Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-31

atcrs, leaves the vexed gn.ssioa AZ S<se
". Baltimore sol Ohio Road. ..is ssof,
gao" aafe session Of the prescnt Genxra
Assembly Of M.rylssl.
Although there i very general De
sire-I might say de.crmination-so abol
isa all State Inspections, Of all sorts. arl
although bill has been reported and rel
the frs. time 10 the H,use Of D.leysl
for repeal OF same. vet it il more than II
iy that no.hin. viii be effeetel this r.
sion in that direction. The bill in OBS
ton. like many others OF great ssimplrt-
ance." will have to lie over for uaus(l
time until more convenient season, snt
the Tobacco Interest viii have to bear d,
burtheu for two. years longer Of the pre-
sent most onsr"as and dsmaging systesJ
OF inspection" laws.
! On one subject men. minds are verI
much exercised and divided here-T meaI
the rropriety Of altering our Rc.istd
Laws in view OF the 18th Amendment.
/. has been urged with great force TIL
il the present Legislature should adjout
without passing some Law to authoris, Il
registration of co.ored voters. that Coz
gress would seize the opportunity and
casion-so do 50, and that system will b
organized to register. not only colorc,
but white voters also, under Federal ara
Congressional enactment of,yrannica. pro
visions.
On the other haad, it il replied, thai
the President has not announced the PASS
age Of any such amendment 40 vet, and
that all legislation in absence Of oficii
notification would be premature and B.!
sibly ridiculous and certainly undiguiS.d
It has been further surmiscd that the
delay to issue this proclamation b. Pnsi-.
dent Grant may be With the view OF al
lowing the Gen raj Assembly to ADJOURN
without having taken any seton n the
premises. aud thereby afford excuse AMI
justification for Congressiona! interlcr.
ence- A bill. however, has been reported
in view ofthe contemplated passage of ,h;.
18th Am, nitneat, but l do not think it
Will pass into law this session. To the
argument that the proclamation will Ger
iaiEly be issued after the adjournment Of
the General Assembly, it is replied, that
it will be in tho power OF the Governor to
call an extra Session, it he SHOULD deem i;
proper or necessary, and that i, is better
and more consonant with State sovereign
ty to await the necessity Of such lcgisla-
tiol than to anticipate ind provide for ii i.
An editorial in the NJ ryland (Aanapolis)
Republican on this subject (os the Doth
instant) entitled Registry Law" is wor-
thy Of peru,al. Il is from the pen OF
Mr. Cotton and advocates the immediate
passage Of law to meet the crisis that is
on Us. 1t is forcib!y and tersely written,
and covers the whole ground. as vie we'd
from the standpoint Of necessity and cx-
pedicncy.
Gov. Bowie deserves veil Of all friends
of letters and polite learning for the mau-
ner ia which he has called the attention
of tho Legislature to the wretched coudi-
ton Of the State library. and the censure
be has passed on former Governe! and leg
islatures for their neglect of this insti,u-
ticn, is fully justified. Mr.. Martin in
formed the House some weeks ago tina. it
did not contain single perfect edition of
Shakespeare. 4 few ma,ilated volumes
of very imperfect edition were all he
could fluid of England's greatest poet
But it may be some consolation to tie
lovers and admirers of Shakespeare to learn
that other poets (his great pre- lece ssors }
have been similarly treated. Wishing to
compare Some passages Of Lord Derby's
translation Of Homer's Had with the ORR
ginal Greek, to see how far the noble
translator had preserved or departed from
the sense, fire and painting Of the great
father Of Poetry, asked the preseu. very
courteous librarian to point me out where
| could find his { licmcrs) works, when
to my no little dismay aud disappoint-
ment. learned that there was not sia-
gle copy of Homer, or Virgil, or Horace.
or Anacreon Gin fiue) Of any Of the an
cicnt classical authors to be found 10 the
library. Being somewhat provoked,
loosely asked him if there we're any VOL
umes of nursery literature. Mother Goose
fus instance or Jack the Giant Killer on
the shelves. He Iaughiugly replied. "Oh
yes. plenty Of :ha: sort, not much sought
after thou h," aud 50 I came away, CRATE
full to Gov Bowie for his etf,rt to reme-
dy gross abuse tolerated too long by q
succession of men, who in pursuit Of pol
itics, have overlooked and aiiy neglected
The interests and advancement Of ancient
as OF modern literature.
The time-honored custom Of "giving .
colts' BALI has been departed from this
session. In excuse for such departure
and omission, it is urged that on last &C.
casiou of such ball being given. "tha As
scmbly rooms" were invaded by too many
Of the "Deme Mondes," both of Baltimore
and Washington. It would require vrry
li;tlo effort aad management, / should
think. to exclude such characters, and to
my mind the justification for breach of so
excellen. and time hon red Custom rs
the giving the usual Colts Bali is very
lame and insufficient indeed. o. the
par. Of all young folks. present and fu-
ture. (shough not exactly very young
MYSELF. pro.es. against this infrsc,ion
or omission, aud hope that i, will not pass
into precedent for the 'Colts" Of future
Legislatures to be guided BY.
wish the limit / have imposed my.
self permitted inc to do justice to tx gen
,lemeu who have taken very active and
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