382 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [June 22,

WHEREAS, Standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and
ought not to be raised or kept up without the consent of the
Legislature; and,

WHEREAS, In all cases and at al) times the military ought to
be under strict subordination to, and control of, the civil power,
and that the people of this State ought to have the sole and exclu-
sive right of regulating the internal government and police
thereof; and that in all criminal prosecutions, every roan hath a
right to be informed of the accusation against him, to have a copy
of the indictment or charge in due time (if required) to prepare
lor his defense, to be allowed counsel, to be confronted with the
witnesses against him, to have process for his witnesses, to ex-
amine the witnesses for and against him on oath, and to a speedy
trial by an impartial jury, without whose unanimous consent he
ought not to be found guilty; and,

WHEREAS, The Constitution of the Uuited States declares
that Congress shall have power to declare war, to raise and sup-
port armies; that "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion,
the public safety may require it," nor then unless by Congress.
"That a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of
a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed;" that "the right of the people to be secure in their
houses, persons, papers and effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue but
upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and par-
ticularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized;" and,

WHEREAS, Maryland is yet a State in the Union, submitting
peaceably to the Federal Government, yet, nevertheless, the Pres-
ident has raised and quartered large standing armies upon her
territory, has occupied the houses of her citizens without their
consent, has made the military superior to and above the civil
power, has assumed to regulate the internal police and govern-
ment of the State, has seized upon and appropriated our railroads
and telegraphs, has seized and searched our vessels, has forcibly
opened our houses, has deprived our people of their arms, has
seized and transported our citizens to other States for trial upon
charges or pretended charges, has taken the private property of
our citizens, has caused peaceable travellers to be stopped and
their persons, trunks and papers to be searched, has arrested and
caused to be imprisoned, without any civil process whatever, the
persons of our citizens, and by the military power kept and still
keeps them in confinement against and in contempt of all civil
process. Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That recogniz-
ing our relations to the Federal Government, we feel tbat whilst