Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-01-18
The Blair Movement.

We give below the resolutions and
memorial Of Hon. Montgomery Blair,
submitted TO the Legislature Of Mary.
land on Tuesday. the 9Th instant, with
On extract from his speech on the sub
ject of obtaining o speedy and rightful
solution Of the issue to which they re-
fer:
Resolred (by the House of Delegates,
the Senate concurring), That copies oi
the following memorial, signed by the
President OF the Senate and by the
Speaker Of the House, be transmitted TO
the President Of the Senate of the Un-
tied States and to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
Resoired, That our Senators in Con-
gress be and are hereby instructed, and
our Representatives. be and are hereby
requested to favor the object of the said
memorial and that copies of the same be
forwarded TO them.
The following is the memorial:
To TIE Senate and House Of Rspresenta-
fires an Congress assembled:
Your memorialists, the General As
sembly Of the State Of Maryland, rep
resent that by the terms Of the act OF
the Forty fourth Congress establishing
the Electoral Commission, IL was pro-
vided that no decision Of the Presideu-
tiai election under that act should pre-
clude a judicial decision of the ques-
tioa; that the obvious intent Of this pro-
vision was 10 assure the people that il
should be determined on its merits by
the proper judicial tribunal, in the event
that the commission should hold itself
Incompetent 10 render such a decision:
that, BY its proceedings, il fully appears
that said commission held that il was
incompetent TO inquire whether the for
NAL returns OF the several States, which
were Submitted to il, were true or false:
that in consequence Of this decision the
present incumbent Of the Presidential
chair was seated in virtue of returns
which were VIGOROUSLY false and frau
duient, and SO in effect admitted by Mr..
Justice Strong, whose voted seated him,
and also by the incumbent himself IN
disregarding those returns as respects
10 State officers whose titles 10 Office
were based upon them and were in ev-
cry respect identical with his own; that
while the reputation Of these returns
by the incumbent for all purposes save
his own election is an admission that il
was q fraud 10 use them for that pur-
pose, The motives which induced .his
partial repudiaiiou greatly aggravate his
otiense; that by the published statement
Of MFR. John Young Brown, which has
renamed uKeontradictsd since April,
1877. Il appears that this reputation
was the condition imposed by said
Brown and his associates, then holding
the balance Of power IN the House Sf
Representatives, upon which alone
the incumbent would be allowed TO
be counted into Office upon those
false returns; that this condition was
accepted for the incumbent by
Messrs. Stanley Matthews and Charles
Foster, thea and since has closest friends
and most authoritative representatives;
that said Brown and bis associates had
been elected By adversaries OF the in
cumbent. but separated from the great
body Of 4heir political associates in the
House Of Representatives to carry into
eject said arrangement; that at the time
Of entering into il they were the Lead
advocates Of bill then pending in said
House TO grant large subsidy to the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company, 10
which the President elect was known
10 be opposed, and il IS a Just inference
from all the circumstances thai, while
they were willing TO defeat his inaugu-
ration for this reason. they could not
venture TO act with their political oppo-
nents fcrthat object. If such cooperation
involved also the surrender OF the local