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Sioussat's The English Statutes in Maryland, 1903
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-98,. The English Statutes in Maryland. [562
their Country, and make them perpetual Slaves; and that they never
made War upon any other Account " If you are ignorant (says he) :
of their Transactions in remoter Countries, cast your Eyes upon the"
Neighbouring Gaul, which is reduced to. a Province, deprived. of
its Laws and Customs; and labours tinder an Eternal Yoke of Arbi-
trary Power.
I have heard it asserted, that Maryland is a Conquered Country;
which, by the By, is false; and that the Conquered, must submit, to
whatever Terms, the Victor thinks fit to impose on him: Were the
Case really so. The Indians, must be the Vanquish'd, and .the Eng-
lish the Victors; and consequently, the Indians, would be liable to
the Miseries, in which a Conquered People are involved: Other-
wise, the Conquerors themselves, must be Loosers by their Cour-
age, and Success; which would be but a poor Reward of their
Valour; However gross, 'and absurd, these Notions appear to be,
"at the very first View, to' every Man of Common Sense; yet, have
they been insisted on, with great Confidence, by Men, that have had
more Knowledge than Honesty. But suppose even this, to be the
Case, that the English, by being brave and successful, had forfeited
their Native Rights, and become Slaves by their Acquisition: Yet,
even that, as the Case stands, would not reduce them to the Condi-
tion, wherein some kind People wish to see them; viz. Being ex-
cluded from any Right to, or Benefit from the English, Laws. For
the Charter
p. 24 of Maryland, does not only contain a Grant of the Country,-with
several Prerogatives to the Lord Proprietary: But also contains a.,
Grant, to the People, of all the Rights, Privileges, Immunities, Lib-
erties, and Franchises, of English Subjects: Which brings me to
the second Thing I proposed: viz. The Right which the People of.
Maryland, have to the Benefit of the English Laws, by the Charter
of the Province, to the Lord Proprietary: The Words whereof, per-
tinent to the present Purpose, are:—" And We also of our mere
"special Grace, injoyn, and constitute, ordain, and command, that
"the said Province shall be of our Allegiance; and that all, and,
"singular, the Subjects, and liege People, of Us, our Heirs, and
."Successors, transported, or to be transported, into the said Prov- .
"ince; and that the Children of them and such as shall descend
"from them, there, already born, and hereafter to be born; shall be
:" Denizens of Us, our Heirs, and Successors, of our Kingdoms of
"England, and Ireland; and be, in All things, Held, Treated and
" Esteemed, as the Liege, Faithful People, of Us, our Heirs, and

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