The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-08-24
Resolutions Adopted by the Union
State Nomina ting Convention.

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| State Nominating Convention.
Edward Hammond, Esq, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, reported the follow
ing which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, In view of the deplorable condi-
! ton OF public affairs in the State of Maryland,
it seems wise in the State Union Convention,
las a representative body, fresh from the
primary meetings Of the peop!e,) to add it's
expression of Loyalty to the ntterances of the
former State Union Convention, which assem-.
blcd in the city Of Baltimore on the ODD day
of May last.
Resolrcd, That in our Judgment the Con-
siitution of the United States and the acts of
Congress passed in accordance herewith are
now, and were from the foundation of the
National Government, intended 10 be the
supreme law of the land.
Hesotred, That secessionistn, in any form,
is in our judgment, a fatal heresy whose
establishment either by force of arms or by
pcaceahle separation of the States of the
Union, would lead to immediate caamties,
the downfall of liberty and the ruin of the
American people.
Rcsotued. That while We dsapprove of all
sectional parties and sectional issues in mat
tcis of national concern, we regard our Ma
tlo''al Constitution as possessed of ample
provision for the remedy of such evils as
have already attended or may hereafter
attend the administration of our National
Government, and we therefore deem the rebel
lion of the States now icague1 together in
armed resistance to the Government of the
United States MS thoroughly lawless, unpro.
voked and unjastitiable, and tending, if sue.
ccssful, to the subversion Of Our rights and
privileges as citizens of National Govern
ment, hich furnished us at all times all that
we could ask from or enjoy under Its benign
influences either at home or abroad.
RESOLVED, That the ma jorileS of the mem.
hers Of the Senate and House of Delegates of
Maryland misreprcsent the sentiment, prnc-
pie and determinations of the ma jorty of the
people of Maryland; that we disapprove of
! their actions so far as those actions demon
strate hostility towards the Government of the
United States: and, in view of the fact that
they were not elected to represent the wishes
and interests Of the people of Maryland so far
as their wishes and interests are involved in
the present effort Of tic Government of the
Unitad States to suppress rebellion and pro-
mote the pernanen! peace, prosperity and
perpetuity of that Government, we respect
fully suggest to them the eminent necessity
for the resignation of their offices as members
Of the General Assembly, in order that the
people of Mary land may choose, whenevcre
public exigencies require them to do so.
other representatives who will preserve their
relation to the General Government as our
fathers established it, and in order that the
people OF Maryland may be preserved from
the crime ofIebellion and the horrors of civil
war.
Resoircd, That it is the duty of the people
Of Maryland to support the Government of the
Uniled States, by all means in our power, in
every proper effort to suppress the rebellion
existing among portion Of the people of the
so-called Confederate States and to preserve
themselves from the devastation and ruin en-
gcndered by civil war. and to that end it is
the duty Of the people of Maryland to submit
checrfully to the payment of their proportion
of the public fund, well knowing, as they do.
that it is easier, cheaper and better to main
tain an established Government than it is to
submit to the plundering processes and arbi-
trary taXations which have been elsewhere
| substituted for the ordinary means Of Great.
| ing a revenue calling to mind, always. the
differences in population, capital, and sources
of wealth which preponderatc in favor of the
States still loyal to the General Government.
and remembering, also, the illustration afford
ed Ivy our present Legislature in its effort to
constitute Il Committee Of Public Safety"
with the liberal provision of two million
dollars as fund subject to its exclusive cis-
tribution, of what would lie the cost of sun
| derng our connection with Government
| which we are now, and always desire to be,
subject and loyal.
Resotred, That all Union men throughout
this State, without regard to former political
| connections, who are in favor Of the Consttu.
| ton Of the United States and the Union of ali
the States Hereunder as the grand palladium
of our rights and liberty, to whose promo.
ton and perpetuation all political questions
should be held in strict subordinaton, arc
cordially invited to cooperate with lis in onr
earnest efforts to elect the nominees of the
Convention for Governor and State Comptrol-
ler and also for the election of the Union can
didates for the House of Delegates and State
Senate, and tho other Union nominees hereaf
| ter to be selected in the counties and the city
Of Baltimore.
Resolved. That "the present deplorable
civil war which has Frustrated the indus
trial business of the county, mercantile
mechanical and manufacturing pursuits,
nearly producing bankruptcy throughout the
land, has been forced upon the country "by
the disnnionists Of the Southern States now
in revolt against the Constitutional Govern
ment, and IN arms around the capital: that
in this national emergency the Union men
of Mary land, " banishing all feeling of mere
passion or resentment, will recollect only
their duty to the whole country that this
war is not carried on by the General Govern
ment " in any spirit of oppression. nor for
any purpose of conquest, or subjugalion. nor
for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering
with the rights or establish institutions of the
States. but to defend and maintain the supre
macy of the constitution, and to preserve the
Union with the dignity, equality and rights
of the several States unimpaired and that as
soon as these objects are accomplished the
war ought to cease" Lastly,
Resolred That We know of no language
more worthy to be addressed to the people of
Maryland than the words which lately fell
from the lips of dying statesman. "Trll
them to obey the laws and support the Con-
siitulion Of the United States.
Judicial Convention.