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so arrange circumstances that they would lead to such blood-
shed as had on several occasions occurred during the latter
part of the previous Century ’). The same questions precisely
occur in both Avalon and Maryland, as regards toleration with,
perhaps, the exception of the influence of surrounding colonies.
We will then leave Avalon, since the same principle lies at the
bottom of both, and refer our reader to the chapter on Reli-
gious Toleration in Maryland (See Chapt. XIII).
The first Lord Baltimore is certainly entitled to the respect
of the entire world. “He deserves’’ says Bancroft1 2) “to be
ranked among the most wise and benevolent law-givers of all
ages. He was the first in the history of the Christian world to
seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice,
and not by the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of
populär institutions with the enjoyment of liberty of conscience;
to advance the career of civilization, by recognizing the right-
ful equality of all Christian sects. The asylum of Papists was
the spot where, in a remote corner of the world, on the banks
of rivers, which as yet had hardly been explored, the mild for-
bearance of a proprietary adopted religious freedom as the
basis of the state.”
All historians and writers are willing to do full credit to
the character of Baltimore. Dying, he left “a name against
which the breath of calumny has hardly whispered a reproach.”3)
1) The one of greatest note is that of Spain V.-S. France, and France’s
vengence.visa versa Spain: While the Reformation was agitating France, Coligny
in 1562 sent out an expedition under John Ribaut to found in Florida a colony
especially for the reformed faith. The colony succeeded, and prospered in every
way. But in 1565 Philip II. of Spain who claimed a Catholic jurisdiction over
the whole of America sent out Pedro Menendez to exterminate it. He feil upon
the unsuspecting Frenchmen suddenly and massacred nearly the entire garrison.
All the prisoners were hanged, and their corpses piled up in a heap on the
ground. This inscription was placed above them. “Not as Frenchmen, but as
heretics”. France however was avenged. Three years later a private expedition
fitted out at the expense of one man, feil suddenly upon the Spanish colony and
completely destroyed it. They placed over the dead this inscription. “This we
do not to Spaniards, but as to traitors, tbieves, and murderers.” For splendid
account see Guizot’s History of France. Vol. 5. chapt. LIII. p. 157, 158.
2) History of the United States vol. I. chapt. VII. p. 185.
3) See Bancroft’s History of the United Staates p. 185. vol. I chapt. VII.
so arrange circumstances that they would lead to such blood-
shed as had on several occasions occurred during the latter
part of the previous Century ’). The same questions precisely
occur in both Avalon and Maryland, as regards toleration with,
perhaps, the exception of the influence of surrounding colonies.
We will then leave Avalon, since the same principle lies at the
bottom of both, and refer our reader to the chapter on Reli-
gious Toleration in Maryland (See Chapt. XIII).
The first Lord Baltimore is certainly entitled to the respect
of the entire world. “He deserves’’ says Bancroft1 2) “to be
ranked among the most wise and benevolent law-givers of all
ages. He was the first in the history of the Christian world to
seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice,
and not by the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of
populär institutions with the enjoyment of liberty of conscience;
to advance the career of civilization, by recognizing the right-
ful equality of all Christian sects. The asylum of Papists was
the spot where, in a remote corner of the world, on the banks
of rivers, which as yet had hardly been explored, the mild for-
bearance of a proprietary adopted religious freedom as the
basis of the state.”
All historians and writers are willing to do full credit to
the character of Baltimore. Dying, he left “a name against
which the breath of calumny has hardly whispered a reproach.”3)
1) The one of greatest note is that of Spain V.-S. France, and France’s
vengence.visa versa Spain: While the Reformation was agitating France, Coligny
in 1562 sent out an expedition under John Ribaut to found in Florida a colony
especially for the reformed faith. The colony succeeded, and prospered in every
way. But in 1565 Philip II. of Spain who claimed a Catholic jurisdiction over
the whole of America sent out Pedro Menendez to exterminate it. He feil upon
the unsuspecting Frenchmen suddenly and massacred nearly the entire garrison.
All the prisoners were hanged, and their corpses piled up in a heap on the
ground. This inscription was placed above them. “Not as Frenchmen, but as
heretics”. France however was avenged. Three years later a private expedition
fitted out at the expense of one man, feil suddenly upon the Spanish colony and
completely destroyed it. They placed over the dead this inscription. “This we
do not to Spaniards, but as to traitors, tbieves, and murderers.” For splendid
account see Guizot’s History of France. Vol. 5. chapt. LIII. p. 157, 158.
2) History of the United States vol. I. chapt. VII. p. 185.
3) See Bancroft’s History of the United Staates p. 185. vol. I chapt. VII.