your Lordship's tenants who are exposed to-the encroachments and devastations of the French and the Savages, by whom twenty-six of the distant inhabitants have already perished. However, I with sorrow find that they will set nothing in competition with the points for which they have been contending ; and that the lives and safeties of the people must submit to their caprice and humour Governor Morris advises me that the Assembly of that province have behaved and concluded their session just in the same manner; and are determined to abide by their former resolutions, unless they be compelled to recede by some superior authority." |
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