St. Mary's beacon., 1861-07-18

plnQ bsed, With as1pie security from
1' y ~ ~ g the 27tl, Febru.ry, 1860.
the slslY of the Governor and
- G>ned1 - plarehass for the
sSsnas. foe cavalry. Of The most approved
stterns. - in their Judgment may be
nsessssry; and when 50 purchased. it was
their duty to have them deposited in
the armories Of che State; and when 70
deposited. the Adjutant General was re-
quired ''tO distribute them in accordance
With the provisions Of the one hundred
and tenth section of the sixty-thirh Arti-
Gle Of the Code of Public General Laws.
10 the several duly organized aud uniform
ed volunteer coml,snics Of the State.
Your Committee report that the Cover
nor and the Adjutaut General failed to
comply with the requirements of this act
BY not having the arms purchased by
them deposited in the srin"riss Of the
State. and by reason Of that failure. part
of the arms were lost to the State.
BY the provisions of the hundred and
tenth aud one hundred aud eleventh sec.
tons Of the sixty-third article of the
Cede, 1.-The Adjutant General (not th.
0overnor). is required to furnish the
o plain Of any uniform volunteer company
with such aru,s or scc"u,rcmcnts, for the
use Of his company, as b.. may apply for,
il the same be On hand or iu any Of the
armorics Of the State, and not appr.priiut-
ed; provided. the company numbers at
least thirty 1.-TWO meu. and is duly organ
lied and uniformed. and the captain ex-
ecutcs, to the State Of Maryland. bond.
with satisfactory security, in sucl, pcnsli-
ty - the adjutant General shall approve.
conditioned for the safe-kceping preser-
walton and return or delivery OF said
srnss or accoutrements, to one of the
armorers Of the State. within the space
of twenty days after the comp,uy. for
whose use they were furnished. shall
have been dissolved or disban.led."
When uniformed volunteer company
has been snpplied with arus aud given
bond for the same accordiug ~ law, the
Governor has no authority, by law. to in
terfcre With or take away their arms. rs
long ~ they preserve their organization.
ANY order issued by the Governor to
strip the company Of their arms. a. long as
they are legally organized company, l.
gross violation Of law. Ii they Dc not
preserve the arms aud keep them ct for
duty. their bond IL responsible. But the
Governor has no power to seize the arms
II, h"wevsr. under any circumstances. he
could be justified in seising arms. he vio-
lated the provisions of the law by order
ing the arms to be deposited at Fort Nc
Hsnry-a fors not belonging to the State
Of Maryland.
T,s dissrming. therefore. of the regu-
lar organized uniformed companies Of
Baltimore, aud the removal Of the public
arms from the arniory at Easten, aud
placing them in Fort McHenry, aud the
distribution of the public arms that we're
in.the srmory at Frederick. 70 ununiform-
ed citizens or associations of citizens BY
order Of the Governor, were all, and
each Of them. . palpablc usurp.tion Of au-
tho@ity, which ought not to be tolerated
The law has invested the Governor with
40 such power.
The forty-third section Of the sixty
third article snthorixes the Governor TO
adopt measures to collect. preserve, dis
tribute, deliver. aud re-i-liver the arms,
aceoutremcnts and smmuSition belonging
70 the State; but this section cannot be
eon6er0ed without . manifest perver.ion
of the provisions Of the militia system
into IN authority, 70 the Governor, to
|strip the osganissd aud uniformed volun-
ter companies Of the State Of their arms,
Or which they had bonded according 70
Nv The provisions Of this section were
iatended % give the Governor the power
to collect aud se-deliver or place in the
armogies the arms Ut the State, in the
lands Of disbanded Companies, whose
members 40 not amount to thirty-,wo
men ID usliform.
The GoysrDOr says. Ia his message.
that be ''issued the orders for rcclaiming
The arne referred to, because he had
bssone satisfrd that many Of them had
been carried beyond the limits VI the
6tafe of Maryland, Cor disIoy.l purposes. :"
He does not point to any source from
WsSSo YsVW CV4n Ue OUS1453cO W cot1UstDo
the charge against the disarmcd eompa-
nis@ NOR does he say from what source ho
esesined his information. whether it Was
,"frOm . reliable sonrce net aecessible to
The people" or from synonymous letters.
Your casnnittee. however. have not been
able TO discover that any Of the arms VI
TIE Seste we're 70 carried beyond the limits
ct the State.
If The Goversor il 70 be justified IN the
osslers be saya be has given. then the
right ef sar psopls y 80 well regulsssd
ni6ais. - she gruper and natural de-
Iseos Of : Tree government. sn6 the stat
l-stsF Fhws q ths State. srs .ll to give
Evsy aad = disegarded Whenever the
dsss. Yield u this matter to The Go-er-
nor, and he beeos,es = a,ilifary despos,