Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-19

ngton the Of Washington county against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company for 81 O0O 900 penalty that the
Legislature make contract with municipal copoaton
distinguished from prpae corporation, which IS not IN
its power to repeal or annu and as the Legislature had
peaed the penalty, the Supreme Court decided that ashng
ton county could not It, law Of lew lines de-
cang that all grants OF corporate powers and privileges here
toore made the city of Baltimore should be thereafter null
and void would dispense the Councils dismiss all the city
officers stop all the salaries, and make the Courts deaf to all
applications from the Mayor and City Council OF Baltimore,
any the agents that had been Of that existence which
not The city had specimen OF this Legislative power
once, when the auction duties were taken from it.
We would most deeply regret thatrepudiaon in Bal
more should lead such action the part of the Lega-
ture for widows and children, the poor and the ich
all be affected by the ruin of the cys credit and the fall
her stock But look for nothing else if Mr. Harkers
amendment should be adopted The Legislature of Maryland
they desire to sustain the laws have alternative but
enforce them by all the in their power If the Legs
lnure want reputation then, and then alone, will they for
bear and, If reputation be brought about at ALL the
mode has been hit upon to produce it, The counties
may aswe say that they not eyyun the Legislature
duces the direct tax to ten cents the city authorities do
what is proposed And is thought by that the
ties would perhaps be glad Of the example of Baltimore We
know however that the people of Maryland hghmind
ed honorable people Their fathers certainly. They
apt to be led away sometimes but in the end they
rally right and the best to bring them right
perhaps will be the sight Of the yawnng gulf of reputation,
which it is proposed to open before them STILL would
rather that it had been reserved for other place than
Baltimore exhibit the record be found in the pro-
ceedings of her Councils.
In what here said there is purpose exaggeate The
idea which has been developed in Mr. Hakers amendment
has for been talked about but have regarded
idle Had been brought forward by ITSELF should
not have considered it worth notice. because would have
thought that impossible pass it But when
that its author when he moved the striking of the first
section Of the law for the collection of the income tax
manded majority of the First Branch of the Councils we
had to admit the possibility least of the adoption of the
amendment referred to. The wedge has been entered
reputation absolute than any which dsgaced Mis-
sssppi has been allowed in the third city Of the Union Mis-
sspp refused pay 900 Of her public debt because
she said that the holders had notice that the Legislature had
power to contract it, She had, at all events defence
which court and law could test But here, in Baltimore
proposed that shall obey laws admitted be const
tuona because they do not happen to please If this is
not subveson OF all government, know not what Is
Looking, therefore, to the future in Mr. Hake
ceeds with his amendment nothing the credit
Of the city, in which many of her citizens interested
II the Legislature reaates upon the Councils and by
peang the charter takes away the power collect taxes for
city purposes the city debt becomes vaueess If the Legs
ature does nothing of this kind but avas itself of the ex
ample of the Council to effect general repudaon the result
will be very much the same; for will have guaranty
that the debt Of the city will not be pudated the debt
the State has been.
HOLDERS OF CITY STOCK