Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-19

or. But the contribution of her voice Tread
it ,oiU, ye who so prefer,) was wanted. And
here bigins the fun. Her sisters eight declare
land who than they know better p that all,
whose sex is designated by the pronoun she.
must have will and per consequence must
have way, if for nothing else, at least, that
will the better to express. Now there pres
ent CHANGED to be, from the laggard lassie's
glen, q gentleman of modest mien and blush
ing face. He, it is moved, shall cast ten
votes, Patuxents share, but this is voted no;
then be, it is moved, shall borrow eight and
add bis own to make out nine, and that be
the vote Patuxent shall bestow, but this is
voted no; and then he, it is moved, shall de-
clare If he sh nd chance to know it p what
Pstuxent's will might be, this is strangely
voted aye. But here is something stranger
still: This modest gentleman won't declare.
and we conclude Patuxent, that strange a.
nomoly, to be she without a will, and care
less Of her way. Absurd, we think, these
ropositions-all-for one unauthorized and
cen not knowing, yet. to speak districts
will and then to give her nine, while her sis
tiers stick to ten, and, of this nine, none to
know her will and then, this most absurd a.
greement, that she might declare, making.
nolcns polens, this modest man the Delphic
of her destiny. Ha Patuxent will avoid that
bait. Soap 80 soft as that will nauseate.-
Don't throw husks to her, she'll not feed on
shells whose dainty lips the lucious oyster
loves. We once did read of how a courtezan
was foiled, her programme spoiled by the
sturdy stroke of Bocchoris' judgment The
real will suffice, the shadow will not do. A
mid 1oro 0u0 ia ALWAYS fair.
Again. this body-this Convention of lips
and tongues, mean-adjournedt to meet a
gain some other day. In the meantime sui
wants, suitors, pages, heralds and all seek sui
len Patuxent. She will yield to wooing, for
the little pronoun, being she, it's said, nclines
that way. When she sends her ten to speak
her will and pioneer her way, what will then
the status be-? Shall she vote her ten or the
modest man declare?
There may be writing on the wall, we
know, yet hardly think, august Commission
or, it's meant for you. An honest, fearless,
frank discharge of duty will be your strong
est commentator ever. No one would like
to see the Commissioner self-wiled, perverse
and obstinate, but all should wish him care
full, independent and discreet. The peoples
interest and the peoples will are different
items of account. A servile vassalage to the
last. destroys official fealty to the first. No
synonym identifies the two. With which has
the Commissioner then to deal? Is he the
representative of the peoples will or the
guardian of the peoples interest For his
robe of Office be refers to the peoples will, It's
true, but the manner of its fit and wear is
quite another thing, peculiar to the trust it
self. Should this Convention grope, by &C
cident, its way to ausht that's good, he would
not wish to see the County Commissioners
spurn it, but adopt it, not because tits spoken
by those who arrogate to speak the peoples
will, but merely for its worth. There may
be writing on the wall, It's true, but those
who fear it most are apt to see it first. That
sprightly spirit, called the peoples will, is
supposed to trace this written weird warning
on the wall, and timid actors of to-day are
thinking, dreadins, trembling 10 advance.
But still further to pursue the course Of
tbls Convsuaon-this queer comedy, farce,