The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-05-25
REroRM-Tue QUALIFICATIONS or DEL

! EGATIs TO THE CONVENTION, &c, &c.-
We were not in favor OF the Bill calling
Convention to dcmo!ah the present Con-
sltution Of this State and build tip another
better, or, worse--tor we were not and
are not, sure but the latter may be the ef
feet. We followed our own counsel in
our course, and neither meant or protested,
to reflect the views OF any party, for 1t
was subject upon which members of the
same party, might, as they did, consistent
| " differ. We We're not insensible TO the
TACT that reforms We're needed, but we
remembered that the constitution had been
legally changed whenever the people de-
manded it, and we very we'll knew that
any other desirable change could also be
effected in the appointed way when they
adudged it to be Necessary. We d, not
hesitate to express our sentiments On any
question in the face OF any odds, and the
vote has only shewn, as we knew it would
show, that the majority Of those who
would vote were for convention. So,
/ it having been determined that conven-
! ton will be held, it becomes our dUty, as
1t does the duty of every good citizen, to
take such steps as we deem necessary, to
insure the county to be represented by
delegates in some degree al least, quail
fed for the duties winch will engage their
attention
In referring to this subject we have
urged the Importance OF boxing around
for the best men Of the county, and the
keeping back Of "mouslng poiticfans,' .
meaning OF course, that peculiar snail
fry, who, fit for no public station, would
be, and are laying schemes to assist them
into The convention, And we have dep
recated the possibility Of the assembling OF
a "hurly bnrly" convention, which might
perchance, make matters worse.
These words of ours we ird banded
about, coupled with the assertion that those
who use them "mlstrust the people, and
doubt their capacity for sell-governmeni,
together with much ad-cGFiand,m badnage
OF rather wlshywashy description.
Now it happens, that from the same guar
trr-where such trust an ne people IS enter
tanned, and thear capacity Tor sclfgorG"ment
is held in such high cstlmation-thcre is
sues a manifesto against the present Con.
grcss, in which it is denounced as ga set
CT trllcrs,"-a "cursc" to the county
"a pueriIe assembIagc ''-1'briellrss petit
foggers' "huckstering politicians their
proceedings are styled ''tomioolery,N and
long line of epilhets is INDUCED in.
If all all this be true Of Congress, we
would like 20 know, if there be not room
for fears to be entertained, that conven-
ton, which must have upwards OF hun
drrd men taken from the same ground
where SIX ale selected Tor Congress, may
be ''hurIy burly" convention. We
should rather think oar commentator had
unwit.,ngly ov,rshot the mark. We
like to see wi'y politician, and We alo
ENJOY an abortive attempt in the "catch-
thc-crowd' line, especially when it Is
ushcrcd forth with 50 much initiation and
parade.
Fl!dcsticks and CANNON. talk about
"po|iical chicanery," and puff up the
people Of Cecil county with the idea, il
you can, that they are all, Or any conSid-
cradle portion OF them, fl to be members
o! a convention to tear down the constltu-
ton OF STATE and build up another. Dust
cannot be thrown SO easily in their eyes
for they are neither of the conccited
"cock-sparrow" order Of men--nor are
they ignoralnuscs. But few Of them--a
very teW-arc proper persons 10 send to
the convention, and we say now, as we
have all along said, great care shouid be
taken by citizens Of every order Of poll
Tics, to select able, sensible, sound men,
for candidates for the approaching con-
ycntion to reform the constitution. There
is room for much more to be said in this
behalf, to which this may be only the III
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Mn. CLAY.-The veteran Kentucky
statesman is regarded in Washington as
the greatest man of the country and the
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