Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-04-04
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AnnapeIis. .{url ut. 1872.

ire sesSlOu OF l0S - has uawneu. 7gJ your
correspondent, C. has shouIdc-cd hrs KNAPP
sack. ere he take. y line for Sc. Maryis.
lie proposes. however. to see cut the play.
and tn witness and record the last speeches
and dying words of Hon members. many.
indeed. . majority If whom. are destined
to be remembered in the privacy and OBJ
scurity Of private life with "nuagsam
r.surgam" for their cpitaphs. The legis-
lation essential to the commencement and
completion Of Drum Point Railroad has
been obtained after hard Sighting. Mr..
Bond. Of Calvert. gave to it vigorous
but an unavsiling opposition. have. on
former occasion. spoken Of the great in-
,crest which Judge Magruder has mani
tested in the efforts made BY the friends
ofihis l:ailroad. to procure the passage Of an
act authorizing the counties Of Calvert and
Anne Arundel to Subscribe 10 the capital
stock of said company. The Growing
success that has been the result Of bis and
other public spirited and prai.e-wcr,hy
exertions. will amply compensate him for
time expended. aud abilities well directed;
aud. in the contemplation Of the great
benefits he has secured to his native coun-
ty and that Of bis adoption. he may well
afford to smile at and contemn the quer-
rrlous and illiberal remarks Of some few
Hon. members Of House Of Delegates. The
bill to secure similar advantages to the
counties Of st. Mary's. Charles and Prince
Georges has failed for the present. and
mind me. only for the present The very
persistent and selfish opposition. inaugu-
rated in the Senate BY Mr. Wilson. was
rc-cchocd in the House Of Delegates BY
Mr. Richard II. Bowie and Scott, Of p.
GEORGE. who. when the bill Was called
up on its second reading by our Delegates.
Dunbar and Cotton. moved as an amend
ment. to have Prince Georges stricken
out. and the Delegates from Charles coun-
~ voting in the affirmative. the amend
ment was carried. Having held the door
open for Prince Georges TO creep out. the
Hon. Delegates from Charles. Stone and
Chapman, felt bound in conscience to i'm
prove the occasion and vamoose also. gen.
erously rcmarking. that they woald most
willingly vote for any Legislation that would
enable st. Mary's county. at her SHE er-
pehse, to L"ild railroads for Prince Geor-
ges and Charles counties joint benefit, but
az to putting their hands into their own
breechcs' pockets for any such purpose. or
leaving it to the voters Of said counties u
decide whether they would do so or not,
they would not. could not. dare not do it,
The attitude assumed by tho representa-
tives Of p. Georges county in this mat.
ter. was not a surprise to Us. II was in
keeping with its selfish past. and its course
was mainly determined By friends Of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. Give
u, oil tho help you can. and expect moth
ing from US. but (vague and fallacious)
hopes and promises has been the song and
whine Of the latter county and company
But We did expect better and more liber-
al treatment from Stone and Chapman. for.
although it was proposed by St. Mary's
county and the agents Of Point Lookout
Railroad 10 insert an amendment to the
effect. that unless the District and Wash
ington city should. through its Territorial
Legislature. subscribe $500. 900 toward
the construction Of said road. then this
act. or so much Of it as authorized the
people Of the lower counties to empower
their respective County Commissioners to
ISSUE bonds. &c should b. void and Of no
efcct..Sc Although this liberal and
most reasonable proposition was made and
urged for acceptance. it met no favor or
consideration at the hands Of Charles coun.
ty members { do not include Senator
Compton, bu. was. may say. readily re-
jectec. and was met BY counter propo-
siticn TO take it out Of hands Of the voter.
at large-that is. the people Of tho coun-
ties-and to vest the right and power to
issue bonds, both rs TO time and amount.
in County Commissioners alone" We
trus, the people. we'd see them damned
FIRST. appeared to be- the determining prin-
ciple OF action of the gentlemen represent
ing our sister counties Of Charles aud p.
Georges in the General Assembly Of Ma
ryland, do not include in this catcgo-
~ Senator Compton or Dr. Sassccr, of P.
Georges county. Both these gentlemen
are ard have been warm friends and sup.
portcrs Of 1.-The defeated BILL" The latter
gentleman. in reply to Mr. Bowic's aSscr.
ton. THAT the taxpayers of r. George.
county were u'it agains. the BILL" rs.
serted that such was no. the fact-on the
contrary. that the voters Of his section
were almos. uni: for it. and dared the
gentleman to leave it to the people TO de.
tcrmine and decide the point. Apart from
the very contracted and selfish stand .poin,
If view. occupied BY Mes.rs. Wilson and
II o, r.
posed legislation. a petty and most con.
'emptitle prejudice, fcstcrcd and enter.
tained BY few representatives Of a de-
eayed gentility. and = pretentiou., is-
norsnt snd .siltcd aris,ocracy against s.
F. Suit. SIP Georges county. a self.
made man. and the master spirit Of the
Point Lockout and Washington Railroad
C"mrsny. has stirred up. fed and supplied
elements Of opposition to said company. a.
recently crganized under the general rail-
road law Of 1870. I, il not usual for ecr
'iemcn to drag into public debate the pri-
vs:e and personal affairs Of their friends
or foes. I, Is violation ct al honorable
rales OF legitimate discussion TO do -. the
evidence OF very little and Contemplate
nature. but when men have made up their
minds to point the finger Of scorn and de-
risiou At fellow-si,isen. and to make N
exhibit OF the status Of his affairs and pro-
perty. they ought. a, least. obtain accurate
information. aud not subject themselvc.
Gin default OF questionable industry to
assert the hias naf IS not tra-.
This great and objectionable mistake