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Acknowledging our Just sence of His Lordships good Intentions
towards the People of this Province in haveing Directed that Pre-
rogative and Priviledge within their Just Limits should be made
the Rule of your Excellencys administration; A Rule indeed which
of all others is the best suited to an English Constitution and now
made so much the Dearer to us by your Excellencys firm Resolucon
(declared in your speech) to pay a strict Obedience to those Equal
Commands which we hope will be sufficient to Convince the good
People of this Province that His Lordship has no intention to do
any thing in Prejudice of their Liberties and Priviledges.
For as His Lordships Interests are Inseperably interwoven with
the best and most advanced State of Prosperity in this his Province
of Maryland, and as Affluence and great Increase of Riches therein
is the sure means of adding to the Honour and Magnificency of his
most Illustrious family, it looks like a kind of Infatuation in some
People to suspect him Capable of such Ungenerous Views as would
prove either inconsistent with or Destructive of the Rights privi-
ledges or Propertys of the good people thereof.
Wherefore we do not in the least doubt the Lord Proprietarys
kind intentions to Grant whatever is fitting for us to Desire of him,
and we take leave to Assure your Excellency that we have not any
reason to Question His Lordships Sincere Endeavours to make us
Easy and happy in our Circumstances, of which we have allready
had so many repeated Instances that nothing but an Insuperable
diffidence can resist so Evident a truth; a fresh Instance whereof
we have lately received in his sending your Excellency his so near
Relation to Govern us, of whose Goodness and prudence we have so
Promising a Prospect that we are induced to believe your Adminis-
tration will highly Conduce to the Prosperity of this Province soe
happily settled and Improved by the Incouragement of His Lord-
ships Noble Ancestors.
Subscribed by all the members Present
To which his Excellency made the following Reply
Gentlemen
I Return you my sincerest thanks for your obligeing Address and
as my principall View is the Welfare of this Province I shall always
desire your Advice and Assistance towards fixing its Prosperity on
the surest foundations
Benedict Leonard Calvert
Ordered that the said Address with his Excellency's reply be
forthwith Printed.
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning nine of the Clock.
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