Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-06

by Mr.. Clagett on the 2lst inst. in relation
to certain incendiaIy publications in a news
paper called the Saturday Visiter, edited by
]. f.. Snodgrass, in the city of Baltimore,
was taken up for consideration
Mr.. Stephenson moved to lay the pream-
BILE and resolutions on the table,
Determined in the negative.
The question then required upon asserting
to the preamble and resolutions.
Mr.. Bowie offered as a substitute for said
preamble and resolutions the following:
Resolved by the General Assembly of Ma
ryland. That the Attorney General of the
State of Maryland, be and he is hereby au-
thorised and requested, if in his Judgment,
]. f, Snodgrass, the editor of a newspaper
called the Saturday Evening Visiter, or 9TH
er editor of any newspaper in the State of
Maryland, or any other person had violated
any of the provisions OF the act of 1885, oh.
1926, to call the attention of the judicial tribu-
nails of the State to the subject, and to insti-
tute such proceedings as may be necessary
to bring said offenders to trial and punish
ment.
Whichswas read.
Mr.. Clagett, with the permission of the
House, accepted said substitute.
The question then REQUIRED on asserting TO
the resolution.
Mr.. Maflit called for the previous question,
which being demanded by a majority of the
members present, the previous question was
put, that is,
"Shall the main question be now putt "
and it was
Resolved in the affirmative.
The question was then put,
Will the House assent to the resolution"
m - =. ~ n ,., and tho rACn-
luton sent to the Senate"
Upon learning these facts, the editor i'm
mediately penned, and transmitted the fol-
lowing Memorial.
To tie Honorable, The General assembly Of
Maryiand.
Your memorialist, d citizen of Maryland,
has observed not without surprise, among the
officially reported proceedings of your honor
able Body, certain resolutions requesting the
Governor of this state, to order a process de-
signed to deprive the undersigned Of both his
property and liberty; as well as to strike
down, in his humble person, that "Liberty Of
speech and of the Press so wisely guaran-
teed to every citizen of Maryland, and which
it ought to be the pride of the Representa-
tives of the People to protect. Your memo
rialist thinks he fully comprehends both the
letter AMI the spirit of the law of 1888,
chapter 1876, which, it is alleged, he has vio-
lated, and he conceives that he has not viola
ted the same in the slightest r~espect--hav-
ing, indeed, no disposition to do so. This he
holds himself ready TO show by an exhibition
of the files of the Saturday Visiter' publish
ed since he has been connected herewith
He therefore respectfully asks ofyour Honor
able Body, that he may be permitted to he
present during the further consideration of the
proposition referred to, with the privilege of
being heard upon the charge SO gravely pre-
ferred. Presuming that the members ofyour
body, whom one of the resolutions referred
to, declares to be of the opinion that your mo-
morialist is guilty Of said charge, are desir-
Gus to have all the flcts before them, he is en-
outraged to make this request. If it snail on
first view appear TO be one of too unusual a
character to receive a favorable response,
your mernorialist begs your honorable Body
to consider that the step which has given rise
to such a wish on his part is of a character E.
qually extraordinary.
Hoping that you Honorable Body may ever
be guided by the highest wisdom, in all your
acts. and that all you do may tend to the
we!l-bring Of your constituents and your me-
morialist's fellow citizens, whose welfare the
undersigned is conscious of ever having in
view in his public course, he will as in duty
bound, ever pray, &c.
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