Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
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A small Dire blazsd on the hearth
of she study and mingled "a light
With that 81 D SILVER cressel. which
hung from the ceiling above table
furnished With wFiilng materials
and strewed over With papers.
Here tho PropFIasAry sat lulentupon
tho pernsal 81 ihe packet, Itx ron.
senss dIsqpletod him. aud 18th III
ereaslpg solicispda Be again ard
again read over tbe letters.
Al length The secretary was sum.
monsd intohI presence. Albert.
he said. "ihe council must b6 called
together tomorrow IL noon The
messengers should be- despatched
tonight; they haVe dark road and
Car % ride. ri aeln beresdy with
She least delay
The secretary bowed. and went
forth 70 execute biz order.
The Iellsrs broughttoshe Proprie.
ssry = fresh importation d troubles.
That which most disturbed him vas
from the Board Of Trade aud Planta-
lions. aud spoke authoritatlvesy of
The growing dispIeasure of sha min-
lssry a lhe exc1usIveness. a. Ii vas
termed, o. ihe ProprIeiary's layers.
10 she administration Of bis govern
ment, 70 the Catholic inhabitants oE
the province; IL hinted A. the p0pu.
lar and probably well-founded dis.
content 10 use rs owns phrase 81
bis Maiesty's Pfosestant subjects
against the too liberal indulgence
shown 70 the PApisss. repeated stale
charges and exploded calumnies
sgaInat The Proprietary. With az
earnestness this showed bow gedu.
lous his enemies had taken adyau.
tage Of thc disiavor into viii ch the
Church Of Rome and It's advocates
had fallen since The Restoration aud
concluded with . perempiory lntima-
ton Of tie royal pleasure that all the
Offices 81 tho provinces should be i'm.
msdiatelY transferred into the hands
Of The Chueh Of England party.
This was 3 blow At Lord BaIti-
more which scarcely took him by
surprise. His late visit England
bad convinced him that MOI ali tho
personal paFtIallty 81 the monarch
for his family this was render
cd conspicuous 10 mora than one aut
Of favor At a time when the Catholic
lords we're brought under tho ban If
popular odlum would ba able linal.
" 10 shelter she province from that
religion sproscs.ysion which already
was rife In the mother land. He
was not. therefore. altogether M
prepared 10 expect this assault.
The mandate was especially harsh
In reference 10 the proprletarg. Hrgt
because u was untrue that be- hsd
ever recognized the difference Of
religious opinion 10 bis npDoins-
ments. but on the contrary had con
ierred Office ndiserimIuately FL
strict and faithful accordanos Nth.
she fundamental princlpleoF tolera-
tion upon which bis government was
founded; and. secondly. because Il
would bear with pointed injustice
upon some Of his nearest and most
devotedfriends hlsnnoIe. ire enan-
cellor. che whole of his council, and,
above all others Ii whose. welfare be
took an interest, upon the collector
Of the pors ii ST. Mary !. Anthony
Warden. an old inhabitant OF the
province. endoaped to the Proprietary
land indeed 20 all bis fellow bur.
CESS Nv long friendship and tried
fidelity What rend0red ii more
| grating 10 the fHeIinQs or the pro.