NOV. SESS.
1806.
Governor and
council to ascertain
state of record
books. |
APPENDIX——RESOLUTIONS.
No. 20.
RESOLVED, That the governor and council be and they
are hereby
authorised and requested, at any time during the recess of the
general assembly, upon the application of the said register, to ascertain
the state of such of the record books in the said office as
shall be by him pointed out as requiring to be repaired, and to direct
and cause such repairs to be made to the covers of the books,
as they may deem necessary for the better preservation of the records
therein contained. |
Address to the
president of the
U. S. |
No. 21.
RESOLVED, That the speaker of the house of delegates
and the
president of the senate be requested to transmit to the president of
the United States the following address:
It being congenial with republican principles to consider
the devotion
to public service as originating from nobler motives than
those which are excited from the expectation of pecuniary rewards;
under this impression, we think that the approbation of a
grateful people the greatest reward a nation can bestow on her deserving
executive.
The legislature of Maryland, cordially approbating your
administration,
eminently distinguished for wisdom, moderation,
firmness and equity, would not act agreeable to the will of the
people, and to their own sensations, if they were to neglect, at this
critical moment, to assure you of our unabated confidence in your
wisdom and virtue.
The policy which has characterized your administration
has
augmented the happiness and prosperity of this fortunate country,
The American character has been more eminently exalted abroad,
and the happiness of the people, the design of government, increased
and promoted at home.
In vain have the machinations of despotism been levelled
at the
principles of our government; your vigilance and wisdom have always
been directed towards the protection of those principles
which completely secure to us life, liberty and property.
When we take a retrospective view of the transatlantic
convulsions,
and at present behold all Europe ingulphed in the misery of
war and despotism, we are obliged to approve of those measures
which have averted from us those horrors and calamities. We
cordially hope the same wisdom which has guided and protected us
thus far, may be able to annihilate the demon of conspiracy, the
offspring of desperate and abandoned men, who, backed by foreign
aid, expect to benefit and aggrandize themselves from the destruction
of that constitution which has exalted us to our now elevated
station; our great confidence in your wisdom, and the wisdom of
congress, warrants our anticipations of a complete frustration of
their treasonable designs.
Wishing to live in peace and friendship with all the
world, we
sincerely hope our negotiations with foreign governments will be
honourable and amicably adjusted; if the reverse, a firm, energetic
and dignified alternative, will meet our support.
But, Sir, whilst we bear testimony of our approbation
of your
administration, permit us to solicit you again to take the helm of
our government. |
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