The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-16

The Baltimore Anaericat'S Annapo
lis correspondence, of February It'll,
has the following in relation to the
Blair memorial
The Committee on Federal Rela-
tons at its session last night had
rather stormy time. AT its previous
nights session, Mr.. Williams report
had been signed by every member
of the committee present, but the
pressure brought to bear upon the
committee induced Il reconsideration
of their action by some of the mem.
bers. Mr.. Williams, who is not
made of ductile or yielding material,
refused to back down from the pc
sition he had taken, and announced
his intention to make his report
whether anybody else signed it or
not. The Republican members of
the committee, Messrs. Herrick and
Kinks, had prepared short minor
ity report, condemning the attempt
to reopen the agitation of the matter,
after it had been settled according to
a method devised and adopted by
both parties. 1t therefore looked as
if there would be three reports, but
in order to harmonic matters as far
as possible, Mr.. Scharf finally threw
over his own report and after the
Republican report had been modified
into a simple unfavorable report, he
accepted it, and it was finally signed
by all the members of the committee
except Mr.. Williams, who submit
ted the following to the House this
mornings:
1.-The undersi4 ned, one of the Com
mittee on Federal Relations, respect
fully reports that he has carefully
considered the same, with due regard
to the gravity of the matters therein
charged, and whilst he has rot and
cannot have any sufficient evidence
before him of the correctness of the
facts as therein stated, vet, assuming
the same to be true, inasmuch as the
whole country has quietly accepted
the result, he is not aware of any
special duty incumbent upon this
State to solicit that an attempt should,
be made to undo that which we are
satisfied will not be undone and
which this State alone could not pre-
vent were repetition of it again to
be attempted. In common with a
large mass of his fellow citizens, he
is painfully conscious that for period
of now nearly thirty years SO many
and such great perversions and en-
crOachments OF power on the par of
the Federal, Government have been
made rs may well startle all things
persons and cause serious apprehen-
sions for the future. The Federal
Government during this time, COM
mencing with the pretext of Chilli
tary necessity" and "tO save the life
of the nation" have trodden under
foot with impunity the sacred writ
OF habeas corpus, selecting the State
of Maryland for the first sacrifice,
which with many other outrages had
been cheerfully acquisced in and
willingly endorsed by majority of
the nation, that majority being not
wholly composed of the present Re
publican party, SO that our present
political condition is not just AS our
tOrefathers either intend or cOntem-
plated. Those who have sown the
wind cannot now complain OF the
whirldwind, and we on our part
must contain ourselves with cur in
n0cency in not having participated
therein and not having in any
manner sanctioned them. So far as
this State is concerned, the outrages
set forth in the resolutions, gross as