The Lower House. 233

I did not determine to issue my Proclamation, till after the most
mature Consideration, it appeared to me to be a Measure, not only
lawful, but necessary; not only what I might, but what I ought to
pursue; the Framers of your Resolves have, indeed, censured it, in
outrageous Terms of Resentment, and I am not without Suspicion,
the great Benefits of an Inspection Law have been given up, that
Clamour and Dissention might succeed; but I have Reason to believe,
most thinking and dispassionate Men approve of an Interposition
calculated to promote the Peace and Tranquility, and consequently
the Happiness of the People. Whom I am to consult, and whom ex-
clude from my Confidence, I must not suffer you to direct, however
ardently some of you may wish it; nor shall any Man have the least
Pretence to reproach me with the Dishonour of having betrayed,
with the smallest Appearance, his Confidence. So clear is my Con-
viction of the Propriety and Utility of a Regulation to prevent
Extortion and infinite Litigation, that, instead of recalling, if it was
necessary to enforce it, I should remove my Proclamation, and, in
stronger Terms, threaten all Officers with my Displeasure, who shall
presume to ask or receive of the People, any ffee beyond my

Restrictions
Rob.^t Eden

Annapolis 29.^th Nov.^r 1771.
Which was read.
Daniel of Saint Thomas Jenifer Esq.^r from the Upper House,
delivers to M.^r Speaker, the Paper Bill N.° 39 thus indorsed: By the
Upper House of Assembly, Nov.^r 29.^th 1771: The ingrossed Bill
whereof this is the Original read and assented to
Signed by Order U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Nov. 30

Ordered, That the Proceedings upon the Conference, the Address
to the Governor upon the Subject of his Proclamation, the Resolves
therewith sent, and the Governor's Answer thereto, be immediately
printed separate from the Journal, and four distinct Copies sent,
in the same Manner as publick Letters are sent, to each Person who
is entitled to receive the Votes and Proceedings of this House.
Ordered, That M.^r Grahame and M.^r Mackall do acquaint his
Excellency that no publick Business lies before this House
Benedict Calvert and Daniel Dulany, Esquires, from the Upper
House, acquaint M.^r Speaker that the Governor requires the imme-
diate Attendance of the Lower House in the Upper House.
M.^r Speaker left the Chair, and, attended by the Members of the
Lower House, went to the Upper House, and there presented to his
Excellency the following engrossed Bills Viz.^t
N.° 1. An Act for vesting in such foreign Protestants as are now
naturalized, or shall be hereafter naturalized in this Province, all the
Rights and Privileges of natural born Subjects.

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