St. Mary's beacon., 1857-07-09

peculiar character of the s.pecuniary sacri-
ticess" Sc. his father has made for me. and
without further comment or remark abou, the
previous relations ofsh4s father and nvseN. Ov
about the. absUrl tclnrseAor ingrasliudes to.
wards h8 faster, proc~sd to notare his long
array OfeerrIfirn,es. 1'Be one given ,ky. .Alf.
U. TiPFst; asssnn-s TO sprak Of 4 couverSa-
lion whIeh ID says tpok place. twelve years
since. Ms-eTSppeit shsj'ild have had sbme
hesIiancy in stating il IN the terms. as well as
tie decided nzanner in which he expresses HIM
self. He should have feared that he might
be- doing ME some injustice in his statement
after such lapse OF time. In his statement,
JtTne, he should have discovered that t.ere
were some matters which, from its character,
should be considered coB6depiial, and that It's
pGh..catlon might have effected hls reputation
as well as mine. Ifhe fihds il Il basis for the
comments OF MIR. Miles, as no doubt he does.
then he oughisios have exposed me before,
while the matter was fresh, instead OF con-
tnuins 10 be my polincal supporter. He
should have considered whether, If | should
entertain such notions, anil carry on such con
yersatIons. he was tae man 10 whom would
have been silly enough 20 enirusi them. And
as he would give this certificate for publica-
ton, without calling on me OF giving me any
opportunity TO refresh his Aanory in regard
10 the facts of the ease, or to meet them By
denial before publicaton-zs he no doubt
furnished IL With the desire IL should lninre
me inpublic estimalion--I say under all these
circumstances, knowing that has statement is
hot uue, DECLARE. aiId justified in Sleclar-
ing, that his certificate il false. So much Tor
thar niaiter.
The certificate OF .ar. Cnarles Thompson
is correct, except that could noa have .as-
ssTed" him that he should have his office.
assured him of my personal support. which
he cot, but which was not sufficient 10 remote
the Governors preference Tor another. I be-.
tierc gave letters al the same time To T.. C..
Ward, Henry Jones, George W. Morgan,
aud Tor aught recolect. TO others. NV Let
ters for them were intended as certificates OF
their competency and oil their being good
Democrats. They required such lrIiers, be-
cause they were not known 10 the Governor,
and probably TO be used by their friends out
side OF the county. gave them us 4 matter
OF Justice and fairness, without any pledge or
expression OF decided preference for either
one. Some, ii not all. knew that such was
my purpose some, and believe all. knew
for whom entertained decided preference,
when they received my letters. When went
before the Governor IN person, did NO more
nor no less In conversation than did by let
ter. Looking al the last OF applicants. told
him what was true and what | told him in
my letters, that each and every one Of the APP
plicants was good and true Democrat, and
Qualified for the office, and then expressed
my seasons tor preferring one to the others.
can see nothing wrong and nothing like du-
plcty IN this course towards these gentlemen.
On the contrary. IL was a fairness which
considered due to fellow members of the De
macratIc party. Show me where have pro-
missed a man my support, and without notify
ing him of wlih'lrawai of my promise. have
failed 10 give il, then my enemy or enemies,
II they choose, may come on with the Charge
But why have aI these eo,nplsinis again,t
me, II must SO consider Them, been withheld
from public discussion until this late day. |
was before the Democratic party OF Mary land
in 1853, for the nomination for the highest
office IN their gift. The fasts were al! known,
yei every man who has given certificate,
except Charles Thompsor. who had become
Wing. and I. &. Ward, who held Office
under Gov lowe. was an advocate of ms
nomination, a6d 50 was the snSifs ST. Mary's
Democracy. with trihing exceptions. Why.
say. were all these matters Of complaint
uOut uiSCuSSfQu Uutu NOW was
u that these gentlemen were waiting for a
leader, and have iound one TO SUIT them IN
Oscar Miles? cannot think il of them.
wall not think Git can help it.) that they are
playing second fiddle TO the contemplate ma
lice Of snch leader. In regard 10 his latter
batch o! certificates, Il mean those given dur
ing Governor Ligon's administration. they
are either remarked on in NV last card or sub
met IN ekaM rl.c l..
bly, there is but one faIsehood connected with
them. and that springs from d. Miles. when
he asserts that SCI have LoGsted of NV superior
power over Gov. Ligon's administration.
Let Gs turn now TO the second certificate
OF the gentleman. whom he, with such pe,ting
familiarity, styles "itile Tommy Hard," il
Icing actually by itself Notwithstanding Mr..
Miles promised list.) the entire second IN
stalment OF these highly important docu-
ments. Well, now II, as Mr.. NJ. declares. and
L (Which IS some improvement in him) one
half of his declaration be true, that maryland
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 George ". Morgan. can any
sensible man make out any inconsistency or
any advocacy of Mr.. .norcan's removal from
q tSNrt pChueu Oy N1f. heI, recommends
ing Mr.. Ward to ffl 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 Mr.. Wards certificate with the follow
ing sentence: Before submitting your re-
Communications" (eniy one 20 far) s;to Gov.
Lowe, we wish ID distinctly understood that
George w. Morgan then occupied the To-
bacco Inspectors Office. whose removal from
said sifice your (my) following recommenda-
ton requested" There il one truth in this and
only one, and that j.. that Mr. Morgan oer.i-
pied the Office and necessarily held il until his
suceessor could beappoinied. The other state
ment that / requested his removal is not sus-
tanned by his little pet. What recklessness
does this man display And how il mnst
grieve him TO think that his malice. which
allows him no hoIydays, is doing him so
much more injury than il Is doing any one
else-that his labour Of hatred 10 all in vain.
Poor fellow, pity you; bat have felt that
owe a duty to the public. and to the com
munity in which you live, TO analyze and
disclose your real character and nature, with
which I was not so fully acquainted until