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of governor Eden from this province could have any evil tenden-
cy to the common cause, or to Virginia in particular.

That as the convention of Virginia hath by their said resolution
appealed to the good people of this province against their conven-
tion, and by their publication of the said resolve hath endeavoured
to injure this convention in the good opinion of the united colo-
nies at large, it became the indispensable duty of this, though they
are anxiously desirous to cultivate union and harmony with their
sister colonies, thus to vindicate their proceedings, and those of the
council of safety, which this convention did approve of, against the
groundless and unjust imputations contained in the said resolution
of the convention of Virginia, and conscious of the uprightness of
their own intentions, and the rectitude of the measures they
adopted, do wholly deny, and can cheerfully join in the appeal to their
constituents, and to all men acquainted with the affairs of Mary-
land, against the charge of proprietary influence.

On reading the resolutions relative to the resolve of the conven-
tion of Virginia, the question was put, That the words, and do, in
the last resolve, between the word did and the word approve, be
struck out of the said resolve? Resolved in the affirmative.

FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE.

Mr. Jordan, Mr. Sim, Mr. Moale,

Barnes, Beall, Tolley,

Hawkins, Contee, Hall,

Hooe, S. Chase, Dallam,

Harrison, Carroll of Carr. Gilpin,

Mackall, Griffith, Ewing,

Smith, Beatty, Letherbury,

Allein, B. Johnson, Done.

FOR THE NEGATIVE.

Mr. Somerville, Mr. Ringgold, Mr. Richardson,
T. Johnson, Hollyday, Mason,
Love, Tho. Wright, Bishop,
Veazey, Earle, J. Dashiell,
Thompson, Murray,

Resolved, That the following declaration be entered on the jour-
nal of this convention.

A DECLARATION OF THE DELEGATES OF MARYLAND.

To be exempted from the parliamentary taxation, and to regu-
late their internal government and polity, the people of this colo-
ny have ever considered as their inherent and unalienable right,
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