128 RESOLUTIONS,

tween its own people and the occupation of its territory by contending:
armies, and the consequent destruction of its towns and country homes,
as well as the annihilation, within its limits, of that species of property,
whose safety was the ostensible object of this rebellion.

Resolved, That of all the States of the Union, in which the rebellious
spirit obtained considerable hold, Maryland is the only one whose Gov-
ernor has elevated himself to the lofty standard of patriotism required
by the exigencies of the country : and that this course has proved not
more honorable to himself than beneficial to the people over whom he
was called to preside, the deplorable condition of our sister States, of
Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, makes mournfully manifest.

Resolved, That had the Governor followed the examples by which
be was surrounded, Maryland would have had affixed to her name the
burning shame of having repudiated, without cause, that great constitu-
tional compact to which she was bound by the most solemn pledges of
our ancestors.

Resolved, Therefore, that the thanks of the people of Maryland, and
of this Legislature, are due and are hereby cordially tendered by the
representatives of the State, in General Assembly convened, to Gov-
ernor Thomas H. Hicks, for the manner in which he has met this solemn
crisis in our national history.

Resolved, That the two Houses of the General Assembly congratu-
late Governor Hicks that his term of office closes so honorably to him-
self and with so elevated an example to his successors.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, be by them
presented to Governor Hicks.

NUMBER 20.

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Comp-
troller be and he is hereby required and directed, thirty days after the
passage of this resolution, to cause suits to be instituted against all
clerks, registers, notaries public, auctioneers, foreign insurance agents,
collectors of tax, sheriifs, and all persons on any account whatsoever in-
debted to the State, for such sums as are now due to the State from the
said parties respectively, and which shall remain unpaid at the end of
said thirty days, and that the said Comptroller at the same time cause
to be instituted suits for all penalties that have been incurred by the
the non-compliance, on the part of any persons whatsoever, with any of
revenue laws of this State ; and where bonds have been given by any of
said persons hereby directed to be sued, the said Comptroller is hereby
directed to cause suit to be brought on said bonds at the expiration of
said thirty days; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prevent the said Comptroller from bringing any suit before the expira-
tion of said thirty days, if in his judgment the interest of the State should'
so require.