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Sioussat's The English Statutes in Maryland, 1903
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527] The English Statutes in Maryland. 63
hardly suppose that either Dulany or his supporters really
wished in any way to increase the authority of Parliament.
What they did want was this: to have the statutes of Eng-
land, especially those of a beneficial or remedial nature, as a
sort of reservoir, from which they could draw easily and
quickly, without the possibility of prevention on the part of
the proprietary.
Recognizing, then, that the direct object which Dulany
aimed at proved a failure, one naturally queries if this was all.
Had the controversy no further result than to give Dulany a
place in the official system of the colony ? or did it exert any
influence on later years?
In answer, let us consider first a purely formal survival, in
the case of the very first manifesto of the country party. Part
of the Resolutions of 1722,' with which Dulany had opened
fire, denied with rather skillful rhetoric the applicability to
Maryland of the conquered province theory. Moreover, they
contained in themselves a provision for their perpetuation.
Now, to every historical investigator there is an obvious
difference between a requirement that the reading of certain
resolutions shall be a standing part of the legislative, proced-
ure, and the actual fulfilment of that requirement; and proof
will be demanded that the use of these resolutions was con-
tinued. In this case, the proof is forthcoming.
A perusal of the manuscript journals of the Lower House
shows that these resolutions are very often, though not always.
included. The transcription upon the records might have
been, however, a very formal matter; it is much more inter-
esting to feel that they appear from time to time in the
printed votes and proceedings-of various sessions, for in this
form they had a far wider circulation among the people, or. at
least, among the politicians.4 We may go farther, however,
and connect them directly with the revolutionary times, for
one of these printed " Votes,'' of the year 1745. in which
3 See Appendix, where the Resolutions are given in full.
4 Several of these are in the possession of the Maryland Historical
Society. Among them is that for 1743, referred to in the text.

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