The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-27

RPTO THE PUBLIC.-The undersigned
" Members of the First Branch City Council, having
left that body last evening without quorum deem
prejudice proposes the pRbe mnd-to vindcae their
conduct in the Judgment Of just and discriminating
The public familiar with the scenes enacted in that
presentation Of the Report Of The Joint Special Con@ttee on
the City Passenger Rawaywe need not, therefore, re-
voted for the aSeF grant to suppress e the 1af iu
public interested in the mystery which o9erhang that
transaction and which continue to envelop it, unless
they are brought to knowledge of what transped in the
Com ittee Room Sustain the which our sense
OF duty to the whole public has induced take in beha
OF the people Let us briefly state the causes prompting
The First Branch Immediately after the reading of the re-
p0i on Of G eysing passed to print 500
commit al these papers into hands Of the Public Fnter
print explained featio to have been only to PRINT
the Report the Ordinance and so MUCH of the Committees
Journal as had reference to the written opinions The Coun
sci consulted and the between the Commit
Of the vote he n the nae to aqS n
no reason to suspect suppression any part order
dropped, and had other thought than that the Ce
mao glyen TO aH the papers in the case the direction
they knOwledge, until after the adjournment
in R s y iee Sase
to BE S 6e of h Snds a
sre SSg PdPe early the next morning this he re
lAursdayl evening, it TRANSFERRED that he SIN retained
then in defiance Of the ORDER imperative him. 1t thus
had always discharged his dutieStha own voltion
he had not been guilty ofso gross and will say nexcus
able breach OF propriety and official contumacy
ener 6een induced by persuasion threats in the
guilty On Thursday evening the discussion which
purpose TO suppress gave rise developed morcosey than
ever the Importance of this publication No had
on the motion to reconsider evening because the alb
OF the undersigned and the consequent want
rumthough let absence about by any
concert between usbut last evening seeing the persistent
purpose OF ue majority to put into execution their agreed
and resoue intention to prevent the publication of the
tmony on which the Report based and proper
Outstanding of which Report it essential that its fou-
dation should go before the public and of being
oil by the action OF one OF the majority mpressng motion
which slenced debate and denied him the opportunity
paln we unhesitatngly left the Branch without quorum
that the public might effort part had
spared to give them that to which they entitled and of
which the Council had voted 500 copies to them
Expecting to be waited by the to
return to the Chamber we fingered in the vicinity
him. Our written answer to the was ms follows.
I'VE decline returning whilst the motion impending for
the OF the vote by which 500 copies the Re-
port the Committee together with the oe,
ents ordered to be printed and while the Clerk of the
Branch delays the documents from the the printer
but we will return provided the Journal of the Com
lttee be read In open Council thereby giving
an opportunity to defend HIMSELF
To this received although waited nearly
an hour The member from the 18th ward waited and
suggested compromise by proposing that should offer
an order for the appointment of Joint Special Committee
with power to send and papers, and
oaths, to further investigate this whole subject This we
promptly declined first, because Investigation has al
been had which the Council about suppress
Whout nearing Its results read and second because
same votes which were ready to reject doubtless
ready 70 be given to project which might result in
acqnanting the community with than they are al
ready possessed Of
We leave the matter to The judgment Of the public
MM. l. MONTAGUE, JB.,
GUSTAVUS A.