Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-12-15

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Of mat fact Was afforded by the last issu,
Of that publication. Our attention hat
been called by friend to one OF its choic,
and characteristic carnations from the
'ediorial department" contained in tht
last issue, which would not otherwise have
come to our notice. II is in the shape o
an ungrammatica' incoherent and sense
less bubble over an editorial article which
appeared in the columns Of the TINES o
December lst. We have been informed
that the editorial department" has here
tofore justified his weak and pue.ile ef
forts at controversy with the TINES, by
saying hat he did this on purpose to get
his waning organ before the notice of The
numerous and intelligent readers of the
TINES, hoping thereby to get up an in
auiry for IT, We doubt not that he was
actuated by similar purpose in his la t
effort at quibbling and absurd controver-
sy; and that he has hal ucination that
he will thereby be enabled to retrieve his
insipid and unstable publication from the
obscurity into which it is rapidly and
irrevocably sinking. We are doubtful OF
the propriety of noticing the squib in
question, but will give the Maryland In
dependent" the benefit of the doubt; while
at the same time asking the indulgence of
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iistasteful.
lie concludes his senseless bubble is
the following characteristic manner:
Whether the criminal laws which are in fore.
in this county are imperative in other sections
OF the State AS intimated by the philosopher o.
the Times was presented 10 the Grand Jurv
with sufficient clsarneSs by our talented S,ate's
Attorney or nots NAV lie a matter Of regret !:
still as the Grand jury evidently drew its lega
inspiration from the Code of the State rather
than the unwritten law of Charles county, the
existence of which the organ gravely add.
has not been generally known, the people will
most probably agree with the Chief Justice that
the sc RAID Jury are entitled to compliment for
prompt and fearless discharge of duty
Now if any kind friend will inform US
what the 'editorial department. meant by
this confederation of bad and senseless
lish. we shall be under lasting obliga
tions. In his great self sulficiency, he
appears to forget that the law we quoted
is an old statute of Maryland, in full force:
which has been successfully codifed in
both of the Codes which have been au-
thorized and approved by the Legis a ure
The alleged editorial department" Is, al
SO, "lawyer" though he Is, evidently ig-
norant Of the provisions Of the code of
Maryland statute laws that "when the gen
eral public law and the local public law
of any county. etc. are in conflict, the pub
lie local law shall prevail" 1t is well
unders God by all lawyers, and other men
Of fair information, that, by virtue of this
principle of the construction of our sta
tu!e laws, certain acts are penal in some
counties of the State that are not 80 in
others; the selling of liquor and the kill
ing of certain kinds Of game, for instance.
The intimation casually thrown out in our
article as to the obligation of the law we |
quoted in other coun'ies of the State, was
however, not well considered; for, In tn.
7e-y nature Of the case, this law is of gen
.ral obligation, and would not be apt to
De modifed by local statutes.
Who, besides the maryland Independ-
mt" said anything about any "unwritten
aw."