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HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
" Queen Anne's—Stephen J. Bradley.
" St. Mary's—Col. Wm. Coad and Richard H. Miles.
" Somerset—Hon. Isaac D. Jones, Hon. James U. Dennis, John Davy and Dr. George
R. Dennis.
" Talbot—Philip F. Thomas, G. L. F. Hardcastle and Edward Lloyd.
" Washington—R. H. Alvey, James Wason, Z. S. Claggett, David Cushwa, William
Dodge and Col. George Schley. .
" Worcester—Dr. John T. B. McMasters, George W. Covington, Dr. H. R. Pitts and
B. Everett Smith.
On motion, a committee from each delegation was appointed to select permanent officers ofthe convention, and also to recommend rules of order for
the regulation of the body. After a short recess, the committee reported the
rules of order of the House of Delegates of Maryland, and recommended the
following gentlemen as permanent officers:
President, Hon. Montgomery Blair, of Montgomery County; vice-presidents, Colonel James Wallace, of Dorchester County; Hon. John Wetherecl,
of Baltimore County; Geo. M. Gill, Esq., of Baltimore City; J. Oden Bowie,
of Prince George's County, and George Schley, Esq., of Washington County.
Secretaries, Milton Y. Kidd, of Cecil County; Wm. H. Neilson, of Baltimore
City, and Thomas E. Williams, of Prince George's County.
The report of the committee was adopted by acclamation, and the gentlemen named took their places on the platform.
On taking the chair, the Hon. Montgomery Blair returned thanks for the
honor conferred on him in the selection of himself as the presiding officer.
He said the " issue which radicalism has tendered in the halls of Congress of
excluding the entire representation of the Southern
States, and retaining them in a territorial condition,
so as to force upon them the- acceptance of negro
suffrage, was the absorbing political question of the
future, and which must involve in its results the
preservation or the, overthrow of our system of constitutional government." He indicated very clearly
that upon this question the sentiments of the President of the United States were in accord with the
people of Maryland, and that he desired earnestly
Montgomery blaju. "that the citizens of Maryland, and the citizens of all
the States of the South, should at once be restored to their fair share in
the control of the country, towards which they now harbor no hostile
anticipation."1
1 At an unconditional Union meeting, held at
Bockville, Montgomery County, as early as
October 3,1863, Mr. Blair, then Postmaster General in the cabinet of Mr. Lincoln, made a very
able and forcible speech "in defence of the
policy of the President of the United States,
and in opposition to the efforts of the ultra-
abolitionists to blot out the Southern States and
receive them back only as Territories of the
Union." Mr. Blair, at this time, was one of the
most conspicuous men of the State, and the
leader of the opponents of the registry law.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000711 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 676 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. " Queen Anne's—Stephen J. Bradley. " St. Mary's—Col. Wm. Coad and Richard H. Miles. " Somerset—Hon. Isaac D. Jones, Hon. James U. Dennis, John Davy and Dr. George R. Dennis. " Talbot—Philip F. Thomas, G. L. F. Hardcastle and Edward Lloyd. " Washington—R. H. Alvey, James Wason, Z. S. Claggett, David Cushwa, William Dodge and Col. George Schley. . " Worcester—Dr. John T. B. McMasters, George W. Covington, Dr. H. R. Pitts and B. Everett Smith. On motion, a committee from each delegation was appointed to select permanent officers ofthe convention, and also to recommend rules of order for the regulation of the body. After a short recess, the committee reported the rules of order of the House of Delegates of Maryland, and recommended the following gentlemen as permanent officers: President, Hon. Montgomery Blair, of Montgomery County; vice-presidents, Colonel James Wallace, of Dorchester County; Hon. John Wetherecl, of Baltimore County; Geo. M. Gill, Esq., of Baltimore City; J. Oden Bowie, of Prince George's County, and George Schley, Esq., of Washington County. Secretaries, Milton Y. Kidd, of Cecil County; Wm. H. Neilson, of Baltimore City, and Thomas E. Williams, of Prince George's County. The report of the committee was adopted by acclamation, and the gentlemen named took their places on the platform. On taking the chair, the Hon. Montgomery Blair returned thanks for the honor conferred on him in the selection of himself as the presiding officer. He said the " issue which radicalism has tendered in the halls of Congress of excluding the entire representation of the Southern States, and retaining them in a territorial condition, so as to force upon them the- acceptance of negro suffrage, was the absorbing political question of the future, and which must involve in its results the preservation or the, overthrow of our system of constitutional government." He indicated very clearly that upon this question the sentiments of the President of the United States were in accord with the people of Maryland, and that he desired earnestly Montgomery blaju. "that the citizens of Maryland, and the citizens of all the States of the South, should at once be restored to their fair share in the control of the country, towards which they now harbor no hostile anticipation."1 1 At an unconditional Union meeting, held at Bockville, Montgomery County, as early as October 3,1863, Mr. Blair, then Postmaster General in the cabinet of Mr. Lincoln, made a very able and forcible speech "in defence of the policy of the President of the United States, and in opposition to the efforts of the ultra- abolitionists to blot out the Southern States and receive them back only as Territories of the Union." Mr. Blair, at this time, was one of the most conspicuous men of the State, and the leader of the opponents of the registry law. |
