The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-01-18
PhrenolOgy, Appointments, &c.

it is to be hoped that in the advancing
scientific discoveries of the age, particu-
Iarly III the wonderful developtments of
Phrenology, that hereafter every conyen.
tlnn which shall assemble for the nomi..
nation OF public officers, shall require II as
an essential qualification il. the nominee,
that he be well versed in The science of
Phrenology. What an importan, qnalif-
cation it would be! Instead of the coun-
try being hunted up and down for recon-
mendalI"ns o! applicants for office, every
applicant would carry on his own Shouts
ders an unerrlng test of his qualifications.
As it now stands, for instance, the Cows
ernor may have great difficulty il. decid-
my between numerous applicants all re-
commended as being prodigies Of rrtue
anu 'alen's But then it would be very
different, the applicant instead Of carving
with him some productions from the
he"dS ot others would carry with him his
@,rn he7d, in the first case he the Cover
nor might be imposed on, in the second
that never could happen, as every man
wears his own noddis. An applicant
would present himself for Office. The
Governor IN book kept Tor that purpose
would 'nrn I" his county, note down at
The head "ithr column the office for which
he applies; then sitting down the name Of
'hc applicant on the left margin, would
run his fingers over the Uranium oi the ap-
PIICan'. and would sill down opposite his
IA al Al, q.
"ptmcnt OF The dItierant organs that de-
note the requisite qualifications for the
Office. Numbering them from | Ia 10;
when all the applicants are thus disposed
of, the Governor would have nothing to
do but run his eye up the several col>
umns and discover tia, individual best
qualified. lie would then appoint to Of
flee not from ,he conflicting testimony of
theirs but from those manifes ations of
qualification given by Providence him.
self
What world Of trouble and vocation
and iIteelng would be saved by this SIM
pie scientific process. II is positively as
serted by a mechanic in this county that
he had To suspend business in his shor
for half day al Il time to receive appli-
Giants Tor office and he hoped that the lun
might soon he over. The Governor
would ais" be saved handling lengthy
rolls and innumerable letters, to say moth
ing of the trouble of reading them fthey
are ever read and he would he exempt
from any censure, which in the presen,
pra ctIce he may receive. Appointments
would then depend on natural quaIifca-
tons, and officers might be taken from the
country as we'll as from the torns. In
due time physiology would connect itself
with the former science and add to its
perfection. An applican, comes before
the Governor. What oilice'do you want
Slr2 Fish Inspector. You have ia..
nous nose for the business. Like a per>
pelual letter of recommendation it goes
before you. Too great length of nose
however may retaId expedition as il
would require the odoriierous particles
some length of time to travel To your OIL
factories, more therefore may depend on
the caibre of the nosril than Oh its Ion
gilude. Great length of proboscis may
operate disadvanlagconsIy in another
point of view, namely before the seen,
from one fish has ceased to embrace the
most remote ollactory nerves. the scent
from another may have reached the more
contiguous ones, and grea, confusion en-
sue. Reasoning thus from principle and
analogy. great and important results may
be arrived at one day or other.
RAMBLER.