786
Preamble
Preamble.
Preamble
To refund
moneys
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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
No. 8.
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the General Assem-
bly of the State of Maryland that as the several
States, before the adoption of the Constitution of the
Ignited States, were politically equal, it was designed
and provided by the terms of that instrument that
each State should be left upon terms of perfect
equality with each and every other State; and
WHEREAS, this General Assembly is of the opinion
that when from any cause the rights of any portion
of the American people are infringed, it is the right
and duty of the Legislature of Maryland to protest
in firm and respectful terms, and by proper exer-
tions to endeavor to right the wrong and remedy the
evil complained of; and
WHEREAS, this General Assembly regards the laws
passed by Congress, levying a specific tax on raw
cotton during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-
five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen
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hundred sixty-seven, a product confined by the laws
of climate to a narrow belt in the Southern States,
and leaving all other agricultural products untaxed,
as unjust, unequal, invidious, in conflict with rules of
apportionment and uniformity intended to provide
against such legislation, and said laws of Congress
were calculated, because of their unequal operation,
to engender incurable jealousy and discontent among
the people of the States thus injured; therefore
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Maryland. That our Senators in Congress are hereby
instructed, and our Representatives requested, to.
use all proper means to induce Congress to refund
the moneys collected under the law creating a spe-
cific tax on raw cotton, during the years eighteen
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