The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-10-27
Swami in Miniature.

says
ct appears that you persisted in Your res
olution to appoint George B. Pennington,
Samuel p. Wood and James r. Robinson,
Judges of Election in the LIST district, in OPP
position to Mcssrs. Hamilton Morton, W.
X. Freeman and W. &. Ethcrington. three
responsible men, &c, whose selection |
urged.
Why does Mr.. Weldon assert that Mr..
England appointed The Judges of election?
lie had no more power in the appointment
of Judges than Mr.. Weldon. He had one
vote OF three in the appointment. Mr.. Wei,
don had the same so had Mr.. Vanneman.
a majority Of the Commissioners have the
appointing of Judges Of Election and the
majority voted for the men selected by the
Union party of each district, and recon-.
mcnded as fit men for Judges of Election.
Mr.. England and Mr.. Vanneman deferred to
the judgment of the loyal voters of each
district, and thereby showed their respect
for the people, whose servants they are
Messrs. England and Nanncman-and not
Mr. England alone, as Mr. Weldon attempts
to make it appear-did not appoint Messrs.
Pennington, Wood and Robinson in opposi
sition to Mcssrs. Morton, Freeman and Eth.
erington. They voted for the three former
for Judges Of Election in the lst district,
because they were recommended by
ST. p. Jones, and other designing men," as
Mr.. Weldon sneeringly charges, but because
those men were recommended in the 1st dis
trict, as in each of the other districts, by the
people of the district and Of the county to
whom Mr.. Weldon owes his office, and to
whom he assumes. like Governor Swami, to
dictate. The men who recommended the
three gentlemen referred to, as Judges of
Election, will compare, we doubt not, very
favorably with Mr.. Weldon as Union men, as
well as in any other position in life Does
Mr.. Weldon mean to prefer charges against
them, as Swami against the Police Commits
sioncrs? Had .Messrs. Morton, Freeman
and Etherington been recommended by the
delegates to the County Convention in place
gentlemen appointed Judges, Mr.. Weldon,
in the same captious manner, might have
complained that the Union party of the dis,
trict We're encroaching on his assumed pre-.
rogative.
The facts of the case are these: Mr..
Freeman positively refused to serve as Judge
If appointed, and we believe the same will
hold good in Mr.. Mortons case. So the
delegates to the County Convention reported :;
and these were good reasons why those gen
tlemcn were not appointed. The Union
party have no objection to them whatever
Mr.. Ethcrington, the other candidate named
by Mr.. Weldon, belongs to the opposition
party.
There were six names selected by the
Union party of the LIST district, but their
"oilicial representative would have none of
them. lie wished to appoint Union men he
knee wouldn't serve
The following sentence, which occurs in
Mr.. Weldon's letter, is worthy of Maximil.
IAN:
'lIaving allowed yourself to be made an
instrument in the hands of Thos. p. Jones.
and other designing men, to accomplish
fraud on this important feature of the law.
and having refused 20 take counsel of myself
who may be regarded as the official repre-.
sentative i'll the Board Of Commissioners Of
the district, thus wrongcd, &c.
Where did this man, ''dressed up in a lit
tie brief authority" get the crotchct into his
head that he is the peculiar ''oilicial repre-
sentative Of the LIST district? Surely he is
no more the official representative of the 1s
than of the 9th district, and not one whit
more representative Of any particular district
than Mcssrs. England and Vanncman. And
again. Thos u, Jones and others design com
hitting fraud on the elective franchise
Truly this is initiating Rebel recklessncss. -
Has Mr.. Weldon any charge to make against
Gov. Swanns Registers for designing to
commit frauds upon the ballotb box and place
at defiance law of the State?
But, really, the supercilousness, vanity.
and petty assumption displayed in Mr.. Wei
don's letter, will provoke smile. 1t is too
cal tous and eXtravagant to be regarded
seriously. What Mr.. Jones and the Union
party generally will think of their '!ofical
representative charging them with design
to commit fraud, and ntmating that the men
selected for Judges of Election are unfit
one of them late member ofthe Legislature,
we know not; but we do know that the
Union party has been cursed with Andy
Johnsons, Tom Swans and W. T. Weldons.
and they have made up their minds to get rid
of all such as speedily as possible, and care.
fully avoid placing such men in power in
future.