1860.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.             27

Mr. Barnard presented the report of the State Tobacco
Warehouse;                                                                     

Which was read, and referred to the following committee:
Messrs, Morgan, Bryan, Burgess, Denison, of Baltimore
county, and Stake.

Mr. Denison, of Baltimore city, presented a memorial for
the enactment of a law to protect ground rents from sale for
taxes in the city of Baltimore;

Which was read, and referred to the Baltimore city dele-
gation.

Mr. Linthicum presented the petition of citizens of Dor-
chester county, praying for a gate on the public road;

Which was read, and referred to the Dorchester county
delegation.

Mr. Denison, of Baltimore county, offered the following
resolutions:

Resolved, That the last resolution of a series of resolutions
offered by the member from Washington county, and passed
by this House on the 6th of January, is not to be understood
as advising or approving the Democratic members of this
State in the House of Representatives of the United States,
uniting with the members of the American party, or any
other minority party in the House of Representatives, to elect
one of such party to be Speaker of that House, or as declar-
ing it to be the opinion of Maryland that the members of the
Democratic party generally, in the House of Representatives,
ought to unite with the American party, or any other minor-
ity party, in electing one of such party, Speaker of that
House.

Resolved, That if the resolution alluded to in the reso-
lution above be understood by those to whom it is addressed
as advising or approving the Democratic Representatives in
Congress uniting with the American party, or any other mi-
nority party in the House of Representatives, to elect any
member of such party to be Speaker of the House, that such
an understanding of said resolution would, as far as Mary-
land is concerned, inaugurate the principle, authorise the
precedent, and advise the policy of an irresponsible minority
party, by refusing to join in organising Congress, until or-
ganised under their direction, thus to stop or to control the ac-
tion of the Government, and is alike dangerous in policy,
opposed to the first principles of our institutions, never has
been nor ought to be sanctioned by the Democratic party,
and is not intended to be advised by this State.