Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-07
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"SESATE or MARYLAND.

SENATE or MARYLAND.
Aaaayolis, EJ. 2S,d. H
Deor Sir;
II you viii rcrshlish. in youI i'cr-
esting paper. the article in whIcbIou
give the late Daniel Hawkins ctdffor
the Gate Law and substitute my
name for his. you will state the fass a.
seen in our journals Of II and '76 |
introduced the gate bill Mr.. law
kins. IN my absence. made a speech
against Il and d,teated Il. | tooksd-
vantage of Mr.. Hawkins absence from
the House and passsd the bill
Respectfully,
F. NJ. LANCASTER"
T. e communication, Of which The o-e-
going is copy, is interesting for uany
purposes, but for the present it shows
into what grave error we, in common
with every one else in tais community.
as far as We know, had fallen from not
reading the journals of our General
Assembly.
We we're net in the county when
the law referred to was enacted. but We
remember hearing Mr.. Hawkins abused
on more than one occasion in those dass.
during our return visits. for compelling
our people TO incur so much expense aad
trouble in putting up SO many fences.
Having defended him on those occasions,
we have been pleased to note the change
in opinion in consequence of which up
to this time, he has been accorded 50
much honor.
1t has not been many dayE since. in
conversation with one Of our most public
spirited and intelligent citizens, our No
tons, as heretofore expressed were
strongly endorsed, and moor" Daniel
Hawkins was spoken Of as the author Of
the mo- gate bill'' without quostion. Wei
also learned from this gt..tleman, to
whom, by the way, the appellation Of
learned would perhaps moro properly
apply than to any man in Charles Coun
ty, and who is, further, noted for hi.
accuracy. sonething about the inside
history of the subsequent Legislation and
legislation, induced and de-
mand by popular clamor, which ueirly
repealed this law, but which only re-
suited, after all, in postponing the opera.
ton of the law several years.
We state these facts by way of justif-
cation and excuse for having fallen into
error but, none the less. VIC hasten to
correct oursef an ! to express the wish,
without abating our opinion Of the worth
of the late Mr.. Hawkins, barring bis
action on the no-gate law question, that
he shall bear the palm who merits it
But, in republication Of ont article,
we could not substitute Senator
Lancaster's name, in every instance
for Mr. Hawkins, as one is dead aud
the other very much alive. We3are
glad indeed that the acts we so highly
we're those of a man still
in the flesh, and reaffirming ofhim what
VIC have already written OF another, we
hope our words will be so.highly sppre.I
'ciated as to induce him "a enls -,
earn further praise BY such cssf
ance in legislative well-doiDg Is will :
give us some Of the reforms We 50 much
need. Let our friend, the OOctor, in.
troduce a road bin and handle itm Wig
srously and inteligently as be. did the
no-gate bill; let him join other egisla- ;
tors in revising and pcrfcctiag The pre- .
| vailing methods of collecting taxes; let
him take the bull by the horns and
have bill passed for the building of .
decent Court House and secure Jail at
some available central place on The rail-
road; and, although he will be abused
for a time, he will not only make him !
self one Of the greatest men our County 7
ever produced, but, in the nc.r future !
and forever after, his name will be .
praised by thriving, prosperous peo- h
pie from one end of the County to the ;
other, or, as he himself would put ii,
"from where the breezes Whisper
through the pine tops of MattaEoman, b
TO where the wayelets ripple upon the il
shell-clad shores of the Potomac h
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