The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-31
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The Revolution of 1859. t
From the Bait more sun. i
Not one of the English colonies III
America has more interesting MS
tory than the colony of Maryland
Not one of them has been the subject
of more voluminous controversy, ana
vet the history of the colony OF Mary
land is. perhaps, more obscured III
Doubt and less understood III some OF
it's phases than any other. Tradition
has been accepted as history ana
mere assertions as uncontroYerted
facts.
The Hopkins University has oeeh
doing good work in clearing away the
mists of Maryland history, supple
mentinc the work Of the Maryland
Historical Society. At the instance
and bv the aid of the Historical 80
cietv the colonial records Of Maryland
have been published in series OF
volumes. and in these volumes Is con
tanned material which can be, ana
much of which has been, digested INTO
history.
The fourteenth series OF John
Hopkins University Studies in HIS
torical and Political Science mas
lately been published. 1t is by Mr.
Francis Edgar Sparks and deals with
the revolution of 1899. The leaders OF
that revolution, says Mr.. Sparks
.,bavo been abused as rOgues and law
breakers, but they are really pat
riots" From the contemporary docu-
i ments and authorities cited by Nj
t sharks, the movement was not 70
s mach protestant NOR + = VI
alItiaiist s'ifai ,iii Zig IN 4 Kf
S the French who were supporting hlm
t in ireland. 1t was also a successiui
4 effort to reform real and intoierable
t abuses in the colonial government
e The leaders of the movement ore" up
e a declaration, which they sent TO the
e KING setting forth their grievances
e against the proprietor. Among tnel
d ,rora the following: Violating th'
e frapdom of elections; prevention o
/; the sitting of elected delegates by sum
h moning only select number; lhahIiiS
d Low without consent of the Assembl.
N assuming power to assent OF uiSSen
ID whom and to what laws he pleased
n +ba+ were made in his absence IRON
S the nrovince: assuming apower TO re
peal laws by proclamation; asSuinini
a power to dispense with laws mao
+ba+ had received his own roya az
~ sent.assuming the''royal stile, dlgnlt!
~ ~ authority and prerogative;" arrest
80 nersons who were left in ignorance Q
y the charges against them; export out
" on tobacco: exaction Of illegal fee
=. erection of new and unnecessary OH
- ces with excessive emolumehts' an
IN the sale of appointments. Ihere W.
=; also a charge of the grosSest nepotlS.
81 whereby the offices were retained
~, the family of the proprietor
Mr.. Sparks contends that many
Dc these grievances really did exist al
'es that they were remedied by the su
"a cess of the revolution.
49, After William and Mary hao u
Is come King and Queen, and while u
- struggle for James was going on
o4 Ireland with the aid OF the frehc
~ the proprietary government q Ma. MAJ
# land was openly supporting the de
+ posed King. Many of the inhabitants
S of the colony became alarmed over re.
p ports of French and Indian invasion
e such as did actually take place about
= seventy years later. The proprietary
. government went down like a house
r of cards before the Association in
= arms for the defense of the Protestant
religion, and for asserting the right of
g King William and Queen Mary to the
I Province of Maryland and all the
, English dOminions." Perhaps it saved
! the colony from great danger, for, to
, have stood out in rebellion against
the English government at that time
would have been absurd.