RESOLUTIONS. 123

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That we ap-
peal with united voice to our brethren of the Northern States to discon-
tinue, by every means in their power, all attempts to revive the agita-
tion of this subject, not only productive of no good, but, as the history

of the .present shows, fraught with danger and untold evils; that the
loyal State of Maryland has a right to insist that her voice be heard on
this subject, in which she has so great an interest at stake ; that the dis-
solution of this Union, however much to be deprecated by other States,
would fall with ten-fold weight upon her, and that, in a spirit of concili-
ation, she calls upon her sisters of the North to frown down every
attempt to revive a subject which has, in the hands of wicked and ambi-
tious men, contributed so largely to produce the calamities that have
befallen the nation; that she calls upon them as co-inheritors of the
great patrimony bequeathed to us by our fathers, to remove from their
statute books every enactment calculated to disturb the friendly feeling
that should subsist between the people of both sections of our country ;
and to rebuke, in an unmistakeable manner, those of their Representa-
tives in Congress who are wasting their time in devising schemes for the
abolition of Slavery in the rebellious States.

Resolved, That we believe the great body of the people in the free

States have no disposition to interfere with the rights of the Slave

States, and that they are willing to permit those who are alone respon-
sible for, and have an interest in the institution of Slavery, to manage it
as they in their wisdom, shall think best for their own welfare, and that
of their posterity; that if they will hearken to the voice .of Maryland,
and with a magnanimity becoming the American character, insist that
their own conservative sense of justice be heard and acted upon in the

councils of the nation, now that their section has entire control of the

Government, they will not only strengthen the hands of the Government
an its efforts to crush the rebellion, but will prepare the way for a speedy
return to the protection of the Government of those who have been led
astray by their traitorous leaders.

Resolved, That while our Government is now preparing to strike
down, with irresistible force, parricidal hands which have been raised
for its destruction, it is meet and right that we should welcome back
with warm hearts and open arms, those who have been seduced from
their allegiance by designing men.

Resolved, That the Governor of this State be requested to send a
copy of these resolutions to the Executive of each loyal State, and re-
quest them to lay the same before their respective Legislatures.

NUMBER 10.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That we feel it to
be not more an act of duty than of profound satisfaction, to express for
ourselves, and in behalf of the people whose Representatives we are,
our heartfelt thanks to each and all of those gallant defenders of the
Constitution and Laws of the United States, by land and sea, who have
recently, by their unsurpassed heroism, augmented the glory of Ameri-