The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-04-06

Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset and lord high
treasurer under Elizabeth and James l., and reeeiv
| ed into the bosom of the church Anne Queen con-
sort of James He was laid to rest in the Queens
Chapel, in Somerset House, by the queens special
permission. This great connection, bound together
by the ties of blood marriage and religion, kinSmen
and eoreligonists constituted irresistible power
| in the kingdom. And when they became convinced
that the ancient institutions of liberty had been
overthrown, as they had been in France and Spain,
/ they prepared to migrate and make new homes,
transpanting the old institutions as their ances-
tors had done, from Germany and Scandinavia.
LEADER AMONG MEN.
George Calvert was leader among men, and he
! here took the lead among his kinspeople and CO.
| religionists. He secured the grant of Newfound-
| land which he named Avalon and there settled
colony presided over by three Jesuit priests But
soil and climate were harsh and in the winter Of
l62990 he sailed with his whole colony to Virginia.
Refused refuge there, he explored the upper Chesa-
peake, accompanied by Father White and the other
Jesuits They reported to the provincial in England
that the country was delightful.
! Returning to England, Calvert, Baltimore, in
connection with Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arun-
del applied for grant of land south of the James
and north of the Cape Fear. Arundel the
second title of the Dukedom of Norfolk, and while
the dukeiom was then in allegiance.
| Thomas Howard. fourth duke, had been attainted
and executed in 1872, and the dukedom was not re-
stored until I644 But Arundel represented all the
dignites and all the power of the House of Howard
and he united heartily with Baltimore in his effort
to found new England beyond the ocean, towhieh
the institutions fold England could be transPlanted
and where they could be cultivated and developed
and would flourish.
The first Lord Baltimore died before his charter
was issued and it was granted TO his son Cecilius
second Baron Of Baltimore and Avalon From this
time the records show that every step taken
under the direction Of the provincial and general Of
the Society Of Jesus. Father Henry More was then
historian and atierward became provincial Of Eng
land He was learned in the law and institutions
of England devoted to them by inheritance. for his
grandfather sir Thomas More the great chancellor
Of Henry VIII. had laid down his life sooner than
submit to The supremacy Of the King Of England
in the Church Of Christ The great controversy
with the Papacy had filed the minds Of with
a wide enthusiasm: dream Of the future OF the
human began 10 dazzle the imaginationS Of
many. Among the scholars who described the ideal
society. where every right would be secured and
every happiness enjoyed was Sir Thomas More, in
whose Utopia is a description Of soeiety organ
lied in the way he believed society ought 10 he
organized. The King made decree, 50 the history
records that 1t should be lawful for every man 70
hN0r anu follow Rnat rcilElou ne Wnltus hAu tlAt
he might do the lest he could bring others 20 his
opinion that he did 1t peaceahly. gently quietly
and soberly-without haste and contentious rehulS-
ing and inverhing against others
Vow. when we fnd these identical sentiments
repeated in the instructions t. Leonard calvert and
the frst eolouists November b L. 2, and know
that before that time the question % federation in
religion was discussed between Cecil calvert and
Father Henry Mere. and the whole question was
referre by the latter 10 the general 81 the eecrty
in Rome and when we know that ths provincial
advised that the most ihersl tolertiou should b.
exercised We have the right 10 infer and insist that
the instructions and the act concerning rligion
both enamtcd from the same head and heart ami
werc drawn by the same pen-the head. heart and
pen Of the provincial Of England
The instructions are 10 Leonard Calvert. deputy
governor. and Jerome HawIey and Thomas Cone
Valleys, Es.gs his townships commissioners fcr the
government Of the said province. They arr arsi.
his ioriship requires his said governor and com
missioner that on their voyage 10 Maryland they
b very careful to preserve unity ami peace among
all the passengers on ship5oari and ha, they suffer
no scandal nor ofiease 20 b. given IN any Of the
Protestants. whereby any JUS; complaint may here
after b. made by them in Virginia in England.
and that for that end they osrse all acts II Roman
Catholic religion "a Be done privately may D.
and that they instruct all the Roman catholics 90
Be silent upon All o.sious of discourse eonncrninE
matters Of religion AMI that he aid governor
and commissioners trraf the Proieztants with ~
rnneh milness and fvor IS jsticc " an permit ans
this ia he observed on isrsi a. well a. a.
These are the hientical views % thu Utopia and
the instructions a. ceeil Calveri are p-erscy tho
same rs the law 81 king Ciapns
tom RtLrNoEE nETANEn
Lori Baltimore intended accompanying the exp
dition hut uas detained in England by The thfost-
ening condition o. politics and the Hirigpes o. thc
Virxinisns Capt William Claiborne. SECRETARY ~
Virginia hal squaticd on Gent island. and Vas
vuc:1erors IN his opFosition g being incitafd in
lsaItim0re,s grant Two small vessels the Ark AMI
The Dove. sailed nom trayescnd England on octo.
her Is Igs with large colony of - gentlemen ansi
100 lahoring men and mechanics with their SAINT
lies The gentlemen were all Catholic. MAJORITY
a. the iaboriua wcTc IrotcStanSs
Bat the 1athalics represented many u the xrcNi
families q England and they wiehssd the power
social political and pesiniaFy -of the coiony u
was emphafieally Catholic eaizratinn. dircstcsi
By the 5esuits supported BY the church and backed
By all he inauencs % the Catholics % Kngiand
The expeiision called - the summer isies, ant
reached The grand estuary 81 the Fotouar in March.
Is5L Examining He northern shore-Faihers
White and Altbam had t.cu there with Los,i Ralti-
fnore-they Al length turned fheiF bows ncrthWard
and sailsz8 up The - Nsry's River The s. Mays
5 one % the most picturesque sBa hsaatifa sheets
of water IN the weFld some miles frrn he entrance
into the Potomac they landed ami on Lady's fay,
March - l6sg. having raadc rough cruss uut %
the trunk 81 tscc almost facsimile Of fhc rude
cross under Shirh thr ThelaH legion slept, l.no1
years before they erected she In The opeh tor
81 ca The hanks q the beautiful river. snd ceie
braied mass = a simple altar nuade q t-'ughs ~