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Assented to
Mar. 1,1867. |
First. Resolved by the General assembly of
Maryland, That the communication just received
from His Excellency, Thomas Swann, announcing
his declination of the office of United — Sena-
tor, to which he had been chosen by the present
Legislature with great unanimity, has, under the
peculiar circumstances which surround it, im-
pressed the Legislature with profound sensibility,
and that in view of the momentous interests in-
volved, and the cause of constitutional govern-
ment in all the States, we recognize in the deter-
mination of the Governor to remain firmly at his
post in the Executive Chair, at this juncture in
the affairs of the State, as an evidence of the same
devotion to its welfare which has in the past
earned for him its highest honors, and will in the
future more strongly commend him to the confi-
dence of the people.
Second. Resolved, That the General Assembly
are fully impressed with the opinion that Governor
Swann has but complied with the general wish of
the people of Maryland, in deciding to remain in
the gubernatorial office, and that he will in the
future, as in the past, discharge the duties of his
office with firmness and fidelity.
Third. Resolved, That a committee of three, two
on the part of the House of Delegates and one of
the Senate, be appointed to present to the Governor
a copy of the foregoing resolutions. |
