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Resolutions Relating to Slavery in the District of Columbia.
Whereas, in the acts of cession of States of Maryland and Virginia, ceding
to the Congress and Government of the United States that portion of Terriory now
called the District of Columbia, it is expressly provided, that nothing therein contained
shall be constructed to vest in the United States any right of property in the soil, or to
effect the rights of individuals therein, otherwise than the same shall or may be trans-
ferred by such individuals to the United States. AND WHEREAS m the inhabitants of
said District have no where transferred to the United States any right of dispossession
of property in their slaves, or any control over the same-
Be it therefore resolved unabimously by the General Assembly Maryland, That
the Congress of the United States does not possess the power to abolis slavery in the
District of Columbia, and that any such assumption of power would be contrary to
the provisions of the Federal Constitution, and in direct violation of the terms and con-
ditions upon which the cession of the District of Columbia was made to Congress
and Government of the United States.
Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to our Representatives and Senators in Congress, and to the Governors of the several States of thos Union.

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