164 Assembly Proceedings, May 3-23, 1738.

U. H. J.
No. 33

Although to avoid as much as in us lies every thing that may have
the least Tendency to Obstruct the publick Business we send this
Message by two of our own Members as usual
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

Adjourned till three of the Clock in the afternoon

Eodem die Post Merediem
This house met again according to Adjournment

Prescnt as in the morning

The following Message is sent to the Lower house by the Clerk
of this house who after having waited some time to deliver the said
Message was told by M^r Michael Macnemara Clerk of the Lower
house that the Lower house would not receive any Message from
him until they had a suitable Answer to the Message sent this morn-
ing to the Upper house by Col^o Hooper and M^r Courts.

By the Upper house of Assembly 18^th May 1738
Gentlemen.
Our Clerk was ordered by us to desire your Sergeant to inform
M^r Speaker that he had a Message from this house to deliver to him
and these orders we are assured by our Clerk were punctually ob-
served This you are pleased to term calling your Speaker out of the
Chair and out of the house by our Clerk but whether by the Rules
of your house the Speaker is allowed to go out of the house to
receive messages from this house we shall not pretend to determine
By the message by Our Clerk we acquainted your house with the
Reasons of sending him and we now inform you that he acted, what
you seem to resent, by the Authority of this house, therefore you
cannot be surprised at our now Compliance with your Demand of
Reparation but we hope you will permit us to think it somewhat
unusual as well in Publick Bodies as Private for the Party who
Offers an Affront to demand Reparation from the Injured

p. 536

We are by that Respect and Good will which we shall always have
and shew towards the Representatives of the People, of Maryland
Greatly Byassed to believe the Truth and sincerity of their declara-
tions but you must excuse us if we flatter ourselves of being Capable
to distinguish in some degree between an Indignity and Civil treat-
ment and if any thing Could add to the Contempt you have shewed
of us it must be the doubt you entertain whether any thing has
happened which seemed to have an appearance different from decency
and Good manners towards our house and making the foundation of
our last message to be a very strong inclination in us to enter into
unecessary disputes, we cannot be so much wanting to the honour and
dignity of this house and our own particular sincere hearty Intentions