The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-05-28
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing
18th District Set-to.'-bth Round.

4th District 'Set-to.'-6th Round.
4rH DISTRICT, May 23d, SO.
Mr. EDITOR Il do not know that should
trouble you with reply to the very cxtraor-
binary communication of " Bona fcic, only
that that individual has nsinuated that |
declined to retar TO the improvements that
have been made in this District, and that
injustice had been done to the County Com
mssionels by myself and your other cores
pondent from this district: thus trying to
leave the Impression on the minds of those
unacquanted with the fact that there had been
improvements made here commensurate with
the wants and wishes of this community,
and the public generally; and that when we
were treated will want Of that courtesy
that should ever characterize the dealings of
Supporters towards their dependents and inferi.
orS and IN very mild and gentle manner
laid our grievances before the people of Cecil
county we were actuatrd by malice or
other motives
Why did not " Bona fde refer TO the i'm
prov,mcnts made here himself if there were
any to refer to! speak now ofthe time
during which the present board of Commits
s'ohers have been in Office in days Mng
Syne when we had a living man to reprcscnt
obtain two bridges. it is tue but they were
as everybody knows, equally advantageous to
the districts west Of us. as to ourselves. The
fact is, that tie district has Lecn ignored in
more than one instance. and this miserable
attempt to apologize for the cglcct but makes
1t more apparent; instead of covering with
oblivion S veil, the odium of these rcprchcns.
BILE proceedings. " Bona dde speaks of the
or ,Ttl
to say. hope without malice too, that so far
as am acquainted with their actions, they
nave Iit'le right to any praise On that account.
| come now to speak of the Big Elk road
and OF Mr. Lord: what his shrewtlncss has
10 10 WIN the matter in question is more
than can comprehend. But says Bona
JHc he and others demonstrated against it +!
demonstrated against what | ask no,
surely against the road, for the road is moi
made, nor likely soon to be made against
what then against the right of the commu.
nifty that would be greatly benefited by the
road TO ask for It's construction: or in other
words against the right of petition one of
The dearest and best rights Of frecmen. and
one only deprecated by tyrants and dcspots.
lhat a lew rei'cS OF an age gone by should
unite with MIR. Lord, in demonstrating against
this road had road been located there. is not
strange, but it is strange that public officers.
elevated to responsible and honorable posi-
tons by the united voices of their fellow citi-
zens, should be so far forge, full of their duties,
so utterly blind to the common courtesy and
clvilltles OF every day life as to lend willing
ear to the croakings Of old fogyism and
recognize It's right to demonstrate against n
guaranteed and constitutional right, is passing
strange indeed. But this is an age OF Won
ders; and wondrous well has the action Of
this learned and magnanimous body demon
strated it to be such. Much might be said
about the Iron Hill Switch road but enough
has already been said to show that the road
located there by the Examiners was entirely
useless to the petitioners and out of Justice
to themselves, and the travelling community
through all coming Time, they felt it duty
to ask that its course might be changed : or
if the Commissioners felt themselves unequal
to the task of assuming that responsibility
that 1t might re set aside altogether. There
was no qnarreling amongst those of the
petitioners most deeply interested in the mat
ter about It's location, and the two routes If
am correctly informed, were identical with
each other so far as they went, one of them
being much longer than the other; that there
was SUMMING among the JOsSHnJeJOuS
remains in one particular place along the
route Of that road do not deny that old
fogyism trembled and grew weak in the
knees, am free to admit, but must have
something more than the in,mation of -: Bona
fde ITO convince me that " the same interest"
that asked for the Big Elk road defeated the
one to the Switch
When ." Bona fde" next takes it in hand
(the matter of ignoring mean, will he be 50
good as to tell us why the bridge over the
Big Elk and the road in the upper part of
the district and near the bridge, are not con-
structed. Have they been consigned to the
tomb of the copuiets there to slumber and
sleep till the morning of some political resur-
rection calls them again to li'e--or will they
be in the fullncss of time when the capa-
cious maws of the Octoraro and Elk Neck,
have been crammed to safety. So far as am
aware have dealt in facts and IN truth
have set down naught in malice - against
any one-if have been misinformcd in refer
ence to any Of which have spoken, | will be
obliged to 8. Bona fde or any one else for
setting me right before the Public. FlDEs.