St. Mary's beacon., 1858-02-04

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n a know 9 our readeTa. that Dr. GrHsss,
srDorsea. jtrodnced, in the early part Of the
,sesent seAan of fhe Legislature, > prcamble
and serisbf rssCiusions, severely retIecting up
sn the etcative action oFGOv LigOn in regard
20 BalshOrc city. The resolutions have Iscrl
dispoA Of 80 Far - the House is concerned.
They ere vosesl upon sssSsins, and, with the
cxccvon Of .he first resolution, which con-
dens lawlessncss at elections generally, were
paed BY strict party vote. Except as par
tiyn. tnlapifestation, they are Of little conse-
qencc. Regarded as an answer 70 the reason
Sgs Of the Governors message, theyiarc Of no
Onsequshce 1t all In one respect, however,
thsy are worth the attention of tax-payers.
By furnishing an excuse for delsste, thus ex-
hausting the-t time Of the Legislature, they are
likely to prceiFisate tho threatened extra scs-
sisn with which we are nlcnaced. In that
view, they entitled themselves to share Of
public scrutiny. be
I Though introduced by Dr. Grieves, the pre-
ayss3ac asssa - ..sfe- EfzzEI1stose made uF1
IN Baltimore city or concocted by the Baltimore
delegation in the legislature. Nor i it difficult
% conceive the motive of movement SO cir
cumambient BaItimcre is beginning at last to
fell little sensitive. She thinks L prudent to
cater for little outside sympathy, and the ten
gentlemen in the legislature who have her re-
putation in keeping, thinking that country
compliment was valuable at this time, doubt.
less devised this roundabout scheIa nth 3
viow ef impressing the idea upon public
Judgment, that there actually is som III out
side Of city limits who thinks Baltin0fbn0t quite
as infamous as Gov. Lgon proves her % u.
III such was the purpose, the resolutions should
have been drawn mp in the peculiar style Of
Dr. Grievcs--thcy should have been made to
correspond in merit anj manner to the Doctors
exposition Of them. The trick might then have
escaped detection. AS The case now stands, We
have resolutions that we can understand mated
90 apeeeh that we can't understand, and all
ertsiited TO one and the same person. 1t is un-
reasonable to expect grown up people to be i'm
posed upon by such Oh artifice.
To show our readers that we do no injustice
TO the Doctors speech, we shall Gull speci-
EIcn, promising, that it is neither better nor
worse than other specimens we could pick out
After founderins and fourishing through nine
mortal paragraphs, the Doctor comes at last to
the Resolutions, and This is the way he talks
about them :. "The resolutions offered by me
contain my views generally; in these premises,
and, believe, the views of the majority of this
House; therefore, leave 70 moro eloquent
tongues, the viniication and. ciucidation of
these resolutions" If this is hard to construe,
IL iE not Our fault. We deliver the Doctor rs
we find him printed, even to tho punctuation
marks. But II we can't always understand
thn Doctor, there is ono thing we can do
we can appreciatethe strength Of his affection
for Gov. Hicks. tits undoubtedly as strong
as any ordinary chain cable, if not stronger.
But We Will let our readers judge for them
selves. 81 do not wish it to be understood that
Gew. Hicks and myself are a second edition of
Damon and Pythias. But ! arn, as have
ever been, his fast friend r.
And it is TO such men that the interest and
honor of our State are confded! OF such
Is the majority Of those who have the ear and
confidence of the present legislaturei