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No. 2.
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To the Senate and House of Delegates :
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The Joint Committee appointed by your Honor-
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able Bodies to draft resolutions expressive of the
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abhorrence of this General Assembly of the mur-
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What expres-
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derous act of the assassin Guiteau in the killing
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sive of.
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of the President of these United States, and also
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expressive of the sympathy of the people of this
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State for the bereaved family in their great afflic-
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tion, beg leave to report the following:
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Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That in the death of our honored President, the
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late James A. Garfield, the nation has lost one of
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her wisest and bravest sons, whose indomitable
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genius, stimulated by a laudable ambition and the
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patriotic enthusiasm of an American citizen, se-
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cured his elevation from the humble walks of
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common life by steady promotion until he attained
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Loss to nation.
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the full enjoyment of the highest honors in the
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gift of his countrymen. Known and cheerfully
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recognized as a scholar of eminent distinction by
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men of learning, admired as a fearless and brave
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soldier, and widely esteemed as a pure and wise
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statesman, he challenged the enthusiastic admira-
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tion of his fellow countrymen, who had with
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lively interest watched his firm, steady and on-
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ward march to imperishable renown.
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Resolved, That the assassination of the late
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President was the act of a wretch whose previous
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lawless life had made him fit for such, a deed of
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Suffer penalty
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horror, and who, having been granted an impar-
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tial trial, resulting in his conviction by a jury of
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his countrymen, should at the time fixed by the
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law justly suffer its extreme penalty.
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