St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1857-07-09

without further commentor remark about the
previous relations Of his father and Essvsxif. or
about the absurd charge OF ingratiudc To-
wards las father. proceed 20 nosscs. has lonS.
array uf certificates. The Que gwen by AT.
u. Tsppeti assumes 20 sp~ak oi n couyersa-
ton which d SAYS took place twelve Years
since. MIR. Tippest should have hasl some
hesItancy 90 stating itm the terms. as we'll rs
tIe decsded manner IN which lac expresses him
self. Tie shOuld have f,arrd thai he might
be doing me some injustice In has statement
after such lapse Of time. In his statement,
Jtrue, he shoun have discovered that .ere
were soine matters which, from IFS character.
should be considered confidential, and that its
publication might have effected hls reputation
rs well IS nine. 1.-The finds IL a i.asi. for the
comments Of Mr.. Miles, rs mo- doub, he does.
then he ought To have exposed me before,
while The matter was fresh. instead Of con.
tnuiBg TO he my political supporter. He
should have considered whether, IT 1 should
entertain such notions, ami carry on such ecu
yeisai'oLs. lie was t!.e man 10 whom would
have becn silly enough TO enirust them. And
+, rs lie would give this certificate for publica-
ton. without calling on me OF giving n,e any
opportunity TO refresh his memory in regard
TO tile facts OF the cas-, or to meet then by
denial before publication-as he no doubt
furnished II with the desire IL should lniure
me IN public estiniation-l say under all these
circumstances, knowing that hrs statement 10
not true, declare. ansbsm justified in declar-
/ ing, that his certificate IS false. So much for
that niaiie'.
ssELa sorii6raie al -C~>-!-- ri---..,,.-...
IS correct. except that I could not have '.as-
sured'' him that he should have his office. 1
assured him of my personal support. which
ne got, but which was not sufficient to reno Pc
the Governors preference Tor another. he
lieve ] gave letters al the same time 10 r. e..
Ward, Henry Jones, George w. Morgan,
and iUr aught Tecolleci. To- others. NV let
teTs fCT them were intended as certificates OF
their competency and oi their being good
Democrats. They required such letters, he
cause they were not known 10 the Governor,
and probably 10 be used by their friends out
side Oi the county. ! gave them as 4 matter
oil Jurtlce and fairness, without any pledge or
expEes,inn Oi decIded preference for either
one. Some. II not all. knew that such was
my purpose; SONIC, and | believe all. knew
Tor whom | entertained u decided preference,
when they received my letters. When went,
before the Governor IN person, did no more
NOR no less IN conversation than ! did bv let
ter. Looking al the list of applicants. | told
him what was true and what / told him IN
my letters. that zach and every one Of the ap-
pllcanis was good and true Democrat: and
qualified for The office, and then expressed
my Irascns Tor preferring one To- the others
! can see nothing wrong and nothing like du-
plIclty in tins course towards these gentlemen
IDn the contrary. was a fairness which |
considered due 10 fellow members OF the De
mOcraiic party. Show me whore have pro-
missed a man my support, and without notify
ing him Of a wnhiTawal of any promise. have
failed TO give il. then my enemy ar en-mi-s,
IL they choose, may come on with the charge
But why have al. Oh. So complaints again
ms, u must 80 consider them, bern withheld
from public discussion until this late dav.
was before the Democratic party Of Maryland
IN 1888, for the nomination for the high-.t
office in their gilt. The facts were all known,
yet every man who has given a certificate,
except Charles Thomp.on, who had become
= Wing. and i. e. Ward, who held office
under Gov. Lowe. was an advocate Of my
nomination. aud 50 was the :n'iEs s.. ;;,;Ms asYf
withheld from discussion until now Wa.
IL that these gentlemen were waiting for
leader. and have found one 10 SUIT them IN
Oscar Miless cannot think IL If them. /
will not think CT can help ii.) that they are
playing second fiddle 10 the contemplate ma
lice of such y leader. In regard TO h,s latter
batch o! certificates, q mean those given dur
ing Governor Lyons administration. they
are either remarked on in INV last card or sub
Iect 20 the ohserv atoms made above. proba-
bly, there IS but one faisehOod connected with
them. and that springs from %. Miles, when
he ASSERTS that 81 have L0assei of INV superior
power over Gov. Lyons administration. "
Let Us turn now 10 the second certificate
OF the gentleman. whom he, with such re,tinc
familiarity, styles little Tommy Uard,' II
being actually by itself Notwithstanding MIR.
Miles promised list the entire second IN
stalment OF these highly important docu-
ments. Well. now IL, as MIR. NJ. declares, and
Il (which Is some improvement in him) one
half of his declaration be true, that "Mary land
had her Gov. Lowe. who was rotation man
before his nomination and after his election.
and who had the power and was thus deter
mined TO remove G' orge ~. Morgan, can any
sensible man make out any inconsistency or
any advocacy Of Mr.. .Norcan's removal from
letter "penned by Mr.. Kew" recommend
ing Mr.. Ward TO Gil the vacancy determined
upon. And is not Mr. Miles afraid that the
people will suspect him Of Deliberate false
hood from this state Of facts. when he pre
ceeds MIR. WARDS certificate with the follow.
ing sentence: "Before submitting YOUR re-
COMMUNICATIONS" (only one 30 far) 'to Gov.
Lowe, we wish il distinctly understood that
George w. Morgan then occupied the To-
bacco Inspectors Office. whose removal from
said Office your (ay) following recommends
ton requested" There 10 one truth in this and
only one. and that 10, that Mr.. Morgan oecm-
pied the Office and necessarily held IL until his
successor could be appointed. The other state
ment that requested his removal is not sus-
tanned by his lille pet. What recklessness
does this man display. And how IL must
grieve him TO think that his malice. which
allows him no holydays, Is doing him so
much more injury than II Is doing any one
else-that his labour o. hatred 10 all i'm vain.
Poor fellow, pity you; bui have felt that
owe duty to the public. and 10 the CON-
munity in which you live. 10 analyze and
disclose your real character and nature, with
winch | was not 50 fully acquainted until
! within the last few months. The Romans
used 20 place hav on the horns OF a dangerous
bull IN orsler 10 give warning 20 The public of