The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-13
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND.
SPECIAL SESSION.
SENATE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND.
SPECIAL SESSION.
70 ne I oill to authorize the County Commissioners
| o.;y 10y tax to arm and defend their respective
il ues was debated the entire day, and after be-
| till tbe 5tb was reconsidered and then postponed
inr tn was received from the House propos.
.ns 10 aoIourn on Wednesday next, instead If Mon-
"ay' Pehuln5 winch the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
! PROPOSITION To EXPEL THE BALrIwnpp np.
Mr. FIERY offered resolution that tho daino ta1S
lately elected from Baltimore citv. and now tnar
I :" tnls nouy' were elected in plain violation of
the 18th section of the Constitution and the Ioth
section OF the Code of Public Laws, and are tbara
lore not legally entitled to seats upon this floor
Mr. FIERY said the resolution was based on the
want OF notice of election.
Mr.. WALLIS read the section of tho Corstit,t;
referred to, and stated that not one of its provons
were applicable to the ten gentlemen from BaIti
more who occupied seats in this House at its last
session, for the that the House then declared
@ onaI tuere mad been no election in Baltimore city
anu therefore the late members were neithar d;s
quallhed nor expelled, ETC. ~
ru Mr. FIERY and Mr.. GORDON continued the debate
Inc iatter SAID that in any event the Houea hod
power to leaalize the notice nau
MT. FORD moved that the resolution bo rocI
to a special Committee ~ A''oil leu
MT FIERY said the present delegation was eactad
during ''reign of terror in BaItimora ~ ~
constituted authorities Overpowered and avan
| the forms ot law were not complied with -"
hr. FlTlS made no objection to the resolution
ltc ""J inquired II their author had received snv
pIIclai information upon Which he based his resG
Iut.on' anu al whose suggestion he offered the re-
soiutiOn-anv citizen of Baltimore
MT FIERY replied negatively to both ouas.iops
Mr.. PITTS said that the utmost paaca go 80
regheu In Baltimore on the day of the last eIecfinn
anu not citizen was obstructed in voting Tha
lSaspn that no more votes were cast was because
l. people of
| their interests to their hands
Mr.. W ALLIs said further that the constitutional
provision applied only to those members who had
been chosen, etc. Every official of all nartios
united In the propriety OF an election in Baltimore
AT the time 1T was held the people of Baltimore
were all united in Maryland feeling on that dav
ana 'he statement that it was under mob law is not
supported by the facts 0'
Mr.. FIERY did not wish to prolong debate. and
the resolution was referred to Special Committee
consisting OF Messrs Gordon, Ford Medders. Chan.
lan ara Compton, with power sit immediately
Mr.. COMPTON, Chairman of the Committee On
the Militia, on the petition of Tench Tilghman re
| ported that the failure, alleged of Gen Tilgh
man to qualify as Major General within the thirtv
Gays prescribed by law was in consequence of a want
OF notice on the part of civil officers Also that ba
| was duly commissioned and that the propar moda
| OF action in his case was by a court-martiaI He
also reported bill to legalize his qualification
ana his commission and acts. The bill was passed.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. GORDON, Chairman of the Special Committee
on the resolution offered by Mr.. Fiery made re4
port thereon with resolution naming the dele
gates from Baltimore city, and declaring that they
were duly elected members of the present House of
Delegates, etc, and that they entitled to seats
After an animated discussion it was passed. AYES
~, the Baltimore Delegation not voting. Nays-
| Messrs. Keene. Wilson, of HarEord RarIass
! McCoy, Fiery, Stake, McCleary
Inc report OF the Joint Committee in regard to
| the adjournment of the Legislature gave rise to a
| Lengthy and very animated debate in the Senate
h.h
day, and the Legislature to meet at Frederick on
| the first Tuesday in June.
Mr.. SMITH, of Carroll, presented minority re-
port recommending an adjournment sine die, advo.
eating that course for the reason that the rights
and interests of Mary land would be perfectIv safe
| In the hands of her Governor
Mr.. GoLDSBOROUGH, of Talbot said he was not IN
favor of an adjournment sine die, but offered an
| amendment to the effect that there should be an
adjournment to the 18th of July. He said that by
that time Congress would have met and the policy
! ot the Administration in regard to the South
| would he fully understood.
| Mr. FRANKLIN moved an amendment that the Lee
gislature should meet at Annapolis, which was
| voted down.
| Mr. GoLDSBoROUGH, Of Talbot, said he was in fa-
vor OF long adjournment, because he did not see
| that the General Assembly of MARYLAND could ac.
complish aught in reference controlling the ac-
| ton OF the Federal Government or that of the
| southern Confederacy.
Mr.. 1ELLOTT replied in a speech of some len 9th
IL which he protested against the position at
tempted to be assigned to Maryland Though not
as pOpuous some other States she still was their
peer, endowed with all the proportions of one OF
the sovereign States of the American Union She
had as much right to speak and be heard as any OF
them. At the present time, Virginia being virtu-
ally seeded, Maryland held the pecufiar POSITION
oi being he only State which could mediate be-
tween the North and the South. There was a time
when the voice of Maryland was heard with respect
In the council chamber and upon the battle field
at Independence Hall-and at Long Island Cam
den, Eutaw and CowpenS He hoped her sons had
not degenerated either in patriotism, wisdom OF
valOr.
Mr. GoLDsBoRouGH, Of Talbot, said he was ,
Union man, and what Maryland had done in thf
davs Of the Revolution not to be considered II
reference to the questions Dow before u.s.
Mr.. LYNCH said he was reluctant to address the
senate after the eloquent speeches made by the
members OF the bar who had preceded him. He
respectfully dissented from the Senator from n al
DOT VINO had asserted that the deeds of our revnlu
uonary slres held no connection with the questions
now to be considered. The result Of thai reyolu-
tion was the formation of glorious Union A
solemn compact was formed among equal States
1t was a sacred cOmpact:-OUOd Deus coujv,rit
homo non sepdrd! Palsied he tie that would
dare to sever that Union When that compact was
made between sister and equal States it was agreed
that differences as to its true Interpretation should
be submitted to the decision of a common and i'm
partial umpire. That umpire was the Supreme
Court OF the United States 1t was agreed that all
should abide by its decisions. 1t was not agreed
that any fanatic North or South or apy party
leader-or Lincoln or a Douglas-shouId
have the privilege of dsregardng the decisions of
that august tribunal.
The men of the South had kept that part of the
compact and every part OF it. They had made no
aggressions upon the constitutional rights of the
North. They had abded by the decisions of the
common umpire-the Supreme Court. They had
contributed largely to the prosperity of the Nor.S
by their trade had built up Lowell Boston &
New York.
Our land is now on the eve of being plunged in
blood, and is about to be covered with desoaton.
war, tratricdal war, is about to be waged between
the North and the South! What has led to this
terrible encounter? A want of compliance with the
decisions of tt. Supreme Court of the Union
would say to the gentleman from Talbot, am
Union man. In the language of Fillmore | know
no North, no South, no East, West, know but
TINS glorious Union and the constitution of my ia
theirs, as construed by the Supreme Court Could
place one foot on the banks of the Pacific and the
0ther on the Atlantic, and raise my head to wonder
Heaven, and consult with the ustriuus patriotic
DEAD, and could dip my tongue in the fluid light
ming, and had the voice ofthe detonating thunder
OF Heaven, would proclaim to the whole peepl,
support your constitution as interpreted by tn,
? Supreme Court, or nation YOU perish"
e MIR. Nj MCkAIG replied to the Senator from Talbot
making very forcble speech, in which he fully
endorsed the views presented by Mr.. Lynch.
r The debate was concluded by animated tilt be-
tween Mr.. Goldsborough and Mr.. YeOtt. The
latter, IN cOncluslon retOrted upon Mr. g. that the
Senator from Talbot had voted and acted with that
party whose members had first adv secession
while he Mr.. Y, had acted with the Bell and Ev-
erett party, which had presented the olive branch
OF peace. He added, if our worst fears were to be
realized, and the Union was to be DESTROYED for
ever, if the Goddess of American liberty lin her
bloody and expiring agonias) should turn her sad
cOuntenance towards two Senator's on this floor
whatever the expression of that counteuance to,
wards his friend, he, at least, could look with un.
olanched cheek, and truthfuliy say
..Shake not thy CORY locks at me,
Thou canst not say did it"
The report of the committee was afterward
adopted.
OYSTER VESSELS TO BE CHARTERED.-The Bostot
f Transcript says: owe learn that proposals from
a Washington have. within a few davS beap n, q a