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THE

DECLARATION OFTHE
REASONS and MOTIVES
For the PRESENT
Appearing in Arms
o F
THEIR MAJESTIES
la the PROVINCE of
MARYLAND

Licens'd, November i%tb 168?. J. F.

ALthough the Nature and State ef Affairs relating to the Go
vernment of this Province, is fd well and notorioufly known
to all Perfons any way concerned in the fame , as tb the
People and Inhabitants here, who arc more immediately In.
terefted,as might excufe any Declaration or Apology lot this
prefent inevitable Affearavce : Yet forafmuch as ( by the ?U>tsy Con-*
t/ivancest Infinuations^ Remonftrances, and Subscriptions , carried on,
fuegefted, extorted, and obtained by the- Lord Baltemore, his t>epu.
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^hich^rol»T9 ?rd ^^ here) the h^ucznd 7W,:«* unJ. r
Grievances ((,,„? S r 3U V and mort' if not all the Particulars or our
drefs We thoul, * fif? the E>c °< Ovation, ,„d the Hand of Re
to undeceive 7iWS i f°r general Satisfaction , and particular!-.-
to Pubhfl th n ' Ut mSy haVC a finifter Account ol our Trace rdsngi,
Screunto. ZW"*"'«»> of the AV<;>„ and tfM/«„ inducing us
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* rh!ri°rtdfli?Sr-RIu8h^and Title to thc Goverument, is by Virtue of
Mm l?.h" Father Gr«Xr«, from King Cburlcs the Firft, ofBlcfcd
Memory. How his prefent Lordfhip has managed the Powers and Au-
thonties given and granted in the lame, We cou!J Mourn and Lament
on.y in iilence, would our Dutv to God, our A'lcgeance to his Vice.
gerent , and the Care and Welfare of our Selves, and Pofter.rv , per
mit us. * r
In the Firft Plac^, In the faid Charter, is a Refcrvation of the Faith
and Allegeancedue rotheCrown of England ithe Province and Inhabi
tants being immediately iubje^t thereunto) but how little tint is
manifefted, is too obvious to all unbiaiied Perfons that evti ha J any th;,^
to -io here ; T;,e very name and owning of that Soveraign Power isfornt-
tinus Crime eoo Jgh to incur'the Frowns of our Superiors, and to rc.tlor
our Perlons obnoxious and fufpe&ed to be 111 Aift&ed to the Go
vernment. The 111 Ufage and Affronts to the King's Officers belonging to the
Cufloms here, were a fufficient Argument of.this ; We need but inftance
the Bufinefs of Mr. Badcock and Mr.Rousby, of whom the former was
forcibly detained by his Lord/hip, from going home to make his juft
Complaints in England, upon which he was foon taken Sick, and 'twas
more than probably conjectured that the Conceit of his Confinement
was the chief Cvjfe of his Death, which foon after happened. The other
was BarbarouQy Murthered upon the Execution of his Office , by one
that was an InJL Tapift, and our Chief Governor.
Allegeance here, by thefe Perfons under whom We Suffer, is little
taik'd of, other then what they would have done end Iworn to his Lord
fhip, the Lord Proprietary ; for it was very lately owned by the Prcfi-
dent himfelf, openly enough in the Vffer Houfe of Affembly, That Fide
lity to his Lord ib tp was Allegeance, and that the dental of the one, was
the fame thing with refufal or denial of the other. In that very 0 ab of
Fidelity that was then impofed under the Penalty and Threats of Ba-
nifhment,there is not fo much as the lead word or intimation of any Ds-
$yt Faith, or AUegeavce to be referved to Our Sovereign Lord the K4«g
ef England. How

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How the Jim Regalt is improved here, and made the Prerogative o.
his Lordfliip, is too fenfibly felt by us a.'!, in that abfo.'V.e Authority er-
ercifeJ over us, and by the greattft part of trie Inhabitants, in the sei
zure of their perfons, Forfeiture and Lofs of their Goods, Chattels, Free
holds and Inheritances.
In the next place, Churches and Chappels 'which bv the faid Charter
ftiould be Built and Confecratcd, according to :h.i Ecc'efnft.cai Laws ci^
the Kingdom of England') to our great Regret an 1 Difcouragement ct
our Religion, are erected and converted to the U;e of Tou,u Idolatry
and Suptrflittor, Jcfuits and Seminary Priefts, are the only Incumbents
(for which there is a Supply provided, by finding our pnp.fh Youth to
be Educated at St. Omers ) as alfo ihe chief Advifers and Chancellors
in Affairs of Government, and the R.cheft and moll Fertile Land let a-
p art for their Ufe and Maintenance ; while oth-r Landsthat arepioufly
intended, and given for the Maintenance of the Protectant Miniftry, be
come Efchear, and are taken as Forfeit, the Minifters thcmfclves dif-
couraged, and no care taken ior their Subiiitance.
The Power to Enact Laws, is another branch of his Lordfhip's AuthcK
rity; but how well that has been Executed and Circumftanced , is too
notorious. His prefent Lordihip upon the Dsath of his Father, in or
der thereunto, fent out Writs for Four' ,as was ever the .uluage; fer
each County to ferveas Reprefentatives ofthe People ,• but when Elect
ed, there were Two only of each Refpedlive Four, pick'd out and fum-
moncd to that Convention. Whereby many Laws were made, and the
greate ft Levy yet known, laid upon the Inhabitants.
The next SeiTion, the Houfe was filled up with the remaining Two
th.ii was left out of the former, in wh'ch there \\ ere many and t.ie belt
ofo-. Laws Enadfced, to the great Benefit and Satisfaction of the Pec-
pk . But h;s Lordfliip foon after Dhibived an j D^c'ared the beft of thofe
Laws, iuch as he thought fit, null and void by 'Tree Lima: un j notwith-
ftanding they were Allcnted to in his Lordihip's Name by the Gover
nor, in hisabfence, and hehimfelffometime Perfonally Acted and Go
verned by the fame ; fo tnat the Queftton in our Courts of Judicature, in
any point that relates to many of our Laws, is not fo much the relation it
has to the faid Laws , but whether the Laws themfelves be agreeable to
the Approbation and Pleafureof his Lordfliip ? Whereby our Liberty and
Property is become uncertain, and under the Arbitrary 'Dsfprftion of the
Judges in&CommiJpouers of our Courts of Juftice.
The faid Aflembly being fometime after DiiTolved by Tree hma.
lion, another was Elected and met , confiding onlv of Two Members
for each County, directly oppofite to an A& of Aii'emblv for Four ,
in which feveral- Laws, with his Lordfhip's Perfonal Allsnt , were En-
a&ed : Among the w bich , one for the Encouragement oj Trade, and
Erecting

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Erecting of Towns. But the Execution of ,that Act was foon after by
"1'ro. i /,../ it ion from his Lordfliip oue ot England, lulpended the laft Year,
and al! Officers Military and Civil, feverely prohibited , executing or
inflldtin^ the Penalties of the fane. Notwithstanding which fufpenfion,
L.nng in ertect a dulblution and abrogating the whole Acr , the In
come of Three Pence to the Government by the faid Act , payable
tor every Hoglhead of Tobacco Exported, is carefully Exacted and
Collected. How Fatal, and of what Terniciotts Confeqttence, that Unlimited and
Arbitrary pretended Authority rriay be to the Inhabitants, is too appa
rent, but by confidering, That by the fame Reafon, all the reft of our
Laws whereby our Liberry and Property fubfifts , are fubject to the
fame Arbitrary Difpofition, and if timely Remedy be net had, mull
Hand or fall' according to his Lordfhip's Good Will and Pleafure.
Nor is this Nullifying and Su'pendtt.g Tower the only Grievance that
doth perplex and burthen us, in relation to Laws ; but thefe Laws that
are ot a certain and unquefiioned acceptation, are executed and counte
nanced, as they are more or lefs agreeable to the good liking of our Go-
vernours in particular ; One very good Law provides, That Orphan
Children fhould be difpofed of to Perfons of the fame Religion with that
of their deceafed Parents. In dtretloppojition to which,feveral Children of
'Procefiants have beert committed to the Tutelage oiTaptffs^nd brought
un in the Romtjh Superflitiot:. We could inftancein a Young Woman,
t'rlat has been lately forced, by Order of Council , from her Husband,
committed to the Cuftody of a Tapifi and brought up in his Religion.
'Tis endlefsto enumerate the particulars of this nature, while on the
contrary, thofe Laws that enhance the Grandeur and Income of his
faid Lordfliip are feverely Impofed and Executed ,• efpccially one that
aoainlt ali Senfe, Equity, Reafon , and Law, Puniflies all Speeches, Pra
ctices, and Attempts relating to his Lordfliip and Government, that
fhall be thought Mutinous and Seditious by the Judges of the Provin.
cial Court, with either Whipping,Branding,Boreing through theTongue,
Fine, Imprifonment, Banifhment, or Death ; all, or either of the
faid Punilhments, at the Difcretion of the faid Judges ; who have given
a very recent and remarkable Proof of their Authority in each particular
Punilhment aforefaid, upon feveral of the good People of this Province,
while the reft are in the fame danger to have their Words and Actions
liable to the Conftructions and Punilhment of the faid Judges , and their
Lives and Fortunes to the Mercy of their Arbitrary Fancies, Opinions,
and Sentences.

To thefe Grievances are ad cie J,
. Exceffive Officers Fees, and that too under Execution, directly againft
the Law made and provided toredrefs the fame ,¦ wherein there is no pro
bability of a Legal Remedy (the Officers therafelves that are Parties,«nd
culpable ) being Judges.
The like Exceffive Fees impofed upon , and extorted from Ma ft ers
and Owners oi Veffefs , Trading into this Trovmce , without any Law
to Juftifiethe fame , and directly againft the plain Words of the Char
ter , that fay , there ihall be no Irapofuion or Aflefsmqnt , without the
Confentof the Freemen in the Ajfembh-' To the great Obftruttton of
Trade, and Prejudice of the Inhabitants.
The like exceffive Fees Impofed upon , and extorted from the Owners
of Veffels that are Built here , or do really belong to the Inhabitants ;
contrary to an Att of Affembly, made and provided for the fame : Where
in^ Moderate and 'Reafon able Fees are affertained , for the 'Promoting
and Encouragement of Shipping and Navigation amongft ow fe/ves.
The frequent Preffing of Men \ Horfes , Boaits ,ProviJions , and other
Neceffaries , in time of Ttace ; and often to gratifie privats Defigns ,
and Occasions, to the great Burthen and .Regret of the hhtibitants ,
contrary to Law and feveral Atts of Affembly in that Cafe made ahd pro
vided. The Seizing and Apprehending of Trot eft ants in their Houfes, with
Armed Force confuting of Tafifts., and that in time of Teace; their
hurrying them away toTrifons without Warrant orCaufe of Commit
ment , there kept and Confined with Tofijh Guards , a long time with
out TriaL >
Not only private but publick Outrages , and Mur thers committed and
done by Tapifts upon Troteftauts without any Redrefs , but rather con
nived at, aqd ToUerated hy the chief in Authority ; and indeed it were
in vain to defire or exped any help or meafures from thorn , being Ta
riffs and Guided by the Counfels and Instigations of the Jefuits , either
in thefe or any other Grievances or Oppreffion. And yet thefe are the Men
fhat are our Chief Judges , at the Common .Law, in CQanctry , Qf the
Probat of Wills , and the Affairs of Admin iftratioo, in the Upper Houfe
of Affembly, and the Chief Military Officer, and Commanders of our
Forces; being ftill the feme Individual Perfons , in all thefe particular
Qualifications and Places.
Thefe aridraady more , evcnln&nite Preffures and Calamities, we
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nave hitherto , with Patience lain under and fubmitred too ; hoping that
tne lame Hand of Providence , that hath fuftamed. us tinder them, would
»t ength in due timefeleafe us ; "and now "at length, For as much as
J baspieafed Almighty Gpd , by means of the great Prudence and Con
duct of the be ft of Princes ; Our mbft^raciou* King William ,wpta
.*- h' ck to the great Innundatron of Slavery and Popery , that had like to
^Vw whelm Their Majefties ProteftantSobjectiin all their Territories and
Y "/< '0ffJ(of which none have fuftered more, or are in greater Danger
^}a-ii Ci,ur ^'ves ) we hope and expected in our particular Stations and
V.ualihcations ; a proportionable Share of fo great a Bkifing. But to
our gr-^at Grief and Confternation,Upon the firft News of thegreat Over
ture and happy Change in England; we found' our (elves furrotmded
with Strong and Violent Endeavours from cur Gervemours here, being;
the Lord Bakemore's Deputies and jleptefenrarives ,' to defeat us ol
the fame. . , ..
We ftill find all the means ufed by thefe very Perfons and their Agents ;
Jefutts , Pnefts , and lay Taptfts, that Art or Malice can fuggeft, to
divert the Obedience and Loyalty of the Inhabitants from Their Moft Sa
cred Majefties , to that heighth of Impudence , that folemn MafTes and
Prayers are ufed (*«• we have very good Information) in their Chaff e Is and
Oratories, forthe profperous Succefsof the Tofijh Forces in Ireland,
andthe French T>eC^gns againft England, whereby they would involve
cs in the fame Crime of Duloyalty with themfelves, and render us Ob
noxious to "the InfupportabJe Difplealure of Their. Majefties.
We every where hear, not only Publick Proteftation againft Their
Majefties Right and Pofleflion of the Crown of. England ••> but their moft
liluftrious Perfons viUified and alpers'd with the worft and moft Traite:
rous Expreffionj of Obtogjiy and Detraction.
We are every day threatnedwith the Loft of our Lives, Liberties,
and Eftates , of which we have great Reafon to think our felves in Immi
nent . Danger , by the Practices and Machinations that are on foot to be
tray us , to the French ? Northern, and other Indians, of which, fome
have been dealt withal %- and others Invited to Aiiift in our Deftrudion j
well remembring the Incut -fion and Inrodeoj the (aid Northern Indians ,
iii the Year i 68 1 j who were concluded into the Heart ofthe J*rovtncje ,
by French Jefuits f and lay fore upon us, tsahile tbe Reprt feni ativestf.
the Countiy , then in the Affembfy. were feverely prefs d upon by our
Superiors , to yield them an Unlimited and Tiramcal Power in the Af-
fa irs of the Militia. As (6 great a Piece of Villany cannot be fhe Refult ,
but of the worft of Principle's ; fo we ftould with the greateft Difficulties,
believe it tobe true, if Undeniable Evidence and Grcnmftanccs did not
convince us. Together

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^Together with trie Promiiek, .we have,, with aH'due Thinking ,and
Deliberation , oonfidered the Endeavours tiidt are m&kwg jto D^funice us
among our felves,' to make ami Inflafmc Differences in ctir Neifehhcur
CoLnyof Vrrgtuia , - from wbofe Friendship, MicinUy,' .grcaf Loyalty aftd
Samenefs of Religion; we may expe*a AffiltanAe in our greateft Ne^offi-
ty. • ': ;-- ; .• :.ffio :

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We have ©onGdered, that all the other Branches of Thejr Majefties
^Dominions in this Part of the World ( as will as w: could be tnformed j,
have done their Duty in Proclaiming and Aliening their undoubted
Right in thefe , and aU other Their Mijefttet T&Wottes cmd'CcuKtnes.
But -above all , with Due and Mature Deliberation , we ^ave reflect'-
Cld upon that vift Gratitude and Duty incumbent Hkcwiijirtupon us , 7t»
cjtr Soveraign Lord and Lady^.tbe King and Queens moft Excellent
Majefties, in which , as it would not. heiafefor us; fy itvwill notfuf-
fer us to be Silent, in fo great and General zjubile, withalconfideringand
looking upon our felves , Difcharged , Ditfolved , and Free from all
manner /of Duty , Oblation-, or*Fide4itiV , *oth$ Deputies- Gover-
nours, or Chief Magmrates ncre, as fticti ; They Ijai/rtsg departed
from their ABegiance ( upon which alone our laid Duty and Fidelity
to them depends ) and by their Complices and Agents aforefaid , endea
voured the, Deftructionof cur Religion , Lives , Liberties , and Proper
ties , all which they are bound to Protect.
Thefe arethe Reafons, Motives and* Coni^leutiqns, which we da Dr-
clarehave induced tesxp'i'dle nf Ar)k& to ^^ektie^tndicate^ ai.dAffert,
the Sovereign Dominion , and Right , of King WILLIAM and
Qtteen MARY, to this Trovince: To Defend the Tret eft ant Rehgt-
<in mr«*z **, nnA tn v™*r\ft nnA shrltpr thi» Tpfatfot.int.ri frrm all man
ner of Violence, Offrejjion , and 'Deftrufficn * that is Plotted and De-
figned againft them ; which we do Solemnly Declare and Proteft , we
have no Deftgns or Intentions whatfoever.

For the more Effectuate Accomplishments of which , We will take

dered to Their Majefties : From whe^^at -mraotil ^$%*ftiftteV*awJe.
fpecialCareofthe Troteftant Religion; We may Reafonably and Com
fortably hope to be Delivered from our prefent Calamities . and for the
Future be fecured under a Jilft and Legal Adminiftration , from being c-
vermore' fubjected to the Yoke of Arbitrary Government , Tyrany and
Popery. /

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In the Conduct of this , We will take, Care , and do Promife, That
ho Perfon now in Arms with us, or that (hall come.to. Alfift us , fhall
commit any Outrage j or do any Violence to any Perfpn whatfoever, that
fhall be found Peaceable and Quiet , and not oppofe us in our faid Juft
arid necelTary Defigns : And that there fhall be Juft and due Satisfaction.
made for Provifion , and other Neceffaries had and Received from the,
Inhabitants : And the Soldiers , punctually and duely Paid ; in fuch
Ways and Methods as have been formerly accuftomed, or by Law ought
to be.
And we do Laftly, Invite and Require all manner of Perfons wha/fo-
everj Refiding or Inhabiting in this Trovince , as they tender their AU
hgiance, the Proteftant Religion; their Lives, Fortunes and Families,
to Aid and Aflift us in this our Undertaking. Given nn-der our Hands im
Mary Land , the zyth. Day of July , in tbe Firf Tear of Their Mdjeftie/
R*'&n\ Annoque Domtnt 1689.
GodSdveKing WILLI AMaml Queen MARY.

Tutlijbed ty Auibtritj.

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