The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-18
Paw OF no Paw.

The old maxim, that 'sthe laborer is
worthy of his hire" is one, to which ev-
cry man possessed of an honest purpose
will subscribe; but the Maryland Con-
vention now in session at Annapolis has
stretched this principle. They go for
rewardlng thore who happen to be men,
bers, ofthat industrious body, with four
dollars day at the expense of the State,
should they even be engaged in their
own private concerns at home; yea, fifty
Or hundred miles of-shutting out the
possibility of their presence, should any
emergency arise. By very emphatic
vote, the Convention has determined
not to withhold the perdiems from alb
sent members. Why is this SOL Upon
what principle under heaven can such a
determination be justified? Is a repre-
sentative position to be utterly neglect
ed, and yet the people be called upon by
the STATE TAx-GATHERERs, for twenty-
fire cents IN the haadred dolars, to pay
men elected to represent their interest,
in the hopes of reducing those taxes, and
who do not attend? Better break up
your Convention! Call your delegates
home, who are in attendance and take
fresh start!
The people expect Reform, both off
clal and legal, and have elected their
representatives to the Convention for
that purpose, not to secure them mere
compensation of four dollars a day for
staying at home; or, should they attend,
to allow them per-dems for Introducing
mere orders of inquiry Or for making per-
sonal explanations. Either let them ad-
journ at once and return home, or 90 to
work without further delay, and dis
charge the duties for which they know,
the people elected them. Reform is
wanting in Maryland and the Conven-
ton kmop 1t. They have honestly been
elected for the purpose. The people are
impatient-they believe the Convention
are wasting time, and are wrongfully
allowing pay to absent members the peo-
pie think, and they must know 1t. Then
why is it so! What does it mean? Is
the object to leave things ultimately re-
main as they are? If so, come home at
once and let us know what we have to
expect without further delay! That
"there is something rotten in Denmark"
is beyond doubt, the people have their
suspicious, and can not much longer
smother them.
Pay Or no pay to absent members of
the Convention is the question. Put it
to the Convention themselves, they vote
by decided majority for pay. Put the
question to the people, by whom they are
chosen, and are expected to be paid, and
they say by an overwhelming majority,
No Pay. 1t is like all the world. Men
IN office approve of high salaries, those
out of office are for lou salaries, yea oft
times they are in favor of gratuitous SER
vices. In this instance the people are
willing however to pay the members of
the Convention WHO ATTEND, under the
confident expectation that they will do
something in the way of Reform.
We say this much, not by way of COM
planning for ourselves, for we have lived
thus long very comfortably under the
present state Of things, and if it suits 9TH
ers, we are willing to continue to work
cur way for the future but we do it as
public journalists; expressing that, that
comes daily and hourly to our knowl-
edge. The public at large are dissats-
fled with the undecided and unsatisfac-
tory character of the proceedings of the
Convention, and our object is only to
give emphatic expression to that dissatis-
faction. Examiner.
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