1861.] OF THE SENATE 265

Was taken up, read the third time, and passed by yeas and
nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. Brooke, President; Lynch,

Blackistone, McKaig,

Duvall, Miles,

Dashiell, Townsend,

Franklin, Watkins,

Gardiner, Whitaker—13.
Heckart,

NEGATIVE—NONE.

Said bill was then returned to the House of Delegates.
On motion of Mr. McKaig,

The Eesolutions in regard to the relations of Maryland with
the Federal Government,

Were taken up.

The question was taken on the

FIRST RESOLUTION :

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That recogniz-
ing our relations to the Federal Government, we feel that whilst
we cannot do more, we can do no less, than enter this, our sol-
emn protest, against the said acts of the President of the United
Stales, and declare the same to be gross usurpation, unjust, op-
pressive, tyrannical, and in utter violation of common right, and
of the plain provisions of the Constitution.

Which was adopted.

The question was then taken on the

SECOND RESOLUTION:

Resolved, 2.—That the right of separation from the Federa-
Union is a right neither arising under nor prohibited by the Con-
stitution, but a sovereign right, independent of the Constitution,
to be.exercised by the several States upon their own responsi-
bility.

Which was adopted.

The question was then taken on the

THIRD RESOLUTION :

Resolved, 3.—That prudence and policy demand, that the war
now being waged shall cease; that, if persisted in, it will result