The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-02-20

reported, but has this week passed the
Senate.
p. S.-A note by the mail Of Yesterday
ahunoon Informs lis that the Polt Dcpo>it
and Columbia R~liroad till passed she House
AT late hour On Thursday night by v,tr
O IS yeas to 3 nays One OF WE unnport.
ant Nm'nGmtnls were made to it winch ne
Qnlics II to he s Mt to the Senate again, where
l. is not thought to hr III any danger.
OUR KlNo.-'' Niger" is King.
Ubiquitous, noisy, rampant, this ungra-
cious majesty and sovereign of ours
the love for whom must override all
other loves, for now
He rules in camp and court aud hall"
whom We thought to be conquering
Kansas, Or, perad "onture, kicking up a
row in a lIor.,c Of Congress, has turned
mp in Annapolis. He has come to claim
his share Of the little sixty days our
Legislators have in which to consider cur
Maryland affairs, If he did not burn
the glorious old church OF St. Anne he
is nevertheless with his fire brands in
the L" Ancient city"
Yesterday certain Resolutions of a
certain Mr.. Contce, approving the
Lecompton Constitution of Kansas and
endorsing the course Of the Mary.
land Senators and Representatives who
voted against any investigation Of the
alleged Kansas frauds, were to have
been the order Of the day in the House
Of Delegates. We DO seriously hope
the House had Judgment to kick them
out in some fashion or other.
What business has this spbject to be
lugged into our Legislature to distract
it and use up the time, at best too short.
which 1t should be dcvoting to the legs-
lation necessary for the interests of our
cltizcns9 Does Mr.. Contec long for a
notorcty which he is unable to obtain
III doing something useful? Could be
expect anything else than that his Rcso-
lutlons would encounter opposition and
waste time? Is lie locofoco, and are
not the locofoco5 divided on the qucs-
tion9 Is he a Southern man, and are
not Southern men divided on the oncs-
ton! Does he expect the members of
the House Of Delegates to vote blindIy
On MS RESOLUTIONS or, will be grant
them time to examine the Lccompton
Constitution before they pass upon it Z?
Has he no reason to believe, with every
houest man in the country, that politi-
cally speaking, rascality and fraud have
been the order of the times, all round,
in Kansas What personal or political
advantage does Mr.. Contce expect to
gain Does he with to censure Winter
Davis for his independent, and VIC say
correct, vote on the motion to refer the
Presidents Kansas Message to a select
committee! 10 cast a reflection on
Davis seems to be the height Of Mary
land locofoco's ambition. Or, does he
hope to so ingratiate himself with Buch-
anan that some lucrative office may seek
him and reward him? The idea is in
dustriously put forth L" that thrift
may (and shall) follow fawning" in these
times. 1t is boldly held out in locofoco
prints, that the Administration will BY
its influence be able tie overcome the
majority, IF there be any,) against the
Lecompton Constitution, and that the
adhercnts of Douglas will receive the
cold shoulder while those who stand by
the President may expect the Offices.
We hope there is not enough of fire.
eaterism in Maryland to induce any
member of the Legislature to endorse
the Lecompton Constitution without
even an examination VIC hopo no fam
cied interests Of the South may lead any
one Of them to do so, while such south
ern men as Wise, Stanton, &C., cam OF
bWdlibN IL
1t has become the fashion with some
southern men to ego in " for the slavery
side Of all questions, right or wrong.
Such men arc the worst enemies the
South has 10 encounter. They differ
from her Jeifersons, her Clays, her Jack
sons, of the past. What respect is due
to men who grow furious because that
pirate and fllibuster Walker is not per-
mitted to continue bis depredations, in
the hope that Through his instrumental
~ some slave territory may hereafter be
acquired; or, VINO ar 80. in tho face
Of justice and Rropriety trying to push
through the Leeompton Constitution,
without an investigation into the charges
in connection with it Such men, dong
such .hiuqs 80 - - ~ - ~eu tholu