Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-05-06

clasp to bis bosom with such ssardent devotion?"
I have but this answer to make, for the purposes
of this controversy Ecafe not what has become
Of them Sufioientsfor me to know, that as
many Of them as were ever right are right to
this day and must be. Interchangeable. &
1 hope, though, Independence will find ere
long the principles Of that noble old Wing par
ty," and when he does 'sanay-1 be there to see !"
It would be a curiously interesting spectacle to
witness an old Democrat who chad intended
early in the last canvass for State Senate to sup
port Mr.. Gardiner on The score Of party" meet
ing his old enemy; not with feelings Of subdued
resentment, but embracing him with ardent de-
votion.
In his first communication, Independence has
these words: eff the people at the ballot
box decided that no legislation should be had
on the subject" free negroes t'would it be just
or democratic for the minority to pass laws a.
gainst the will of the majority 2" He says he
is in favor of such legislation, but would hesi-
tate to sign memorial for that purpose be-
cause the majority of the county have decided
against it. Now every man Of common sense
knows that the people of this county have made
no such decision, but for the sake of the argu-
ment I grant they haze. and still say that it is
'just and democratic for one citizen or any
number of citizens of Charles county to memo
rialize the Legislature of Maryland upon amy
subject within its cognisance, upon which he
or they feel aggrieved., And I derive my au-
thority fol. this opinion from the 18th article of
the declaration of rights in the Constitution of
Maryland, which is in these words, "that eue,y
man hath right to petition the Legislature for
the redress of grievances in peaceable and or
derby Manner Now, if every man hath the
right, how can it be that number of persons
have not the right? If it be just and demo-
cratic for one man, why not for more than one?
Because the majority Of the. people of the coun-
/ ty are opposed to it? But it does not follow
that the majority of the counties in the State are!
Charles county may stand isolated and alone in
that respect. So that Independence cannot
stand even upon his own ground. His premise
is not broad enough to cover his conclusion
acknowledged that our delegates in the Legis-
lature in such a case ought to use all honorable
means to defect the object of the memorialists,
but that does not affect the justice and democ-
Iracy Of the act ofmensorializing. Suppose Bal
tening upon us constitution giving her repre-
sentation according to population, and thus
placing in her hands the entire control our State
legislation, | presume Independence would shes-
itate long" to sign memorial to relieve us from
the grievance because majority had been in
favor of it. Such t"abject yassalage" to the
behests of a majority swallowing up, as Indepen-
dence would make it do, the last hope of free
dom in the right of petition, is worse than des-
potic; it is monstrous = = '.-s= .
Upon the matter Of exchanging property, I
hereby notify Independence that Richard Fl.
Edelen, Esq, is authorised to act for me, and I
name the second Tuesday of Court, the 1 1th of
May, as the day for operations and Port Tobac-
co as the place. To make the terms as agreea-
BILE. as possible to Independence I give him the
assurance he. desires, that he cannot. bug mig
character, and moreover that I shall not Did for
his. 3. s..i OLD FoGY.
April 3Oth, 1858. -