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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
ch was rapidly wearing away. Immediately on the death of the first feudal sovereign of Maryland, the powerful influence of 1676. the archbishop of Canterbury had been solicited to secure an establishment of the Anglican church, which clamored for favor in the province where it enjoyed equality. Misrepresentations were not spared. Maryland, said a clergyman of the church, is a pest-house of iniquity. The cure for all evil was to be an established support of a Protestant ministry. Rev. J. Yeo, in Chalmers, 373. The prelates demanded, not freedom, but privilege; an establishment to be maintained at the common expense of the province. Lord Baltimore resisted; the Roman Catholic was inflexible in his regard for freedom of worship. The opposition to Lord Baltimore as a feudal sovereign easily united with Protestant bigotry; and when the insurrection was suppressed by methods 1681. of clemency and forbearance, the government was vehemently accused of favor towards Papists. T