Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-03-07

ana one winch, II properly applied, might prove
useful more frequently than we at first ina.
CINE; it is, never trust to appearances Of to-day
for the aspect of affairs tomorrow. Indeed il
would seem that the last quarter of century's
history Of the United States would lead us tc
/ the same conclusion. The aspect of affairs ma
tional seem to change with every wind In the
| course of events new parties spring up as old
ones die out, and even old parties take short
cuts to the opposite positions with the rapidity
of change in the wind. This is not so much
the case with parties, however, as with individu-
al members of those same parties. These later
tack ship and demand to-day the repeal of a
law, or the adjustment of principle which
yesterday they enacted or strenuously advocated
tomorrow you will find them rampant for the
re-adoption of the very point to-day repealed,
and are ready to fight if it be not done, and
that right speedily. And so it goes, twist and
turn, with the politicians, until it makes ones
head swim to follow their zgzag course. Won
der if most Of the Statesmen (?) of the present
age are not about in the same predicament with
JOHNNY, when he asked his sweetheart Sal, if she
knew of any one wanting to buy an old shirt
"No," says Sal, II do not" "Have you one
for sale ?" 81 have not" says JOHNNY. "Then
why ask ?" "Simply to make talk Thus,
counting being business as much so as politics,
and bye-the-bye much more interesting and SEN
sible, required to be kept up even by intro
ducing impracticable matters for the sake of
making talk" So politics requires to be kept
up by introducing distractions and unnecessary
questions for the sake of the consequent agita-
tons. How much better for the country if
scores of our Statesmen (o would leave off poll
take to counting; though We confess,
should their courtsbip eliminate in matrimony,
we should pity the poor, deluded woman who
would be compelled to live with one Of these
quarrelsome, hair-splitting, fanatical, unprinci-
pied creatures. Her fate would be cruel, but
our word for it the country would be bene-
fitted, particularly if she kept her husband in
his proper place, i. e., at home
16T The case of George 7. Crawford rs. R.
from the Circuit Court for Charles Coanty-has
been decided. Justice Bartol delivered the
opinion Of this Court. Judgment affirmed.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. have
been received from 62 counties; IS Unionists
and 80 disunionists are elected. The vote in re-
gard to Convention of the people will require
- 4. ~
n~The War Department has stricken the
name of Gen. Twiggs from the Army roll as
coward and a traitor"
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
The President sent message to the House Of
on Saturday, in compliance with
resolution heretofore adopted, as to the reasons
which induced him to assemble large number
of troops In Washington.
: He Submits that the force 81 .zs
cr1e rEsUrurUn pFesuprOses, ITS total amount be-
ing six hundred and ffty-three, exclusive of the
marines, who are of course at the hayward as
their appropriate station. These troops were
ordered here to act as posse comitatus, in strict
accordance to the civil authority, for the pur-
pose of preserving peace and order in Washing
ton, should this become necessary, before or at
the period of the Inauguration of the President
elect. What was the duty of the President at
the time The troops were ordered to the city {?
Ought he to have waited before this precaution-
airy measure was adopted until he could obtain
proof that secret conspiracy existed to seize
the capital In the language of the select COM
mittee, this was Gin a time of high excitement,
ing all around us. The very air was filled with
rumors, and individuals INDUCED in the most
extravagant expressions of fears and threats. )"
Under these circumstances, which the President
says he need not detail, as they appear in the
testimony Of the select committee, he was con-
vinced that he ought to act. The safety of the
immense amount of public property in this city,
and that of the archives of the government, in
all the States, and especially the new States, in
which the public lands are situated, have deep
interest; the peace and order of the city itself,
and the security of the Inauguration of the Pre-
sident elect, were objects of such vast import
ance to the whole country, that l could not
hesitate to adopt precautionary and defensive
measures. At the present moment, when all is
quiet, it is difficult to realize the state of alarm
which prevailed when the troops were first or
dered to this city. This alarm instantly sub
sided after the arrival of the first company, and
a feeling of comparative peace and security has
since existed both in Washington and through
out the country. Had I refused to adopt this
precautionary measure, and evil consequences
which many good men at the time apprehended
had followed, should never have forgiven my
SELF JAMES BUCHANAN.
A SToNG GovERNMENT.-TheA Augusta (Ga.)
Sentinel is out again in favor of a strong Gov
in the form of an Elective
Monarcby-upon the principle originally ad-
vanced by Alexander Hamilton, the great head
of the old Federal school of politics-the chief
of which should be elected for term of twenty
one years. The Oonstitutionazist, published In
the same place, joins issue with its contempo-
rary, and after ably pointing out the elements