90 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 23,

And the bill was read the second time.

Mr. Earle submitted the following resolutions:

JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF MARYLAND.

Resolved, That to secure the fall advantages and blessings
of the peace that has been declared, and of the restoration of
the Union, that has been officially proclaimed, it is the sense
of the General Assembly of Maryland, that the policy of the
Federal Government, in every one of its Departments, should
be of a character to allay strife, heal diasentions and remove the
embittered feelings engendered by the terrible civil war from
which we have lately emerged; that in its action it should
study to erase all unpleasant rememberances of the past, and
secure the undivided efforts of the people to build up the
places that have been made waste, to restore the country to
its former oneness and prosperity, and the administration of
its affairs to its constitutional limits.

Resolved, That this Government as received from our, fath-
ers, was one of limited and defined powers, charged to exe-
cute those that had been delegated, and to respect those that
had been reserved, and when conducted on these principles
and with reference to these landmarks, failed not eminently
to promote the wealth, prosperity and happiness of her people.

Resolved, That the Union being restored, all the States of
the Union are co-equal States under the broad aegis of the
Constitution, each entitled to ail the rights and immunities
of every other, and all having an equal right to participate
in the administration of the Government on the terms and in
the manner prescribed by its provisions.

Resolved, That in the formation of this Constitution, the
smaller States demanded, and the larger States conceded equal
representation in one branch of the Federal Legislature, and
the Convention of great men and noble patriots, who framed
it, especially provided and guaranteed that no State should
be deprived of its suffrage in the Senate without its consent:
and under no conceivable condition of things should this
pledge be unredeemed to any State in the Union.

Resolved, That the right of elective franchise rests with the
people of the States, and that they alone hare the authority
to regulate and control its exercise in their respective limits,
that any attempt on the part of Congress of the United States
to designate those to whom the right of suffrage should be
secured, would be in direct and flagrant violation of the spirit
of the Constitution and the usages under it, an encroachment
on the rights of the States, and to their great detriment, would
contribute to a consolidation of power in the hands of the
General Government,