Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-05-09
THE eoAD QUESTION.

% the Cuuutv Commissioners urging
The appointneu' Of General Superin-
tcudeut of the Roads AMI framing Capt
Page an addison M1rbury Esq a.
proper persons from whom to make tie
selection Of an pppmntee.
There was COOL deal Of talk. al.
there always is On Gee SONS Of public
gatherings for pablc purposes, aud che
whole matter seemed. for n time. 10
danger Of being talked to death F." To
the main. however, the discussion IN
business like, sufficiently so, at al
events, to show that tie people are III
earnest about this thing
The matter aud form Of the petition.
as submitted to he meeting for its adop.
ton as suitable expression Of their
views to be laid be ore the Commission
crs, was final y adopted after some Sigh.
changes the petition was signed and
committee was appointed to present lie
petition, with such explanations and
arguments as they might deem expo.
dicnt, to the Commissioners at their next
meeting
The main contention seemed 70 be rs
to whether or not the naming Of TIE
persons from whom it is desired The
Superintendent shah be selected wa,
"dictatiou' to the Commissioners. -
It was admitted that a Civil Enet
was needed at the head Of the road "a
and il was admitted that these two Cd
tlcmen we're the only Civil EnyineI
in Charles Cosnty; and, as in these 4
Of quakery it is know how readily
unskilled man may palm himself off as a
scientist Of one sort or another and de
ceice the best meaning people with his
pretensio1s, it was deemed entirely
proper and logical to adopt the primitive
style Of naming all the Civil Engineers
in the County, instead of using the tern
Civil Engineer" Which might not have
been clear definition of the kind of
man the people desire to have charge Of
their roads. -
There certainly can be no "dictation, /"
in It's offensive sense, in this Moreover
the theory that the people have not a
right to petition" those in authority
in reference to any public needs in the
most specific manner, is utterly at yari-
ancc with the idea of foe institutions
This was settled by our forefathers in
England many years ago, at time when
the idea Of the divine right Of kings was
not by any neaus obliterated from tbs
minds of the people. This right VIZ.
resortcd to by our forfatbcrs more than
once, but the most notable instance oe-
CURED when man called, in brief.
John" was king Of England The
notable petition was very much in the
nature of a deBmHd, and the king was
far seeing enough to see the hand
writing on the wall The result was
"Hogna Charta,' the great bulwark Of
the freedom aud the liberties of the
English people.
We claim to be rroer, a{morc liberty,
! loving people than our forcfathers, as
, we have already proved to them, and II
G is prcpostcrous to say that the small sec
q ton Of Eugland's sons down herein
n Charles County shall not respectfully |
petition ''tbe men who temporarily hold I
places as the SERVANTS Of The people IN
/, a matter Which concerns tie czpenll- |
. turc Of large amount of the peoples
y money, and which So materially effects
- the welfare of our entire community
We believe there are some yerypac-
- ,ical aud sensible men in the Board Of
County Commissioners. and we are sure
they will give most earnest and inteIIi- |
% gent attention to this petition the
more so. as they sgnfed a willingness,
: in advance, to entertain it We do not
Il believe they will be so short-sigdted as
- not to do So