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Mr. McKaig argued against all the amendments.
Mr. Barnes discussed the subject at considerable length,
and contended that the ends of popular education can best
be served by committing the whole question to the con-
trol of the several counties and the city of Baltimore, re-
spectively, to be conducted in each according to the wants
and desires of the people.
Mr. Nelson followed, and replied to the speech of Mr.
Brown, made on the 19th instant, and declared the present
school system of Maryland to be a Yankee system taken
from the hotbed of Massachusetts pollution, and intended
and used for the support of the offspring of the May-
flower cargo and the Praise God Barebones of this day.
Mr. McKaig rose to a personal explanation. He held in
his hand a paper, called, he believed, the American and
Commercial Advertiser, the editor of which was a 19th
of April hero, who wanted to shoulder his musket and
kill everybody. This paper states that he (Mr. McK. )
had said here that the negro had no soul. He had never
said any such thing, and pronounced the statement a mis-
erable falsehood.
Mr. Walsh argued against the present school system as
infamous. It was forced upon the people of Maryland
against their will, and was being used in the interests of
the enemies of the people of Maryland, and should be
wiped out as soon as possible.
The Convention then, at 3. 10 P. M., adjourned.
THIRTY-SIXTH DAY.
ANNAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1867.
Convention met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Hammond.
Mr. Carter presented memorials from the State of Vir-
ginia, the city of Washington, the city of Georgetown,
the city of Alexandria, W. W. Corcoran, J. Philip Roman
and others, asking that some action be taken by the Con-
vention relative to the mode of appointing directors in
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, whereby, upon every
change of politics in the executive or legislative depart-
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