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long as the war is conducted in accordance with the principles of the
Constitution, and so long as the purpose of those in power is the main
tainance of the Union, with the rights guaranteed to the States unim-
paired.

4. Resolved, That the loyalty of the people of Maryland to the Gen-
eral Government, established by the Constitution, is untouched by any
shade of servility, and they must ever regard with extreme jealousy all

attempts, from whatever quarter, to make the present war for the restora-
tion of the Union, the means of interfering with the domestic institu-
tions of the .States; and they solemnly protest against all schemes, the

object or tendency of which is to excite insurrection among the slaves,
declaring the same illegal, and calculated, if put in practice, to produce
results too horrible to contemplate.

5. Resolved, That this Legislature is gratified to know that the true
principles on which the war should be conducted, have been expressed ia
most emphatic language by both Houses of the present Congress, in
their extra Session of July last; that they have been declared by the
President, in his latest message; and that they have been conspicuously
illustrated in the Proclamation of Major General Dix, to the people of
the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

6. Resolved, That although in the immediate presence of armies,
when war or insurrection exists, it cannot be expected that the civil
power should at all times maintain its supremacy, and there may be
cases of extreme necessity where the safety and preservation of the

Government would excuse a resort to extraordinary measures, yet the

dangers of a departure from the forms of law, which are the protection
of individual rights, should never be forgotten, and all irregular pro-
ceedings should be abandoned as soon as it is clear that the extreme
necessity which gave rise to them has passed away.

7. Resolved, That the people of Maryland do not hesitate to express
their approval of the course and policy of the President in the conduct

of the war thus far, as exemplified by his official acts, and they hereby
tender him their thanks for the earnest desire he has manifested to avert
from them the immediate horrors and calamities of civil war; assured
by his firmness and honesty in the past, they confidently expect that, in
spite of the importunities of pernicious fanatics, he will keep steadily in
view his sworn duty, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States.

8. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit copies of
the foregoing resolutions to the President of the United States, and to

our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

NUMBER 16.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That we tender the
thanks of the people of this State to all the officers of the Army and
Navy, who have remained loyal to the Government during the tempestu-
ous scenes incident to the unnatural relation of some of the Southern

States; and that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House