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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

hostile movement against the peace and integrity of

the existing government of Great Britain, and

known as Fenians, and now confined in the jails of

that country ; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it being eminently proper that an ap-

peal should be made to the clemency and magnani-

mity of that illustrious Lady, so renowned for those

estimable qualities which as either wife, mother, or

queen has gained for her the affection and respect of

the entire civilized world, to use the prerogative of

the crown she so worthily wears, in granting a booh

to those unfortunate men which will restore them to

liberty and their families, and which will be so grat-

ifying to the vast majority of the people of Ireland

.

and to every lover of humanity wherever found;

therefore

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That our Senators and Representatives in the Con-

gress of the United States, be and they are hereby

Requested to
urge.

requested to urge upon the Government of this

country, the propriety of its directing its minister at

the court of St. James to use all proper and honora-

ble means, consistent with his position, in obtaining

from the Government of Great Britain the release of

those Irish political prisoners, now incarcerated in

the jails of that country for their alleged connection

with a conspiracy against the said government,

known as the Fenian movement.