Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-07-13


at all conversan. with the springs of hu-
man action, or who has made any progress
whatever in pursuing The intricate and de-
vious windings of the human heart, will
refuse 10 acknowledge, that the peace and
general harmony Of society is more fatally
invaded by the introduction of,such topics,
than almost any other. Impressed with
these convictions, end wishing TO see pre-
served, in all the fulness OF cordial and
fraternaI peace, The generally quiet and har-
monious relations which then existed in all
parts of the county, The people Of this dis
trc., in the exercise Of an undoubted right
unanim ousIy declared that The sgIlalion Of
such questions was ''calculated to disturb HE
peace, happiness and reposc Of the people
Of the county" Is there anything in this
language, which can justify an indignant
feeling in the bosom of any human sane be-
ing? Are they not rather the words of
wisdom, foreshadowing The usual and
might almost say necessary results of estsb-
lished and well understood principles of
the human heart? II wanted any proof
Of The truth oflhese priuoi pies, nigh. well
appeal to the. proceedings the Buena Vista
junlo itself. What was prophecy once. has
become reality now, and we have only to
look to the bitterness of The present, to con-
lecture what the future may be.
But it is also said tha, the question Of re-
moval was declared TO be, "an unpriaci-
pied Interference with the private and pub
lie rights of large portion Of the peo-
pie Of the couniy;' and that this sentr-
men. alone above all others, has given grea,
offence to some of the persons who signed
memorials in favor Of removal. do MOI,
doubt This. know that some of those
who signed The petitions for removal would
feel themselves offended at anything that
came from me-lhe insligators of the Bue-
ma Vista Junto, for instance. But such ex.
ampIes, ! trust, will be precedents, rather
to be avoided, than followed good exam-
pies should be followed. but bad p1ecedenls.
as LAWYERS say, ought always 10 be avoid
ed. Blu. wha. is there in the use of the
word unprimcipled applied in the connec-
lion it was, tina. should give any sane man
Jus, cause of offence? The word unprin
Piled does no. imply want of honor or in
regritv. 1t has no such meaning in the
English language. And when speak or
write my own vernacular tongue, | wish to
be understood in the sense of that tongue
and in none other. If the learned mares
nesl-fndng Junto of Buena Vista had bu,
studied LILLE more closely, not only the
e.ymology, but the philology Of their own
native language they would have found no
cause of offence, in the use Of the word
"unprincipled" in the connection in which
it was used in the Marlboro Resolutions
Johnson, Walker, and Webster, all concur
in defining the word "unprncipled" to
mean, "not haring good principles" and
they define principles, to mesn, '.fandamen
tal trails, eaaaiops, teaets, eales - so that
an unprncipled measure, is a measure not
supported by fundamental truths. good O.
pinions, tenets or rules. And this is pre-
cisely the character, as we honestly believe,
Of the measures set on foo, in reference to
the removal Of the seat Of justice from its
present location. We accord to other men
at the same time, the right to think differ
emily. But we insist that we ough. no; be
placed in the altitude OF having used person
ally offensive language, in any degree what"
ever, much less in such degree as TO pro-
woke The calling Of indignation meetings
from one end of the county 10 the olheI.-
We say that the measure OF removal is ell
unprincipled measure, in the sense in which
il Is used by the photographers of the
English language, and understood general,
ly by Eng llsh writer's and grammarians.-
As IN ordinary provrcislism when applied
to persons as, for instance, W hen you say
of another, that he is an unprlncipled man,
! agree that II is generally supposed that
you mean to mpute TO him wan. Of hon
or or honesty. This however is depar-
ture from the accustomed language, imply
ing in itself corruption of the vernacuar
tongue, and is never used even in q p!ovin-
cal sense, as synonimous with dishonor eX-
cept when applied TO persons When used
in connection with public measures, OF
principles Of human octi0n, II its own mean
ing in The Idiom Of the language finds and
canno, be distorted even by the profound
erud.ion of the Buena Vista "sauans."-
There are grea. many principles of human
action, some Of til em good and some Of them
bad. In connection, more Immediately,
with the subject now under consideration,
10 vii, the removal of the Cour, House, it
would be we'll for us to reflect tina, The sane
tily of private rights, the inviolabil,y of
public contracts. the principles of public
convenience, the safety Of HE public re-
cords, the imposition Of unnecessary taxes,
the breaking down of ancient land marks,
and though last, not least, HE utter deslruc-
lion of those natural, and might even say
moral lies, which bind US, now, az a COM
mon centre to all parts of the county,,
would be we'll for us, ! say, to reflect that
all these are great end enduring principles
which commend themselves 10 the hearts
and to the judgment, of all good men, and
which we would fain hope, will cease 10
animate our hearts. only when those hearls