288 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [June 22,

NEGATIVE.

Mr. Duvall—1.

So the Resolutions were adopted, and returned to the House
of Delegates.

Mr. Blackistone moved to have two thousand copies of the
Preamble and Resolutions printed, for the use of the Senate.

Mr. Duvall moved as a substitute, five hundred copies.

The question was taken on the motion to print two thousand
copies;

Which was adopted.

The following Resolutions in relation to the arrest of Ross
Winans,

WHEREAS, Ross Winans, a member of the House of Delegates
of Maryland, from the city of Baltimore, on his way to his home
from the discharge of his official duties, on the 14th of May last,
was arbitrarily and illegally arrested, on a public highway, in
the presence of the Governor of this State, by an armed force
under the orders of the Federal Government, and was forcibly
imprisoned and held in custody, thereafter, at Annapolis and Fort
McHenry, without color of lawful process or right, by the com-
mand and at the arbitrary will and pleasure of the President of
the United States; and

WHEREAS, Sundry other citizens of Maryland have been un-
lawfully dealt with, in the same despotic and oppresive manner,
by the same usurped authority, and some of them have in fact
been removed by force beyond the limits of the State of Mary-
land and the jurisdiction of her tribunals, in utter violation of
their rights as citizens, and of the rights of the State, as a mem-
ber of the Federal Union; and

WHEREAS, The unconstitutional and arbitrary proceedings of
the Federal Executive, have not been confined to the violation
of the personal rights and liberties of the citizens of Maryland,
but have been extended into every department of oppresive ille-
gality, so that the property of no man is safe, the sanctity of no
dwelling is respected, and the sacredness of private correspon-
dence no longer exists; and

WHEREAS, The Senate and House of Delegates of Maryland,
recognizing the obligation of the State, as far as in her lies, to
protect and defend her people against usurped and arbitrary
power—however difficult the fulfillment of that high obligation
may be rendered by disastrous circumstances—feel it due to her
dignity and independence, that history should not record the