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Resolution explaining the relations of Maryland with the Federal Government. 1861 [91] (1861.4)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0288 and id is 1 raw text is: 'RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER 4. NUMBER 4. RESOLUTION explaining the relations of Mary- Assented to land with the Federal Government. Alay 14, 1861. WIEEAS, In the judgment of the General As- •scmbly of Maryland, the war now waged by the *Government of the United Statcs upon the people -of the Confbderated States, is unconstitutional in its origin, purposes and conduct, repugnant to civiliza- tion and sound policy ; subversive of the free prin- ciples upon which the Federal Union was founded, and certain to result in the hopeless and bloody ,overthrow of our existing institutions: and. *WmEMMas, The people of Maryland, while recog. nizing the obligations of their State, as a member of the Union, to submit in good faith to the exer- cise of all the legal and constitutional powers of the General Government, and to join as one man in fighting its authorized battles, do- reverence nevertheless, the great American princil)le of self- government and sympathize deeply with their Southern brethren in their noble and manly deter- rmination to uphold and defbnd the same ; and WHEnEAs, Not merely on their own account, to turn away from their own soil the calamities of -civil war, but for the blessed sake of humanity, and to arrest the wanton shedding of fraternal blood, in a miserable contest which can bring nothing with it but sorrow, shame and desolation, the people of Maryland are enlisted with their whole hearts, upon the side of reconciliation and peace. Arow therefore, it is hereby resolved by the Gen- eral Assembly of jlaryland, That the State of Ma- ryland, owes it to her own self-respectand her respect for the Constitution, not less than to her deepest and most honorable sympathies, to register this, her sol- .emn protest, against the war which theFederal Gov- ernminent has declared upon the Confederate States of the South, and our sister and neighbor Virginia, to announce her resolute determination to have no .part or lot, directly or indirectly, in its prosecution. 1?esolvcd, That the State of Maryland, earnestly '1861,

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