History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . \i 1. affairs. One, however, was specially note-worthy, as giving to the Holy Churchher rights and liberties, meaning by this 158 DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1646 the Church of Rome, for, as Gardiner says,the title was never applied to the Church ofEngland. It was at the same time expressly-enacted that all the Christian inhabitantsshould be in the enjoyment of every rightand privilege as free as the natural-bornsubjects of England. If Roger Williamswas the first to proclaim absolute religiousliberty, Lord
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . \i 1. affairs. One, however, was specially note-worthy, as giving to the Holy Churchher rights and liberties, meaning by this 158 DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1646 the Church of Rome, for, as Gardiner says,the title was never applied to the Church ofEngland. It was at the same time expressly-enacted that all the Christian inhabitantsshould be in the enjoyment of every rightand privilege as free as the natural-bornsubjects of England. If Roger Williamswas the first to proclaim absolute religiousliberty, Lord Baltimore was hardly behindhim in putting this into practice. As hasbeen neatly said, The Ark and the Dovewere names of happy omen : the one savedfrom the general wreck the germs of politi-cal liberty, and the other bore the olive-branch of religious peace. During the civil war in England theaffairs of Maryland were in a very disturbedcondition. Clayborne, Marylands evil gen-ius, seized the opportunity to foment aninsurrection, possessed himself once moreof Kent Island, and compelled the go
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