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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1757-1758
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512 Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 28-May 13, 1758.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
May 4

You have been pleased to propose the Oaths of W & M which you
apprehend to be such a Test as can't be thought unreasonable, and a
Refusal to take them would be in your Opinion a glaring Proof of
Disaffection, if your Intention is to oblige the Roman Catholics and
others to give a reasonable Assurance of their Loyalty we flatter our-
selves an Agreement between us upon this Head may be easily
effected; we shall therefore take the Freedom to propose such an
Oath as no religious Consideration will hinder quiet and peaceable

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Subjects from taking and which will give as ample an Assurance of
their Fidelity as can be reasonably desired the Oath we propose is this.
" I, A : B : do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful
and bear true Allegiance to his Majesty King George the second,
and I do swear that I will to the utmost of my Power support, main-
tain, and defend his Majesty King George the second, and I do
swear that I will to the utmost of my Power support maintain and
defend his Majesty King Geo : the second & I do swear that I will
to the utmost of my Power support, maintain, and defend his Majesty
King George the second's Dominion in and over the Province of
Maryland against all Persons whatsoever, and that I will disclose
and make known to the Governor or Commander in Chief in and
over the said Province whilst I shall be Resident therein all Treasons,
and traiterous Conspiracies and Attempts whatsoever which I shall
know to be against his Majesty King George the second. So help
me God. What is done in England may be and indeed is in many
Instances very unsuitable to the Circumstances of a young Country
and there can be no Necessity of proving that an Indulgence, and
Toleration of all Christians here not allowed in the Mother Country
may be for our Interest and that of the Mother Country — If the
Example of the Mother Country in the Article of Religion were to be
imitated in the British Colonies, in North America what infinite
Confusion would there be !

We have not objected to the Tax upon Debts due to Persons Resi-
dent in this Province or the Liberty given to Debtors to retain, our
Objection to the Clause relating to Debtors and Tenants was, and
still is, that no Breach of any Covenant or Agreement fairly made,
ought to have the Sanction of a Law.

As it seems you look into the Land Tax Acts, it is a little extraor-
dinary you did not observe that wherever a Power to retain is given
by them there is an express Saving of Covenants and Agreements
to the Contrary
There have been many different Modes of raising Money in Eng-
land as they have been thought suitable to the Exigency of Affairs,
and the Circumstances of the People, and if the Citation of an Act
of Parliament would be a sufficient Reason for imposing a particular
Tax it might be contended that all Esquires and reputed Esquires, all



 
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